Dedicated to keeping you inspired. Chatting with folks creating their own work and thoughts on my acting journey in the form of an honest diary.
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From Thrive Ireland - Diane Holt and Will Leitch introduce you to people who have been inspired to act. Thrive Ireland is all about equipping and inspiring churches to bring about holistic change in society. This Podcast has received support from the Northern Ireland Community Relations Council which aims to promote a pluralist society characterised by equity, respect for diversity, and recognition of interdependence. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the Community Rela ...
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Rev Dr Lesley Carroll joins Diane and Will to discuss what has motivated her during an extremely varied career, as a Presbyterian Minister, working in Victim Support, as Prisons Ombudsman, with the Equality Commission and the Consultative Group on Dealing with the Past. She also discusses her new role with the ICRIR, the much-criticised Independent…
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In the first episode of a brand new series of Inspired to Act, Thrive Ireland's Director, Diane Holt, and co-presenter Will Leitch welcome back David Porter. His career has spanned working for missionary societies, helping set up ECONI (Evangelical Contribution on Northern Ireland), and working for some years as Chief of Staff for the Archbishop of…
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Diane Holt and Will Leitch are back with a new series from Thrive Ireland for 2024-5! Send us a text Produced for Thrive Ireland Made by Commission Christian Radio In association with The Northern Ireland Community Relations CouncilPor Thrive Ireland
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Belfast's annual Four Corners Festival has been going for 12 years. Its Christian organisers consider it subversive, but in a positive way. They say they want to encourage people to step out from their comfortable places and meet others with differing backgrounds and opinions. Diane and Will get around the table with Rev Steve Stockman, Fr Martin M…
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"With God, all things are possible..."
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It's the turn of Ed Petersen to join Diane and Will this time. It's fair to say he's made an unusual journey to end up working in peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland. How does a New Jersey boy, who very nearly studied at West Point to be a US Army Officer, end up working at Clonard in West Belfast? Fortunately Ed is very happy to tell us a…
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"Suddenly Everything Fell into Place..."
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Diane and Will meet Rev David Campton, Methodist minister, actor, poet, peacemaker and onetime biologist. He lives and works in Northern Ireland, having grown up in Belfast, and having once left, vowing never to return. He's worked in many challenging areas, including some of Belfast's most volatile interfaces, and now serves as Superintendent of B…
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Diane Holt and Will Leitch are hosting a bit of a reunion this time - as three former members of ECONI, the Evangelical Contribution on Northern lreland, join them at Commission. It's a big day as the gang are allowed into Commission's hallowed Studio 1 because there are so many of them to fit around the table! Lynda Gould, David Porter, and Stephe…
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A message for Advent from two Christians living in Israel and Palestine during a war. Diane Holt and Will Leitch hear from Rev. Nael Abu-Rahmoun, vicar of the Anglican Parish of Christ Church in Nazareth, in Israel, and Rev. Jamil Khader, vicar of the Anglican Parish of St Philip's in Nablus, in the West Bank, in Palestine. Their parishes lie withi…
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Diane Holt and Will Leitch meet two of the people working at the heart of reconciliation and peace building in Northern Ireland. Both provide support and services to victims and others affected in the years of conflict, but in subtly different ways. Kenny Donaldson works with SEFF, the South East Fermanagh Foundation. Alan McBride works with the Wa…
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Will Leitch and Diane Holt welcome two men from East Africa to the Commission Studios - to see what they can teach us about peace building and reconciliation. Christophe Mbonyingabo runs CARSA Ministries in post-genocide Rwanda. Dr Allan Waihumbu runs WAPE in Kenya, where ethnic violence erupted in 2007-8 after a contested election. Neither man has…
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Will Leitch and Diane Holt welcome the author, broadcaster and peace builder, Tony Macaulay, to Studio 2 at Commission. Tony's first book, Paperboy was about his childhood in the Upper Shankill in West Belfast. His latest, Killing The Devil is written with a co-author, and tells a love story set in the years following the genocide in Rwanda in 1994…
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News from journalist and podcaster Will Leitch, and Diane Holt, Director of Thrive Ireland. Coming soon - a regular podcast telling the stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Send us a text Produced for Thrive Ireland Made by Commission Christian Radio In association with The Northern Ireland Community Relations Council…
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Great chat with Dan Caleb. Covering themes including - Mental Health, Truth, Self Healing, meditation. We also have one of Dan's pre-recorded tunes (On The Hillside) and he even plays us his latest song (A Meditation on the Death of a Friend) live in my living room! Check out "On The Hillside" on Spotify and follow on twitter, facebook and Instagra…
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It's been a while. Edinburgh was crazy and I'm not great at balancing priorities. So all of my focus was on the show and the HOARDS of mistakes i made in the run up to and during the festival. I'm currently on holiday and will be back soon to give a more detailed review. Big Love, Lewis x x xPor Acting Inspired
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It has been a mad, one as you know, but finally I have found 5 minutes to sit down and have a little think and share that with you lot, as I do! So here is the first week review of being here! ENJOY!!!Por Acting Inspired
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Kae and Rin steal the host chair and take over Acting Inspired for this late episode! It has been a mental week of getting last minute admin bits done, tightening the show, deciding the show needs to be totally rewritten and getting blocked on twitter... Rin is smashing it with my social media and Kae has been the head of logistics! Its been great …
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Give us all your money! please? we'll give you some gifts in return! Like... A personalised song made by Lewis Goody or even a whole, infamous, hot air baboon night... Totally in your honour! For just YOU! That is going to be sooooo therapeutic! put all your cash in this bag... I love you all... NEARLY THERE ENJOY!…
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I missed a pod last week and I feel terrible about it. It's really time to shape up, I was in such a good place when I started this three years ago and it could be so much more. I talk over the crowds chanting for the England/Columbia game about deadlines and discipline. Post me talking about doing stuff we have a post-show talk with two dudes who …
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Post Show Talk for Section 2 @ The Bunker Theatre with: Karl Knights who was sectioned in 2016, Alison Kerry from Mind, Director of ‘Section 2’ Georgie Staight and cast members Nathan Coenen and Esme Patey Ford. Update on progress of "I CANT DO THIS!" ENJOY!!!Por Acting Inspired
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The creatures have done us proud! What a fantastic piece of theatre I have just seen. An important topic, well executed in every way. I will be hosting the post-show talks on the 19th June and 3rd July and I can't wait so please come down and say hello! Orrrrr if for some reason you're avoiding me... yes... you... Then come on any of the other nigh…
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As I begin to feel slightly more comfortable about the show it is time to start thinking about raising the money to do it. It's interesting to me that my brain goes, "why should anyone give us money to do a show and festival that we chose and wanted to do?" I guess I have learned over time to not put much value on to the arts, especially if it is m…
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Its been getting STAGNANT on the ol' AI pod of late so some time out and away from civilisation was much needed! Cleared the air of my mind and gave me time to get some things in order. I'm lazy, it is out of fear but I'm still lazy, that's the bottom line and it's about time I did something about it. I am doing that by doing this show but I need t…
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Edinburgh show title is annoyingly appropriate...
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I'm losing it! Everything is good! Life has finally found some sense of direction! I know what I have to do now! I'm also overwhelmed with this relatively late discovery! and wait, oh no, I'm losing this newfound sense of direction... That's the general vibe for today's pod. If I had more time I probably wouldn't have even posted this. but I don't …
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Some confidence has been built as I perform more regularly. I feel good and that maybe I do have something worth exploring! I'm looking forward to getting stuck into development but I do still need to tackle the admin side of things. That is now where the fear stems and the pool which I should definitely jump into next! So here goes! ALSO... Come s…
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Thank you to everyone who managed to make it down last Saturday! I got through one! Its the beginning of a loooong journey but it had to start someone and now it has started fo real! I learned a few big lessons a few small ones and few medium sized ones... The sound of this pod is horrible, I'm sorry, you will hear why in the intro! Please come on …
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Got my show on Saturday at the Cats Back, Wandsworth, 5:30. I am scared scared scared! That is all. I'm in way over my head, some say its good to get out of your comfort zone. What do you think? At this point I'm not so sure. At the end of the day I will still be alive after Saturday, I think. So who cares really - this is a mantra I am trying to d…
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Fear, anxiety but also excitement... I battle with the voices in my head which also happens to be what my show is all about. Its getting closer and WAY MORE REAL! I'm scared, I wish I was a kid again and things wos just fun and that...Por Acting Inspired
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I forgot to do a pod, I've been pretty damn busy of late and it totally slipped my mind. Auditions are picking up a little, which is nice, and my show prep is... I'm struggling but we will get there in the end! Caroline or Change at the Hampstead theatre was pretty sick! I'm doing an hour... At the Cats Back. Its a part of Wandsworth Arts Fringe Fe…
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Jon and Nathan return to tell us all about Paper Creatures goings on in the upcoming months. These guys are soldiers. They're Duracell bunnies. They just keep going and there is no sign of them stopping any time soon! I'm hugely inspired by them every time we meet and you will be too. Just a year ago they were here talking about an idea they had wh…
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Guess what? more moaning! but don't worry I'm sure this means I'm due an up at some point soon and everything will be freaking awesome again... More guests very soon! Patreon's still not up... who knows when you will be able to give me money for my services?! seriously though... BIG LOVE! ENJOY!!!Por Acting Inspired
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Me and Rin catch up on his auditions, my gig on Thursday and The evolution of The Great Wave at The National Theatre from the first preview to press! Sorry Its late today, nightmare works going in my building! I LOVE YOU! ENJOY!!!Por Acting Inspired
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The routine of my brain is beginning to bore me. The up and down and round and round. It's so predictable but seemingly unavoidable. I know that in a few days or a week or so, Il be on top of the world and excited about my show and il fully understand why I'm doing it and what I'm trying to say. Right now, however, I couldn't feel less confident or…
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I tell you all about my stresses of being a lazy, unorganised bum... I realise that taking a show to Edinburgh costs... a HELL of a lot of money... I think it would be wise for me to learn how to be organised now! And we have a special 1 minute AI takeover with an old AI Fave! ENJOY!!!Por Acting Inspired
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The newest member of the Acting Inspired famalam, Joe Eyre, talks to me about Joyous Gard, creating a Theatre company being a producer, writer, casting director and an actor on something completely different... all at the same time! Joe was such a great guest to chat with, we had a couple of interruptions, however, we kept calm and carried the fuck…
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Yo Yo Yo! Filmed myself today going through the motions of recording an episode of the pod, I also filmed a rundown of the equipment I use and some other lil tidbits for my future Acting Inspired patrons! I will keep you posted but keep an eye out for the Patreon page, join the Acting Inspired podcast community and get access to exclusive content, …
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Auditions, Edinburgh and an Acting Inspired Take Over!
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I chat with Rintaro about his audition for the Arts Ed 6th form course. I give a wee update on the Edinburgh situation. And Dísa Andersen takes over the pod with her own Acting Inspired episode. Dísa has a show on called: Is This Thing On, at The Old Red Lion, 26th - 31st March 2018. you can follow her @lattelepjandi on Twitter and check out her we…
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Lewis gives an update on his latest adventure... Creating a show for Edinburgh... actually no, for himself! WANKY ALERT! He chats through his ups and downs and changing his perspective of the so-called downs and viewing them, instead, as minor blips... this helps. FREEDOM! ENJOY!!! happy love day and all that!…
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Last time we were recording a pod (2 years ago) we were hiking up Runyon Canyon in the sun talking about East Asian representation in the industry. Has anything changed? Has progress been made? What is the state of that situation now? We also chatted about his production of YELLOW FACE which he starred in and produced back in 2013. Now, in 2018 he …
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Paloma is back to update us on her journey! Paloma has been busy since we last spoke and good lordy does she have some tales and work to prove it! She has gone from the timid assistant on her secondment at the Lyric Hammersmith to bold and brave associate taking TERROR all the way to Australia... During that time she wrote a play called STUD about …
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Late pod! Got a Cold.. Need .. Help...
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Its a late one today as I was attempting to prevent a cold. I didnt prevent it... I also talk about how Im terrified of everything but most of all, at the moment, Edinburgh! but it does lift me spirits havin' a good ol' yarn about it all!Por Acting Inspired
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A while ago I did a pod called "my first movie" from the beach in Ibiza. Almost a year later and here I am at the Premiere of my first movie in the freezing cold and snowy Warsaw, Poland. Tonight I will wear a suit and pretend that I live a glamorous life flying from place to place attending many premieres of many films... tomorrow, I will have a h…
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ME on The 42 Podcast with Vittorio Angelone.
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This week I am down in Devon looking out for my fam as we lose an awesome dude. So instead of getting everyone on a downer again... I was a guest on The 42 Podcast a wee while ago and I meant to put this up then... No excuses, just didnt... finally I have managed to get my hands on it and get it out to you. Vittorio Angelone is a musician studying …
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See you in my dreams! Graham Evan Lewis 26/06/1935 - 02/01/2018
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Happy New Year! This may not be what you were expecting but unfortunately, you never can tell what life will throw your way. This year, right at the end of the first day of this New Year, my family lost a very special dude. My Gramps is a legend and so this weeks episode is a dedication to him. Thank you all for your support. I'm sorry I couldn't q…
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Boxing day drunk talks about great new ideas for Acting Inspired...
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All sorts of exciting drunken stuff going on! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas! Lewis has decided to write about himself in the third person to make it look like he has a producer for his podcast. Lewis chats about being hot and drunk and he also touches on how he has replied to everyone who wrote to him and that he's had a great idea about getti…
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Merry Christmas from Acting Inspired...
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So... its Christmas and to add injury to injury I have an abscess on my ass... LOL Aside from that though I'm all good and excited about the New Year. I've been chatting with some folks about the pod and what we may be able to do with it in 2018 and on. There are lots of exciting things going on for all of us and I think its good to remind ourselve…
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Big love to all my buddies, budesses and everything in between. Thank you for reaching out to me when I was struggling. One great ingredient for happiness is good mates! We all have em, let them help you up when you're down. Anyway! So im out of this trance and usually what i would be doing now is whipping myself across the back calling myself an i…
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As soon as I dropped last weeks podcast of misery... I felt a million times better! My friends continued to reach out to me and I gradually accepted that and remembered that friends are freaking awesome. Talking on the pod got the darkness out of my skull and into the ether, lifting a huge weight off of my mind. I got myself out to the theatre and …
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I've fallen into a pit guys... and I'm struggling to climb out, mainly, I think, because I've been beating myself up whilst I writhe around at the bottom naively hoping sympathy will reach its long spindly arm down to drag me out. You're not a 5 year old falling off a bike anymore Lewis! Only I can get up and dust myself off and carry on... I've le…
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This weeks pod marks the end of an awesome trip across the globe to visit my beautiful and talented better half in Hong Kong. I’ve had the most amazing trip. She’s amazing and lucky enough to be working with some other amazing folks I’ve been lucky enough to hang with while I free load as well! It’s a drunk pod as we round up the trip I think... we…
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COMING AT YOU LIVE FROM HONG KONG! Well, not live but you know... I'm all disorientated. Time has gone weird but its all good. I've had a night having a good old chin wag with Kae and a morning in the park to myself to have a think about how I'm feeling. In this pod I try and convey those feelings, battling against the wind, a sling and a girl film…
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