I've slowed right down on this blogging thing, I know, but I only want to blog when I'm 1) feel the need to blog 2) when I have no earphones/headphones and on a long tube journey...I.E. the situation I am in now.
Ironic that I'd be on this situation on such an important day, the day being showcase also known as a "Celebration Show" what some people see as the peak of the course and what others just see as a great experience.
The Showcase *cough* Celebration Show, is when the (Brit School - Theatre) teachers/department pick a select number of students, this year, 20 out of 60 to perform to a number of invited guests at a west end theatre.
The invited guests being built up of governors, casting directors, directors and of course...Agents. The participants I.E. what me and another 19 people do is prepare and showcase a monologue/dualogue that is hopefully representing our ability at a high level and indicates what the department reckon we would get casted for in the acting industry.
I had some worries about my piece due to it being what I see as a stereotypical kind of role for a young black actor, which is something I have always said I want to stay away from and something that I would hope would make me stand out from the crowd, and yes I did try to change the piece by negotiating with the teachers, however this was unsuccessful and I remain doing this piece due to the department being adamant that they knew what they were doing, and in this case they have waaay more experience of the industry than I have, so I had to take a back seat and just have faith and from working on it, I really do have faith in the speech which is something I didn't have at the beginning.
So we are here today in a situation I would like to say is the biggest opportunity of my life so far, and we have been told that we don't know what the agents want, they could not get casting to their offices for breakdowns we would suit, they could already have someone like us on their books, so we shouldn't really get carried away too much, is a message that has been really pushed through by the teachers, but I think in this situation it would be close to
Impossible not to dream of the incredible things that could/you would want to happen and you know me...I'm not one to NOT have BIG dreams *has a little chuckle on the tube, lady beside gives me a weird look*.
So yes this is where Jesse Gassongo-Alexander is at the moment in his life as of today, and yes I have now arrived at charing cross, well I haven't, I'm two stops away but I'm going to get off this and try some breathing meditating...
One Love
Big Dreams
J x
