23 episodes
Acting Up Megan Alderson & Jordan Skidmore
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Do you want to know the secret to becoming a successful actor? So do we.Acting Up is a podcast made for struggling actors, by struggling actors (heavy emphasis on the struggling). Your hosts Megan Alderson and Jordan Skidmore delve into the harsh realities of breaking into a ruthless creative industry when you're working class, working a suffocating day job and disgustingly desperate. If you are sick of success stories and looking for something real, relatable and - in our opinion - quite funny? Welcome to Acting Up!You can find us as @actingupthepodcast on all socials ;)We are @megan_alderson_ & @jordan.skidsArtwork by @those_who.try
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Getting My First Period At The Lion King
Send us a Text Message.This week Megan and Jordan were meant to talk about pieces of theatre they’ve seen and the experience of watching things as an actor yourself. Which, between multiple tangents and questionable singing, they kind of do?Conversations include having two very different experiences at the same audition, an Acting Up trip to Spirited Away at the London Coliseum, the theatrical experience of seeing Mitski and… WATCHING THE PREMIERE OF MEGANS FILM!!! They delve into the in...
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The F*ckboy Fairytale Teller
Send us a Text Message.This week Jordan and Megan are graced by a guest that Megan scouted in a smoking area. You may recall how Morgan directed a one woman show called Fuckboy Fairytales - well, introducing the one woman herself: the wonderful Eleanor Chilton-Sutton.A career sparked by watching Narnia - Eleanor trained at BRIT School, went on to study English and Theatre at university, ended up doing stand-up comedy and of course wrote and starred in her debut work ‘Fuckboy Fairytales’...
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Adela the Next Top Model: TRANSitioning the Industry
Send us a Text Message.Another episode coming at you from Vauhaus HQ, this week Megan and Jordan are joined by certified gorgeous gorgeous girl Adela Mortimer! Trans hottie and fellow Vauhaus model who also (of course) dabbles in acting, Adela talks us through her journey in the industry - from a young diva who always had to play the lead to her involvement with the incredible Take Back Theatre Company and finally how an open casting brought her to model with Vauhaus. Adela gets can...
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Toria Brightside: Mother of Vauhaus
Send us a Text Message.What a treat we have this week! Megan and Jordan are joined by the mother of models, Jordans actual agent and founder of Vauhaus Model Agency - the incredible Toria Brightside.Toria reveals the origin story of Vauhaus, a revolutionary modelling agency founded 10 years ago on principles of ethics, personality and sustainability, and shares invaluable wisdom on how to catch the eye of an agent and what makes a good model.Tune in for discussions of Vauhaus HQ, the developi...
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Lowborn Theatre!
Send us a Text Message.This week Megan and Jordan (your favourite lowborn actors) are joined by founder, director & writer Meghan Loughran and co-director & director Gray Enever from Lowborn Theatre!From university project to Edinburgh Fringe to a full on theatre company, Lowborn Theatre is dedicated to creating meaningful, nuanced and accurate depictions of working class life, told by working class voices.Gray discusses their journey into directing, from finding acting in their late ...
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So Who is Ollie Smith?
Send us a Text Message.This week Megan and Jordan are joined by our first stranger! Brought to Acting Up by the podcast itself, introducing actor Ollie James Smith.From being naughty at school to boxing for England and then finding acting when you needed it most - Ollie gets candid about how he turned his life around and began an exciting career that started with a talent for mixology and has taken him onto some incredible sets and into rooms with his heroes.Tangents include the awful t-shirt...