Acting Up
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.skids
Artwork by @those_who.try
Acting Up
Morgan Beale is Burtonesque
Today Megan and Jordan are Acting Up with the wonderful Morgan Beale! Colleague of Megan (shocking) and shockingly talented Actor, Morgan is here to share his unconventional journey into the industry, and how he found himself on the set of Wednesday!
Morgan’s journey started as many of ours do, in a school play that ignited a love for theatre he’s still trying to understand. Studying GCSE and then A Level drama Morgan ended up doing a degree in… American Studies? Thank god for student lead theatre! Morgan then discusses a trip to fringe that lead to drama school auditions, discussing auditioning the school while they audition you and why it wasn’t the right path for him.
Short courses, workshops and community theatre lead to signing with an agent and Morgan’s career began! Morgan then discusses the highs and lows of auditioning and how he landed his role in Wednesday season 1! How one round of auditions lead to 4 months in Romania, and as far as first times on set go, this experience was HUGE.
Morgan also gets candid about managing expectations when you think you’ve got it all sorted and things don’t go as planned and the auditions seemed to dry up. Discussions then turn to writing and directing and potentially creating your own work, with aspirations to create a short film!
Discussions then turn to scratch nights, fast moving sets, being trained on the job, self tape training, screen acting confessionals, where are the stage auditions at and what’s been good (drinks?), not so good (bashing Jenna Ortega?!) and what’s coming next (who knows!)!
Tangents include chubby kittens, Letterbox favourites, directing playtime, unspoken Elves and of course Moblin.
Also featuring a hello from Florence of the @sleeplesscreativespodcast - check out her wonderful work!
Sending love to anyone struggling with the weight of it all right now, please look after yourselves <3
You can find us as @actingupthepodcast on all socials ;)
We are @megan_alderson_ & @jordan.skids
Artwork by @those_who.try
Wanna be on the pod? Email actingupthepodcast@gmail.com 🃏