Podcasts About Acting and Theatre

Just like the page about acting books, this is a very personal list of my favourite podcasts on acting. In some cases, I have also listed the individual episodes that have stuck with me and that I found particularly inspiring. More to come later.
Actors Theatre Workshop Podcast
Hinterviews with Peter Hinton

Actors Theatre Workshop Podcast

These are extracts from recordings of Thurman Scott, the artistic director of Actor’s Theatre Workshop in New York City talking to his students. Listening to these for the first time, I felt once again the real power of podcasting, how it can expand your world and let you experience something far away, in my case, on the other side of the continent, as if it were part of your own world closer to home. I really felt privileged to listen to these gems. In these short pieces, Thurman Scott speaks to the soul of the actor from the perspective of someone who has had a long and distinguished career in the theatre.

Actors Theatre Workshop Podcast on iTunes
Actors Theatre Workshop Podcast Web Site

Some of the Episodes that Inspired Me

Being Developed How being an actor and developing yourself as an actor can enrich your life and give your life meaning.
The Creative Flame How creativity comes from an energy that you have to channel. The same energy that feeds your creativity as an artist can wreak havoc in your life. Talks about taking responsibility for what you create and learning to live in a way that is consistent with the beauty of what you are creating.

Hinterviews with Peter Hinton

I consider this podcast the Canadian equivalent of the ATW Downstage Centre series for English-speaking Canadian theatre, drawing some very distinguished guests. Many of the interviews are by Peter Hinton, the artistic director of English theatre at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa.

Hinterviews with Peter Hinton on iTunes
Hinterviews with Peter Hinton Web Site

Some of the Episodes that Inspired Me

Celebrity Speakers – 13.11.2008 Paul Gross This interview with the famous Canadian actor, Paul Gross (Due South, Slings and Arrows, Men with Brooms) is one of my favourites. Gross gives great insights into the challenges of making it as an actor in Canada.
Celebrity Speakers – 14.01.2007 Martha Henry This is a very memorable interview with the great Canadian actor, Martha Henry. You will learn a lot about her as a person and artist and about her distinguished career in the theatre.