These recent times have been some of the hardest challenges we've faced and as a community, it hit us pretty hard. However during these difficult times, here at Pocket Size Theatre, we wanted to spread a little positivity and share some peoples experiences because we are all in this together. Each day we'll be speaking to our friends in the industry to share their experiences with you all so take a read and see how people are getting through these hard times.
Let's stick together, share the love and get through this as a community!
Jacob McIntosh was most recently seen in the ensemble UK touring production of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. His other credits include Swing/Cover Lola in Kinky Boots (UK Tour); Swing in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (UK Tour); Seaweed in Hairspray (Crewe Lyceum); Ensemble & understudy Peter Pan in Peter Pan (Stag Theatre); Dance Captain & understudy Wishee Washee in Aladdin (Grove Theatre) and Ensemble in Sleeping Beauty (Churchill Theatre).
Let's stick together, share the love and get through this as a community!
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Jacob McIntosh was most recently seen in the ensemble UK touring production of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. His other credits include Swing/Cover Lola in Kinky Boots (UK Tour); Swing in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (UK Tour); Seaweed in Hairspray (Crewe Lyceum); Ensemble & understudy Peter Pan in Peter Pan (Stag Theatre); Dance Captain & understudy Wishee Washee in Aladdin (Grove Theatre) and Ensemble in Sleeping Beauty (Churchill Theatre).
On Monday 16th March 2020, The Society of London Theatre announced the closure of all Theatres in London. This followed suit with regional venues. Where were you when you found out and what was your initial reaction?
I was actually on my day off from Beautiful and on my way to watch a friend who was going on for his cover debut in &Juliet! A friend and I were just stepping off the train in London when I saw on social media/received messages saying shows weren’t happening that night. I hoped at that point that theatres would just be closed for maybe a few weeks or so, which I realise now was a little naive!
Can you tell us anything productive you’ve been doing?
I’ve actually quite enjoyed spending time being creative and filming videos for various different projects and concerts that are happening at the moment. I also managed to film a Kinky Boots dance workshop which means although I’m not able to be at a college teaching the routines, I’m able to send over the video so students can still be creative and learn choreography from the show!
