As you know I sent out an email last week introducing myself to a vast number of the UK’s Theatrical Agents and Casting Directors. I didn’t know what to expect as I pressed Send but I have been heartened by what (I feel) has been a pretty positive response. As expected, many have come back saying not at the moment but they’ll keep me on file (no doubt some will file me under T.R.A.S.H. but hey?!).
I have, however, had a number that have responded much more positively thanking me for keeping them informed; asking me to invite them to my next show; and others saying to get in touch again later in the year if my situation hasn’t changed. There have also been countless offers of commercial rep, which I am less interested in but haven’t written off at this stage.
Most positively of all I have had three agents expressing an interest in either more information or meeting with me. The first ‘Leno Martin Associates’ asked me to send over a sample of my singing, which I duly recorded and sent across.
Then, this week I headed over to The City for an audition with ‘The Philip Foster Company’, although it didn’t go as well as I had hoped and I felt I didn’t do justice to the two speeches I’d prepared, which is frustrating! I do think I took direction quite well, which may be my saving grace?! Finally, next Tuesday I am meeting with Jo and Hannah from Evie Woods Management.
This whole experience has been a complete contrast to the last time I wrote to agents (although that was before you could do so by email) and I got a grand total of diddly-squat in terms of response – if nothing else at least this time some of them have read my communication?!
William Baylis 