Well, its been back to reality ever since I turned in my dissertation. Since then its turned into a daily struggle to pay rent and plan for the next year. Everything is still up in the air, and frankly the waiting is getting to me just a little bit.
It hasn't been all struggle though. I had a performing gig a few weeks ago which was great. Central hosted an event in celebration of the work of Cicily Berry. A friend of mine wrote a vocal quartet for the event and asked me to sing in it. The piece was a lot of fun, a madrigal style quartet setting from Henry VIII. The event itself was great, a veritable who's who of the world of vocal work. Not only was Cicily Berry in attendance, but Patsy Rodenburg and Trevor Nunn also spoke along with several other Notables. And I did spot Derek Jacobi in the audience as well. It was really amazing to be part of that whole evening!
Apart from that its been a constant search for work in some form or another. I now have a 'pay the rent job' to keep the wolf from the door for a little while, waiting tables. As someone said to me when I mentioned this - Now I'm a real actor. Ah well, its a fun crew, and it puts money in my bank account. I have also started cold calling voice over agents, which is a daunting task. I sent my reel off to a few places last week, no responses yet but I am working on follow up.
I did have an exciting meeting yesterday though. The last time I spoke to my agent I had mentioned that my dissertation focused on the use of social media in Musical Theatre. He seemed very interested in the possibilities this could open up for me and got to work spreading my name around to the many people he knows. On Friday two of his colleagues contacted me about coming to meet with me about this. Nothing definite has been offered yet, but the meeting yesterday went really well. They seemed very interested in at least using me as a consultant for the social media campaigns for two shows that they general manage. So who knows where this may take me, but its definitely something that I would like to pursue. Social media is something that I can work on from any location and on a flexible schedule so it can easily be done along side other projects. Which may prove ideal. I am trying not to get my hopes too high, but at the very least I have made some good contacts.
Still waiting to hear back from Central about my business proposal. Originally they hoped to have a short list of candidates by last Friday, however now they expect it some time this week. So realistically I probably wont hear anything until next week, judging from past experience. I am getting a little antsy about this. I would really like to know just where I stand in this whole visa process, whether this will turn out or I need to find another option. Being at a point where I cant really do anything about it is much harder than working towards a deadline in my opinion. I did mention my business proposal at my meeting last night and they seemed interested in it as well, so I may have found some mentors in the process.
Hopefully I'll have some more concrete news soon.
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