Episodes
Roberto Surace is establishing himself as an exciting and innovative designer. He trained at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne, Australia where he is originally from. Roberto's experience encompasses all facets of the backstage world having worked in numerous roles on a diverse range of commercial productions both in London and Australia. This allows him to bring a practical and well thought out approach to his vision whilst still maintaining a fresh and exciting design. In...
Published 02/18/21
David Howe is a Lighting Designer who’s career has spanned Theatre in London's West End, National Tours as well as opera and taken him oversees to New York's Broadway, Copenhagen, Hong Kong, Canada and Russia. He has worked as a lighting designer on the wonderful and famous shows such as A Comedy About a Bank Robbery, Woyzeck, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, South Pacific and Private Lives. In this episode David discusses with Crossing the Line how the art form of stage lighting can...
Published 02/11/21
Best known for Play That Goes Wrong, Mischief Theatre (also fictitiously known as The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society) is a British theatre company specialising in comedy. Producing such productions as the Olivier Award Winning shows including Groan Ups and Comedy About a Bank Robbery, they have performed across the world including London’s West End, Broadway and across Europe and Asia. Speaking with Dave Hearn and Harry Kershaw, founding members of the company, hilarious and informative...
Published 01/21/21
Abbi has well over 30 years experience in the stunt industry. Formally an all-round Stunt Performer and Horse Master, before making the transition through to Stunt Co-ordinator and Fight Arranger in 2004. We discuss her incredible career and what it takes to get into becoming a stunt performer, find out what her favourite stunts have been and which stunts she'd love to do. Abbi's...
Published 12/17/20
Ellen Francis Gibbons is a model and actress, who has worked with incredible companies such as Gucci and Ralph Lauren. We talk about how the modelling industry has changed in such a short amount of time and how adaptable models must be to keep up. We also discuss body image and the changing attitudes within the industry towards the way we look. Discussion turns towards myths of the business and whether they ring true or are simply made up.
Published 12/10/20
Joel Devlin is a Cinematographer known for projects including Born to Kill, Doctor Foster and The ABC Murders.
Published 12/03/20
Hainsley Lloyd Bennett is a British actor known for his work in shows such as 'Washington', 'Catastrophe' and most recently as Deon 'Bazza' Bashford in Starzplay's 'Pennyworth'. Hainsley has been acting for over ten years, and discusses his path to success without full-time formal training and how he managed to build a great career on stage and screen. He reveals what he believes to be the key to his, and anyone’s, success in life.
Published 04/09/20
Ronan McCabe works as an agent assistant at The Curtis Brown group who represent some of the country's most outstanding talent. Here he maps out his unlikely journey from the accounting department up the ladder to the dizzy heights of musical theatre and the big screen. Founded in 1899 by Albert Curtis Brown, the company has a long and illustrious history as a world renowned literary agency representing many of the most famous figures of the literary and political world throughout the...
Published 03/26/20
Genevieve Gaunt first came to our screens 2004 as Pansy Parkinson in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and has since has appeared as major roles in TV series The Royals and most recently in medieval drama, Knightfall, currently available on Netflix. Genevieve began acting at age 12 and comes from an acting family - she is the daughter of Dutch actor Frederik de Groot and British actress Fiona Gaunt. Her work spans film, television and also voice overs for bestselling audiobooks and...
Published 03/12/20
Kate Saxon discusses her journey to becoming a director as well as how you span the differences between television and video games.
Published 02/27/20
Louis Taylor-Baggs is a second unit director's assistant on the James Bond film 'No Time To Die' and has worked as a production assistant on various films including Solo: A Star Wars Story, Guy Richie's King Arthur, Wonder Woman 1984 and Mowlgi. He discusses his experiences and his journey to becoming a producer.
Published 02/17/20
Craig Lapper is Head of Compliance at the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) and in this episode discusses how movies are rated, changing attitudes of audiences and dealing with several hours of watching a film about paint drying...
Published 02/17/20
Mike Gamarano Singleton from Mixing Networks details his career beginnings as a commercial actor, but how he longed to start his path to being a filmmaker.
Published 02/17/20
Caitlin Joseph is a casting associate to Suzanne Smith casting shows such as Outlander and Good Omens. We discuss the highlights and the challenges of finding the right cast.
Published 02/17/20