The moment Victoria Broom could walk, she knew she wanted to perform. Talent competitions on childhood holidays in Blackpool and Aberystwyth sparked a love affair with the stage that never dimmed. “I’ve never known a time where I didn’t want to be a performer. It’s just been in my blood.”

That may sound idyllic and mildly intimidating, but don’t worry, the actor has a talent for making self-discipline sound like a warm hug rather than a lecture. She laughs about it, but underneath the jokes is a serious desire not to be swept along by the current of digitisation, to resist a world increasingly designed to make us passive. “I want to feel dependent on myself,”.

Although it feels like he’s just arriving, Marcus Rutherford has been here for a minute. Back in 2019 the Nottingham native was cast as Perrin Aybara, one of the main characters in Amazon’s TV adaptation of the famed fantasy book series The Wheel of Time.

For Umi Myers, acting has always been more than a profession; it’s a deeply personal  pursuit