Coffee Chat Podcast

This week I chatted to Amanda Yipp! It was such a great conversation! I know Amanda through her dance classes at Dance Downtown (if you're in Vancouver check them out) and we chatted about all things performing, teaching, being real on instagram and some fun rapid fire questions! So, grab a coffee and enjoy! :)

BIO:

Amanda is a local movement coach/dance instructor, teaching for over 10 years.
She has worked in the professional arts and dance scene in booking and performing for large events and stage, film and television, and music videos.
With a physical literacy, martial arts and theatre background she is passionate about movement for the mind body and soul. Her love for creating inclusive and confidence building classes ensures a safe creative space for all.

Instagram: @amandaychoreo & @amanda.m.y

This week we chatted to Chelsea Pope about all things groundlings, comedy and tik tok! I met Chelsea online and may have stalked her work and she is one funny lady and with the power of social media I reached out and here she is on my podcast and I'm stoked she said yes! So, grab a coffee and enjoy!!

BIO:

Chelsea grew up in Rancho Cucamonga and graduated from UCLA with a BA in English Lit. She has since studied and performed comedy at The Pack, UCB, and The Groundlings, from improv to sketch to standup. Her web series “Best Friend Fix” is on YouTube along with some other lil bits and reels. She is a current member of The Groundlings Sunday Company and a beginner on the ocarina. You can also find even more of her videos on Instagram and Twitter @chelseathepope.

This week we chatted to Dorothy May!I met Dorothy virtually during COVID and we just connected and I am so grateful I met her! We chatted about our experience as women in comedy, bringing awareness to the refugee situation in Australia and some fun rapid fire questions! So, grab a coffee and enjoy!

BIO

Dorothy May is an Australian Performing Artist, Teacher & Creator of The Humour Experiment. Dorothy fell in love with Storytelling and Multi-Disciplinary Expression from a young age. As a young adult, Dorothy attended the Victorian College of the Arts for a Bachelor of Musical Theatre. Since then she has continued to sing and act in short films, plays and performs in numerous Cabarets. Dorothy is fascinated by Comedy, and so began her own community called "The Humour Experiment". The Humour Experiment has produced a Podcast, Workshops and Classes that centre around the exploration of Comedy. As a young singer, Dorothy completed her Classical AMEB Exams before studying Voice at the VCA. Singing has been a skill she has developed over several years while studying under some of the best Vocalists and Teachers Australia has to offer. Dorothy's vocal exploration has become more expansive to involve a more holistic approach to vocal freedom and research. An attitude of exploration and discovery underpins the work that Dorothy does with her students and her own vocal development.

Socials

@dorothymay.online

@thehumourexperiment

This week I spoke to Ebube Uba about all things diversity, producing, navigating the industry in Australia and all the amazing things she's been up too and working on! So, grab a coffee and enjoy!

BIO

Ebube Uba is a digital content producer, filmmaker and performer from Sydney, Australia.

With her roots in theatre, Ebube has curated work and performed for The Q Theatre, PYT Fairfield, Branch Nebula and Sydney Opera House. She soon found her footing in filmmaking while studying communications, media arts production and journalism at the University of Western Sydney. Her on screen acting credits include: Embedded (Simon Sewell), MYTH (Shakthi Sivanathan), The Taint (Tessa Muskett), Painting August (IY Choi), The Beehive (Zanny Begg) and Afro Sistahs (Afro Sistahs Collective). Her back-up/dance performance credits include: Claws (Megan Washington) and Sunday (Jessica Mauboy).

Ebube co-founded and is co-creator of arts collective, Afro Sistahs and works as the digital content creator for their self-titled web-series in development. She also worked as assistant screen development producer for community arts organisation, Information + Cultural Exchange.

As well as her artistic endeavours, Ebube is heavily involved as an active cultural leader in her community. She helps to plan and co-facilitate events for young people as secretary of the Nigerian Youth Association, Sydney, and is CMO of growing community networking organisation, The Afro Network.

This week I spoke to Ebube Uba about all things diversity, producing, navigating the industry in Australia and all the amazing things she's been up too and working on! So, grab a coffee and enjoy!

BIO

Ebube Uba is a digital content producer, filmmaker and performer from Sydney, Australia.

With her roots in theatre, Ebube has curated work and performed for The Q Theatre, PYT Fairfield, Branch Nebula and Sydney Opera House. She soon found her footing in filmmaking while studying communications, media arts production and journalism at the University of Western Sydney. Her on screen acting credits include: Embedded (Simon Sewell), MYTH (Shakthi Sivanathan), The Taint (Tessa Muskett), Painting August (IY Choi), The Beehive (Zanny Begg) and Afro Sistahs (Afro Sistahs Collective). Her back-up/dance performance credits include: Claws (Megan Washington) and Sunday (Jessica Mauboy).

Ebube co-founded and is co-creator of arts collective, Afro Sistahs and works as the digital content creator for their self-titled web-series in development. She also worked as assistant screen development producer for community arts organisation, Information + Cultural Exchange.

As well as her artistic endeavours, Ebube is heavily involved as an active cultural leader in her community. She helps to plan and co-facilitate events for young people as secretary of the Nigerian Youth Association, Sydney, and is CMO of growing community networking organisation, The Afro Network.

Welcome back to season #2 of the coffee chat podcast! This week we spoke to Matt Young I met Matt in Fiji and we have been in touch ever since! Matt is a US born Australian actor and acting coach having done a variety of work from Broadway tours, film and tv and even casting! We chatted about his move from USA to Australia, hallmark, casting, the story chunder and a show Matt is currently working on as well as some rapid fire questions! Grab a coffee and enjoy!

Socials

Insta @mattyoungactor

The Story Chunder @thestorychunder

Theatre show @smileyaustralia

Hello!!

This episode is a collection of sound bites from every episode so far! I am wrapping up season one and launching season two in two weeks!

Thank you so much for listening to the Coffee Chat Podcast! See you in the next episode! :)

Guests on Season One

Jillian Walchuk - Actress (@jillianwalchuk)

Candice-May Davies - Talent Agent (Vancouver) (@candicemaydavies)

Ayah Grant - Dancer and Hairstylist (@ayahgrant and @theredheaddoesmyhair)

Bailey Colors - Actress, Producer, Photographer (@baileycolors and @becolorproductions)

Nadia Townsend - Actress, Dramaturg, Producer

Rebecca Roberts - Actress, Photographer (@therealrebeccaroberts and @rebeccarobertsstudio)

Silvana Estifanos - Actress (@silvana_est)

Holly Renaut - Dialect Coach, Actress, Writer, Coach (@hollydialects)

This week we chatted to Holly Renaut! I worked closely with Holly for a little bit as she helped me refine my US accent and if you need an accent coach reach out to her! :)

We chatted about her acting journey and how she transitioned into dialect coaching, her work as dialect coach, an interesting conversation on diversity and accents in regards to the current Black lives matter movement and how it's affecting our industry and some fun rapid fire questions!

About Holly:

"Actor, Accent coach, Acting teacher, Presenter, Director, Producer, Writer, Translator, Public speaking coach

I’m passionate about storytelling, language, the arts, and community, and theatre is the perfect medium for all of those qualities to flourish. I have studied and performed with the cream of the crop, and my journey has taken me from Canada, where I was born, to London, Hong Kong, the USA, Ireland, Scotland, Kenya, and Spain, where I have lived and worked in both English and Spanish for the past 5 years.

When I’m not in front of a camera or an audience, you can find me teaching people all over the world how to speak with different accents. I love this work and have been doing it for 16 years now. It’s physical, neurological, fascinating, and I can’t believe I’ve found a career that allows me to literally make funny faces professionally. I am currently writing and recording my first full online course, to make this work more accessible to language learners as well as to the acting community"

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This week we chatted to Silvana Estifanos who is an Eritrean born actor and artist who moved from Calgary to Vancouver to pursue her dreams of acting. Silvana took a 6 months acting program then a 9 month long intensive program at Vancouver acting school. Shortly after graduating she booked a role for a lifetime movie , The kamiya Mobley story-stolen by my mother and a freeform tv show -motherland:fortsalem.

This conversation felt like a catch up with a long time friend and we only just met each other properly through this podcast chat! I adore this lady with all my heart! We chatted all things diversity, black lives matter, Jordan Peele, acting, auditions and some surprise rapid fire questions! So, grab a coffee and enjoy!!

RE-UPLOAD

This week we chatted to @baileycolors! This episode is a little vulnerable for both of us as we opened up about our experience with mental health as creatives (a conversation that should be had more often) but we also talked about Bailey’s journey as an actress, her production company @becolourproductions and our love for Kristen Stewart. So, grab a coffee and enjoy!

Hello! This is part 2 with Bailey Colors! We had over 6 hours of audio because our podcast chat also ended up being one massive catch up (the best)! So, here are some quick sound bites of the bits that made the cutting room floor but felt like they needed to be shared! So, grab a coffee and enjoy!

You can find Bailey on instagram @baileycolors

Production Company: www.becolourproductions.com@becolourproductions Photography: www.baileycolors.com@beeleecouleurs @willabyphotos Prints & Products: www.society6/baileycolors.com