POINT NUMBER ONE: it snowed in london. multiple times. crazy stuff.
POINT NUMBER TWO: izzy-bizzy is the cutest 2 and a half year old known to mankind.
POINT NUMBER THREE: 2nd audition was unsuccesful, no callback, but a fun day was had!
POINT NUMBER FOUR: turns out i didn't have any luck with the first school either - after a loooooong flight home i found a letter waiting for me saying very politely thanks, but no. ah well. there is disappointment, but -
POINT NUMBER FIVE: i'm going to go to new york in may for an audition for another school, and am considering auditioning for waapa in october/november.
POINT NUMBER SIX: jet lag is evil.
tataa!
Friday, March 23, 2007
Monday, March 19, 2007
i will try and keep this short...
OK so i had my first mountview audition on thursday - here's a quick rundown of the day
STAGE ONE:
46 people got split into 2 groups, my group went and did the dance first for an hour (i was apparently in the 'advanced' group, having danced before, but there were some real doozies in there. if you are in an advanced dance group and have to ask what a channe turn is, you're in the wrong room.) after the dancing we swapped with the other half and went and did our singing: a little intimidating, cos we had to sing in front of everyone. i got through my first song no worries, was quite pleased with it actually, especially seeing as i had been developing a cold perisistently for a day or two.
SO after this we all went into a room and waited while they deliberated on who to call back. Luckily i was one of 8 who got called back (yay me!) so we then went off to stage two.
STAGE TWO:
we got split again into 2 groups of 4, i went off with 3 other girls for the acting part - we had to do our shakespeare monologues, then our contemporary monologues, relatively painless. then we swapped again and went and had a bit of a sing again, doing our second song - over in a flash! So i thought i was done for the day, we went and had a little chat to the registrar, she told us all about fees and scholarships etc, we were ready to go, then surprise:
STAGE THREE!!:
this was just for four of us, the head of the course wanted to see us sing - i am yet to decide if this is a good or a bad thing, cos they said it just meant that the panel hadn't made up their minds on us yet, whereas with the other four they had made a decision one way or another... so now i just have to wait a couple of weeks to see if they're offering me a spot or not - hundreds of people audition, and they only take about 36, so please keep your fingers crossed!
on FRIDAYme and mum went to my aunt/godmothers place in guildford, hung out there for the day, went out for dinner that night (seeing as she couldn't make it out for my birthday like she planed to, we had a little celebration - jewellery and champagne were involved)
SATURDAY we went to mum's best friend's place in knebworth, hung out there for the day, went to dinner that night (seeing as they also couldn't come out for my birthday, the celebrations continued - more jewellery and champagne) then on
SUNDAY we went to another family friend's place in rickmansworth, hung out there for the day, then came back to the hotel and craaaaassssshhhheeddd - sleep is my friend.
today (MONDAY) we're about to go to chelsea westminster hospital to visit mum's goddaughter and her little girl, who's only 2 and a half but been in and out of hospital her whole life - she's an ANGEL and i'm quite excited to see her now - i shall put some pics up next time.
i'm off for my second audition tomorrow, then home on wendesday! yay!
sorry, that was meant to be short.
x
STAGE ONE:
46 people got split into 2 groups, my group went and did the dance first for an hour (i was apparently in the 'advanced' group, having danced before, but there were some real doozies in there. if you are in an advanced dance group and have to ask what a channe turn is, you're in the wrong room.) after the dancing we swapped with the other half and went and did our singing: a little intimidating, cos we had to sing in front of everyone. i got through my first song no worries, was quite pleased with it actually, especially seeing as i had been developing a cold perisistently for a day or two.
SO after this we all went into a room and waited while they deliberated on who to call back. Luckily i was one of 8 who got called back (yay me!) so we then went off to stage two.
STAGE TWO:
we got split again into 2 groups of 4, i went off with 3 other girls for the acting part - we had to do our shakespeare monologues, then our contemporary monologues, relatively painless. then we swapped again and went and had a bit of a sing again, doing our second song - over in a flash! So i thought i was done for the day, we went and had a little chat to the registrar, she told us all about fees and scholarships etc, we were ready to go, then surprise:
STAGE THREE!!:
this was just for four of us, the head of the course wanted to see us sing - i am yet to decide if this is a good or a bad thing, cos they said it just meant that the panel hadn't made up their minds on us yet, whereas with the other four they had made a decision one way or another... so now i just have to wait a couple of weeks to see if they're offering me a spot or not - hundreds of people audition, and they only take about 36, so please keep your fingers crossed!
on FRIDAYme and mum went to my aunt/godmothers place in guildford, hung out there for the day, went out for dinner that night (seeing as she couldn't make it out for my birthday like she planed to, we had a little celebration - jewellery and champagne were involved)
SATURDAY we went to mum's best friend's place in knebworth, hung out there for the day, went to dinner that night (seeing as they also couldn't come out for my birthday, the celebrations continued - more jewellery and champagne) then on
SUNDAY we went to another family friend's place in rickmansworth, hung out there for the day, then came back to the hotel and craaaaassssshhhheeddd - sleep is my friend.
today (MONDAY) we're about to go to chelsea westminster hospital to visit mum's goddaughter and her little girl, who's only 2 and a half but been in and out of hospital her whole life - she's an ANGEL and i'm quite excited to see her now - i shall put some pics up next time.
i'm off for my second audition tomorrow, then home on wendesday! yay!
sorry, that was meant to be short.
x
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
london calling...
hello my dears
SO first day in the uk
mum, gran and i endured a pacticularly looooong flight, but i don't remember most of it because by some miracle (know as the delightful drug stugeron) i managed to sleep! i had time for a couple of movies (dreamgirls (pretty, but average), stranger than fiction (so glad i finally saw it, very clever) and the prestige (recommended! lots of twists and turns, a little confusing every now and then but very cool nonetheless).
So we arrived in london at around 6.30 this morning (wednesday) and i was so glad i went shopping the other day and got a new jacket cos it was SO cold! mum and i parted ways with gran and set off for our hotel, met up with dad who was on his way out for a meeting, and in a valiant attempt to stay awake went for a quick wander around oxford st, breezed in and out of a few shops and picked up some 'essential' food items in marks and spencers. that only got us to about 11.30, and mum couldn't take anymore so we went back to the hotel - she passed out asleep, i got down to learning my lines for tomorrow audition for school number 1. i got a little bored and suddenly and inexplicably very awake, so i went for a wander and ended up finding some cheap tickets to see a matinee of Cabaret, which seemed like a good idea for some research for my upcoming production. it was really good to see the show, finally, but i am still confused by the inexplicable nudity that presented itself every now and then...there was one point where it wasn't exactly necessary, but at least made sense. (i think that the sailor could've at least been wearing undies as he ran away from the prostitute's room, but i can understand why they chose to leave him very very naked...) but the other couple of times are totally lost on me.... BUT it still was a good show - for those of ou who have ever watched the delightful british comedy 'gimme gimme gimme' you will know who james dreyfuss is, and he played the Emcee, and was super.
after the show i walked all the way back to the hotel to find mum and dad both passed out asleep (mum at least has jetlag, i don't know what dad's excuse is...) and sat down here! OH wait i had a celebrity sighting this afternoon - Adam Garcia (yummy.) he's in london at the moment playing Fiyero in 'Wicked' on the west end, and i saw him sitting outside a pub. it was exciting.
i head off for my audition at Mountview tomorrow, which i think is my favourite out of the 2 i'm here for, so hopefully all will go well and i shall stay for a callback and shall be sitting down to write a quick note tommorw night! either that or they'll cut me after the first round and i shall be lamenting tomorrow afternoon...
toodle pip!
SO first day in the uk
mum, gran and i endured a pacticularly looooong flight, but i don't remember most of it because by some miracle (know as the delightful drug stugeron) i managed to sleep! i had time for a couple of movies (dreamgirls (pretty, but average), stranger than fiction (so glad i finally saw it, very clever) and the prestige (recommended! lots of twists and turns, a little confusing every now and then but very cool nonetheless).
So we arrived in london at around 6.30 this morning (wednesday) and i was so glad i went shopping the other day and got a new jacket cos it was SO cold! mum and i parted ways with gran and set off for our hotel, met up with dad who was on his way out for a meeting, and in a valiant attempt to stay awake went for a quick wander around oxford st, breezed in and out of a few shops and picked up some 'essential' food items in marks and spencers. that only got us to about 11.30, and mum couldn't take anymore so we went back to the hotel - she passed out asleep, i got down to learning my lines for tomorrow audition for school number 1. i got a little bored and suddenly and inexplicably very awake, so i went for a wander and ended up finding some cheap tickets to see a matinee of Cabaret, which seemed like a good idea for some research for my upcoming production. it was really good to see the show, finally, but i am still confused by the inexplicable nudity that presented itself every now and then...there was one point where it wasn't exactly necessary, but at least made sense. (i think that the sailor could've at least been wearing undies as he ran away from the prostitute's room, but i can understand why they chose to leave him very very naked...) but the other couple of times are totally lost on me.... BUT it still was a good show - for those of ou who have ever watched the delightful british comedy 'gimme gimme gimme' you will know who james dreyfuss is, and he played the Emcee, and was super.
after the show i walked all the way back to the hotel to find mum and dad both passed out asleep (mum at least has jetlag, i don't know what dad's excuse is...) and sat down here! OH wait i had a celebrity sighting this afternoon - Adam Garcia (yummy.) he's in london at the moment playing Fiyero in 'Wicked' on the west end, and i saw him sitting outside a pub. it was exciting.
i head off for my audition at Mountview tomorrow, which i think is my favourite out of the 2 i'm here for, so hopefully all will go well and i shall stay for a callback and shall be sitting down to write a quick note tommorw night! either that or they'll cut me after the first round and i shall be lamenting tomorrow afternoon...
toodle pip!
Monday, March 12, 2007
after a long absence...
ok, i didn't totally forget about the existence of my blog, i just never got around to finishing a post. SO a quick update on the goings-on of kate - let's make it point form, just for fun
~ i turned 21 last week. much rejoicing.
~ i'm in rehearsals for a production of cabaret, going on in about 7 weeks, playing my first leading lady role. much rejoicing.
~ last month i went on a road trip in NZ with my best friend Sabs, her fiancee Walshy, and 2 mates Lem and Chalky. It was fricking awesome. check out my flickr for photos, i'll eventually post stories on here.
~ in the last 24 hours 2 couples i know have gotten engaged. crazy stuff.
~ in about 12 hours i'll be on a plane on my way to london for a super quick trip while i audition for 2 drama schools. they're both 3 year BA (Hons) in Musical Theatre. i'm petrified but a little excited at the same time. but mostly petrified.
while i'm away i'll be keeping you bloggers in the loop on here, giving you the inside scoop on the goings-on of the london educational system.
if you're sensing any sarcasm or whatever in here that would be cos it's 3.39am, and i'm only half packed and i have a cold. i'm tired and cranky.
whinge whinge, i know.
stay tuned...
~ i turned 21 last week. much rejoicing.
~ i'm in rehearsals for a production of cabaret, going on in about 7 weeks, playing my first leading lady role. much rejoicing.
~ last month i went on a road trip in NZ with my best friend Sabs, her fiancee Walshy, and 2 mates Lem and Chalky. It was fricking awesome. check out my flickr for photos, i'll eventually post stories on here.
~ in the last 24 hours 2 couples i know have gotten engaged. crazy stuff.
~ in about 12 hours i'll be on a plane on my way to london for a super quick trip while i audition for 2 drama schools. they're both 3 year BA (Hons) in Musical Theatre. i'm petrified but a little excited at the same time. but mostly petrified.
while i'm away i'll be keeping you bloggers in the loop on here, giving you the inside scoop on the goings-on of the london educational system.
if you're sensing any sarcasm or whatever in here that would be cos it's 3.39am, and i'm only half packed and i have a cold. i'm tired and cranky.
whinge whinge, i know.
stay tuned...
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