Pursuing Acting Later In Life with Special Guest - Duncan Hess

Send us a Message - let us know what you think of the episode This week we welcome another guest to the podcast – British actor, Duncan Hess.Duncan first made a name for himself as a director, working for over 40 years making television for the BBC. Although acting was always his first love, it wasn’t until well into his late 50s that Duncan decided to pursue an acting career professionally.After graduating from Central School of Speech and Drama, Duncan has worked steadily in theatre these past few years, and recently realised a long-held ambition of working at the National Theatre.In our chat, we discuss where Duncan’s love of acting originated from, his experience of auditioning and studying at drama school, and what it’s been like finding his feet as an actor later in life.In the second part of the episode, John shares a list of practical steps actors of any age can take to help break into the industry. Check out the brand-new Spiritual Psychology of Acting website:www.spiritualpsychologyofacting.com If you’d like to get in touch with us, you can do so by emailing [email protected] you have any feedback, thoughts, topics you think we should cover in future episodes or questions about the Spiritual Psychology of Acting…whatever it is, we’d love to hear from you. Follow us:Instagram: SPOA - https://www.instagram.com/spiritual_psychology_of_acting/John Osborne Hughes - https://www.instagram.com/john.o.hughes1/Jordan Turk – https://www.instagram.com/jordan.turk/Twitter:SPOA - https://twitter.com/spiritualactingJohn Osborne Hughes - https://twitter.com/JOsborneHughesJordan Turk - https://twitter.com/jordantheturkFacebook: SPOA - https://www.facebook.com/SpiritualPsychologyOfActing ‘Love’ Omid 16B (EP version)Composer – Omid NourizadehCourtesy of aLOLa Records P & C 2022Published by aLOLa / Westbury Music Ltd. An Awakened State production.Support the show