I was quite hoping that the stress of last week would be over now the film is being deemed by everybody as being a MASSIVE SUCCESS but if anything today it's just got a bit worse due to all the other stuff piling up.
There was this little series of events over an hour or so that got me tensed up again; as I was driving back from the freelance job I was speaking to Dad on loud speaker and he just sounded so bad today, worst day yet perhaps - so poorly, so despondent, so "waiting to go" but I had to cut him off because my car was overheating and about to explode. Okay, maybe a bit dramatic, but certainly on the verge of dying. Pulled into a layby, gave it a breather and got home safely but still...two horrible things in a row. Then got back to find out my freelance post is coming to an end - not entirely unexpected, but still annoying, as that little bit of cash has been bailing me out when the gigs haven't paid, which, let's be honest, is quite often still.
Been offered a couple days proper acting work for a short film, which really excites me because it's been years since I've worked with the director Emily and she was awesome then so I imagine she still is now.
Did a few hours freelancing today and genuinely did a lot of good, I think. Got home after my disastrous few hours of car/dad/job stuff, did an hours training on the exercise bike for the show, spent 2 hours rehearsing for the show and have really grown to like the script - it needs a lot of rehearsing, but it's so different to anything I've ever done before. It's mostly physical comedy, yet I recorded just the dialogue alone tonight and there's 38 minutes of that to learn alongside all the choreography. Yep, it's a bastard. Made a promo video for it tonight briefly too, which my housemate kindly filmed as he wanted to use the dining room (where I was rehearsing) to eat his dinner and I was kind of in his way.
Still need to write the panto. Meeting the director on Wednesday night and I think he wants to see a script. Why am I always one show behind?
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