Wow! I've been back in London for two weeks already! Time is already starting to skip away again, unlike in Georgia where it dragged on forever.
It's been a very exciting week. I spoke with the second agent, Melissa, on Friday and she was very interested in my resume/video. She proposed that if she could get it, I should audition on Tuesday for the role of 'Old Billy' in the musical, Billy Elliot. The character of 'Old Billy' appears in the second half of the show where 'Young Billy' and 'Old Billy' dance a ballet sequence together. You can see a video of this overly dramatic part here. As well as this there is some ensemble work for the performer to do in the first half. I had no idea of this at the time, but once Melissa had told me all about it, I said that I would give it a shot.
Saturday was the audition for the Dance INC agency. This one didn't go so well. The main problem being that they wanted funky street dancers for music videos, and I just don't do that sort of stuff. No doubt I could if I did the classes, but that's time and money that I would rather spend doing something else with.
Sunday I just chilled out mainly, put some cv's out for normal work, went for a walk to Candem Markets, which are always interesting, went to church and watched the world cup. Took some more pictures for your viewing pleasure via this link.
Monday started with more cv spamming followed by a frantic email from my agent telling me that she had got me the audition for Billy and that it was 12:00 tomorrow. So I rearranged my day to do some ballet and prep for that audition.
Tuesday was all about the Billy audition. They had three groups of with about 15 guys in each. I was in the last group which is good because the panel are more likely to remember you if you are the last thing they have seen. The audition was a very short ballet class. They did a couple of exercises at the barre, then told seven of the guys, "Thank you for coming." That left eight of us to perform this adagio that is one of the longest I've ever done. A whole three act ballet in one exercise! We spent nearly 20 minutes learning it, then only did it once. This was followed by a grand allegro that was very short and easy. All in all, I left with good vibes. Particularly as I was the only boy in my group who was able to do a specific jump called, double sout de basque. They finished the audition saying that they will be in contact with the people whom they wanted to see in the next round to sing.
Needless to say I spent most of last night and this morning anxiously checking my phone. After taking class, I ran out of patience and called my agent. I got the machine, but she called me back within ten minutes to say that the panel where very interested me and wanted to see me in two weeks time for the singing audition. (Boom!!!) To say that I was as happy as a dog off-leash was an understatement. Even the weather dumping a heavy impromptu shower, that soaked me, didn't dampen my spirits.
Also got a call from an agency called Admiral that sends people out on a casual basis to work at events serving food, working bars, ect ect. They interviewed me today (Thursday) want to give me some training and could potentially sent me out to work this weekend.
Adding to tomorrow's packet is the audition for the Royal Opera House's Niobe. It's a production that sounds very modern and is going to shown in September with an additional tour to Luxembourg in December. I've no idea what's going to be needed for this one, but I'll do the audition anyway. If nothing else, it's a free class.
So that's it for this week. No week in Georgia was ever this exciting!
Thanks for reading and who knows what will happen next week.
Rodney Cuthbertson
DreamChaser
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