The second week of rehearsal is under way and I have the massive privilege of being the acting coach to the child actors. So I have two Saturdays and hopefully the odd evening to work with 4 massively talented young actors. It's going to be great!
Friday of the first week and I meet the cast of 'A Christmas Carol' for the first time. It's odd not being involved in the performance side of things. I can see the friendships and bonds being created. I hear the wonderful harmonies that Phil Wilmott has created and feel a pang of jealousy that I'm not performing too. But I know I can't and I know that I couldn't have, so to be involved in any respect is massive.
16 adult actors. 4 child actors. And about 30 odd other people involved. This project is massive. And done for the passion, done to be put on a field where everyone is at the top of their creative games. The whole, unpaid affair as an actor is massively unfair and wrong and for what we do, something should be in place to demand that we always get payed...but as the theatre business is at the moment, that simply is not possible. But as an actor, this job can never be a hobby. If you're doing it then do it for the right reasons. With 'A Christmas Carol' all the easons are right. As it is, you have two companies, in Grit and Mokita, who have staked pretty much everything into creating the most wonderful Christmas show to grace London this year. To be involved in any aspect, is a privilege.
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