So I’m going to direct my school’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
This is awfully exciting!
Round-up of 2011
- I turned 18, which really is all that.
- I had my surgery, which was painful as hell.
- I realised who are my real friends as the people who filled my life left to go to university.
- I was rejected from the Perimeter Institute and from the NYT, but I went to Harvard during the summer which made up for it.
- I was rejected from Oxford, which made the last four years of ridiculous amounts of work seem pointless, considering I know a lot of people who got in on much less work than me. It also made me rethink my life, and re-evaluate everything in it. I’m not sure what I want to do after university, and I definitely need some sort of purpose.
- I fell in love, again, and came to terms with the fact it could never happen and that I will die alone.
- I played pretty awful characters in pretty good plays, which had a very bittersweet taste to it.
- I met some people who I know I will love for a long time ahead of me.
In general, I realised what was worth fighting for and what I don’t give a fuck about any more. Sorry for the depressing tone of this, but I’m not in a good mood right now. Let’s hope 2012 brings at least some joy.
| My mother: Black Mirror is so unrealistic. I don't like unrealistic things. |
| Me: Mum, you were watching the Bourne Supremacy yesterday. You're telling me that's realistic? |
| My mother: That stuff happens every day in the spy world! |
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My submission!
A note for the eternal Chorus member…
You often hear the phrase “keep trying” or “never give up” tossed around acting circles, mottos I wholeheartedly agree with but would also like to develop on. A better motto perhaps for the struggling actor constantly trying to make the most of a measly part void of character would be “always be there”. Turn up to every rehearsal, learn all your lines as soon as you get them. It’s not that much to ask, and it makes a world of difference to the director that eventually it will pay off.
You get opportunities, not by auditioning for a bunch of plays or films, but by being always to hand throughout the creative process. I’ve even managed to play Claudio in a production of Much Ado with two days’ notice when the actor fell ill which, although was a demanding job, was obviously rewarding and gives you the opportunity to explore an interesting character, which hopefully is the reason you enjoy acting. In the production of Oedipus I’m currently in, I was lucky enough to be given some of the extra, small roles that mean I can beef up and develop the small essence of character “Chorus member” is graced with. I learned all my lines as soon as I got them, before everyone else, which showed the directors that I can handle big parts, and that I can do something interesting with them.
This wasn’t a post to brag about my achievements - they’re clearly nowhere numerous enough to be worthy of bragging - but rather a post which I know I wish I had seen at certain points throughout my acting career. Be that person who’s always there, and when the others inevitably show they don’t care enough, you’ll be given what you deserve. It may feel like a lot to ask, like a lot of effort to put in, but if you truly love the theatre you know anything’s worth it.
May the show go on.
-L
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