I’ve got an Acting job!!
Yes, you read that right – I am back in at the deep end after just under two months.
‘Where?’ I hear you ask ‘The National…. The RSC….. The West End….. Hollywood?’
Well, Stoke-on-Trent actually! Yes, at the beginning of September my professional (paid) acting career will begin again with me taking on the role of Anglo Saxon Thane at the city’s Museum for Moonstruck Astronaut Theatre Company.
The opportunity came about purely by chance after my very good friend John Kirk emailed me and I believe a number of others flagging the role. Whether I was the only one that responded I don’t know but nonetheless I despatched an email and back came a positive response just asking me to check I was happy with project, dates and fees – needless to say I was.
It is rather funny but my life seems to keep coming back to Stoke-on-Trent – having spent the best part of the last five years working on projects in the city and now to have my first paid acting job there too. Maybe there is something symbolic about the city being the place where my two worlds collide; possibly fate decided that it was there that my life’s focus would shift; maybe the stars and the planets had aligned themselves… or maybe it is nothing more than a coincidence!!
Whatever it is I don’t really care, I am looking forward to going ‘up ‘Anley duck’ standing up in front of those poor un-suspecting 7-10 year olds and once again performing to an audience.
It may not be the bright lights of the West End but it is an acting credit, it is experience and it is paid – so all in all pretty good really!
William Baylis 