Hello Bloggerbeans,

I want to take this weeks post to talk about something that is a huge part of my life which is acting. I have always been interested in Performing and it has been a passion of mine for a long while. I love the feeling of receiving a new script or project to work on, the satisfaction of seeing the hardwork and effort of weeks of rehearsals turned into a performance piece or even just the buzz I get just before I enter the stage followed shortly by all of my anxiety of performing to people melt away. It is really something that has shaped me as a person and I don't really know what I would be doing instead as its something that I nearly didn't do. Things could of been so much different which brings me on to those wonderful people in the photo above.

 Before starting the course I knew absolutely no-one which I have spoken about here on my blog and the fact that I felt that didn't necessarily have to be a bad thing however for the first week or two felt very anxious and on edge yet now that seems so silly as 6 months on from then everyone has become such good friends and I literally feel like they are my second family which when I say I generally mean. Growing up as a young carer for both my parents with learning difficulties left me thrown in the deep end however now is a part of me which I would never want to change. Sometimes with a lot of independence their are times when I just want to take a step back from things and I guess drama is my way of escaping for a little bit. I enjoy the essence of being someone else for a little bit so I don't have to think about life junk going on. Everyone on my course is just so amazingly talented and I have really began to relax a little as finally i'm part of this weird and crazy performing arts family which is something I have never been apart of coming from a turbulent secondary school experience. If any of you guys are reading just thank you. I'l leave this post with the words of Disney's stitch which sums up this post perfectly: 

'Ohana means family and that means nobody gets left behind or forgotten'

Toodlepip x

 

Recently I went to london as part of a school drama trip to see 'Grimmes Fairy Tales' at the barge house OXO tower wharf. I had the best time ever wandering round london with my best friend Sian and by the end of the trip I had lots of photos to remember the day by and I thought what better way then to tell all you guys about it and show you the amazing moments I capture on camera :)

To get to the theatre place we went past the london eye which was pretty cool and even listened for a while to buskers perform on the southbank who were very talented. For tea we went to wagamamas which for me was okay but I ended up ordering something I wasn't to keen on so I was left quite hungry. Luckily with Sians secret marshmallow stash I got through my hunger!

The actual theatre place was not a convential theatre but was a large warehouse converted to different rooms where we were taken on a journey. Itwas an  exhilarating  experience with the acting being very interactive. The way they had decorated each room to represent each fairytale was breathtaking and with a sound scape looping in the backround it made the performance realistic giving it more depth. For a long while I felt like I was actually in the fairytale and experiencing it first hand. With it being Grimmes FairyTales, there was a certain eeriness to some rooms where you knew that the classic fairytales where good conquers evil had been thrown out of the window and replaced with the sickening truth. Lights were hung from ceilings and down one staircase classic lines from fairy tales were written, graffitied and stapled to the wall which was impressive.

I highly recommend that if you are visiting london anytime soon that you book tickets to go. It is nothing like you have ever seen before and grips you to the bones. You can find out more information on their official website HERE.

 

check out my friends Sian's post HERE about it and see all the amazing pictures she took.

Toodlepip

~Katy Summers (TeenageBlogger)