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Shannon spent years on the other side of the casting table - and in this episode, she's telling actors everything she used to wish they knew.

We get into the audition habit that quietly makes actors forgettable (even talented ones), what bold, brave actors do differently to book work and build a career one audition at a time, and the one thing most actors focus on that's actually working against them.

Shannon also pulls back the curtain on how ego shows up in the audition room (and it's not what you'd expect) plus the two things she believes actors should focus on if they want their breakthrough, and the honest answer to a question every actor's asked themselves: do casting directors actually watch your whole self-tape, or cut it off early?

This one's for every actor who's ever wondered what's really happening on the other side of the camera.

Listen now, you'll come out the other side of this podcast energised, inspired and apporaching auditons in a whole new way.
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I used to destroy my own performances before I even walked into the audition or rehearsal room and I didn't know I was doing it.

In this episode, I'm getting honest about the 8 darkest, most self-sabotaging performance mistakes that wrecked my acting, the ones that didn't just ruin an audition or rehearsal, they chipped away at my confidence and nearly took my career with them.

I'll walk you through exactly what they were, why they're so hard to spot in the moment and the 2 exercises I used to break the pattern. One of them works fast. The other one's so simple, so unglamorous, most actors either skip it completely or quit after a few days... right before it was about to work!!

If you've ever walked out of an audition, performance or rehearsal replaying every mistake on a loop, this one's for you.

🎧 Listen now
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Stop losing out on the auditions you're right for. 10 weeks. 10 people. 10 opportunities to give the auditions of your life - check out this highly-acclaimed training

She's new to the industry. She's young. And in this episode, she has more wisdom about acting, and about herself, than actors twice her experience.

This is Jessa's story. From the fear that nearly kept her out of the audition room, to landing her first role after training with Louise (just 7 lines), prepped with the same care and intention as if it were the lead.

In this episode, Jessa opens up about what it actually took to get here: working through real audition fear, choosing an online course in a second language over in-person training closer to home, and why trusting her own instincts - even when they didn't make obvious sense - kept paying off.

She talks about what acting means to her beneath the industry noise, how she's built a career that fits around real life rather than against it, and the surprising feedback she got after those 7 lines that changed how she sees her own potential.

If you've ever doubted whether you're "ready enough," "capable enough," or simply stalled with your acting for any reason, this conversation is the reset you need. Jessa's energy is infectious, and her honesty about self-doubt, boundaries and following your gut is the kind of thing every early-career actor needs to hear.

Press play. You'll come out the other side wanting to bet on yourself a little harder.
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Stop losing out on the auditions you're right for. 10 weeks. 10 people. 10 opportunities to give the auditions of your life - check out this highly-acclaimed training

Kitchen tables in shot. Cats wandering into frame mid-line. A dozen takes deep and still not sure if any of them are "the one." If self-tape auditions have ever sent you spiralling, you are not alone, and this episode is for you.

In this episode, Louise takes you inside her own messy, chaotic early experience of self-tapes; the technical panic, the endless retakes, the agonising over when to hit send and exactly what she changed to turn self-tapes from a dreaded chore into one of her strongest tools as an actor.

You'll hear the real process behind how many takes is actually enough, what to look for (and avoid) in a reader, how to stop second-guessing your emotional choices on camera, and the one Method Acting technique that gets you to something true, fast, even under serious time pressure.

If you've ever wondered how to make a self-tape stand out to a casting director without over-rehearsing yourself into the ground, this episode gives you the actual answers, not just the theory.

🎬 The self-tape mistake almost every actor makes without realising
🎬 How to choose your best take when they all start blurring together
🎬 The Method Acting technique built for fast, honest self-tape performances

Perfect for actors preparing for self-tape auditions, cold reads, or looking to sharpen their audition technique with Method Acting training.

Press play - your next self-tape starts here.
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Stop losing out on the auditions you're right for. 10 weeks. 10 people. 10 opportunities to give the auditions of your life - check out this highly-acclaimed training

She never got cast from a single audition. Not one. Despite the hustle, the hours, the prep that left her shattered before she even walked in the room.

Then everything changed.

In this episode, Louise pulls back the curtain on the audition game nobody teaches you, the gap between being brilliant in the room and actually landing the callback. Why "good actor" and "good auditioner" are two completely different skillsets. Why the ones who make it to the final 3, get recalled, get cast, aren't always the most talented in the room.

And the moment that flipped everything for her. The one she's never spoken about publicly. Until now.

If you've ever walked out of a self-tape, a chemistry read, or a recall convinced you blew it, this episode is the mirror you didn't know you needed.

🎬 What shifts a "seen" into a "cast"
🎬 The audition mistake almost every actor makes and doesn't know it
🎬 The real story behind how she finally started converting rooms into roles, including a film on Amazon Prime

▶️ Press play. This one's personal.
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