My Sh**ty Actor Boyfriend – Details, episodes & analysis

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My Sh**ty Actor Boyfriend

Jake Ferretti

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Frequency: 1 episode/23d. Total Eps: 44

Actor, Jake Ferretti, talks to creatives in the performance industry about how their mental health has been affected by the turbulent, up-and-down, twist-and-turny, sometimes abusive relationship they have with the industry. An open, frank and balls-out discussion podcast!

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🇬🇧 Great Britain - performingArts
05/02/2026
#91
🇬🇧 Great Britain - performingArts
04/02/2026
#61
🇬🇧 Great Britain - performingArts
03/02/2026
#35
🇬🇧 Great Britain - performingArts
19/01/2025
#72
🇬🇧 Great Britain - performingArts
18/01/2025
#34
🇬🇧 Great Britain - performingArts
17/01/2025
#77

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https://twitter.com/Jake_Ferretti
25 shares
https://twitter.com/ActorShitty
25 shares
https://twitter.com/juliehes
4 shares

https://www.mind.org.uk/
6 shares
https://www.samaritans.org
6 shares
https://www.thecalmzone.net/
6 shares

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/death-and-the-elephant/id1553462102
2 shares
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/sweet-bobby/id1590561275
2 shares

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Score global : 62%

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Chris Lawson

Season 3 · Episode 4

Sunday, July 23, 2023 • Duration 56:44

Topics discussed/Key words

Closing the doors of the Oldham Coliseum

#chrislawson #jakeferretti #theatre #oldhamcoliseum #podcast #mentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters #closing #regionaltheatre #communitytheatre #acefunding #pandemic #redundancies #nationalnews #midscaletheatre #workingclass #industry #manchester #plays #pantomime #greatermanchester

Mentions

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

Chris Lawson - https://twitter.com/chris_lawson_85

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

53Two - https://twitter.com/53two

Simon Naylor - https://twitter.com/Simon_Naylor

HER Productions - https://twitter.com/productions_her

Oldham Coliseum - https://twitter.com/OldhamColiseum

Maxine Peake

Equity - https://twitter.com/EquityUK

Julie Hesmondhalgh - https://twitter.com/juliehes

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Precious Perez

Season 3 · Episode 3

Monday, March 6, 2023 • Duration 59:48

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 #poc #author #tiktok #audition #faith #ableism #accessibility #visibility #americansignlanguage #puertorican #hozier

Mentions

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

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

Precious Perez (twitter) - https://twitter.com/pulyperez1

Precious Perez (website) - https://preciousperezmusica.com/

RAMPD (Recording Artists and Music Professional with Disabilities) - https://rampd.org/

Retinopathy of Prematurity - https://www.nei.nih.gov/learn-about-eye-health/eye-conditions-and-diseases/retinopathy-prematurity

Berklee College - https://twitter.com/BerkleeCollege

Lachi - https://rampd.org/profile/lachi

ASL Connect (American Sign Language) -

Mark Bunyan

Season 2 · Episode 11

Sunday, August 29, 2021 • Duration 01:02:06

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 #twobrewers #clapham #death #gettingolder #larrygrayson

The Fruit Song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kxu_7Ls2cTA

https://twitter.com/MarkBunyan1

https://twitter.com/Jake_Ferretti

https://twitter.com/ActorShitty

https://twitter.com/ShentonStage

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Paul Burston

Season 2 · Episode 10

Sunday, August 22, 2021 • Duration 01:08:06

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 #cocaine #ecstasy #ketamine #onlinestalker #polari

https://twitter.com/PaulBurston

https://twitter.com/ActorShitty

https://twitter.com/Jake_Ferretti

https://twitter.com/polarisalon

www.paulburston.com

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Chris Sonnex

Season 2 · Episode 9

Sunday, August 15, 2021 • Duration 01:03:26

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 #refugeecamp

Chris Sonnex - https://twitter.com/ChrisSonnex
Jake Ferretti - https://twitter.com/Jake_Ferretti
'My Sh**ty Actor Boyfriend' - https://twitter.com/ActorShitty
Vicky Featherstone - https://twitter.com/vicfeatherstone
Good Chance theatre company - https://twitter.com/GoodChanceCal

Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - https://www.whatsonstage.com/leicester-theatre/news/the-lion-witch-wardrobe-stage-tour-cast_54544.html

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Daniel York Loh

Season 2 · Episode 8

Sunday, August 8, 2021 • Duration 01:00:27

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

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 Filloux-Bennett - @FillouxPastry

RSC - @TheRSC

Silent Disco in the Sky (Northern Stage) - https://youtu.be/0uw3BvyyCjk

Every Dollar is a Soldier with money you’re a Dragon - https://chineseartsnow.org.uk/events/every-dollar-is-a-soldier-with-money-youre-a-dragon-8/

#acting #podcast #creative #director #addiction #rehab #alcohol #drugs #recovering #class #understudy #powerstruggles #bullying #sexualabuse #power #actorslife #pressure #ethnicminorities #confidence #socialmedia #film #tv #theatre

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Jon Brittain

Season 2 · Episode 7

Sunday, August 1, 2021 • Duration 01:08:46

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 #confidence #dyspraxia #techrehearsals #sensoryoverload #margaretthatcher #queenofsoho #queenofgameshows #control #writer #actor #director #playwright #relationship #mentalhealthconsultant #assistantdirector

Weirdos Comedy Collective

@deirdre_OH

@LuceJack

@TheTabbyLamb

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CN Lester

Season 2 · Episode 6

Sunday, July 25, 2021 • Duration 01:00:51

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

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 #gamesofchance #devisedroleplaying #livemusic #artsclub #lockdown #ocd #depression #camhs #camhsmentalhealthcare #jamiehale #2010equalityact #prejudice #transpose #theoperamakers #transdebate #middelclassartist

https://twitter.com/cnlester

https://twitter.com/Jake_Ferretti

https://twitter.com/ActorShitty

https://twitter.com/jamierhale

https://twitter.com/CAMHSNetwork

https://www.virago.co.uk/titles/cn-lester/trans-like-me/9780349008615/

https://www.barbican.org.uk/read-watch-listen/watch-transpose-the-future

https://www.theoperamakers.com/

https://www.middleclassartist.com/post/fat-shaming-bullying-is-anyone-protecting-our-young-singers

L Morgan Lee

Season 2 · Episode 5

Sunday, July 18, 2021 • Duration 58:26

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://twitter.com/Jake_Ferretti

https://twitter.com/ActorShitty

https://shualeecook.com/portfolio/cercle-hermaphroditos/

https://www.maxamusical.com/

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Tabby Lamb

Season 2 · Episode 4

Sunday, July 11, 2021 • Duration 01:01:28

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 #queertrans #community #findingcommunity #queer #confidence #buildingconfidence #milkpresents #genderedintelligence

https://twitter.com/TheTabbyLamb

https://twitter.com/Jake_Ferretti

https://twitter.com/ActorShitty

tabbylamb.com

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