Are you stuck in a negative pattern loop? Are you having trouble finding joy? Take baby steps! Joining the conversation on Cue To Cue today is Actor/Singer/Director Thom Allison who reminds us to take the small victories to uplift ourselves, others and our craft. You have to willfully make a choice to find joy. If you can see it, you can change it. Don’t feed your weakest self, feed your best self!

Grab a notebook, a pen, your favourite beverage, and get comfy! Enjoy!

In this episode:

• How the stillness brought by COVID can give us that much needed break
• How choosing joy every day uplifts ourselves, others and our craft
• His journey shifting from acting towards creating magic on stage in musicals
• The importance of diversifying the creative team to make the story richer and getting a different point of view
• His challenges in overcoming bulimia, self-doubt and impostor complex, and how he did not let these internal fears overrun him

A Little about Thom :

Canadian Screen Award winner, Thom Allison can be seen as “Pree” in the hit series, KILLJOYS, on Space/Syfy Networks. Thom has appeared on Broadway in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and in the original Canadian companies of Miss Saigon, The Who’s Tommy and Rent. He was also a judge on CBC’s Over the Rainbow, searching for Dorothy in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s production of The Wizard of Oz. At The Stratford Festival, Thom has appeared in Romeo and Juliet, Pericles, My Fair Lady, Threepenny Opera, The King and I, King Henry VIII, and Into the Woods. At the Shaw Festival: Ragtime, Wonderful Town, A Little Night Music and Follies: In Concert. Some other credits include The Wizard of Oz at Young People’s Theatre (Toronto), Cabaret at Theatre Calgary, Annie at the Grand Theatre (London), Evita at Theatre Calgary/Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre (Winnipeg) and The Drowsy Chaperone at The Vancouver Playhouse, The Citadel (Edmonton), National Arts Centre (Ottawa) and Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre. TV/Film: Murdoch Mysteries, Kim’s Convenience, I Me Wed, Road to Christmas, Leaving Metropolis. Directing credits include Seussical at Young Peoples Theatre, A Little Night Music (Randolph Academy), and Mary Poppins (Dora Award Nomination) at Young Peoples Theatre. His CD, “A Whole Lotta Sunlight” can be purchased on iTunes and streamed on Spotify. Visit his website: www.thomallison.com

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