DON'T LET ANYONE TELL YOU ACTING IS HARD
It's amazing how often the public will ask you if you are exhausted after seeing you in a show. The answer is 'very rarely'.
In my current production, I am on stage for about 55 minutes, and only start talking after another 15 minutes minutes. Am I exhausted afterwards? No, not really. Acting is not like going down the Welsh mines. And now that we are in Malta with THE RETURN, enjoying an amazing adventure at The St James Cavalier Theatre, I feel less and less like a miner!
There is however one role which I can state quite confidently is the most exhausting part in the British theatre. And that is the role of Dad in GEORGE'S MARVELLOUS MEDICINE. You are only on stage for 20 minutes but it feels like you have climbed a mountain. Our current climber is Jim Low and you can see him this week in New Town. Catch him at the stage door after the show and ask him if he is exhausted. He will only just have enough breath to answer!
posted by Neal Foster @ 5:18 PM
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Very well done to the 'The Return' cast for yesterday's gripping performance at St James! You had me on the edge of my seat from the word go! I would have liked to express my compliments personally but I think I would have embarrassed myself and grovelled instead :o) I hope you've enjoyed your performances here and please do come back!
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