The end of the beginning.

Well this is even more delayed than any of the others I've done so will begin with a round up of the rest of February before moving onto march!!
Like i said Feb was the beginning of the start of the year for me so thats where the title of this blog comes from as feb has ended-in case you didnt know that! haha

Now the film had wrapped up i began looking for other projects and was having meeetings with a couple of friends of mine (one actor and the other director) about the possibility of putting on our show. We discussed lots of ideas and came up with a format. Unfortunately thats on hold at the moment due to my friend becoming a father!!! Eonderful news and wonderful reason to wait- he's a darling!

Along with that the discussions of The Lost Generation part 2 were starting to come through due to some interest in part 1, funding coming in and the fact it was the plan all along. We didn't know how soon it would be but i can reveal Part 2 is now in pre production with the possiblity of being shot in the next month or two :-) This made me very happy as you can imagine!

I also got a call from my old tutor from college who asked me if i would go in and speak to a couple of students who were interested in studying in America (which if you didn't know i did, i studied at AADA, The American Academy of Dramatic Arts) so i obliged of course, i love speaking to actors who are passionate, grounded and realistic. That same day i was having a meeting with mark Ashmore, the director of The Lost Generation in the morning which then turned into being shown round the sharp project in Manchester.
The two students I met were Ami and jerrell and they were both first years at my old college The Manchester college, formerly Shena Simon college. Jerrell has alot of links and family in the states so was very keen to go over but also was a very good basketball player so an advantage if he wants to get out there to study. Jerrell wants to act though so after speaking to them for over an hour about the academy we then went onto acting in general and i gave them the 101 of acting (if that's what its called) from CV's to agents, to attitude to cover letters etc etc what I know and have learnt I passed on. It was really lovely to have them say I inspired them and i made them more excited and determined to follow their dreams.

The Sharp Project is a really great space based in Manchester that is home to a massive number of creatives from animators, to web developers to photographers to directors all under one huge roof. The space isn't even complete yet but its already housing and renting alot of different things in there!

Well I'm going to round up February as my busiest yet, March will hopefully be just as busy but only time will tell :-)