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............