A Dramatic Update & The Allure of the Arts…
Posted by Fyse on Thursday, 11 November 2004
I’ve half written a number of posts of late but not finished anything, so I thought I’d jot something quick and informative down now. I’ve been pretty busy so far this term, with a practical project (now finished), novice rowing and one production under my belt already. I’m doing another show at the end of term, and this time I’ve got a principal role. I’m playing the part of ‘Alexis’ in the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta ‘The Sorcerer’, which will involve loads of singing, and plenty of opportunity for my college friends to take this piss out of me. Well, so long as it entertains them in some way, eh?!
This weekend sees a couple of important auditions, for two of the biggest shows next term. I loath auditioning with a passion, but they’re a necessary evil I guess. Auditions for shows in Cambridge are nearly always open and non-appointment, so you just turn up at some point between appointed times, and await your turn. The format is normally to choose and perform an extract from a selection outside, and for a musical, sing a song. Sometimes they ask you to perform a bit of dance-type-stuff, which I normally make a complete mess of. Life as a thespian in Cambridge is certainly a lot easier for guys though, especially if auditioning for musicals, as competition is very much lower.
Whenever I write a post, I’m displacing my activity from something much more important, and this time it’s the vast amount of work I have to do for supervisions next week. I’m currently embroiled in the wonders of Thermodynamics, and wondering once more how I ended up as a Physicist. The English school system meant I had to choose the Arts or Sciences route at age 16, and the choice came down to Physics or History. Ah, to be a lazy Historian and spend my days drinking coffee…
Wow, I can’t tell you how informative that post was! First, I learn that you are an actor, and then you follow that up with the news that you are (soon to be) a Physicist?! I had no idea. From this point on, I will think of you in an entirely different light.
I hope that’s an entirely new, better light. You’d have known both these things already if you looked round the rest of the site, though.
Okay, you got me. I haven’t read through everything on your site nor all of your archives. Have you read through all of my old posts? If so, I’m terribly impressed.
As for the quality of the light I now see you in, it was never bad, so I wouldn’t say it is now better. A more accurate description would be that the light is fuller, it has more colors from the spectrum.
Totally off subject here, but could Are You Being Served? possibly be the funniest sitcom of all time? The theme song sounds like a Ladytron song, and that, in and of itself, is AWESOME!
As always, good luck with the rowing.
Wow, that really was spectacularly off subject. I’d have to say not. I reckon a list of the best British sit-coms would have to include ‘Blackadder’, ‘Yes Minister’, ‘One Foot In The Grave’ and ‘Fawlty Towers’. D’you get any of them in the states? They’re in a completely different league.
I’ve heard of “Fawlty Towers”, but that’s it. “Are You Being Served?” and “Fawlty Towers” play on our public television station late at night. We’re addicted to “A.Y.B.S.?”
My comment was going to be almost identical to Oz’s comments of “wow, you’re an actor!” and “wow, you’re going to be a physicist.” But of course, after I read hers I didn’t want to be a copycat, and then after I read your response that this info could be found elsewhere on your site, I didn’t want to admit I didn’t know that. So I guess that leaves my comment to be something like, um… “Hey, congrats on the role of Alexis!”
I have to I haven’t seen much of ‘AYBS?’, but I know the “I’m free!” catchphrase. If you can, get hold of Blackadder, as it’s pure genius. Don’t bother with the first series, but anything from 2-4 is well worth watching.