Musing on the Bard: Episode 10 - Phoebe Anne Taylor (A Shakespeare & Acting Podcast)

Welcome to the penultimate episode of Season 1 of Musing on the Bard: a podcast for the Shakespeare curious, hosted by Australian actor, Sally McLean, featuring today's guest, the wonderful Australian actor: Phoebe Anne Taylor.

Known to Shakespeare Republic audiences for playing the award-winning roles of "Sebastian" and "Launce" in Shakespeare Republic and "Jane Porter" in Dark Arcadia, Phoebe Anne Taylor is a Melbourne based theatre maker, actor and writer. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Honours in Creative Writing from the University of Melbourne and Honours in Performance from Monash University, and was a graduate of the inaugural Full Time ensemble of the Howard Fine Acting Studio Australia.

In 2019, Phoebe became an alumni of the Arteles Creative Centre in Finland, having completed the Silence Awareness Existence residency. She was awarded runner up for her work in the 2020 Alpine Fellowship International Theatre Writing prize, and has had work produced at La Mama and the Butterfly Club.

Theatre acting credits include “Ricki” in Apples and Shoes’ the art of f*cking and no blinding light, both of which she also wrote, performed at La Mama & Adelaide Fringe, a vocalist in Old Man Nanook for 3Mask, “Maya (Marcus)” in Four Letter Word Theatre’s Titus Andronicus and “Naomi” in Speak English or Die.

Film credits include “Raylene” in Michael Liparota’s Raylene and Charlie, “Jasmine” in Liam Firmager’s Revelation and Jaklene Vukasinovic’s Firelight.

Phoebe is also a regular narrator for the Vision Australia Information Library Service and has narrated several audio books for various publishers.

Join Phoebe and podcast host, Sally McLean, as they discuss the value of casting well, how to keep your sanity as a producer, a healthy way to approach acting process, what value does the iambic pentameter really have, the importance of deprogramming, the nature of poetics and language, the importance of context and much, much more in this wide-ranging and insightful conversation.

To find out more about Phoebe and her work, visit her Instagram profile at https://www.instagram.com/thingsfromiso/ and read her bio in full at https://musingonthebard.com/about-our-guests/phoebe-anne-taylor/

You can watch Phoebe playing "Sebastian" for Shakespeare Republic (Season Two) here: https://youtu.be/pdu73YF3h-4?si=e5_g3N_8BK56GsoV

And her playing "Launce" for Shakespeare Republic (Season Three) here: https://youtu.be/jvQsq9US0zk?si=r_xzCDTHnMfFhEW0

And you can watch Phoebe as "Jane Porter" in Dark Arcadia here: https://youtu.be/1q0lBi08hzQ?si=F8op8gX1PrfEW6_Y

To hear Phoebe reading the audiobook of her father, Hugh R Taylor's memoir Opening Eyes (as mentioned in the interview), head to Audible here: https://www.audible.com.au/pd/Opening-Eyes-Audiobook/B0FMBKT733

Season One of Musing on the Bard features a plethora of fascinating guests from Australia, the UK and the USA discussing Shakespeare, acting, creativity and more. Head to our official site for all listening links and more information: https://www.musingonthebard.com and don't forget to subscribe so you don't miss a thing!

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Created, edited and presented by Sally McLean.
Opening credits music: "Violin Energy" by Stanislav Barantsov
Quickfire round music: "Demolition Runner" by Soundbay
End Credits music: "Good Vibe" by VItalii Iegorov (Twisterium)
Music used under license from Pixabay & Storyblocks.
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