On the stageToo shy to ever appear on stage myself, I still hung around theatres like a bad smell when I was younger - lighting and set design were what I was good at.
Backstage we'd attempt to sabotage every production - us lighting geeks would wind up the sound man by putting the remote "pause" button for his reel-to-reel tape machine on his chair, so when he sat down it'd start running, ruining his cues. Actors would do scenes out of order to make our lives hell. It was great and I don't know why I don't still do it.
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At the age of 10, I played the Son of MacDuffin The Scottish Play. This was 4 years before I was to star as Macbeth at the Globe. But that' snot important right now.
When I came off stage from my mesmerising performance as Son of MacDuff, I was told that I was very very good. But that I shouldnt really go on with my watch on, and eating sweets. Fackin twats!
Also, mildly related, during my GCSE drama course, I was taught for a while by the man who is now the priest in eastenders, and was in some ITV drama the other week about a scary girl who was trying to kill some woman or other. That is all.
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Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Fri 2 Dec 2005, 16:22,
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