This post is a bit of a TBT. It was an experience I knew I definitely wanted to share, because there was a very important lesson that was learnt, but I also didn’t want to make people feel bad, or blame anyone, so I put some time and distance. I kind of also didn’t want certain people to know how I let myself get treated, but you live and you learn, right? The same day I finished rereading Year Of Yes, I was on set doing something that definitely put me out of my comfort zone, but it was something I felt I needed to do. I was playing a…

Last time I mentioned the short I was filming, I had two weeks to turn a dream into a reality. Those two weeks have come and gone, and this post will cover the days leading up to shooting.  A little more than a week before the shoot, my incredibly kind and supportive acting teacher offered us her space for a rehearsal, the first time we all got together. Or at least the cast and the director. We started with scene 1, since it is the first chronologically, and the only one that involves all 4 cast members. After reading it, we put it up on its feet, doing it a…

I am now two Meisner classes further in my training and things are improving. Still, I have a long way to go. I personally think I had a breakthrough as soon as we moved on from sitting to standing. Apparently, all of the power posing I did back in London has now made me grounded and comfortable when standing. I was also a lot better when I felt like my partner was more nervous than I was, because I focused on calming her nerves and forgot about my own. As they say, the most important person on the stage is your scene partner. And the best way to deal with…

I have always been really good at keeping track of actors. Who was in what with who, and way too much information on their relationships from magazines. My family and I used to play the link game, where you name two actors, then link them through the movies they have been in and the people they have worked with. My brain just remembers these things. Often more than the actual schoolwork I was trying to remember. The point is, it wasn’t until recently that I started to pay attention to the people behind the camera as well (which is terrible, I know, but by recently, I mean like 10 years…

A couple of years ago, I decided to spend the 31st of December not focusing on all of the things I want to get done in the next 12 months, but on looking back at all of the amazing things I have achieved in the previous 12. No matter where I got on my list of resolutions, staring at a sheet full of incredible things I have done, some of which I never would have imagined…it’s exciting and inspiring. -I spent 3 and a half months living alone in London, during which I saw 30 plays, went to 16 afternoon teas, experienced 10 Day trips and graduated from LAMDA’s Classical…