I’m absolutely shattered after last week, so it’s nice to have the week to recover. However, this Sunday I’m straight back in the deep end with the first rehearsal/read-through of Best Little Whorehouse In Texas for Derby Opera Company. I’ve wanted to be involved in a musical for a while now and with Derby Shakespeare taking a few months break, now was as good an opportunity as ever.
The promo for Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
I was very pleased with my audition, but it felt like I was auditioning for the first time again. This was possibly the combination of it being my first audition for DOC and my first for a musical, so dancing and singing were also under scrutiny along with my acting which I am far more comfortable with.
My dance audition was a bit sketchy, but definitely something to really get into and enjoy over the next few weeks and the girls were absolutely brilliant! What man would complain about a bunch of females jumping all over him? The singing was absolutely terrifying and I could feel my hands shaking as I held the music book. I find singing a very personal thing, I don’t know why. Perhaps it’s because my parents were never really singers. I think had they walked around the house belting out the hits of Broadway then things may have been a little different in perhaps more ways than one. However, I couldn’t have asked for a better audition. I was quite well prepared and just for the hell of it I even had a crack at Melvin P. Thorpe one of the principle characters. It was incredibly enjoyable.
In the end I made the ensemble, so I can imagine there is going to be a hell of a lot of work involved. Plenty of singing, dancing and I’d imagine there will be an opportunity to play multiple minor roles, so great in terms of acting experience too.