Jake Orr
@jakeorr.bsky.social
Creative Producer and plant dad. Making cultural events to change society. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Jake Orr
@jakeorr.bsky.social
· Aug 3
Hello, a little intro.
I‘m Jake, a Creative #Producer living in #Nottingham. I make #theatre, #art, and #culture happen. I‘m wonderfully #gay and a big #lgbt supporter.
I can be found in my #garden, #reading a stack of books or watering my many #houseplants.
I‘m Jake, a Creative #Producer living in #Nottingham. I make #theatre, #art, and #culture happen. I‘m wonderfully #gay and a big #lgbt supporter.
I can be found in my #garden, #reading a stack of books or watering my many #houseplants.
Hamnet, what an a complained film with such heart. It’s testament to Maggie O’Farrell’s original novel that her depiction of loss resonates so strongly on film. Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal absolutely soar. I was a blubbery mess at the end.
January 10, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Hamnet, what an a complained film with such heart. It’s testament to Maggie O’Farrell’s original novel that her depiction of loss resonates so strongly on film. Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal absolutely soar. I was a blubbery mess at the end.
The sound of midnight last night was punctuated by the screams of Duolingo users losing their streaks having got too caught up in their evening plans and not practicing…
January 1, 2026 at 3:14 PM
The sound of midnight last night was punctuated by the screams of Duolingo users losing their streaks having got too caught up in their evening plans and not practicing…
I like how people now write essays instead of blogs.
December 31, 2025 at 6:49 AM
I like how people now write essays instead of blogs.
Marty Supreme is a brilliant film with a centrally flawed and unlikeable character that makes it so difficult to feel anything towards him but banal hatred. Maybe that’s the point. Timothée Chalamet is quite something though, even if I loathed him.
December 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Marty Supreme is a brilliant film with a centrally flawed and unlikeable character that makes it so difficult to feel anything towards him but banal hatred. Maybe that’s the point. Timothée Chalamet is quite something though, even if I loathed him.
Whenever I visit my parents it feels like a holiday. Their apartment overlooks the marina and it’s just gorgeous on a clear day.
December 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Whenever I visit my parents it feels like a holiday. Their apartment overlooks the marina and it’s just gorgeous on a clear day.
Happy Christmas 2025
(Every year I make my own Christmas cards featuring me with some plants. Here is this year’s tradition continued.)
(Every year I make my own Christmas cards featuring me with some plants. Here is this year’s tradition continued.)
December 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Happy Christmas 2025
(Every year I make my own Christmas cards featuring me with some plants. Here is this year’s tradition continued.)
(Every year I make my own Christmas cards featuring me with some plants. Here is this year’s tradition continued.)
My relationship is really difficult at the moment, but reading this was a good reminder that relationships are messy.
“None of us are easy to be with because none of us were raised in a perfect emotional environments.”
open.substack.com/pub/hasifff/...
“None of us are easy to be with because none of us were raised in a perfect emotional environments.”
open.substack.com/pub/hasifff/...
None of us are easy to be with
Sometimes the hardest person to be with is yourself.
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:19 AM
My relationship is really difficult at the moment, but reading this was a good reminder that relationships are messy.
“None of us are easy to be with because none of us were raised in a perfect emotional environments.”
open.substack.com/pub/hasifff/...
“None of us are easy to be with because none of us were raised in a perfect emotional environments.”
open.substack.com/pub/hasifff/...
I don’t want end of the year lists of the best of this or that. I want survival guides for getting through 2026. I want strategies for hope. I want joy subscriptions and suggestions on peaceful living.
December 22, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I don’t want end of the year lists of the best of this or that. I want survival guides for getting through 2026. I want strategies for hope. I want joy subscriptions and suggestions on peaceful living.
Really enjoyed this writing on the need to make art and not have a job that isn‘t fulfilling.
„I refuse to accept that the majority of our time must be spent doing shit that does not light us up.“
open.substack.com/pub/amiemcne...
„I refuse to accept that the majority of our time must be spent doing shit that does not light us up.“
open.substack.com/pub/amiemcne...
I don't want a job
I want to make art
open.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Really enjoyed this writing on the need to make art and not have a job that isn‘t fulfilling.
„I refuse to accept that the majority of our time must be spent doing shit that does not light us up.“
open.substack.com/pub/amiemcne...
„I refuse to accept that the majority of our time must be spent doing shit that does not light us up.“
open.substack.com/pub/amiemcne...
Small pity party from me…
I‘m on evening 9 of no plans, which at first was nice but has incrementally chipped away at my mental health.
Had cancellations from a few friends the past few days that highlights how much I need to develop my friendships in Nottingham but in your late 30s that’s tough.
I‘m on evening 9 of no plans, which at first was nice but has incrementally chipped away at my mental health.
Had cancellations from a few friends the past few days that highlights how much I need to develop my friendships in Nottingham but in your late 30s that’s tough.
December 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Small pity party from me…
I‘m on evening 9 of no plans, which at first was nice but has incrementally chipped away at my mental health.
Had cancellations from a few friends the past few days that highlights how much I need to develop my friendships in Nottingham but in your late 30s that’s tough.
I‘m on evening 9 of no plans, which at first was nice but has incrementally chipped away at my mental health.
Had cancellations from a few friends the past few days that highlights how much I need to develop my friendships in Nottingham but in your late 30s that’s tough.
Winter walks through the muddy fields and getting confused by the crops already starting to grow…
December 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Winter walks through the muddy fields and getting confused by the crops already starting to grow…
Today I walked up to a stranger, a man dressed head to toe in colourful clothes and accessories and complimented him on how he dressed. We chatted about the joy of colour in clothes and ended with a hug.
Sometimes it’s lovely to connect with someone over something as simple as colour.
Sometimes it’s lovely to connect with someone over something as simple as colour.
November 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Today I walked up to a stranger, a man dressed head to toe in colourful clothes and accessories and complimented him on how he dressed. We chatted about the joy of colour in clothes and ended with a hug.
Sometimes it’s lovely to connect with someone over something as simple as colour.
Sometimes it’s lovely to connect with someone over something as simple as colour.
Went to London with my sister today for a cultural day. Saw Grayson Perry at the Wallace Collection, Every Brilliant Thing at SohoPlace and lunch at Mildred’s with desert at Italian Bear Chocolate.
September 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Went to London with my sister today for a cultural day. Saw Grayson Perry at the Wallace Collection, Every Brilliant Thing at SohoPlace and lunch at Mildred’s with desert at Italian Bear Chocolate.
Incredibly proud of my family today as a national campaign from Asthma + Lung UK launches to encourage students to take their inhalers out with them featuring my cousin.
Zoe died following an asthma attack whilst at uni. You can read about her, and the campaign here:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Zoe died following an asthma attack whilst at uni. You can read about her, and the campaign here:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Students warned after Cambridge asthma attack death in nightclub - BBC News
Zoe Nunn was found unconscious in a nightclub toilet without her inhaler, her mother says.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Incredibly proud of my family today as a national campaign from Asthma + Lung UK launches to encourage students to take their inhalers out with them featuring my cousin.
Zoe died following an asthma attack whilst at uni. You can read about her, and the campaign here:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Zoe died following an asthma attack whilst at uni. You can read about her, and the campaign here:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Working on a project that is entirely personal, being led by you and your ideas is such a joy and privilege. I spend so much of my freelance making other people‘s visions come true that I forget how much passion I have for making the arts happen when I‘m the lead artist. 😍
August 21, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Working on a project that is entirely personal, being led by you and your ideas is such a joy and privilege. I spend so much of my freelance making other people‘s visions come true that I forget how much passion I have for making the arts happen when I‘m the lead artist. 😍
Always surprised by how a bit of sun makes me feel alive again after the grey of the skies.
August 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Always surprised by how a bit of sun makes me feel alive again after the grey of the skies.
Felt really smug this morning getting to the gym before 7am only to realise I left my phone at home and couldn‘t actually get in. Turned right back and drove home. Doh.
August 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Felt really smug this morning getting to the gym before 7am only to realise I left my phone at home and couldn‘t actually get in. Turned right back and drove home. Doh.
Have been freelance for over 12 years and today marks the first time I‘ve had to file a claim for an unpaid invoice. Am hoping the individual pays up quickly as I really don‘t want to go to court over it. *fingers crossed*
August 7, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Have been freelance for over 12 years and today marks the first time I‘ve had to file a claim for an unpaid invoice. Am hoping the individual pays up quickly as I really don‘t want to go to court over it. *fingers crossed*
Does anyone have any tips for commuting? Am currently having to drive 1-2 days a week for a 3-3.5 hour round trip for work and it is so exhausting me.
August 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Does anyone have any tips for commuting? Am currently having to drive 1-2 days a week for a 3-3.5 hour round trip for work and it is so exhausting me.
In bed by 9.30pm reading a book. The fact I find this delightful doesn’t distract from the fact that I can feel my age creeping up on me…
July 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM
In bed by 9.30pm reading a book. The fact I find this delightful doesn’t distract from the fact that I can feel my age creeping up on me…
Happy birthday to me. I‘m off on a solo trip to Paris for a few days to decompress after a busy few weeks. Looking forward to experiencing Paris after many years away.
April 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Happy birthday to me. I‘m off on a solo trip to Paris for a few days to decompress after a busy few weeks. Looking forward to experiencing Paris after many years away.
There is no LGBT without the T.
Standing up for my trans friends, colleagues, peers, lovers and community, always.
Standing up for my trans friends, colleagues, peers, lovers and community, always.
April 19, 2025 at 8:13 AM
There is no LGBT without the T.
Standing up for my trans friends, colleagues, peers, lovers and community, always.
Standing up for my trans friends, colleagues, peers, lovers and community, always.
Asked for a recommendation from my favourite bookseller today. After much thought she said “the book I want to recommend is only in hardback” to which I responded, “for you, I’d buy hardback”. There was a pause before we both cracked up laughing, blushing profusely.
April 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Asked for a recommendation from my favourite bookseller today. After much thought she said “the book I want to recommend is only in hardback” to which I responded, “for you, I’d buy hardback”. There was a pause before we both cracked up laughing, blushing profusely.
My tulips are slowly getting there and I‘m so excited to see them bloom!
April 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
My tulips are slowly getting there and I‘m so excited to see them bloom!
Subsidised theatres produced a 1/3 less shows in 2024 compared to 2023 painting a bleak picture of rising costs, the need to co-produce and a change in audience wants.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Big drop in plays staged by theatres over past decade
The number of plays and musicals staged by the UK's main subsidised theatres is down by almost a third.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 15, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Subsidised theatres produced a 1/3 less shows in 2024 compared to 2023 painting a bleak picture of rising costs, the need to co-produce and a change in audience wants.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...