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Mike drinks tea with Enayat Ahmady, an actor who has just finished filming in the independent series, Abracadavers, right here in Alberta. The theme of Enayat's story was about using acting as a self-confidence tool and as a way to meet new people. Enayat spoke to his love for sports like hockey, cricket, and football before falling in love with theatre and film. Enayat also shared some future acting goals and encouragement to those people following a passion. Share this episode with someone who likes learning about theatre and film. Find Enayat Ahmady through: IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11937596/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eahmady10/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/enayat.ahmady Find the Tea with Mike show through: Website: http://teawithmike.com Podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-johnson933 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TEAWITHMIKEJ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tea_with_mike?lang=en Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/teawithmike Thank you for listening Mike
Griffin is a Canadian actor and producer who has been working in the film, theatre, and voice industries for over a decade. Born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, his creativity was fostered through Theatre Works, Quest Theatre, Calgary Young People's Theatre, Theatre Alberta's ARTSTREK, and Central Memorial Performing and Visual Arts Program. His professional career began at twelve years old, taking on the titular role in A Paintbrush for Piccolo with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and performing in the 1700 seat Jack Singer Concert Hall. Griffin later secured his first film role, acting alongside Matthew Perry (Friends, The Whole Nine Yards) in the feature film The Ron Clark Story. Since then he has worked with Stephen Amell (Arrow, DC's Legends of Tomorrow) and Maggie Grace (Lost, Taken) in the TV Movie When Calls The Heart and Colm Feore (Thor, Chicago) in the feature film Everfall. He has worked with a number of theatre companies including Theatre Calgary, Theatre Junction, The Shakespeare Company, Lunchbox Theatre, Birnton Theatricals, Thou Art Here Theatre, Calgary Opera, Shakespeare By The Bow, W&M Physical Theatre, and the In Arms Theatre Collective. Griffin is the former host of the talk-show Studio 315 on Shaw TV, and can be seen on Heartland (CBC), Abracadavers (The Fantasy Network/Amazon Prime), Pet Heroes (CMTV), and Hug-O-Gram (REVERY, Telus Optik). You may also recognize his voice as Kouji Ibuki on Cardfight! Vanguard, Brutal of the Martial Arts on Future card Buddy Fight X, and Kibaltes on Future card Buddy Fight Hundred. Enayat Ahmady is an actor, known for Where I Want to Be in 5 Years (2020) and David's World and the Cyclops Hour (2022). Outline of the Episode: ● [02:55] Introduction about Griffin Cork. ● [04:33] Introduction about Enayat Ahmad. ● [09:38] Griffin Cork's favorite theater to watch? ● [12:28] Laura COP Character? ● [13:46] What is your feeling after doing your dream job? ● [20:45] Inspiration of shooting camera shots? ● [26:15] Have you done any research before coming to season 2 of Abra Kadabra? ● [30:38] What do you do to get the character right? ● [33:58] How do different actors have similar phones in the episodes? ● [40:26] What do you do with your body as an actor to showcase as you are doing a power shot? ● [44:31] Would you rather choose to lose your ability to speak or ability to hear? ● [45:47] Would you rather talk like Yoda or breathe like Darth Vader for the rest of your life? ● [47:35] Would you rather ever have a mullet haircut or a ponytail haircut? ● [49:30] Would you rather like to write a secret or not? Catch Griffin Cork Website: http://www.griffincork.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/GriffinCork Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/griffincork Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/griffin-cork Catch Enayat Ahmady Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eahmady10/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/enayat.ahmady Connect with AmigosPC! Website: https://www.amigospc.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TwoandahalfAmigos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amigospc Twitter: https://twitter.com/AmigosPC Check out Official AmigosPC Merch at: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/amigospc?ref_id=24626 Join the conversation with the Amigos by becoming a member of Amigos pc get direct access to our discord and other cool free stuff https://amigospc.supercast.tech/
Calgary is becoming the backdrop to many film and television productions. One of those is Abracadavers, which will be bringing out its second season soon. Vanesa Jette joins Kyle to discuss how she came to be hired and her hopes for the future. Follow Vanessa here: https://www.instagram.com/justvaaanessa/Find out more about Abracadavers here: https://www.abracadavers.tvCreative Block is a proud member of The Alberta Podcast Network: Locally grown. Community supported. You can find more information and listen to all the great shows by going here: https://www.albertapodcastnetwork.comOur sponsors this week are: Pod Power - With Pod Power, our sponsors are making it possible for us to amplify the voices of Albertans and Alberta podcasters. This episode, Edmonton Community Foundation is helping us give a Pod Power shout out to Overdue Finds - https://www.epl.ca/podcast/ - Bryce Crittenden and Caroline Land will be hosting conversations about books, movies, music, pop culture and other great things happening in Edmonton. ATB Cares - https://www.atbcares.com - ATB Cares makes it easy for all Albertans to support the causes they care about. In addition to your donation ATB will match 20% of every dollar donated to to an annual limit of $360,000 to Alberta-based, non-religious charities. Eligible charities may receive up to $5,000 in matching per year. Individual donations qualify for a maximum donation match of $500. Media Lab YYC is a public production studio located in downtown Calgary, Alberta. They help you tell your story. They do this by assisting in the creation of videos and podcasts.Website: http://medialabyyc.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC41pYdYE__w0lwGrrYsy0cwTwitter: https://twitter.com/medialabyycInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/medialabyyc/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/medialabyyc/★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
This week, Steve & Diana chat with Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi, who was awarded the ‘World Mayor Prize' in 2014. Mayor Nenshi talks about how he got talked into politics by trying to talk other people into politics. He also tells us why his political colour is purple, and how his post Mayoral life will include ‘Seva' - selfless acts of service - and finally watching Game of Thrones.Mayor Nenshi introduces us to Calgary actor, podcaster, producer and filmmaker, Griffin Cork. Griffin is part of a new generation of young people who are changing the way we think about theatre and film in Western Canada. Griffin is embarking on the second season of his web series called, ‘Abracadavers' and spills the beans about hosting a daily podcast with his equally talented and artistic mother, Karen Johnson-Diamond.To learn more about Mayor Nenshi you can go to the City of Calgary's website https://www.calgary.ca/citycouncil/mayor.html or follow him on Twitter and Instagram @nenshiAnd to learn more about Griffin Cork, you can visit his website at http://www.griffincork.com, listen to his podcast ‘The Breakfast Dish' https://thebreakfastdish.buzzsprout.com/ or follow him on on Twitter and Insa @griffincorkHOST: Steve Patterson (Twitter: @patterballs)PRODUCER & CO-HOST: Diana Frances (Twitter @dianafrancesvan)TECHNICAL PRODUCER: Donovan Deschner from Fracture A Femur Productions (www.fractureafemur.com)MUSIC BY: Imagine Sound Studios (www.imaginesoundstudios.com) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On this edition of 'Wasting Your Time' one of the best in local actoring Griffin Cork returns to the show. It's been a little over a year, so Griffin and John chat about what has been going on since then. Including the international success of Abracadavers, his work in Shakespeare in the Park, and his recent award winning role in a one-man show. Plus we even get into a little Dungeons and Dragons talk on this edition of the podcast. So please enjoy the show. Please Rate and Subscribe Follow John on Twitter twitter.com/localceleb_john Follow Griffin on All Platforms @GriffinCork Abracadavers https://www.abracadavers.tv/ John 3:16 @John316Movie on most platforms Restless Sleep twitter.com/@restlesssleeptv https://www.facebook.com/RestlessSleep Wasting Your Time Podcast is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcast, Stitcher, & iHeartRadio
In this episode of IBTAP's Lyrical Breakdown, AJ dives into the mind of The Classic Crime their song Abracadavers. What does the song mean? How does it make AJ feel? Could this be a therapy session? Tune in and find out! Beer Review: Tiger Millionaire by Modern Times You can find us on your favorite podcast app search "IBTAP" Follow us on Social Media or let us know how you feel about the discussion: twitter.com/ibtap Instagram.com/ibtap Spotify Playlists: IBTAP IBTAP Chronicles Lyrical Breakdown
Abracadavers is a new web series that starts with a road trip because of a character's unhealthy obsession with his mother's chair. A couple of the people responsible for the creation of the show, Morgan Ermter and Jordan Wright, talk with Kyle about their earliest obsessions and how they became filmmakers. Other things are discussed as well such as unknown songs, salon chairs, and collecting bugs.
We continue Season 3 of Flicks XRayed with episode 29 and this week we watch and review What We Do In Shadows. The host Tony is joined by guests, Rock Muncher Ryan and Pasghetti Morgan the Director of Abracadavers web series. This week we play IMDB Synopsis of Mocumentary Movies, The Price is Right and The Flicks Awesome Lodge Word Game for the coveted princess crown. So tune in as we discuss at length about Mocumentary, Non-actors in comedy, Indy Movies and so much more.
After 3 years away Griffin Cork returns to the 'Wasting Your Time' podcast. On this episode Griffin joins John to talk about all things 'Abracadavers' with the first episode of Season 1 debuting Dec. 19, he discusses his history with the project, how he came to be involved with the series. As well they discuss the support the series has received from both Telus Storyhive and the Calgary Film Centre. Plus Griffin shares a couple of stories from the set, as well as the recent award the series picked up. You can watch Season 1 of Abracadavers on December 19 on Numera Films Youtube Page https://www.youtube.com/user/TheJjamd Follow the Series on Social Media Facebook https://www.facebook.com/abracadaversseries Twitter https://twitter.com/AbracadaversWeb Instagram https://www.instagram.com/abracadavers/ Follow Griffin Twitter https://twitter.com/GriffinCork Instagram https://www.instagram.com/griffincork/
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Ryan sits down with Morgan Ermter, the creator, Co-Producer, Co-Writer, and Director of the web series Abracadavers. Abracadavers Web Series