My Sh**ty Actor Boyfriend

Topics discussed/Key words

• Accessibility for disability
• Anxiety
• Starting in the music industry
• Inaccessible apps/websites
• Accessibility for gigs

#preciousperez #jakeferretti #podcast #mentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters #musician #braille #singer #songwriter #musicindustry #disability #disabled #latina #disabilityadvocate #bornblind #retinopathyofprematurity #blindness #blind #artist #advocacy #anxiety #depression #discrimination ...

Topics discussed/Key word

#rosieholt #jakeferretti #podcast #mentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters #comedian #pileons #news #parody #opinion #tribalism #debate #actor #burnout #brexit #empathy #industry #anxiety #depression #beingoutofcontrol #antidepressants #comedy #justletusknow #selftape #audition 

• Pressures of Twitter
• Online abuse

Jake Ferretti - https://twitter.com/Jake_Ferretti

My Sh**ty Actor Boyfriend - https://twitter.com...

Topics discussed/Key words

• Losing a child to suicide
• Coercive control
• Depression

Mentions

#avavidal #jakeferretti #podcast #mentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters #comedian #journalist #suicide #coercion #depression #goingtothegym #eating #drinking #unhealthy #daughter #suicide #legal #sexwork #bbc #pointless #selfemployed #socialexpectation #aggression #sweetbobby #blackcommunity #shanewarne #rolandgift #edinburgh #festival

Interview with theatre director and writer, Raz Shaw (20/09/21)

Topics discussed/Key Words 

• Near-death experiences
• The taboo of death
• Fear of fear

#jakeferretti #podcast #lockdown #dancingvideo #filmediting #juliehesmondhalgh #neardeathexperience #nonhodgkinslymphoma #cancer #gambling #addiction #vulnerable #pulmonaryedema #nhs #fearofvulnerability #notbelonging #impostersyndrome #dramaschool #control #therapy #childh...

Interview with disabled model, Caprice Kwai (22/12/21)

Topics discussed/Key Words - Caprice Kwai

• Being disabled in the modelling industry
• Ableism
• Accessibility within the fashion industry
• Knowledge of hair for black women
• Embracing disability

#jakeferretti #podcast #ableism #disability #modelling #fashion #discrimination #mentalhealth #teenage #instagram #modellingagency #youngwomen #stylist #hairmanagement #afrohair #o...

Interview with theatremaker, D'bi Young Anitafrika (30/11/21)

Topics discussed/Key Words - D’Bi Young

• Colonisation in theatre
• Jamaican Dub-Poetry 
• Parenting and making Art

#jakeferretti #podcast #race #queer #theatre #gender #identity #artist #christmas #africa #caribbean #colonisation #decolonisation #workshop #devising #jamaica #community #dubpoetry #windrush #windrushgeneration #love #art #jamaicanpantomime #A...

Interview with actor, David Paisley (06/09/21).

Topics discussed/Key Words - David Paisley

• Severe depression
• Feeling suicidal
• Being dehumanised from being on TV

#jakeferretti #podcast #davidpaisley #actor #tv #comingout #holbycity #casualty #gaykiss #tvcomplaints #bbc #beinginthepubliceye #dehumanised #realitytv #loveisland #mentalhealth #carolineflack #theatre #proactive #success #sufferbycomparison #insecurities #su...

Interview with opera singer, director and company owner, Bronwen Stephens-Harding (05/09/21).

Topics discussed/Key Words - Bronwen Stephens-Harding

• Toxic competitiveness
• Retraining in Opera
• Ageism/sexism in the industry
• Imposter Syndrome
• Being kind to oneself

#jakeferretti #podcast #bronwenstephensharding #operasinger #director #mezzosoprano #companydirector #rogueopera #compactproductions #intimateproductions #lockdown...

Interview with cabaret artist and composer, Mark Bunyan (12/08/21).

Topics discussed/Key Words - Mark Bunyan

• Living as a throuple
• Losing best friend to AIDS
• Being financially dependent on a partner
• Age

#markbunyan #jakeferretti #podcast #writer #gay #composer #lgbt #lgbtcommunity #sexeducation #comingout #hiv #aidsrelatedementia #therapy #cabaret #newyork #aids #money #support #masculinity #homemaker #pridesgottalent #...

Interview with author, Paul Burston (11/08/21)

Topics discussed/Key Words - Paul Burston

• Survivor’s guilt (AIDS crisis)
• Drugs/alcohol 
• Trolling/stalking 
• Anxiety
• Being a victim 

#podcast #creative #writer #journalist #anxiety #depression #lockdown #hastings #wildswimming #racism #smalltown #exclusion #white #macho #gay #homosexuality #survivorsguilt #aidscrisis #gayscene #gayculture  #actup  #stigma #drugs #alcohol #coc...

Interview with director, Chris Sonnex (21/07/21). 

Topics discussed/Key Words - Chris Sonnex

• Body image
• Poverty vs. diet
• Food & nutrition
• Men & mental health
• Refugee camp, Calais (Good Chance theatre?)

#podcast #creative #director #nyt #andrewlloydwebber #mentalhealth #cishet #councilestate #churchillgardens #class #fat #overweight #stigma #masculinity #workingclass #goodchancetheatre #bunkertheatre #calais #ref...

Interview with actor and writer, Daniel York Loh (03/07/21).

1. Topics discussed/Key Words - Daniel York Loh

• #actorslife
• Pressure of working normal job
• Social Media
• Drug/alcohol rehab
• Power struggles/relationships in the industry

Mentions

James McAvoy article - https://www.wbur.org/npr/175709286/why-actor-james-mcavoy-almost-turned-down-trance

Kimberley Sykes - @KimSykesTheatre

David Nicholls - @DavidNWriter

Henry Fil...

Interview with writer and director, Jon Brittain (26/06/21).

Topics discussed/Key Words 

• Bullimia
• Body image 
• Dyspraxia (link below)
• Anxiety
• Being in control
• Writer/director/actor relationships

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09jk37n - My Dyspraxic Life

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/jun/26/actor-rafe-spall-talks-about-his-weight-struggles - Rate Spall article

#podcast #eatingdisorder #bullimia #anorexia #confi...

Interview with musician and writer, CN Lester (05/06/21)

1. Topics discussed/Key Words - CN Lester

• Improvised Opera
• OCD
• Cyclothymic Manic Depression
• CAMS Mental Health care
• Jamie Hale - poetry book called Shield. ‘Cryptic’ Show at the Barbican
• Transpose show at The Barbican
• Opera Makers - Fab audition!
• Blog post - ‘Middle Class Artist’ (fatphobia in Opera)
• Trans Like Me - 1st book

#improvisedopera #homemanchester #leodalton #ga...

Interview with actress and theatre maker, L Morgan Lee (18/05/21).

Topics discussed: 

• Lived experience of being transgender 
• Race
• Self-confidence
• Fear of Success
• Cercle Hermaphroditos - Shualee Cook
• Maxa - The Maddest Woman in the World

#transgenderactress #trans #auditionroom #thedanishgirl #visibility #representation #shualeecook #paulamaxa #cerclehermaphroditos #fearofsuccess

https://twitter.com/lmorgan_lee 

https://twi...

Topics discussed:

• Definitions of trans/cis/non-binary
• Their show, ’Since U Been Gone’
• Self-care
• Being attacked on the street
• ACE funding 
• Find your community/support (Theatre Queers)
• TRIGGER WARNING - CONTENT WARNING FOR THIS CHAT. DETAILS OF TRANSPHOBIC VIOLENCE. 

#depression #theatrequeers #transphobicviolence #nonbinary #nonbinaryperformers #jaggedlittlepill #breakfastonpluto #acefunding #selfcare #cis #trans #netflixdisclosure...

Interview with life coach, author and Strictly Come Dancing champion, Camilla Sacre Dallerup (10/05/21).

1. Topics discussed

• Dancing with the Stars
• Judging myself
• Self-love
• Body image 
• Self-healing
• Empathy
• Breathing Exercises

#coaching #coachingcareer #mindtools #dancing #movement #career #dancingwiththestarsnewzealand #newzealand #nlp #neurolinguisticprogramming #communication #raisingawareness #mindful #selfcareregime #judg...

Interview with sound designer and composer, Alex Faye-Braithwaite (08/05/21)

• Making/learning from mistakes
• Dealing with failure
• Being relevant
• Proud Trust, Manchester
• CBT Therapy
• Feeling OK with what you’re doing

#impostersyndrome #family #support #proudtrust #manchester #lgbtqi #pressure #habits #challengehabits #therapy #help #stress

https://twitter.com/afbsound

https://twitter.com/Jake_Ferretti

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