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Trading Corporate for Creative: My Acting Journey Begins at Age 41

“We’re going to have to let you go…” were the first words that prompted my acting journey.  I had been working in IT for nearly 22 years when my company downsized and, after a testing time personally, with a difficult divorce in 2007, I made a life-changing decision. They say that as one door closes another opens. Well, the door to regular and comfortable salary-earning did slam firmly shut and like any redundancy, fills you with that initial fear and trepi…

"So... You're An Actor?"

How many times have people asked you what you do for a ‘living’ at a party, on a train, plane, automobile (isn’t that a movie?) It must be one of the most commonly asked questions, certainly a way of moving on from the ‘name’ part of the opening discourse, which is generally always forgotten! I’ve found that in the eight years or so I’ve been acting, I am met with generally two very opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of reaction to the state…

It's Never Too Late - The Creative Leap of Faith

"We're going to have to let you go..." were the first words that prompted my acting journey. I had been working in IT for nearly 22 years when my company down-sized and, after a testing time personally, with a difficult divorce, I made a decision. They say that as one door closes another opens, well, the door to regular and comfortable salary-earning did slam firmly shut and like any redundancy, fills you with that initial fear and trepidation. What has happened since then has seen me e…

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