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Question

i want to start a drama club. it is my ambition and my dream to be an actor. but they dont think im commited. they say it takes up too much time and its too expensive. i have the money. i want this more than anything and i need to pursuade them. i am in year 9 and they think its too much work..when i spend all my spare time on my backside on the computer. i have loads of time. they just cant see that. what can i do?! theyre so unreasonable

Answer 1

iam sorry to hear that--i know its very hard to grow up and keep your dreams---but i always listened to my enter self your heart if you really know deep down this is what you want show them but most of all show the only person your self they always say follow your dream who knows they might be surprise and be proud of you at less your not out running the streets and hanging around with the wrong crowd you what to make some thing out of your self that you can be proud of---give it a shot

Answer 2

My daughter started drama a year and a half ago and it is the best thing she ever did. Over Christmas she was in pantomime with John Barrowman from Torchwood & Dr Who and she will be in a show in the summer. One of the guys who used to go to her drama class is in Tracey Beaker.

It does cost money and I waited until my daughter was 10 before I let her join because she was always starting things and not seeing them through. Get all the info on your local drama class and show it to your parents - my daughter has gained so much confidence, her singing is fantastic and her dance moves are fantastic. I hope you can persuade them to let you go because it will do you the world of good.

Answer 3

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You have to show them how committed you are. Write down an action plan detailing how you can fit your schoolwork and drama club in and be able to manage them both. promise them that if you can't cope with the workload then you will give it up

You say you have the money to fund this, do you mean your parents have it? Prove to them that this is something you really want and that you are prepared to work for.

Hope it works out for you, good luck.

Answer 4

Kid I work as a film extra on sets .

if you want to be an actress you need to learn to type, pole dance, work as a builder or something to do on all the unemployed time in between your acting jobs or till you get one with all the audtions that go nowhere.


but that you need short notice time off which most jobs wont give you to get to the auditions that get nowhere and a day no pay till you get lucky.


thats after you go to a recognised acting school like (spelling wrong)

Anna Sheer in islington London, or Mountview stage school etc... not any old one.

And they have long waiting lists as have the right connections...


Much of it is also networking and who you know.

Most actors are broke and you have trouble with mortages.

then if you do well you cant lead a normal life and just go clubbing or chill out with press and do something normal and naughty like smoke a joint and its in all the press etc.

If you want to give it a try fine...

longong hours wake up at four am, get on set for 7am, leave after a 12 or longer hour day, little time for regular social stuff and long periods away from home and family and noting most realtioships with actors fail and break up due to the pressure.


And stay away from drugs.



This is from someon working in the industry not somone who knows f all.


Also a routhe you could try is starting at the Pinapple dance studio in covent garden London.


Most who dream to be an actor get nowhere.

Others end up in porn as bills need paying like many dancers end up lap dancers.


If you really want to do it you will track down Anna Sheers and get the right spelling.


And the other recognised schoold...


AVOID ALL ADVERTS FOR MODELS AND EXTRAS THAT CHARGE UP FREONT BOOK FEES ETC.


DECENT AGENTS /AGENCIES DO NEITHER

Look for books like the PACT (producters alliance television and cinema) directory,

BFI handbook.


Contact Equity the actors union for advice


This is a true picture

Answer 5

Talk to your vice principal. It worked for my friend and I, and we are sophmores (10). We wanted to do a fundraiser for our music department, and it is going to be a huge performance in the theatre. We are going to do it in the fall, and if we can do that, I think a drama club is a fantastic idea. Your vice principal should be able to tell you if it is possible or not. Good luck and stick with it!

Answer 6

all i have to say is: do whatever makes YOU happy. it may be hard to convince your parents, but talk to them. maybe if you convince them to let you try, and you show them how committed you are to it, they will realize how much you want it. You have to show them though, you have to convince them. Then they might see where your heart is. Any parent would give in to that. Most parents just want their child to be happy. Even if it doesnt seem like it, they are just trying to help you have the best life possible.

Answer 7

Start one at school to begin with - they will get funding for you if it is successful - good luck - remember this could be part of your enterprize award at school which is part of the national curriculum at year 10 - that should impress your parents

Answer 8

show you are interested in it. explain why you want to do it