Meet the man behind the page @supportbritish on Twitter, John Craggs. John trained at The Birmingham School of Speech and Drama and has been an actor for over thirty years performing in numerous plays, commercials, and most recently during lockdown rehearsed readings of Dracula and Winter’s Tale and the man of many quotes. “We are all responsible for each other” - Glady’s Irwin. John has so many words of wisdom and is truly wonderful in bringing the acting community together.

Listen to how John’s mother was a profound influence in John’s life and career and how simple things like taking a walk can clear your mind and hit a reset button. 

You can watch all of the rehearsed readings online here:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpw8CGobk2n4Tap_w-G6u_A

And you can follow John’s wonderful acting community:

@supportbritish

And John’s personal account:

@johncraggsactor 

In this Bonus episode of Tea Time With Lindz, even though it is a short one it is jam packed full of story time goodness.

Listen to Erron Jay as he tells us all about the highs and lows of his creative journey so far.

Erron was born In Kansas City, Missouri and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Theatre Performance from Missouri State. After four years and only one play later Erron auditioned and got accepted into DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. 

After spending six years in Chicago Erron made the move to Los Angeles, with less than $400 to his name. Listen to how Erron navigated his way in LA, booking pilots and commercials to sleeping in his car when rent was not an option. 

You can catch Erron on Lucifer, No Good Nick, and many more. 

Erron Jay is currently looking for a kidney donor and you can find out all the details here:

www.gofundme.com/f/kidney4erronjay

Go follow Erron on social media on Twitter @erronjay and on Instagram @erronjay

Hannah Whiteoak is a British Actress, Producer and Voice Over artist living in LA trained in Motion Capture, you can catch Hannah in Pride and Prejudice Cut, Military Wives, Accidentally in Love that comes out this Christmas and catch her voice in commercials such as Xbox and Video Games, Hand of Fate 2 and The Elder Scrolls Legends: The Fall of the Dark brotherhood.

This week you can listen to Hannah and I talk about the importance of not being a dick on set, what it’s like working as a gaffer whilst also pursuing acting, and it’s never too early to start on the Mezcal, it’s five’o’clock somewhere right?

Follow on Instagram @hannahblakewahiteoak2015 

This week Lindsay interviews old class mate Alex Hafner. Hear all about Alex’s move from Europe to the States, and back to Europe again where, in the last couple of years Alex has really started to thrive as an actor. Of course there are ups and downs, scenes being cut, shows being put on hold due to Covid-19, but that is the life of an actor in general, you have to go with the flow. Find out how Alex has navigated his way so far.

You can catch Alex on Netflix’s Television show, Cable Girl’s, feature film, Submergence and The Mallorca Files on the BBC.

Follow Alex on Instagram and Twitter at both: @thealexhafner

Enjoy the episode.

This week Lindsay Lucas-Bartlett interviews former acting coach and longtime friend, Benjamin Byron Davis about his career so far. From what inspired Ben to choose a career in the arts, finding out his casting type and using it to his advantage to what flavor La Croix he is currently drinking.

And yes, you did hear that currently, I did go and see Ant Man and the Wasp just to see Agent Burleigh.

You can catch Ben in Greg McLean’s, The Belko Experiment, Peyton’s Reed, Marvel’s Ant Man and the Wasp and you can play him in Rockstar Games, Red Dead Redemption I & II as Dutch van der Linde.

You can follow Ben on Twitter @Tooda and Instagram at @BigBenDavis

Each week Actress / Writer Lindsay Lucas-Bartlett interviews creatives about their journeys so far, the highs and lows of pursuing a career in the arts industry.

This week Lindsay interviews old friend, British actress Katie Amess as they discuss Katie’s move from London to LA and embarrassing auditions and her time at the Geffen Playhouse.

Follow Katie Amess on Twitter @Katieamess and catch her on Criminal Minds: Across Borders and Bull.