# 104 - Jac Yarrow on Leading With Confidence, Joseph & Advice From Icons Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/call-to-stage-with-amber-davies-6766029/104-jac-yarrow-on-leading-with-confidence-joseph-advice-from-icons Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/call-to-stage-with-amber-davies-6766029/104-jac-yarrow-on-leading-with-confidence-joseph-advice-from-icons.md Podcast: [Call To Stage with Amber Davies](https://stenobird.com/podcast/call-to-stage-with-amber-davies-6766029) Published: 2026-01-28T04:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/p.podderapp.com/1394744194/pdrl.fm/80163e/rss.art19.com/episodes/7e6fb6a4-7e8e-443f-ac5b-af3e140a297e.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Audio file: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/p.podderapp.com/1394744194/pdrl.fm/80163e/rss.art19.com/episodes/7e6fb6a4-7e8e-443f-ac5b-af3e140a297e.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/call-to-stage-with-amber-davies-6766029/episodes/104-jac-yarrow-on-leading-with-confidence-joseph-advice-from-icons Duration seconds: 2454 ## Resource We’re back with another episode of Call To Stage, and on this episode, Amber Davies is joined by West End leading man and all-round storyteller Jac Yarrow. Before Jac had even finished his professional training at Arts Ed, he had landed the leading role of Jack Kelly in the UK premiere of Newsies . Off the back of this iconic role, he made his West End debut as Joseph in the London Palladium production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat , where he landed his first Olivier nomination. Alongside Olivier noms and The Stage awards, Jac has played Marius in Les Misérables (in the West End and the Arena tour), the titular role in Pippin (West End concert) and alongside Broadway legends in Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends . On this episode of  Call To Stage , Amber and Jac talk about the challenge of carrying a show as a leading man, finding confidence during setbacks, debuting in the West End whilst finishing training and learning when to push... and when to let things come to you. He also shares stories from Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat , Newsies and The Time Traveller's Wife . Plus, Jac shares the backstage advice he received from legends including Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga during Old Friends ... For more bonus content, join the  Call To Stage Backstage Pass  on Patreon:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/calltostage⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Call To Stage Instagram:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@calltostagepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@calltostagepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@calltostage See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Noti… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/call-to-stage-with-amber-davies-6766029/episodes/104-jac-yarrow-on-leading-with-confidence-joseph-advice-from-icons/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/call-to-stage-with-amber-davies-6766029/104-jac-yarrow-on-leading-with-confidence-joseph-advice-from-icons.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.