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the ultimate key for success on a big scale is tv exposure she says currently shaking her head and tutting whilst eating a custard cream however if you are just a trained actor without this exposure what are your best chances of securing work answer you have to be a triple threat if you are successful at being a useful can do everything performer then you ll at least secure ensemble and if your lucky enough manage to cover someone like kimberly walsh or amanda holden in their latest starring role so upsetting it makes me want to cry but i have mixed views on being a triple threat performer the pros are that it encourages performers to work hard on every discipline to make sure they nail every round of their audition which ultimately gives them a much better chance of securing work the fashion at the moment is hiring triple threat performers therefore it s important to be what the creative team want at this moment in time however all this is well and good if you really are delivering triple threat standards surely being a triple threat means you should potentially be able to walk in to a singing audition like phantom of the opera and nail that cadenza at the end of think of me plus audition for someone like stephen mear in something like shoes and hold your own in that and then pop along to your jerusalem audition and blow them away with your amazing acting skills boom if you can do that then bloody brilliant to me that qualifies as triple threat material but if you can t the options that may be more realistic are you are exceptional at 1 or 2 out of the 3 and you just have to live with not being amazing at the 3 rd discipline that s life kiddo you are sufficiently good at all 3 disciplines but don t amaze in any one of them the phrase jack of all trades master of none comes into my head if you try and excel in too many things do you end up being an all round mediocre performer is it perhaps the easier way out for creative team s to save time and money and get a 3 in one performer who can do everything sufficiently well rather than hire 2 performers who can perform their strongest discipline exceptionally well it s just like washing your hair you could buy your shampoo conditioner in one which is cheaper easier and lighter to carry in your bag already full of all the other crap you ve just bought in boots or you can buy your shampoo and conditioner separately which is so much more hassle but how much softer is your hair girls you know what i m saying she says tossing her hair about like she s just stepped out of a salon anyway i completely understand the logic of hiring somebody who is as useful to a company as possible from a business point of view and of course it s all part of your training when you choose to do musical theatre that you have to train equally on all three disciplines but do you think this way of casting performers lowers the general standard of what we see on a west end stage only in our crazy business would we be expected to be able to do everything it made me think about other trades like being a doctor for example would you expect the doctor who performed heart surgery on you to also operate on your broken leg would you expect the plumber who fixed your leaking toilet to then re wire your house yet we ask our actors to act sing and dance juggling fire walking on a tight rope whilst belting out defying gravity oops the witch of the west just died i then ask myself dotriple threats really exist the answer is yes but they are like rare diamonds found only very occasionally in my opinion i feel the phrase triple threat is thrown around like a wet kipper and should only be used if you can act as well as meryl they wrote that song from fame for a reason out sing the likes of steve balsamo jesus christ his voice his hair he s so dreamy and dance the socks off drew mconie step kick turn turn hitch kick layout splits then chaine like a bitch ta daaaa so i guess i ll see you all at mark battershall s class at pineapple babes followed by meisner technique at the actors centre darling and i may see you at mary hammonds house for some vocal coaching if your voice is up to scratch she doesn t teach tone deaf ers toodles ra x 1 comment posted in theatre blogger you ve been rumbled published february 1 2012 by restingactress every now and then the world is introduced to a piece of film so groundbreaking thought provoking and insightful that it has the power to change the way we see the world forever researchers have spent decades hiding undercover lurking in the depths of the antarctic to bring us footage of the rarest sea creatures mating in the most uninhabitable conditions known to man film makers have spent years working in amongst the crack dealers prostitutes and gang leaders of the ghettos to bring us the inside story of life in the mostly dangerous neighbourhoods in the world other interviewers have brought us the most raw and revealing stories from the worlds most intriguing and secretive celebrities from inside their very own homes and as we have never seen them before but this week i saw something the world has needed to see for a very long time the audition is in an insightful factual documentary bringing to life the harsh realities and cruel twists and turns of auditioning for theatre s most important and prolific jobs including oklahoma in swindon that s right swindon follow our heroine as she guides us through the tricky business of perfecting every step to grabbing that prize at the end of the show biz rainbow including the phycological warfare that is song choice creating that heart wrenching story for the panel and of course belting as high as you can no matter what you ve been asked to prepare watch this inspiring piece of film now and open your eyes to cruel yet awe inspiring world of the audition and no this is not me http www youtube com watch v fo9epgy2tsc feature youtu be ra x leave a comment posted in theatre blogger jesus christ where s my superstar published january 29 2012 by restingactress i have always been and still am a huge admirer of the talent and works of andrew lloyd webber with many of his great female roles definitely on my to play list and so it was that when asked how i felt about his latest project in which he is looking for the next superstar to play the title role in his hit musical jesus christ superstar i had no choice but to admit to a mixture of emotions i am the first one to encourage unknown artists out there by giving them a platform on which to showcase their talent and in turn perhaps be spotted for if you are in the musical theatre industry then you will understand just how tough and frustrating it is to even be seen for such a show let alone bag a part a show like this then should seem a breath of fresh air after all no more harassing your agent begging him her to get you seen no more praying that out of the thousands of cvs being submitted you will be one of the lucky ones who will get a 10 minute slot to show the likes of the david grindrods of this world what you re made of but no instead of being a breath of fresh air this competition is open to the world and his wife the other extreme there never seems to be a middle ground jesus christ now if you are considering auditioning for the part of jesus i urge you to read below for some handy tips and advice so i put myself in the shoes sandals of a jesus applicant and for the sake of this article jesus is now jesusa who would opt for singing i don t know how to love him when you could belt out the notes in gethsemane so jesusa it is but before i can do anything i must fill in the application form correctly this is very important and one of the first questions on the form will be occupation now we all know that you get penalised for being a professional actor on a tv show so i rack my brains for one of the many awful and soul destroying jobs i have done in the past as a resting actress hmmmm promotions girl too vague waitress too predictable leafleting in the freezing cold streets of central london too embarrassing what can i write so i don t look like i ve worked my arse off my whole life to make something of myself in the world of musical theatre plumber is always a good option although i wouldn t want to end up in the papers for lying that would be embarrassing and then i d never get elphaba in wicked what other jobs are really really normal hmmmm by george i ve got it hairdresser i m sure i used to wash hair part time when i was 16 so it s not a total lie plus i do have really nice hair so completely believable too great so that gives me a mortal character the public can feel sorry for and so therefore want to vote me in to give me a better quality of life ah bless the british public next place of residence okay now this is tricky because i live in london now i can t put london on the form can i because living in the world of theatre instantly makes me look fortunate and privileged you see what i need to do is say i m from a little village in wales that no one s heard of and then during my vt feed my sheep in my muddy wellies and cowabunga there you have it now we have the perfect picture the deprived country girl itching to experience the glitz and glamour of city life so after a quick google search for the most remote village in wales i now come from somewhere called porthdinllaen i m getting teary great so now we have my character a hairdresser from porthdinllaen perfect now all we need to do is work on my voice i bet you re thinking strengthen and train nope i actually mean weaken and de train we all know that if you appear too vocally polished that it won t give you the likeability factor plus how would they justify getting a judge along the lines of denise van outen if you out sing her from the word go very easily done i might add sorry den so now that i have the right amount of mediocre talent i have to choose a song let s just take a moment to appreciate that all past andrew lloyd webber competitions searching for his next leading lady man in his next musical make all the contestants sing current pop songs that s just wonderful i think enter hint of sarcasm of course when you are auditioning for maria in the sound of music instead of taking along your most legitimate and beautifully sung rogers and hammerstein number you must take along the total opposite a pop song cue the death march please this will then ensure that joe public at home can enjoy the programme and can sing along with you too hooray so now i m ready willing and able must check my tick list vibrato gone tick minimise range by an octave tick cher lloyd vocal selections in bag tick although for the first round i have opted to sing smack my bitch up by the prodigy i m sure andrew will be thrilled ok so you ve now made the live show yay try to block out the fact that the whole world of musical theatre is watching and judging you and desperate for your voice to crack in gethsemane nothing would give your old drama school pals more satisfaction than to see you fail miserably even though they all claim to be your besties babes and if steve balsamo really is on the panel giving his critique don t let the fact that he has never sung a duff note in his life make you feel inferior he can always teach you a thing or two don t let any of the above make you nervous with all this preparation and being one step ahead of the game i m sure you ll at least make the final and we all know what that means a guaranteed job in the west end unless you re helena blackman poor girl so what are you waiting for you superstar go get jesus you can nail it ra x leave a comment posted in theatre blogger therapy not included published january 21 2012 by restingactress i have had a bit of a downer week this week my awful job to audition ratio has been leaning very heavily towards the awful job side whilst all around me it seems jobs are being handed out like copies of the metro for a little support and reassurance i did what any of us would do and called my agent now my agent is not quite the agent that i had dreamt of his suit looks like a matalan cast off and is two sizes too big for him as if he was hoping to save a few quid and grow into it his office is hardly a central location and is barely even an office but his heart is in the right place even if his office isn t after writing to and meeting many agents i decided to sign with the one that wanted me one of life s easier decisions to make having said that he was eager passionate and had a few people bringing him in the odd bit of commission so there was a glimmer of hope i handed over my batch of head shots and got my spotlight page changed over now it was over to him since then i have had numerous paranoia attacks that he was a con man who s office was actually just a pop up bit of scenery in a disused warehouse and as soon as i left he packed it all up in a suitcase and shot off to mexico with all my cash when i calmed down i realised i hadn t actually given him any cash and if i had it wouldn t have been enough to get to wigan let alone mexico however the thought of my career being in his hands has given me a few restless nights so yesterday i called him hello now answering the phone as if it hadn t rang in weeks was not the best of starts it sounded as if the phone had rang and at first he didn t realise what it was once he finally worked out how to answer it and then who i actually was we got the small talk out of the way and plunged straight in there with the classic line that all actors instinctively pick up throughout their career and that all agents hear just before they smash their heads against their desk in utter disspair any auditions coming up as he began his well oiled and scripted reply about what s in the pipe work and that it is just a matter of waiting for somebody to bite and the good old maybe it s your head shots one i started to drift has he actually done anything with me yet had this phone call just reminded him that he had actually signed me or is his version of being on his books just having my head shot sat on top of his set of collin s encyclopaedias maybe he thought he was a secret agent so has been keeping a low profile oh lord webber have the last four months been as big of a waste of time as helena blackman s album launch i had to vent and vent i did 45 minutes later i checked that he was actually still there and breathing as i had now rambled non stop about my insecurities my worries my future aspirations and dreams and my ever increasing struggle to get one inch across that no mans land to employment without him whimpering one solitary word well i pleaded a pause have you tried the x factor he asked it s a tough one is a useless agent better than no agent i don t have floods of offers coming in but but there must be better out there that will have the time to look after a constantly pre menstural ageing paranoid and desperate artiste like me but then they probably all h...