It is fair to say that up until this point almost all of the activity to restart my Acting career has been primarily administrative – whether it is setting up memberships, investigating agents or researching and learning potential audition speeches.
While all this is important, I feel that I also need to get out there and actually do something practical – after all, other than a storytelling workshop last autumn, my recent performance credits are somewhat sparse.
Unfortunately my Actor’s Centre application is still being processed, which would have provided the obvious solution. However, through the wonders of social media an opportunity presented itself via a post from a fellow Bruford graduate Mark Johnson about a Improv workshop this coming Thursday. ‘Why not?’ I thought – it is an ideal opportunity and also has the distinct advantage that I will actually know someone there.
With a degree of trepidation (mainly caused by self-doubt) I completed the form and booked my place.
So, on Thursday I will dust off the cobwebs and will once again do daft things in front of others – can’t wait!
William Baylis 