Coming To A Theatre Near You ...

If you live near the Theatre that is.

25th March - 27th March. Arena Theatre.

Forties to the Naughties, is a concert that I am doing with SSMTC very soon. Just had the costume list and it would appear, that i have got to get myself up town and get my hands on a few things. Yay! Shopping!

This concert is filled with numbers from musicals from the forties to the (You guessed it) Naughties. 2000's in other words.

So if you fancy coming along to support us and be in the audience. Let me know folks and I shall see what I can do.

Un-fortunatley, you will not be hearing me giving a solo performance as I did not audition this time round. I'm not sure that's a bad thing to be fair. :-) But all the same come along and see us sing our hearts out and strut our stuff round the stage!

Although this concert is only small, get read for Boogie Nights at the Grand Theatre next year! Wooo!

SSMTC website: http://www.southstaffsmtc.co.uk

Finding "Sir Clive" A new home ...

Sir Clive is our 9 month old cockerel shown above at the front and it is with much regret that we are trying to find our man a new home. :-( We hatched him and have cared for him for the past 9 months and really do not want to get rid of him as we have come quite attached the little fella. But, the girls have started laying and he can no longer be kept in the same pen as them. Due to space we can't home him anywhere else in our garden. We also have 6 new girls arriving to move in with our previous tennants and they could really do without sir Clive "loving them" so to speak.

If you feel you could give our cockerel a good home or you know someone who can. Please let me know!

Our Sir Clive Re-home Contender So Far are:

- Dudley Zoo 

- Umberslade Farm

- Essington Farm Shop

- Northecoat Farm

Please Help Getting Sir Clive Re-homed!

Youth Theatre

I have just recieved a phone call off Urban Voice Limited to tell me that they are very much stuck this evening for Arts workers to run tonight session. So, would I mind going along? Answer: "No not at all!" Therefor tonight I will be running a junior and a senior youth theatre.

What Have I Got Planned For You Tonight Then Guys?

Well, I do believe after great success and fantastic ticket saled for the youth theatre last year with their production on "The Snow Queen" you are now doing "Alice In Wonderland." Woo one of my favourites.

I have printed the famous Tweedle Dee and Tweedle scene off to be looked at this evening. Brilliant scene with some wonderful dialogue and great characters. Also I have printed the poem "You are old, Father William." This is a poem that features in the film "Alice In Wonderland" So let's see what you can do with that! Hopefully we will have a fun, energetic and focussed re-hearsal tonight. Come on guys let's give Karl and Nicola something great to watch next week!

And as for the Juniors, you lot are silent movie-ing I believe. What a wicked topic to be getting on with. So this evening we will have a bash at creating our own silent movie style pieces of Theatre. We will spend some time discussing character eg: Vilain, Hero, Heroin etc: We will also discuss our body language and our acting style. You know, because there is no sound, you have to be so over the top with your actions in order to get the message across!
Well on the subject of Silent Movies. I had a crack my self at doing the over the the top side of things. So I have come up with a little collage of silent movie faces! Just a bit of fun. I'm sure it wouldn't pass any film critic. aha!

What do you think? Do you understand what I am trying to say silently through expressions? . . .No!? . . . Oh! haha

Check Urban Voice Limited's website out: www.urbanvoicelimited.co.uk

Today I Celebrate . . .

THE GINGERS!

I proclaim today "Celebrate Ginger Day!" and I celebrate it because I believe that it should be recognised. Some of us fellow Gingers put up with an awful lot of stick and get nothing in return. So just like Mothers get a Mothers Day, Fathers get a Fathers day and lovers get a Valentines day, today we get a Ginger day! If the Blondres, Brunettes and others want their day then they need to go out and get one but today it's our time :-) Why not!!!???

Happy Ginger Day To All!

Lets celebrate guys and have a bit of fun! If your ginger let me know it and if your proud now show it. But you don't have to be ginger to celebrate it with us. You may just be a huge fan of the colour and wish to celebrate with us!

The Saturday Morning Drama Club Returns

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Apolagies for the above mish mash of numbers and letters. Got to make my blog safe so just verifying a code. Anway . . .

Un-fortunatley last Saturday I could not attend the first meeting back since christmas due to my fall from the sky, so I returned this Saturday. And what a wicked bunch of kids we are working. I have a good feeling about the next few sessions, I have a feeling we will do a fun, lively piece which will be great all round.

After a brainstorm and a few warm up games. We have come up with the title of our piece:

What Happened To Maria!?!

What do you think? It has been adapted from a warm up game we use. I am really looking forward to getting to work on this piece. The kids have gone away this week and written a sentanceto answer the above question. What happened to Maria. I wonder what sorts of things they will come up with!

Here I will do my homework and give it a bash now . . . Are you ready? ok...

What happened to Maria? (answer:) Maria at an apple from Marjories apple store down the road. Since eating that apple Maria has dissapeared. Or so we think. But someone told me that Marjorie poisoned the apple with invisibilitise and now Maria is simply invisable trying to be seen again. Poor Maria!

What do you think? Think that's worthy of a little mention in our show in 4 weeks time? hmmm . . . Probably not, probably best to leave it to the kids eh???

If you would like to write a What Happened To Maria? Paragraph. Feel free. Get them coming in.

I Talk To Competetors From "It's My Time."

Loretta

 

Loretta is a competetor from Bulgaria also looking to be the new face of United Colours Of Benetton's catalogue 2010. So far Loretta has 1286 votes and they are still coming in. Not bad going eh?

Here is what Loretta believes makes her special:

"Nothing is as nearly hard as it seems. just try and see for yourself =))) long live the optimism :D

my passions: fashion, photography, art, creative people, good books, dancing, shopping, having fun...just to name a few =)

*you'll never get to heaven, if you're scared of gettin high*"

Luckily for me, Loretta agreed to take some time out of her day to answer a few questions thats I had for her. Here is what Loretta had to say:

1. Tell me a little bit about the competition? well, it seems to be getting more and more "in" for big brands to search for new faces among the "normal" people. so that's what UCB is doing right now - from the 100 most popular contestants they will choose 20 who will get the chance to fly to NY and be a part of the winter campaign.

2. Did you enter the competition on the first day? Or were you a late enty like myself? i did enter in the beginning, i don't think it was the first day, but definitely in the first week. i can recall there were still less than 1000 contestants =) and now over 30.000

3. When voting for others, what do you look for? i'm looking for inspiration, for personalities, for something different. for looks or photos/videos that charm you or make you smile

4. How does it make you feel when someone votes for you? it feels gooooood =) your fashion, style and look are all statements that u make, and when people are voting the kinda argee with your point of view. it's nice feeling

5. Have you ever modelled before? i've made some modelling experience but nothing really profesional.predominantly just for fun

6. Is modelling to be your future career? mm i don't think so. i'm too old hahahah

7. Do you believe there is a lot of potential in this competition? oh that'S for sure! there are lots of talents here. very creative minds! and i'm not talking having only modelling in mind.

8. If you got a place and went to New York what would it mean to you? it would be one hell of experience - meeting so many cool people =) and besides that, i've always wanted to go to NY!

9. What makes you different and unique to others? everybody's different and everybody's unique. i think my ideas, vision and views on life are not the most commont ones =)

10. Anything you would like to add? to add....keep on smiling and dreaming =)) hope that's enough =)

A Big thank you must go out to Loretta for taking the time to answer these questions. I wish her the best of luck in the competition and hope all goes well for her.
Here is the link to Lorettas page, please vote: http://casting.benetton.com/users/20025-lorett

What's New?

Well at present, as some of you are aware, I am on the look out for a new agent. So have been posting things left, right and centre and emailing things willy nilly in order to make that happen. I have recently been in conversation with the agecny EKA. So thumbs up! The search for a new agent is looking somewhat hopeul. Let's hope I get some more responses soon.

I Must Talk To You About "The Lovely Bones!

Oh my goodness. What a remarkable film. Seriously. It is actually just a piece of art. It is an amazing film to watch. One that I truley believe everyone should watch. It just captivated me from start to finish. The visial effects were just out of this world. (literally) Although it is quite a lengthy performance it does not lose your interest at all. It just hooks you right the way through. It also makes you think alot after viewing it. It plants little seeds in your head and gets you wondering. A truley amazing film. One well worth watching. Stunning, just stunning.

***** 5 stars The Lovely Bones

Also, Dont forget to vote for to be the face of the United Colours Of  Benetton catalogue 2010. Click the following link to vote: http://casting.benetton.com/users/277738-jessica