So, today was the day of my headshots photoshoot and, yes, I have to confess to feeling like a kid at Christmas when I woke up! After a brief flap at Paddington over whether I was going to Chippenham or Cheltenham (don’t ask!) and a 20-minute delay I was on a train cruising through ourContinue reading “Flash, Bang, Wallop, what a picture!”
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Do you hear the people (well, just me actually) sing?
As a younger man, I was (if I do say so myself) a pretty good singer with a solid baritone/tenor voice and a reasonably good ear for music. The question I had though was ‘how badly had my ten year sabbatical affected my singing voice?’ This was something I needed/wanted to find out. It isn’tContinue reading “Do you hear the people (well, just me actually) sing?”
… and King hereafter?
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 withContinue reading “… and King hereafter?”
Where I Want To Be
As I wrote previously – before a slight hiatus for Easter – last Thursday saw my first foray back into the practical world of Acting – i.e. actually ‘performing’ for others. I felt incredibly apprehensive as I let myself through the security gate and walked across the large, dimly lit loading bay beneath Waterloo Station. A small, illuminated doorway in oneContinue reading “Where I Want To Be”
Making Things Up Again
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 –Continue reading “Making Things Up Again”
The Glamorous Life
So, the last couple of hours have not been the most interesting – in fact, they were frankly pretty dull and repetitive. They have been spent working my way through the font of information that is Contacts, narrowing down the list of potential agents I can look to target and collating them onto a spreadsheet (gotta love a goodContinue reading “The Glamorous Life”
Brief Encounter
Last week, while I was out with one of my PR clients, I happened to find myself having drinks at the Dean Street Townhouse. Table service was shockingly slow so I opted to head to the bar. Having order my drinks I struck up conversation with a chap who was sitting at the bar (I can’tContinue reading “Brief Encounter”
Stepping Out
The old adage goes something along the lines of ‘you can’t Act without an Equity Card and you can’t get an Equity Card unless you Act’. Therefore, it seemed to me that the logical first step back into the industry was to re-join Equity (if they’d have me). Simple as this sounds, the first challenge I facedContinue reading “Stepping Out”
Stop The World – I Want To Get On
In 2004, following a serious but fortunately not long-term debilitating stroke, I made the difficult decision to give up my Equity Card and step away from the career I had always dreamed of in the performing arts. Having studied Acting at Rose Bruford College, I – like so many other bright-eyed hopefuls – had setContinue reading “Stop The World – I Want To Get On”
William Baylis 