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Can we PLEASE get rid of this unhealthy unspoken law that if performers aren’t living & breathing their career 24/7 then they’re not committed????
More so now than ever, it is clear that performers NEED a life outside of the industry in order to survive!
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More so now than ever, it is clear that performers NEED a life outside of the industry in order to survive!
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Since the age of 4, performers are taught that giving anything less than 110% is not good enough. Personally I found this incredibly difficult to adjust to after graduating from drama school!!! Because it’s a completely unrealistic expectation
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Performing is a JOB!!
That means you are entitled to be paid for work you do, to have a holiday without feeling guilty, to have hobbies & interests outside of your career - just the same as any other career choice. These things don’t make you any less able to do the job.
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That means you are entitled to be paid for work you do, to have a holiday without feeling guilty, to have hobbies & interests outside of your career - just the same as any other career choice. These things don’t make you any less able to do the job.
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A month after graduating, having given MONTHS of notice, I took a 4 day trip to the Ed Fringe (not exactly a holiday lol) An audition came up & this is the response I received from my agent when I turned it down. I had told them MONTHS in advance that I was taking 4 DAYS OFF
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When I pointed out that as a performer having good mental wellbeing is key & that I was taking 4 days off after a stressful 3rd year, I was told that if I had mental health problems I should have raised them before??
Hun I just wanted to go see some shit comedy in a tent
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Hun I just wanted to go see some shit comedy in a tent
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I’m not bringing this up to shame a previous agent. I bringing this up because this rhetoric
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TO CHANGE
This is not an anomaly - this is the norm! I can list COUNTLESS exchanges that I or fellow performers have experienced like this.
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TO CHANGE This is not an anomaly - this is the norm! I can list COUNTLESS exchanges that I or fellow performers have experienced like this.
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New grads tend to get it worse because you’re not taught any better! You’re taught to take any opportunity, no matter the consequences.Having time to reflect can be a blessing in disguise. Our industry is in disarray & who knows when we’ll get to perform again, but when we do
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