Where's My Freaking Dressing Room?!
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Where's My Freaking Dressing Room?!
A classical music podcast inviting you backstage for those conversations which only really take place behind dressing room doors. Two young singers discuss the world of classical music and what things are really like behind the scenes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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EMERGENCY EPISODE: BBC Funding Cuts
Alex and Helen have quickly jumped on the podcast to respond to the recent announcement that the BBC will be disbanding the BBC Singers, and the BBC C...
S3 Episode 10: Three things we're fighting for
Just like that, we’ve come to the end of Season 3 of the podcast! From the live episode, to the Voice of Black Opera Mini Series, to episodes on bound...
S3 Episode 9: Perfectionism
This week Alex and Helen discuss the pros and cons of perfectionism.
For many artists the desire to create perfection can be overwhelming. Perfe...
S3 Episode 8: Fear culture
This week we discuss the fear culture which pervades the opera industry and how we can take care of ourselves in these situations.
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S3 Epiosde 7: Nepotism
We all want to try and pretend nepotism doesn’t happen in the opera industry but, let’s face it, it does. So, how can you use nepotism to your own adv...
S3 Episode 6: Can we separate work from politics?
This week Alex and Helen debate a big question which often plagues the arts: can we separate our work from politics?
In this episode they discus...
VOBO Mini-series Day 3: Chantelle Grant
Finalist in the Voice of Black Opera Competition 2022, Chantelle Grant sits down with Helen and Alex to talk about the experience of performing in suc...
VOBO Mini-series Day 2: Thando Mjandana
Finalist in the Voice of Black Opera 2022 Competition, Thando Mjandana, joins Helen and Alex to talk about how he handles nerves, looking forward to t...
VOBO Mini-series Day 1: Vincent Osborne
To kick-start our mini series on the Voice of Black Opera (VOBO) 2022 Competition we were delighted to be joined by the competition’s founder, Vincent...
S3 Episode 5: Singers and instrumentalists with special guest Keval Shah
Alex and Helen were delighted to welcome esteemed colleague and old friend Keval Shah onto the podcast to discuss the similarities and differences bet...
S3 Episode 4: Being a singer is harder than it looks
This week Alex and Helen discuss five main points surrounding an age-old controversy: how being a singer is much harder than it looks.
S3 Episode 3: Standing up for yourself
This week Alex and Helen each share two personal stories where they made a decision to stand up for themselves in the industry. These stories discuss...
S3 Episode 2: Breakdowns
With a brand new season comes a lot of new changes:
In this episode we discuss what we call three ‘red flags’ which are signs that...
LIVE EPISODE: Mental Health in the Opera Industry
Where’s My Freaking Dressing Room?! hosted their first ever live episode recording as part of Opera Prelude’s OperaWorks conference day. This episode...
BONUS EPISODE: Interview with Larkhall
Alex and Helen were delighted to sit down with new media artist, composer and pianist Larkhall to talk about his latest album: Say You’re With Me.
Mental Health Week Day 5: Distorted Self-Image
In the final episode of our Mental Health Week Mini Series Alex and Helen talk about Distorted Self-Image and how they find ways to deal with this in...
Mental Health Week Day 4: Living in London with Helen Lacey
In Day 4 of our Mental Health Week Mini Series we’re joined by soprano Helen Lacey who tells us about her experience of moving to London after finishi...
Mental Health Week Day 3: Depression
On Day 3 of this Mental Health Week Mini Series Alex and Helen discuss depression and three ways they find depression exhibits itself in their lives.<...
Mental Health Week Day 2: Inner Calm with Quintin Beer
Today Helen and Alex are joined by Quintin Beer to discuss Inner Calm, in particular through the methods of Meditation, Nature and Therapy.
Quin...
Mental Health Week Day 1: Anxiety
For Day 1 of their Mental Health Week Mini Series Alex and Helen tackle the topic of Anxiety. As two anxious people, they discuss how anxiety exhibits...
S2 Episode 17: Building your patchwork quilt career
For the final episode in Series 2 (can you believe it?!) Alex and Helen are honoured to be joined by good friend and esteemed colleague, Richard Robbi...
S2 Episode 16: Working abroad
This week Alex and Helen have a laugh discussing what it's like to study and work abroad. Alex has extensive experience performing across Italy and in...
S2 Episode 15: Image and the industry
Opera as an art form requires our imagination. Whether we be entering into the world of Die Walküre, The Cunning Little Vixen or Tosca, each opera ask...
S2 Episode 14: Singing and Your Diet
This week Alex and Helen mythbust some of the common misconceptions surrounding diet and singing.
Caffeine
A huge topic in the vocal world...
S2 Episode 13: Money. There. We said it.
Nobody likes talking about it, Alex and Helen certainly don't like talking about it, but in this episode they get into the uncomfortable topic of mone...
S2 E12: January self-care package
New year, same dressing room, and this week Alex and Helen have a double bill for you.
To start, they discuss the seasonal nature of the career...
S2 Episode 11: Time to hit the refresh button
It's our last episode of the year so we decided to take a look back at the New Year's Resolutions we made back in series 1 on the pod in January and s...
S2 Episode 10: Rejections
It's Christmastime, for many performers it's audition time, which also means it's acceptance/rejection time.
Performers in the creative industr...
S2 Episode 9: Managing your Christmas diary
The days are getting shorter, the weather is getting colder and it's almost an acceptable time of year to be eating mince pies which can only mean one...
S2 Episode 8: Crises of Confidence
Although we don't care to admit it, almost all artists experience crises of confidence. From panicking during the final minutes before you go on stage...
S2 Episode 7: Auditions - what they don't tell you
With the Christmas audition season just around the corner Alex and Helen thought it was about time they revisited this topic. In this week's episode t...
S2 Episode 6: One Year Anniversary Dinner Party
To celebrate the first anniversary of 'Where's My Freaking Dressing Room?!' Alex and Helen decided to organise a dinner party and were delighted to be...
S2 Episode 5: Pressure
There are three ps that come with a career in music and no, we don't mean pianississimo!
Practice. Performance. Pressure.
In every aspect...
S2 Episode 4: New Horizons
Every September Alex and Helen get that same ‘back to school’ feeling. For Helen, it’s a period of excitement as she buys far too much stationery and...
S2 Episode 3: Contacts
This week Alex and Helen discuss how to make the most of your contacts.
The classical music industry is a small, small world. No matter where yo...
S2 Episode 2: The Inner Critic
As musicians and performers we are trained throughout our careers to develop a critical ear, one that can assess the quality of a performance and deci...
S2 Episode 1: Things we learnt from the Euros
Most people think that football and classical music have nothing in common. Alex and Helen are here to debunk that myth, opening series 2 of 'Where's...
How Coronavirus and the Black Lives Matter movement has affected the operatic industry in the UK
SPECIAL EDITION EPISODE!
This week Helen is taking over the podcast to present the research project she's been working on over the last y...
Episode 17: Agents
This week Alex and Helen tackle the mysterious topic of classical music agents. They discuss the unusual aura which surrounds agencies and artist agen...
Episode 16: Life after music college
With summer fast approaching Alex and Helen discuss a topic very much on Helen's mind, life after music college.
With Helen graduating fr...