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Performer Trauma

On this podcast I will be interviewing performers and colourful creatures from the entertainment world (actors, ballet dancers, drag queens and creative souls) and we'll be making you laugh as my guests and I regale you with our funniest on-stage moments, embarrassing audition experiences, devastating rehearsal room travesties, hilarious drama school memories, not to forget, all the random jobs we put ourselves through in order to survive whilst we are ...."resting". Hosted by Joseph Raisi-Varzaneh

Comedy Interviews Comedy Funny Arts Stand Up Interviews Performing Arts
Update frequency
every 11 days
Average duration
38 minutes
Episodes
23
Years Active
2022 - 2025
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River Roux; Strippers, Supermarkets, Stage and Sex work; all roads lead to JUICE !

River Roux; Strippers, Supermarkets, Stage and Sex work; all roads lead to JUICE !

This week I had the privilege of speaking to multi faceted, multi dimensional, multi talented human being River Roux!

I saw River's show 'Juice' at the Volksbühne Theatre in Berlin and I instantly wan…

00:44:53  |   Tue 20 May 2025
Sam Freeman; Selling ice creams to becoming an BAFTA nominated writer and director...also this is proof we are getting old!

Sam Freeman; Selling ice creams to becoming an BAFTA nominated writer and director...also this is proof we are getting old!

This week Sam and I take a trip down memory lane.

We discuss drama school memories, switching from acting to becoming a successful writer and the birth of Femme, Sam and Ng Choon Ping's BAFTA nominate…

00:57:47  |   Tue 04 Mar 2025
Adrian Hansel; Denying Geri Halliwell a lyric...

Adrian Hansel; Denying Geri Halliwell a lyric...

West End veteran Adrian Hansel regales us with tales from his long and varied career. We talk about some sensitive issues so there is a trigger warning with this episode but Adrian gives us an exciti…

01:00:45  |   Tue 18 Feb 2025
Jordan James Bridge; Retinol burns, being the Eye of Mordor and dancing at the Bolshoi

Jordan James Bridge; Retinol burns, being the Eye of Mordor and dancing at the Bolshoi

On this episode I speak with dancer, choreographer, movement specialist extraordinaire Jordan James Bridge
 We chat everything from his career at Wayne McGregor, aspects of collaboration and choreogra…

00:47:54  |   Tue 24 Dec 2024
Emrhys Cooper; Sham gurus, gays and geeks - L.A to Mancheter's Corrie cobbles Darling !

Emrhys Cooper; Sham gurus, gays and geeks - L.A to Mancheter's Corrie cobbles Darling !

This week...my old friend Emrhys Cooper and I sit in a park and shoot the shit!
I love this interview, it's candid and free and Em really opens up about his journey from when we met at Ballet school 2…

00:50:23  |   Sat 14 Dec 2024
Amy Lennox; on finding your voice, Sally Bowles...and the dick house !

Amy Lennox; on finding your voice, Sally Bowles...and the dick house !

In this week's episode I travelled to the seaside to chat with the super talented Amy Lennox!
 We chat about everything from her drama school training, staying in questionable diggs, heartbreak, shitt…

01:08:17  |   Sat 23 Nov 2024
Edward Watson... 'Yes'...and a love for Kim K

Edward Watson... 'Yes'...and a love for Kim K

Finally back with Season 2 of 'Performer Trauma'
Kicking off the season after a two year hiatus I have the pleasure of speaking with a personal creative icon, Olivier Award winning MBE Edward Watson. …

00:48:10  |   Thu 10 Oct 2024
Holly James: it's all about the journey...and what a beautiful journey it is

Holly James: it's all about the journey...and what a beautiful journey it is

On this episode I have the pleasure of catching up with stage sensation and old old friend Holly James.
A love letter from Broadway to London
Holly truly is lightening on stage, you literally cannot ta…

00:57:58  |   Sat 07 Jan 2023
Selina Mosinski. The journey that led her to CHARITY SHOP SUE...and causing a McDonalds Vs Burger King feud at some point in the 90's

Selina Mosinski. The journey that led her to CHARITY SHOP SUE...and causing a McDonalds Vs Burger King feud at some point in the 90's

On this episode it is my honour to have Selina Mosinski, the actress behind Charity Shop Sue stop by for a chat!
 We chat about all the roads that led to her finding her Sue family, finding creative f…

01:05:18  |   Tue 13 Dec 2022
Willam ! Drag Superstar scolds me with potent T

Willam ! Drag Superstar scolds me with potent T

Joining me this week is drag superstar Willam Belli !
Actor, drag sensation, author, recording artist, make up creator... the list goes on
On this ep I speak to Willam about the origins of his drag, wo…

00:49:00  |   Wed 16 Nov 2022
Sarah Blanc ....spinning a Jason Donovan obsession into gold

Sarah Blanc ....spinning a Jason Donovan obsession into gold

On this stunning ep I speak to creative mogul that is Sarah Blanc

We uncover the origins of her Jason Donovan obsession which led to her creating a whole show about the aussie dreamboat, being a maste…

00:38:52  |   Tue 08 Nov 2022
Angeline Bell, piss takes and passion projects, 'In' the West End...not 'On'

Angeline Bell, piss takes and passion projects, 'In' the West End...not 'On'

On this stunning episode I speak to the gorgeous Angie Bell
We met many moons ago in an unnamed institution, in an unmentioned decade.
Since then ,Angie has come a very long way and taken a very unconv…

00:35:40  |   Mon 24 Oct 2022
Ella Veryde... Ridin into my hot furnace

Ella Veryde... Ridin into my hot furnace

On this weeks ep I speak to stunning drag Queen and performer Ella Veryde
We find out the origins of that filthy name, my drag name... though I haven't done drag,how she got bent over in a duck costum…

00:19:08  |   Wed 19 Oct 2022
Tom Varey on George Clooney ... and moi

Tom Varey on George Clooney ... and moi

Today actor Tom Varey recants us with some entertaining moments 
We cover actor training , his new film directed by one of the last proper ‘movie stars’ in Hollywood  and he remembers holding a piece …

00:27:54  |   Wed 12 Oct 2022
Jackson Fisch, fainting on stage and rolling off stage

Jackson Fisch, fainting on stage and rolling off stage

On this ep I speak to talented Aussie dancer Jackson Fisch. 
 Jackson recalls being called ‘pudgy’ at ballet school, fainting on stage and working in a bougie pyjama shop!
 Jackson is in London rehears…

00:21:24  |   Thu 06 Oct 2022
Eliza Butterworth.  Combatting skin coloured skinny jeans and being a Saxon woman with acrylic nails

Eliza Butterworth. Combatting skin coloured skinny jeans and being a Saxon woman with acrylic nails

On episode 7 I speak to the gorgeous Eliza Butterworth.
 Eliza remembers when a local taxi rank radio interfered with her west end show 'The Windsors' on stage, wearing flesh coloured jeans in a Shake…

00:29:03  |   Wed 05 Oct 2022
Jake Mitchell on surviving 'A Doll's House' and throwing a sword into the audience!

Jake Mitchell on surviving 'A Doll's House' and throwing a sword into the audience!

On this episode I interview actor Jake Mitchell
We reminisce over 'armed combat' classes and what can go wrong when you lose grip of a prop...mid show ! 
We remember our scene study classes for Ibsen's…

00:34:41  |   Sun 25 Sep 2022
Benjamin Salmon on sounding too 'Gay'

Benjamin Salmon on sounding too 'Gay'

This week I speak to writer and actor Benjamin Salmon.
We talk about never fitting into the proverbial 'box', being told to change our voices and we look back with a fondness at how annoying we were!
I…

00:26:37  |   Wed 07 Sep 2022
Emily Johnstone...Forgetting Lines and being ghosted by agents

Emily Johnstone...Forgetting Lines and being ghosted by agents

On this episode I speak to actress Emily Johnstone.
We laugh and reminisce over gnome auditions, her sharing a bed with a stranger at the Edinburgh Festival, forgetting lines on stage at the RSC and r…

00:28:25  |   Wed 31 Aug 2022
Gary Wood... Being a Zombie with Brad Pitt, Mariah Carey and B*S* auditions

Gary Wood... Being a Zombie with Brad Pitt, Mariah Carey and B*S* auditions

On this episode I interview Gary Wood.
We discuss everything from how we met rehearsing a zombie movie, an embarrassing Mama Mia audition, RSC 'workshops" and finding happiness carving out new careers…

00:30:58  |   Wed 31 Aug 2022
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