Acting Up

This week Megan and Jordan are joined by the fabulous Honey Holder! Fresh into the industry having studied performance design and film costume, Honey is here to shed light onto what goes into what goes on you.
Honey discusses her work as a prop supervisor, prop etiquette, designing theatre vs film, battling budgets, the grey area that is hats, costuming student films, stop-motion, where are all the women? and of course, being an ex theatre kid. 
Talks also turn to puppetry: the creation and theatre of puppets and creating consciousness and breath. Using our show of the year, Spirited Away, as the prime example.
Tune in for the tragic tale of the stab wound trousers and the birth of a Goose.
Tangents include Khloe Kardashians magic hair, DRILL GIRLS, my character is a vegetarian libra, Bridgerton and no is one is safe from life drawing.

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This week Megan and Jordan are joined by the Marvellous Molly Griffin-Jones to discuss all things graduating, dancing and navigating the industry.
Molly spills on her time at the BRIT School, dancing her way to the semi-finals of Britain’s Got Talent! and her journey into the industry since. Including as always a meaty chat on drama school, favouritism, agent showcase flops and identity.
Mollys introspection is infectious and discussions turn to curating training that serves you post-graduating, separating your ego from your work, battling the expectations you have set on yourself, menstruation as a dancer and managing a healthy relationship with food and your body as an athlete.
Molly also hits your hosts with a belter of a question, tune in to hear some deep chats and thunderstorm ASMR.
Tangents include semi-supine to a lamp, the flat white mums vs Megan, Mollys best pickup line, pole dancing, 5 minutes of Instagram and the SKY BREAKING.

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This week Megan and Jordan are joined by the incredible Erin and Steph (and a fish) - the founders of Birthday Fish Theatre - before they head up to Edinburgh Fringe!
Erin and Steph discuss the birth of the surrealist wonder that is Birthday Fish, starting with conversations in contemporary class and developing into a creatively, collaborative friendship - they get candid about what it takes to get a show to fringe, from conception to completion.
Steph discusses her decision to leave dance school to pursue other interests and how she found her way back to theatre. Erin comes out as a songwriter and gets candid about her relationship with dance and moving into physical theatre, acting and writing. 
Birthday Fish is a surreal, hilarious and absurd story that any fellow fish out of water will find utterly relatable. Details on their run can be found @birthdayfishtheatre 🐟
Side notes include Jenna Marbles, Jordan’s deceased dance Instagram, developing a frontal lobe, more impressions and handstand competitions.
RIP Jordans microphone, sorry for the noises, we try our best and we lost a real one.

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This week Megan and Jordan are joined by friend of the pod, the wonderful Owen Dennis! From freaky fringe performances to frightening French directors - Owen spills on his time in the industry.
A career sparked by watching Doctor Who behind the scenes (her influence!), it’s the classic bossy child to performer pipeline, including after school clubs and the wonderful world of drama school.
Owen gets candid about his experience booking a one man fringe show before even graduating, doing a photo shoot in a sex shop on Easter Sunday, being naked on stage, dealing with inappropriate audience members, the Polar Express and tales of touring around tiny towns in Italy.
Tangents include coffee deliveries, graduation suffragettes, twink Pinocchio, Megan’s murder mystery and a live recording of the beef on Megan’s street.

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This week a very giggly and tired Megan and Jordan have a discussion on voice acting. Something they don’t (or didn’t!) know all that much about. 
Discussions include the Acting Up home studio, Indeed’s (?) guide to becoming a voice actor, Rob Wiethoffs story, more on Dungeons and Dragons and SAG-AFTRAs current video game strike. 
Jordan has plans to be an audio-erotica voice actor while Megan may be in the market to be the new Ralph Wiggum.
Tune in for many impressions, including but not limited to: the Wilhelm scream, the Shark Tale shrimp, R2D2, Shaggy and almost the entire cast of SpongeBob and The Simpsons. Also a bonus poetry reading of ‘Does Marge Have Friends’ by Raphael Bob-Waksberg.
Tangents include not pressing record, a questionable impression of Megan, farts, a dying lime bike and how to cure a hangover. Featuring scary Harry.

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This week Megan and Jordan are back on topic with an episode for you on none other than stage combat.
Starting as usual with Jordans ‘a brief history’ segment, going back to the literal beginning of humanity and working its way up through Gladiators, Samurais and Shakespeare, it seems stage combat has existed for as long as performance has.
Your hosts reflect on their own experience with stage combat, from workshops and auditions to training in drama school - an iconic experience (cut tragically short by lockdown) with a teacher who for the sake of the podcast will be referred to as Combat Kevin. If you know you know.
Discussions include why aren’t stunt artists recognised? The tragic yet inspiring story of a stunt gone wrong and how far are you willing to go before you let the experts step in.
Tangents include committing Seppuku (relevant), Chappel Roan in the new Gladiator film, men are guilty and the M slur (M*cb#th). 

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Did you miss us? This week Megan and Jordan are on a mountain in Corfu! So the audio is dodge… Sorry :/
Welcome to the holiday special, what’s special about it you ask? How much less depressed we are! 
Tune in to hear tales of Acting Up abroad such as: adding horse riding to our spotlight skills, little German boys and hermit crabs, holiday reading material, taking shots in matching fits and please don’t fart on planes.
But inevitably the question arises - are you ever truly on a break from acting? From holiday self tapes to the unending checking of emails, when you’re self employed the work seems to follow you everywhere…
Welcome back to Acting Up!

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This week Megan and Jordan discuss two of the most essential pillars of the industry: the casting directory - Spotlight and the performers union - Equity, who are taking action against Spotlights “Tax on Hope”.
This episode includes discussions on what Equity is, the things they are fighting for, how it can benefit you and how it is has helped members previously. Megan and Jordan also debrief on Spotlight and its undeniable monopoly on the industry, how essential it is in their own careers and expose what they think their playing age is and the questionable skills they have listed on the site, including things such as accents and sports. Not to mention having to bagsy your own name! 
So what’s the tea? Equity believes Spotlight is taking advantage of its position and overcharging members, which would not be legal or cool…
Side notes include Brittany Broski in the flesh, stinky nose rings, summoning with an iced latte and donatella VERSACE 💜
Don’t forget to check out Birthday Fish Theatre! 

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It’s finally here: the episode that attempts to tackle the immense subject that is being a working class actor in the industry. A historic episode indeed, as Megan and Jordan both shed actual, real tears on the pod.
The episode includes a dumb beginners (Jordan) guide to the class system, private school privilege,  cosplaying the poor for funsies, talking proper and the horrifying statistics that make the dream seem impossible.
But it’s not all doom and gloom, we of course have to celebrate the actors who have made it despite the odds and the organisations working to bridge the gap for the working class talent of tomorrow. Megan and Jordan also reflect on the privileges (and subsequently cry) that have allowed them to keep flying the flag - after all, we owe ourselves the right to make it.
Tangents include Jordan’s apology video with tears, showing your agent the inside of your ear hole, and a celebrity on the doorstep.
Stay tuned to find out the incredible news of the friends of the pod and the Spotlight vs Equity beef ;)
TRIGGER WARNING POVERTY AND SHOUTOUT TO OUR MUMS X

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Life is well and truly battering Megan and Jordan, so what else is there to do but the classic Q&A? You asked and they answered. Questions and answers… Q and A…  
The fans (friends) asked questions such as:
What would we do with unlimited funding? Who would win in a fight? Who would we cast one another as?  Wildest Auditions? What would we be doing if we weren’t actors? 
Also including (of course) more soliloquies on drama school - including the grand theft of Jordan’s uniform - and discussions on how we can expand the Acting Up community.
Side notes include battling egotism now the pod has 206 followers, @daisybootybig3, Master Oogway has been CANCELLED, and probably Megan and Jordan too after they reveal their least favourite celebrity...

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