The Wait
Ah, the wait. Something every actor has to deal with. It’s not all waiting – and certainly its not for the phone to ring nowadays. There’s a lot you can do to be proactive, but there is one time when your only choice is to wait, there isn’t a thing you can do about it,...
Top 5 Things to See and Do in Box, Wiltshire
Box is a village just outside Bath, so has a lot to compete with in terms of culture and art. Having lived here for most of my life however, I think it is definitely worth a trip! Here are the 5 best things to do… Visit St Thomas a Becket Church. A 12th century church,...
When to stop Paying your Unpaid Dues
Whether its unpaid internships, expenses-only student films or being a volunteer administrator, doing work for no pay is a subject done to death. Equity has a Lo Pay/No Pay working party, the Old Vic is in a sticky situation over its internships, and even the Arts Council Jobs site has an “opportunities” page. I thought...
The Olympics are a Double-Edged Sword
The Olympics are a Double-Edged Sword Lots of work has been created because of the Olympics. It’s just a hell of a journey travelling to it and staying anywhere remotely close to it. I love the Olympics. I have spent much of the last two weeks glued to the telly, and was...
Prometheus Awakes
Prometheus Awakes was nothing like I expected. Though I’m not sure I knew what to expect, seeing as I am a novice to aerial work, and anything close to this sort of performance! There were some very pleasant surprises – namely a hoard of people from my drama school, and the beautiful sunshine. However, despite...
How My Mother is Always Right
I haven’t posted for a while, for a number of reasons. The best, and most exciting one (the others being poor health and becoming surprisingly patriotic over the jubilee weekend) is that I have been busy with acting work. Since graduating, most of what I have done has been profit share, or the odd paid...
Size Does Matter
I was lucky enough that by the time I officially graduated last August, I had to take a day off from rehearsals in order to attend the ceremony. Not only that, another cast member was a fellow graduate of the brand new BA World Performance Course at East 15 Acting School. So far, so good...
