Tara Overfield Wilkinsonm hails from Peckham, London, where her dad ran the Peckham boxing club. Tara attended the infamous Sylvia Young theatre school. Upon leaving she went into the West End Production of 'Stop the World, I Want to get Off', and then into the West End production of ‘Starlight Express’.

Following on from that she continued her performing career starring in productions such as ‘The Who’s Tommy’, ‘The Full Monty’, and ‘Anette’ in the original cast of 'Saturday Night Fever' to mention a few!

Along the way Tara worked as swing, dance captain, choreographer and resident and associate director which led her on to following her career along this path.

As a creative Tara has worked UK tours and West End Productions of ‘High School Musical’, ‘Memphis’ the Musical, ‘Sister Act’ starring Cynthia Erivo, the Broadway transfer of ‘Hair’, ‘9 to 5’, ‘Motown the Musical’, ‘Come From Away’, the motion picture ‘Wonka’ as well as numerous other productions worldwide.

Currently Tara is working as the associate director in ‘Mrs Doubtfire’ the Musical in the West End.

To take note out of her own book Tara said to me ‘you get the same version of me no matter who you are in life, whether you are the director, lead actor, dresser or stage door' and maybe that’s the trick to her success.

If you have been affected by any topics discussed in todays episode please see the show notes below for some helpful resources -

Samaritans - 116 123 (24/7 phone service)

Shout - 85258 (all ages 24/7 texting service)

Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) - 0800 585858 (5pm - midnight)

Papyrus HOPELINEUK - 0800 068 4141 (for under 35 year olds

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Chris Gardener hails from Dudley, in the West Midlands. Chris gained a place at the Arts Educational Schools in London, Graduating with a BA Hons in Musical Theatre in 2004. Chris left college early after booking a role in the UK tour of Cameron Mackintosh's 'Miss Saigon'. From here Chris went on to appear in the UK tours of 'My Fair Lady', 'Mary Poppins' and 'Oklahoma'. He then landed in the West End production of ‘Jersey Boys’.

In 2014 Chris ventured into stills and motion video production - predominantly focusing on corporate and social media for theatre: and in 2015 he bought his first investment property. Also Chris is part of the podcast world having produced the theatre podcast in ‘Taking times to Talk’ pod.

It was in 2020 that himself and his wife Stephanie Bron, took the decision to move to the Loire Valley in Central France, where he now resides.

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Watch Stephen's Short Film 'Abe' which he Wrote and Starred in - https://vimeo.com/185086482

Hailing from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire then uprooting to Middlesborough. Stephen attended teeside University graduating with a BA in English Literature. He then attended Arts Educational Schools, London Graduating in 2005 with a BA Hons in Musical Theatre. After graduating Stephen went into productions of Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. and, the Rod Stewart Musical Tonight’s the Night. From there he joined the cast of the Royal National theatres production of The History Boys. He spent three years on screen Hollyoaks for channel 4, playing Ravi Roy as part of the first regular Indian character on the show. Next he took himself overseas to Los Angeles. While here he wrote and starred in his short film ‘Abe’, which you can watch for free courtesy of Stephen. See the Link above. Stephen is also Martial Arts enthusiast and regularly trains in Jiu-Jitsu

And Mixed Martial Arts. Stephen has written the drama series 'Yes Please' which is currently in development. The series is set in the late 80's and is loosely based on his life growing up in Middlesbrough and is tipped to be a groundbreaking smash of a show with an Indian family at the center of all the action.

If you are or have been affected by any of the topics in this episode please see the show notes below for some helpful resources

Anthony Walker Foundation - Racism & Hate Crime Charity - https://anthonywalkerfoundation.com/

Samaritans - 116 123 (24/7 phone service)

988 Lifeline - https://988lifeline.org/

Beat (Eating Disorder Helpline) - 0808 801 0677

Shout - 85258 (all ages 24/7 texting service)

Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) - 0800 585858 (5pm - midnight)

Papyrus HOPELINEUK - 0800 068 4141 (for under 35 year olds

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