Marginalia – Page 153

The siren call of the callback …

12 November, 2007
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Actors and Acting, Productions
Posted by Kate Foy

Is there a sweeter phone call for the actor than the one that says, “Callback?” Yes! It’s the one that says, “We want you” but one step at a time please … I got the first call this morning as I was leaving for work. Fair put a spring in me step it did. Some

Asides, auditioning, Cabaret

Metablogging: surfing a trend wave

12 November, 2007
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Blogging
Posted by Kate Foy

As a blogger, you know you’re in the middle of something big when every second site seems to be about blogging. Oscar Wilde, who seemed always to have something pithy to say about social behaviour, once noted that ‘a young woman needed to have something sensational to read on the train.’ He was referring to

Blogging, blogs, writing

Post Audition

10 November, 2007
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Actors and Acting, Productions
Posted by Kate Foy

Well, OK, not bad … but then what would I know! It’s the way of the audition; in, out, and done. One way to get through the ‘Oh my god what a disaster’ or even ‘Hmm, not sures’ after an audition, is to stay busy. Worst thing is to post-mortem, and try to second guess

Asides, auditioning, Cabaret