Not a terribly successful week, when all is said and done.
The Normal Heart second round of auditions have been postponed for another week, so I'm still in play but clearly they're not desperate to cast me.
The Crucible audition on Friday was a blow out, they asked me (as well as two other people auditioning at the same time) to read two portions of the script, the first I don't think I did badly in, but it wasn't really about me, but the second was a disaster. Started fine but couldn't get through some lines - stuttering and unable to read them whilst acting - then I was losing my concentration with the whole acting thing and did something a bit silly to bring myself back (it's a silly thing I do that comes across really funny in rehearsals but apparently not in auditions!). Received an [automated] e-mail this afternoon which seems to indicate a no thank you but that could be a red herring as there is still one more day of auditions. We'll see, but I'm not confident.
The Big Gathering for the 24/7 Festival was very interesting and I made some good contacts but there was nothing for me in the festival. Saying that I am looking forward to going to see them and I've signed up for a couple of things as a result. First up is a writing group who have actors come in to sight read work - I'm doing that for the first time tomorrow afternoon - and the other involves helping with the Queer Up North arts event starting next weekend (including some unpaid corporate style work). Hopefully this sort of thing will at least raise my profile.
I also had a couple of commercial auditions this week - the first of which involved sitting at a computer which someone threw balls at me!!! Neither are looking like I've got a job, but that's commercials for you.
I'm not feeling as hopelessly pesimistic as this post first appears, but it's not been a great week. Feel free to cheer me up in the comments.
Sunday, 16 May 2010
Personal News (16/05/2010)
Sunday, 2 May 2010
Personal News
Just a quickie to let you know what's been going on on the personal, or acting, front.
Since I moved up here I've been mainly trying to get myself known in the City. Obviously getting an agent has really helped, and she's sent me some details of a number of local casing agents and companies - I will be writing to them during May (I wanted to give it a month after my agent writes) and hopefully I'll be signing up to some castinbg workshops later in the year.
I've also managed to move through a couple of temping jobs and - fingers crossed - will be back on double figures in the next few weeks which will give me the spare cash and the flexibility I need.
There have also been a couple of auditions. Yesterday I auditioned for a unpaid production of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart, a semi-autobiographical piece about the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York in the early 1980's. It's a great play and I like the concepts I heard from the director. It's also being performed during and as part of the Manchester Pride festival with money being raised towards the Terence Higgins Trust, something which I am proud to support. The audition was neither spectacular nor awful, so hopefully that'll get me something - I'll update you next weekend with the results.
Next Friday I may also have an audition (I'm awaiting final confirmation of the time) for a touring production of Arthur Miller's The Crucible. Its one of my favourite plays - and it's paid - so fingers crossed.
