Entry for 6th May, 2008

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More auditioning for One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest today. A really nice chap travelled all the way from Ayrshire for a shot at being in the show. I felt rather humbled that he had come so far. I appreciate that I am the co-proprietor of the fourth best theatre company in South Lanarkshire, and that the thought of being in one of my shows is enough to make many an HNC acting student go weak at the knees, but nevertheless it was a long journey for a short reading.
So - not wanting to spoil the young chap's day - I felt that the least that I could do was dress up like amphibion-featured mult-millionnaire Sir Andrew Llod Webber for the audition. I stuck some apricot jelly cubes to my face and fashined some big fleshy lips from an overripe beef tomato that had been in my fridge just a little too long. I also sat on a big throne, and made the wannabe-starlet walk down a big shiny staircase while reading McMurphy's speech after the first group therapy session.
To complete the effect I made my Significant Other pretend to be Zoe Ball (Ok - ok - that wasn't just part of the audition fantasy) and I found a wandering homeless man, and hung a makeshift cardboard sign around his neck saying "I'm John Barrowman".
I felt that, even if the young man from Ayrshire didn't land a part, he would at least feel that he had been involved in a proper audition.