First Day On The Job

Hey all!


Ok, so I have a job to kickstart the New Year with, which as you can imagine, makes me very, very happy.


It's a play called Bloody Poetry and it's by Howard Brenton - a hugely renowned British playwright. Predominately, it follows the lives of the poets / writers Shelley, Byron & Mary Shelley (Frankenstein). Here they are below:


                


I play the part of Percy Shelley's estranged wife Harriet. As far as the entire play is concerned, it's probably the smallest part, but 100% significant. She's a brilliant character to get to play. This is what she's supposed to have looked like:

Pretty, wasn't she? :)

It was our first day of rehearsals today & I feel it went really, really well. Everyone was so lovely and made eachother feel welcome immediately. There was tea, and flapjacks and croissants - very welcoming indeed! :D

We did the read through, which was great and then chatted for the rest of afternoon about the play & it's context. The writer, Howard, was there and it was a real honour to meet him and hear his opinions of his own play.

I can't wait to get stuck into this play - it's probably the first time since graduating that I've had a part I can really get my teeth stuck in to. Harriet went off the rails a bit when Shelley left her for Mary and that particular part of her life is my big scene so I can't wait!

First day down, another 2 months to go... 

BRING IT ON!!!!

Introduction

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

I hope everyone had an absolutely blinding festive period, I know I did!

So, this short blog is an introduction to me and my life. Sounds a bit arrogant, doesn't it? But it's my blog and I'll... blog... if I want to! :)

My name's Emily, and I'm 24 (25 this year whoop whoop!). For those of you still drunk from New Year, it's the year 2012, the year of the reckoning apparently, according to Hollywood...

... I'm kinda thinking I need to get good things done this year before all that kicks off!

So as said in the little side bar, this blog will be about my life as an actress, the jobs I manage to get, and I'm sure the downs as well as the ups, but here's the catch...

I want to be able to see if I can stay positive about most things when they go wrong. You see, I made an agreement with someone who's pretty important to me to do this. And not just for them, for me too. I've done it for 2 days now (what with it being a New Year's resolution an' all), and I feel better already.

Usually, I see the bad side of things, never the silver lining and it's just not healthy, especially when you have a job that's unstable as mine can be. 

Here goes... Wish me luck!!