Blackadder

So I was wondering where to go next after Mum's the word and had heard about auditions for ' The Butler did it' at Richmond. I had known that Blackadder had already been cast for sometime so I auditioned and was told I did not fit the vision of the director, and that was okies but I was still sitting stale and getting increasingly nervous as to my next project. Carol (the director in Mum's the word) had been so kind to me, accepted my incessant phone calls as to where I should go and what I should do, offered me stage assistant in Black adder. I was elated and accepted immediately. I then received a phone call from Tracey offering me a role of Rita in 'The butler did it' due to recasting. I accepted the role and was traveling to my first rehearsal when I received another call from Carol. Due to some heart wrenching news from a fellow cast member (so many hugs her way) she needed to recast a role. With 3 weeks notice I was offered the role of young crone/old crone /witch in Blackadder. I was beside myself. was this really happening I went from nothing to insanity within a few days. I - of course - accepted straight away.

So we are now half way. We have done 4 shows at Riverside Theatre Parramatta. I am starting to become concerned. It has passed so fast. I don't want it to end. I have been swept up in the momentum of amazing actors and I adore everyone of them. Mum's the Word was a small cast of six, and there are about 12 to 15 people involved in this one. The costumes, the props, the sets, the wonderful people. Where do I go from here? How can I possibly move on? I can only hope that Carol's vision for future productions includes me...........

please comment.......xx

Ntt Productions

Yes I know it has been some time since I have last blogged. And I assure you it has not been complacency but rather a time factor. I was very lucky to have been successful in an Audion for Ntt Productions back in February. I was offered a role as Robin Nicol in the very publicised production of Mum's the Word. I was able to perform at 2 new venues - The Riverside Theatre Parramatta and Wentworth Falls, and I met some amazingly talented actors in my co - cast. It was fabulous and I learnt so much. My usual no - nerves proved fallible when I walked out on stage for the first time at Riverside and my leg began to shake. I felt silly to have been nervous after perfecting hiding it for so long. Proving that every performance is as important as the next and requires focus. I had felt the role I was cast in fit me like a glove but the venue was what had freaked me out. I was however quiet humbled by the fact we had made history being the only Amateur production of Mum's the Word in the world. I was lucky and wished it would never end. I was bought back to earth buy the request of a meeting with an Agent. Who I paid 2 tickets for attendance on opening night and they were not validated. During a meeting the previous day I was told they were interested in my talent but I was too fat to be cast in normal roles and to thin to be cast as a large actor, a suggestion of 'surgery' was also mentioned along with names of fellow peers who had 'enhanced themselves' to further themselves in the industry. Being a novice, the impact of the meeting did not hit me until further discussion with fellow actors. Feeling foolish I have listed another learning curve and moved on, however my obsessive compulsive personality has provided me the ability to - and I quote - flick the switch - and loose 5 kgs since and I must say I am still obsessed and speak constantly about it to cover my nervous embarrassment of being so 'chunky'. Perhaps my goal of 2010 being my 'year' is not so far out of reach?
moving right along now.................please comment............