Best known for starring in acclaimed TV shows Ghosts and Stath Lets Flats, the actor and comedian Kiell Smith-Bynoe was born in London and trained at the Theatre Royal Stratford East and East 15 Acting School. This autumn, he has a packed schedule with two films out – Ghosts: The Possession of Button House, which gets all the beloved supernatural characters back together for their first film, and Wicker, a saucy comedic fable in which he plays the innkeeper alongside Olivia Colman as an ostracised fisherwoman who commissions the local basketmaker to weave her a husband. Smith-Bynoe is also back on the road with his hit improv comedy show Kool Story Bro, which kicks off on 6 October in Leeds.

I discovered kwn maybe two years ago. She's an R&B artist from east London and is a new flavour, really: I couldn't compare her to any other artist. I love the choir-style backing vocals she has on most of her tracks and she's a really clever writer and a great singer. I've seen some of her a cappella stuff too, and while a lot of music now has effects and autotune on it, she doesn't seem to have loads of effects. Music is really important to me. I grew up in a household where the TV wasn't always on, but the record player was, or a radio. Now, the first thing I do when I wake up is put Apple Music on. Sometimes, if I'm on the road or doing a lot of things back to back and I start to feel low in energy, I realise I haven't listened to any music that day. Having some music on makes me feel better.

Lola Rose Maxwell is a comedian and actor who I’ve known through improv for a while, and now she’s created a new show, which she's only performed twice so far. It’s improvised couples therapy. Two improvisers play a couple and are given a problem in their relationship, then she plays the therapist. It's just fantastic. I was filled with jealousy, because any time I see something amazing I'm not involved in, I feel that. But after the first 10 minutes of being green with envy, I really enjoyed it and loved the concept. There are TV shows about therapy now, like Blue Therapy on Netflix or Couples Therapy on iPlayer – it's a bit zeitgeisty. But she's turned that on its head, made it improvised and funny. [The show will be back at The Free Association in November and December. For updates follow Lola-Rose on Instagram]

I went to this venue for the first time recently, to a concert by an American artist called Khamari. I actually went for the warm-up act, Ambré, because she’s not had any UK dates since I got into her. It's R&B, quite a lot of acoustic stuff, and she's an amazing singer. My taste is pretty eclectic but I do really love R&B, and that's what I grew up on. Choice FM, which is now Capital Xtra, was always playing in the house, and my mum was a big Luther Vandross, Aretha Franklin and Diana Ross fan. I'd sort of assumed the sound quality wouldn't be that good at Hackney Church because it's not built for concerts, it’s built for praise and worship, but it was great. I loved it. It has nice toilets too, which always helps.

This app gets you discounts on restaurants and bars in and around London. A friend told me about it. Discount apps come and go, but I looked at this one and saw that some of the restaurants are fancy places in Mayfair that are really quite expensive – you could get 30% off Hakkasan, which is unheard of, places like Hawksmoor, Gaucho. Not only do you get the booking, you get the discount code. It's become very difficult going out in London – not so easy to just turn up and get a table.

I'm really happy for UK comedy that this show has been successful. There was a lot of negative press before it even came out. People were expecting it to fail. Hopefully it's building more stars from the UK who'll go on to have their own shows, and comedy commissioners will take more of a chance. There’s lots of marketing and advertising for it and it's pushing comedy to the forefront in a way that, until now, has only happened for drama. Before, there wasn't much space for satire or political lampooning on TV, that was happening online. I think it's a big step forward for UK comedy.

Ghosts: The Possession of Button House is released in UK and Irish cinemas on 23 October and Wicker is out on 30 October. For Kool Story Bro dates and tickets go to koolstorybro.co.uk