My Last Week

Well... it's my last week in Newcastle and to be honest I will not really miss it that much. I will miss my family and friends obviously, but the town can just fuck right off... The only thing it's ever done for me is hold me back and make me realise how green the grass is on the other side. At the moment i'm standing in a mud field with no boots on.

I've spent two years of my life pursuing a "career" in amateur theatre and that is getting me nowhere. I have to admit it was a lot of fun and I'll miss it, but I know I'm bigger than that. But one thing I will not miss is the total wankers I have to put up with at work talking about shite all day, and having to talk to scum on the phones who have no life apart from spongeing off the tax payer. Seeing the back of that job is one of my favourite aspects of leaving this all behind.

I have to be prepared, though, that the grass may not be greener. It can't be any worse than this though. I can only hope, and try my best to make it. That, after all, is why I am here on this planet.

Well... that's it.

The last night of my last play at Priory Theatre has been and gone, and I for one, will totally miss it. That theatre has been really good to me, and I owe them a huge thanks for all the experience and time they have given me.

Now its time to focus on the move, and making it big in Glasgow...

Wish me luck!

First Night Jitters

So the first night of Relatively Speaking went okay... well i say that. I was good (of course haha) but again Irene lost the plot and ended up getting about 20 prompts... and that's being generous! It's really a shame too, but for god's sake, she's had as much time as any of us to learn the lines, I know there's a lot, but you have to expect that with a four handed play. She even accused me of cutting her off during some of her lines... I'm sorry, but i'm not just going to stand there like a lemon waiting for her to remember lines and lose the pace.

Anyways, there's a whole week ahead so hopefully it will get better. My family is coming to see me on Wednesday... they've seen me in everything i've been in, but this one is different as it's the most I've ever had to learn and is the biggest part I've played.