My younger daughter is having a mid-life crisis. She has thrown over her job as a (very successful) head hunter and has taken off for a month’s trip around the US – she has lots of friends there and will be travelling all over the country to meet them. She is in England at the moment for a couple of days in London and then a few days in Exeter with one of her best friends.
She is a talented singer and has always been interested in the theatre and has decided that it is time to have a crack at doing something she is really interested in, rather than just working for a wage, so the plan is that, after the road trip around the States, she will return to London, rather than Cyprus and try to break into a career in the theatre, either as a performer or backstage.
She is writing a blog about the whole experience which can be found here. You might find it interesting, (Or not,) to pop in for a look every now and then to see what is happening.
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Thanks Bravo – yes this will be an interesting adventure and well worth reading. Good luck to her – I am reminded ‘destiny doesn’t do home visits’. If she can walk as well as she can talk then she’ll do well!
She is a brave girl. My next door neighbour in London performed in Phantom of the Opera for a number of years. It is not an easy life. The pay is awful, unless you are a star and the conditions are terrible. The competition is frightening. My friend can sing beautifully, having been classically trained and is a very attractive girl, but she has never been able to get a major role. She now sings with the ENO while trying to raise 3 kids and teach music at her children’s school. Her husband is an opera singer who is in and out of work.
Thanks Bravo.
I’ll take a look. Hope she succeeds but as Sipu says, it’s not easy.
Good luck to her though, she’ll never know if she doesn’t give it a go!
Thanks, all. She knows it is not going to be easy. She also knows that she is talented – but smart enough to realise that she might not be talented enough. She is also a determined lady, so she will give it her best shot. I’ve always tried to teach them that ‘If you don’t ask, the answer is always No.’ 🙂
You’ve got to be in it to win it.
Good luck to her.
People all to often do not attempt what they really want to do or are put off by relatives.
Good on her, even if it doesn’t work out she will have had the satisfaction of having tried.