In addition, I am looking up casting agencies & extras agencies to join. It's all experience if I can get some parts, & any earnings will help when I'm a penniless student! I have never been any good at bar work or waitressing, so I hope something might come of it, no matter how small.
I have learned on the Equity website that I can join as a student member, & upgrade to full member when I graduate. This may be a good idea. The only thing is though, that I need to come up with a name, as there is apparently already someone with my name. So I'm looking for something catchy. I want to keep on using my first name, so I am looking at surname possibilities. I thought about Greekifying my surname, changing Peters to Petres, Petras, or Petrakis (I have been living in Greece). I decided against my mother's married name as it is one of those Greek names that can leave people looking blank when you tell them. Not good in the Theatre world, I want something that people can remember! And pronounce!
The next options I thought of was looking to my ancestors. There's my grandmother's maiden name, Spargo, which is quite unusual. Or maybe my great-great grandmother's name, Tresidder. A good Cornish name! There's also Connelly, which is my grandfather's name, but people may assume I'm copying Billy Connelly.
Mum suggested I use my middle name, Robina. She meant as my first name, but I wondered about using it as a surname as I want to keep using my first name. I ruled it out afer I mentioned it on Facebook, & someone came back with the comment "Ooh, that sounds fruity!" Damn those blackcurrants! So the search for something catchy, memorable & interesting goes on.
I have just realised that I have not added any photos to this post. There isn't really anything that goes with the theme, so here's a completely unrelated one of me photoshopped into a scene from Sense & Sensibility, with Alan Rickman.
Hmm, Natasha Rickman...
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