Chantal's Hollywood Adventures

Hi There, For my last term at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama , we are expected to complete a unit called 'Reflective Practitioner'. The aim of this unit is to produce a fifteen-minute presentation to the rest of the year, discussing our experience on the course and how we will use our skills in the future. This particular unit is one that I have been dreading since the beginning of my final year. I have learnt a great deal about drama as a whole and have loved every minute of my applied theatre course, however, the truth is, it has made me realise that I don’t actually want to become an applied theatre Practitioner, all I want to do is perform. I don’t want it to sound selfish as I would still love to work with communities, however, at this stage in my life my career goal is to become an actress and hopefully run my own theatre school.   For anyone that does not know what applied theatre is, I will give you a brief description, based on my opinion. The la...

Hello my lovely reader and fellow bloggers,  So.. I've been a little flaky with my blog recently as I've been so busy finishing up my third year at Central, but today I finally handed in my dissertation, so I can return to blogging about all the things I love 'theatre and acting'.  On Sunday evening  I went to see a performance of The Railway Children at Kings Cross Theatre in London  The show is primarily aimed at children and family audiences. I've seen other theatre companies recreate this well known story but none quite like this. The moment I walked up to the theatre I instantly felt immersed in the exciting story. The theatre had been completely transformed into an old style railway. From the moment I walked through the doors I was transported to a waiting room in an underground railway complete with station platforms and ushers dressed as railway staff. Even the stairs approaching the theatre were designed to act as a railway tunnel compete with ...

Hello My Lovelies, My mission to AADA is well on it's way. My excitement has taken over and I've already started to prepare my acting folder, making room for lots of new monologues and am attempted to polish up on my American accent (you know, just in case I may need it). I am so excited to know that in four months time I will finally be able to ditch my thick woolly jumpers for some cute little dresses and shorts. I have also managed to meet many of my fellow class mates (via Facebook of course!) and everyone seems really cool, which lets me know already that it is going to be an amazing year (or two). There is quite a diverse range of people in the class, coming from all walks of life, which is amazing. I can also finally share my excitement with other people now, rather than annoying my friends and family by going on about AADA and moving to LA 24 hours a day. It's nice to be able to share your thoughts and feelings with people that understand you and know what you go ...