Finding the Craft with Leigh Scully

Leigh Scully and Bronte Charlotte chat about the impact past traumas have on our ability to trust and believe in our ability to apply ourselves to our work, different tools to strengthen mental fortitude, and King of the Crossing (the 13 episode, fully improvised web series we released over the course of Melbourne’s COVID-19 lockdown period). We goof around with impressions, voices and accents, chat about the hierarchy of the creative industries, and how we can create space for those in less privileged positions than us who are often silenced and left unrepresented throughout the industry.

During this episode we discuss:

• [03:00] Strawberry ice cream, flavour developers and living with family
• [12:30] How we met, Bucks or Bag of Dicks, and childhood friendships with beautiful humans
• [18:52] Leigh’s journey from acting without commiting to acting as a career, non-linear pathways into finding your passion for the craft, and actors & psychology
• [31:17] Confronting trauma, facing shame, and building inner strength
• [35:60] Transitioning from film to theatre, and the difference between Sydney and Melbourne’s creative communities
• [38:20] King of the Crossing the Webseries, Yon Yonson the band, and family creativity & collaboration
• [44:02] Putting on voices & accents, how Big Mouth took over our life, and how being silly is keeping us sane through Melbourne’s COVID-19 Stage 4 lockdown
• [55:48] The joy of a truly connected performance, moving your body, and how adopting kittens will inherently improve your mental health
• [1:01:46] When The Light Leaves, having autonomy over your own body, and life affirming realisations
• [1:06:34] How we as cis white middle class people can create space for those less privileged than us, dealing with the limited power you have in the hierarchy of the creative industries, and facing rejection
• [1:15:15] GET ON IT: David Tennant Does a Podcast with...

RESOURCES 

• ATYP
  https://atyp.com.au
• Bucks, Or Bag of Dicks: Bad Ducks Theatre Company
  https://www.facebook.com/badducksco
• King of the Crossing: Web series
  Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsVSlMTQkppz_BNPZLymWW15xpg1AhYkI
  F: @kingofthecrossing
  I: @king_of_the_crossing
• Harm: Short film
  Watch: https://vimeo.com/271187804
• Yon Yonson
  Listen: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2nIzAIQLIBdop1EOGbNVRn
  I: @yonyonsonband
• When The Light Leaves, Citizen Theatre
  https://www.citizentheatre.com.au/
• GET ON IT: David Tennant Does a Podcast with...
  Listen: https://www.david-tennant.com/podcast

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