David Punter holds a BA, MA and PhD from Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge and is currently Professor of Poetry at the University of Bristol.

He is one of the world leading experts in Gothic Literature and has worked in Universities across the UK and China.

He has been long-listed for the Poetry Society's Annual Competition and short-listed for the Brian Dempsey Memorial Prize.

His work encompasses a long list of academic achievements and publications in Gothic Literature, as well as in William Blake, Phillip Larkin, Post-Modernism and Post-Colonialism.

More information about David, his published works and how to get in touch can be found via his website:

david-punter.org

He talks me through the foundations of the gothic, its traits and what the genre is about at its core. We reference texts such as Bram Stoker's Dracula, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber.

Great discussion for anyone currently studying the gothic and any one or more of the above texts.

Oliver Gower

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Claire J. Loy trained at the Bow Street Academy in Dublin and the Gaiety School of Acting with practitioner Tom Kibbe. 

Her credits include Casualty (BBC), Vikings Valhalla and Bodkin (Netflix), The Girl at the End of the Garden (Dyehouse Films), The Gates with Stephen Hall and John Rhys Davis, who some may know as “Gimli” in The Lord of the Rings, and many short films including “In Orbit”, written and directed by Katie McNeice. 

For that she was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress award at the Underground Cinema Awards in Ireland. On top of that she won Best Actor at the Disappear Here Film Festival in 2022, and Best Supporting Actress in a Short Film at the South Film and Arts Academy Film Festival in 2019. Her performance was described as “intense and intelligent”. 

Claire talks me through her career to date, and the best way to get an agent. She tells me about how important it is to find the agent that you click with and know from gut instinct that you can work with them and above all trust them to help you in your career. 

We also discuss:

• Her training with Tom Kibbe
• How to say NO to jobs 
• Her book recommendation “Self-Management for Actors” by Bonnie Gillespie
• Her experience of working on Martin McDonagh’s “The Banshees of Inisherin” 
• How to take ownership of of yourself and what you want to achieve in this business
• How actors have to trust and believe in themselves entirely

Find Claire on Instagram: @claire_the_grey_

Her website: clairejloy.com

Great chat for anyone who is looking for representation and how to get the best agent for you. 

Oliver Gower

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Rohan Carr works in Theatre Automation and Production across London's West End and the regions.

He's another member of the GSA family graduating in Theatre Production, Stage and Production Management and has worked across some of the most popular theatre events of 2022/23.

From Good, Lemons (x5) , and A Little Life at the Harold Pinter Theatre.

Merrily We Roll Along at the Southwark Playhouse

Constellations at the Vaudeville Theatre

Magic Goes Wrong at the Apollo

Soon he'll be backstage on The Time Traveller's Wife also at the Apollo Theatre.

Rohan talks about working on A Little Life, the demands of not only the cast but of the entire team behind the scenes. How everyone pulled together for each other and demonstrating it's not the actors that make a show it's the whole team, some you see, some you don't but nevertheless they all have a part to play.

He also offers advice on anyone who is keen to get involved with Stage Management and how they can make the career they want.

Check out Rohan's Instagram for enquiries and further information on his other work:

@rohancarr

Oliver Gower

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