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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!
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We are @megan_alderson_ & @jordan.skids
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Women Have BEEN Directing!
Welcome back to Acting Up! This week Megan and Jordan are catching up and diving into the historical world of female film directors! Jordan kicks it off by discussing the statistics and state of…
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…
Catching Up
In the effort of drumming up suspense for the finale of our GIFF 2 series, enjoy a simple catchup with your hosts Megan and Jordan! But not TOO simple, as nothing ever is. Sorry about the immediate…
GIFF 2, EPISODE 4: Out of Competition Panels: ‘Rodent’ and ‘Twain’
Welcome to the grand finale of our series from the second Gloucester Independent Film Festival! Become part of the festival audience and tune in to hear panel interviews and audience Q&A’s with…
GIFF 2, EPISODE 3: ‘The Monster Beneath Us’, ‘Him Then Us’ & ‘Ingest’
Welcome back to Gloucester Independant Film Festival with your hosts Megan & Jordan! For this, the third instalment of the behind the scenes interviews, the Acting Up girls sit down with the some…
GIFF 2, EPISODE 2: ‘Two Big Feet’ & ‘Don’t Give Up’
Welcome back to Gloucester Independant Film Festival with your hosts Megan & Jordan! In this second instalment of the behind the scenes interviews, the Acting Up girls sit down with the…
GIFF 2, EPISODE 1: ‘The Little Cinema in Gloucester’ & ‘Milking the Dog’
Welcome back to Gloucester Independant Film Festival with Acting Up! For the first instalment in their series of interviews, Megan and Jordan sit down with the incredibly talented film makers behind…
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We are so back! Post the slightly depressing ageism episode and being professionals at Gloucester Independent Film Festival 2, Acting Up are back with a BITE… Another episode of the ‘Just Two Besties…
Chat, Are We Expired? Ageism and Misogyny in Hollywood
Megan and Jordan both recently celebrated their 25th Birthdays! And by celebrated they mean crashed out about their impending expiration from an industry famously unkind to older women! Yippee! So…
Immersing Ourselves in Immersive Theatre
This week Megan and Jordan are immersing themselves in the world of immersive theatre, from the history to personal experiences recent and historic - it’s time to go beyond breaking the fourth…
Is Rhea Ripley Real?
This week Megan and Jordan are asking themselves the age old question - is wrestling real? Why? Because Rhea Ripley that’s why.Inspired by their newfound love for one particular wrestler, Megan and…
Thomas Walton & Theatre North CIC
This week Megan and Jordan are joined by the wonderful performing, milk drinking, dog loving, plant father that is Thomas Walton! Thomas is here to discuss his journey into the musical theatre…
Unapologetically Eli
This week on Acting Up, Megan and Jordan sit down with another face from their drama school days, the incredibly talented, not Spanish speaking, dance virtuoso that is Eli Follant! Eli opens up…
Outrageously Madelaine Crabb
You thought they were done interviewing Megan’s coworkers? Think again! This week Megan and Jordan are joined by the fiercely funny Actor/comedian Madelaine Crabb!Maddie joins Acting Up to discuss…
Serious About Sophia Cordell
This week Megan and Jordan are reuniting with another of their drama school classmates - they are joined by the wonderful, bilingual and certainly not too serious Sophia Cordell! Sophia gets off to a…
One Year of Acting Up!
1 year, 1 podcast, 2 besties, 2 countries, 4 counties, 25 guests, 49 episodes, a million train journeys and a whole film festival later?! We're so back.Welcome to Acting Up in 2025!In this episode we…
I Gay Therefore I Horror
This week Acting Up are joined once again by the original guest and bestie of the pod - Rhys Tinney. Rhys returns for chatty discussion on a special interest, welcome to three besties on a sofa…
Why Do I Cry When I Sing?
This week Megan and Jordan are revisiting a question that haunted them during drama school - why do I cry when I sing?!They each unpack their relationship with singing pre, during and post drama…
#NotaStripper and the History of Pole Dance
This week Megan and Jordan sit down to talk about their new favourite hobby, Pole Dance! From personal experience to a perplex history, this week it’s time to delve into the wonderful world of pole.…
Joshy Lee & Oscar Wenman-Hyde!
This week Megan and Jordan are joined by another dynamic duo, Melodrive megaminds and the founders of Gloucester Independant Film Festival; the wonderful Joshy Lee and Oscar Wenman-Hyde!Joshy and…
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Acting Up has published 64 episodes since January 2024, covering topics in Arts, Performing Arts.
Acting Up is currently dormant with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 1h 3m.
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