# 108 - Joel Harper-Jackson on Leading Roles, Financial Pressure & Frank Sinatra Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/call-to-stage-with-amber-davies-6766029/108-joel-harper-jackson-on-leading-roles-financial-pressure-frank-sinatra Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/call-to-stage-with-amber-davies-6766029/108-joel-harper-jackson-on-leading-roles-financial-pressure-frank-sinatra.md Podcast: [Call To Stage with Amber Davies](https://stenobird.com/podcast/call-to-stage-with-amber-davies-6766029) Published: 2026-02-25T04:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/p.podderapp.com/1394744194/pdrl.fm/80163e/rss.art19.com/episodes/63c9f9ce-6bb4-4eab-8793-78aef3f6ffdf.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Audio file: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/p.podderapp.com/1394744194/pdrl.fm/80163e/rss.art19.com/episodes/63c9f9ce-6bb4-4eab-8793-78aef3f6ffdf.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/108-joel-harper-jackson-on-leading-roles-financial-pressure-frank-sinatra Duration seconds: 2294 ## Resource On this episode of Call To Stage we're joined by powerhouse performing and leading man Joel Harper-Jackson! Joel's story starts with him leaving college early to join the 20th Anniversary tour of Rent. From there, he has played Charlie Price in the UK tour of Kinky Boots, as well as roles in Standing At The Sky's Edge (National Theatre & in the West End), the UK tour of  The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Jesus Christ Superstar  at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre,  Beautiful – The Carole King Musical  at The Aldwych Theatre, and Che in  Evita  in Europe. Joel has just been announced to be taking on the role of Frank Sinatra in the major new West End show, Sinatra The Musical . On this episode of  Call To Stage , Amber and Joel talk about finding calm in the chaos, the emotional comedown after career "peaks", understudying Jonathan Bailey and Taron Egerton in the West End production of Cock and how one self-tape ultimately transformed his career trajectory... Plus there are stories from Rent , the West End production of Standing At The Sky's Edge and how he is inhabiting Frank Sinatra for his next role, proving that sometimes the parts people don’t expect you to play are the ones you were born for. 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 Cali… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/call-to-stage-with-amber-davies-6766029/episodes/108-joel-harper-jackson-on-leading-roles-financial-pressure-frank-sinatra/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/call-to-stage-with-amber-davies-6766029/108-joel-harper-jackson-on-leading-roles-financial-pressure-frank-sinatra.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.