 Hi,
I'm Andrew Morris. I go to the Arthur Terry Performing Arts
College in Sutton Coldfield and this is my second year with
the Alexandra Theatre's Summer Youth Project - least year
it was Guys & Dolls which had lot more acting in, really
I'm suited to that as I've got two left feet.
The
thing I was looking forward to the most was probably just
making new friends and I've made loads. This project is really
great, because we're treated like adults and it's very professionally
run with a strict discipline and we're getting the experience
of working in a professional theatre to see it if is a career
you'll like to get into in the future. I wouldn't mind getting
into the acting business - but whether I do is a different
matter.
In
the past I've done two school shows of Les Mis and Jesus Christ
Superstar. In Les Mis I had a number of solo songs in which
was a great experience. Fame and Les Mis are two completely
different types of shows, but this is my favourite as I felt
it was a bigger achievement getting into this than a school
show.
It's
great to have on my CV that I've performed at a professional
theatre as a lead role - that's quite a big thing. I'd love
to be able to say I've performed Les Mis in a professional
West End theatre, though! Playing one of the lead roles -
that'll be wicked!
The
atmosphere backstage is very chilled and laid back some days
but on others it's VERY rushed and all a big panic - but its
good fun. You'll never really sitting down doing nothing -
whether I'm practicing a dance routine for later on or learning
lines, learning a new song, practicing a instrument for a
new scene or even having a fitting in costume - it's often
quite busy.
My
costume for Fame is a pair of dark teacher-type trousers and
shoes with a shirt underneath a 'tank-top' and a tie! I'm
going to look very slick!
Everyone
is very bubbly - some of the girls are a little bit TOO bubbly.
It's a friendly atmosphere here, with everyone of a similar
age and treated the same as adults. This is such a great experience.
This
is what it says in my script about my character - "Mr
Myers, the drama teacher is good looking, easy going and in
his EARLY, EARLY thirties" - I'm the stud teacher of
the school let's say! Unlike my 'real' drama teacher, Mr Jordan,
who likes to think he is a 'stud teacher'. He isn't really.
I think I relate to my character with the looks and that I'm
easy going as well and I take it as it comes.
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out more about the cast from Fame
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