There is nothing as rewarding as
sharing a little device or inflection which would, in all probability
make the difference between an award and a show which is 'going on
tour from the West End'.
Let me assure you, tips and tricks are
no different in our trade than they are in say, plumbing or TV repair
or being an astronaut. In fact the latter is particularly apposite as
forget your line as an astronaut and you simply drift off into the
endless eternity of space to run out of air. Forget your line in
Shepton Mallet Grand Theatre and it's much the same, only with the
appearance of old vegetables flying stage-ward at the curtain call,
something that would I am sure raise eyebrows at NASA.
While I am on the subject, I have
noticed a trade in the foyer of many theatres I have worked in,
namely an old fruit and veg stall positioned in the vestibule. I have
mentioned this to several of my peers and absolutely none of them
have seen the same thing. But there, in the foyer of the Cheadle
Avalon, is small table selling a selection of what I can only
describe as off-veg. Now I am not one to boast, but I have been
informed that this is peculiar to me, that a small following of
admirers have developed a cottage industry. To think, that perhaps I
have inspired a generation of entrepreneurs and innovators to spot
this business opportunity is as humbling as it is flattering.
More proof, if indeed proof were
needed, that acting is, in fact, the most inspirational job in the
world.
