StageLync Podcast Ep. 75: Tom Bulpett on Navigating Performance, Neurodivergence, and a Changing Industry
Tom Bulpett is a neurodivergent actor moving fluidly between stage, screen, voiceover, and immersive work. You’ve likely heard or seen him in Dept Q on Netflix alongside Matthew Goode and Kelly Macdonald, Jeff Wayne’s The War of the Worlds: The Immersive Experience, narration for the BBC, several Project GameBox titles, plus The Play That Goes Wrong (West End), Father Brown (BBC), Quiz (ITV), and The Mummy (Universal Pictures).
In this episode of the StageLync Podcast, Tom Bulpett opens up about building a career across multiple mediums in an industry being reshaped by AI, disappearing entry-level jobs, and shifting audience expectations. We talk about the audition that changed his life, how autism informs his craft, why immersive work feels like the “Wild West,” and the unglamorous but essential “boring stuff” that keeps artists working. This is a conversation about finding connection, creating your own opportunities, and using neurodivergence as a creative superpower rather than a limitation.
Credits for the StageLync Podcast
Host: Anna Robb
Editor: Rose Anne Fermocil
Music: Jeremy Willi
Design: Em Holt
Production Coordinator: Roselle Bernardo
Producers: Anna Robb and Andrea Honis
Also check out: StageLync Podcast Ep. 68: Natasha Tsakos – Show Maker: “Our whole relationship with life is a dance with gravity” — a visionary creator working at the intersection of theatre, tech, and immersive experiences.
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