Why most actors go overseas
Fri, 27 Jan 2006, 08:08 amWalter Plinge3 posts in thread
Why most actors go overseas
Fri, 27 Jan 2006, 08:08 amIt seems that most acting work in Australia is unpaid and most paid work here is in tv commercials where you usually got cast for what type of look you have and rarely for your talent.
Now I realise why so many actors go overseas but I wonder how so many people can afford to go overseas .
The industry is dying here.
Now I realise why so many actors go overseas but I wonder how so many people can afford to go overseas .
The industry is dying here.
Re: concerned
Fri, 27 Jan 2006, 03:10 pmWalter Plinge
concerned wrote "The industry is dying here."
the theatre has and will continue to ALMOST die off and recover as it has done since only god knows when... dame judy dench said "the theatre will continue to live as long as there is a space, people willing to work and someone willing to watch"
first of all i do agree with the fact that a lot of actors do go overseas in order to find work, but let me just point out that neither road one chooses to take is easy! staying in oz or going overseas can both be as challenging as one another. i left for england at 19 and it was damn tough. i saved every cent and i mean every single cent just to be able to fly there... had to find a job and did. on the third day i arrived in the country i started work (no not in the industry!!! just to clarify!) but i did not stop work until two days before i left to come back home... so all the opportunity that was there was unfortunately wasted on me for the most part because i had to work constantly just to make ends meet. but i love musical theatre and i'm not going to stop trying... funny thing is im not special. there is a million people just like me ready and willing to be rejected at every turn... i think there's life left in the theatre... it's in the performers, amateur and professional, it's in the backstage crews and the audiences whether they forget to turn off there mobiles or not...
just a thought...
Thou goatish motley-minded pigeon-egg!
the theatre has and will continue to ALMOST die off and recover as it has done since only god knows when... dame judy dench said "the theatre will continue to live as long as there is a space, people willing to work and someone willing to watch"
first of all i do agree with the fact that a lot of actors do go overseas in order to find work, but let me just point out that neither road one chooses to take is easy! staying in oz or going overseas can both be as challenging as one another. i left for england at 19 and it was damn tough. i saved every cent and i mean every single cent just to be able to fly there... had to find a job and did. on the third day i arrived in the country i started work (no not in the industry!!! just to clarify!) but i did not stop work until two days before i left to come back home... so all the opportunity that was there was unfortunately wasted on me for the most part because i had to work constantly just to make ends meet. but i love musical theatre and i'm not going to stop trying... funny thing is im not special. there is a million people just like me ready and willing to be rejected at every turn... i think there's life left in the theatre... it's in the performers, amateur and professional, it's in the backstage crews and the audiences whether they forget to turn off there mobiles or not...
just a thought...
Thou goatish motley-minded pigeon-egg!