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Liz Felton
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- What I do... (Actor, director, designer, teacher etc?)
- Actor, agent, North London Actors member (and Secretary), member of Actors and Writers London and Club for Acts and Actors (CAA), acting coach, voiceover artiste, pianist, singer... now looking for a new band! Frequent theatre goer, editor/reader/committee member of Kensington and Chelsea Talking Newspapers, script editor, proof-reader, agony aunt etc...
- My Quick CV
- ...can be found on www.astralactors.com/liz.felton. Also on Spotlight (Viewing Pin: 1815-8971-2040).
I love all kinds and genres of acting, but seem to be asked to appear in more comedies than straight drama... I wonder why?! (I CAN play it straight - honest guv!)
I enjoy being a member of North London Actors and Actors and Writers London, performing regular rehearsed readings, I think NLA and AWL are keeping me sane by allowing me to prove I can still act whilst networking with a lovely, friendly bunch of like-minded people...
As well as the usual aspirations in relation to stage, TV and film acting, I would love to work in radio, particularly radio drama/comedy. I'm told I have a good, strong, clear speaking voice, I can sight-read confidently and have an aptitude for accents and dialect.
Any offers (in any genre) gratefully received and considered... ;o)
Recent performances: (to be updated soon, I promise!)
In June, I performed a duologue with Robin Marchal called 'Surprise Bundle' written and directed by Martin Cort for the Society of Women Writers and Journalists (SWWJ) at the Royal Institute of Great Britain in Albermarle Street.
In July, I had the lead part of Flippanta in John Vanbrugh's lesser known play 'The Confederacy' in a rehearsed reading for North London Actors,
The same month, I also put on a comedy show for the CAA in Bedford Street with Martin Cort, Gareth Pilkington and Michael Murray. We performed monologues, duologues and poetry written by Martin and Gareth and Michael also entertained on the acoustic kettle! I'm delighted to say the evening was enthusiastically received and we've been asked back with a vengeance!
In September, I was in a rehearsed reading of a new musical play called 'Destination Planet Zero' by Lesley North (directed by Martin Cort - yes, I do seem to be working with him a lot!), appropriately for me about people attending a weight watching class - although I was the owner of a cake shop that the 'fatties' went to after every class!! (Oh, and Martin made an amazing selection of sponge cakes that looked scrummy... the only problem was they were made out of real sponge... yuck!!)
On Monday 24th November, I performed in a classic comedy sketch show performing work by Eric Sykes & Hattie Jacques, Benny Hill, Peter Sellers, Irene Handl, Victoria Wood etc. produced and directed by Gary James and also starring Gary, Rosalind Adler and, yes, you guessed it... Martin Cort!! We performed at the CAA, 20 Bedford Street, Covent Garden. The evening was a great success and we hope to overcome copyright issues, so we can perform the show again at other suitable venues... I'll keep you informed!
Upcoming projects:
My next appearance will be in Arthur Fowler's Allotment - Anything Grows, on Sunday November 30th at The Hideaway, 114 Junction Road, half way between Tufnell Park and Archway tubes. I'm performing a monologue called The Actress by Gareth Pilkington.
On December 6th, a children's play I'm directing - a fun English/Italian adaptation of The Gingerbread Man by Penny Culliford, with Nadia Ostaccini, who's producing with her company Tricolore T.C. (www.tricolore.org.uk) - is being performed at the Italian Cultural Institute. Tickets are free but almost completely booked out, so let me know asap if you'd like to come! Any schools reading this are welcome to book us! We already have a few bookings in December and January, with more to come...
On Wednesday December 10th, I'm appearing in NLA's Christmas sketch show, in a short but risqué comedy.
On Friday December 12th, I'm singing with my band, Apples For Everyone at The Unicorn pub in Camden Road.
- The first thing that inspired me in theatre...
- At the age of 8, seeing a performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream at my brother's school (he's 7 years older) where the rude mechanicals were all hugely talented and hysterically funny musicians... I decided to follow in their footsteps... (oh and I nearly married one of them (Bottom, naturally!) years later...)
- My favourite theatre something is...
- WORKING IN IT! Oh the sheer JOY of working in theatre... there's nothing like having an audience hanging on to your every word... and how thrilling to make 'em laugh AND cry... in the right places of course!
- The thing that annoys me about our industry...
- As an actor and agent, the difficulty of getting that first job... watching mediocre acting when I know my clients and I can do better... not being considered for parts we're perfect for because we're not (yet!) names... non-acting celebrities appearing in panto... extras (or supporting artistes) who try and pull focus (maybe some supporting artistes could be from drama schools, or at least people who have some acting experience! There are so many trained actors who are unemployed so extra work should lose its stigma)... typecasting... ageism... discrimination, whether positive or negative, when it excludes those most suited to the job. Oops, I just noticed this was meant to be THE THING SINGULAR, not THINGS PLURAL that annoy me! I'll get down from my soapbox now...
- My website
- http://www.astralactors.com
- Another website I'd like to plug
- http://www.northlondonactors.co.uk
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Sorry it's been a while again... I just never seem to have the time to spend on here, particularly since I hurt my back as I can't sit for long periods...
Glad we're now friends - you can never have enough friends in this world! Thanks for understanding my point of view. I think we are definitely both on the same side here!
As far as my back is concerned, I didn't actually have surgery, so sorry if I confused you - it was a slipped disc or something, but it did leave me in constant pain for some considerable time, having to live on painkillers which made me completely dopey these last few weeks. It's been 4 weeks actually since I was taken to hospital unable to walk or stand at all and I can get about without my crutches now most of the time - I just use them for going out and getting up and down stairs - plus I'm just taking anti-inflammatories rather than the strong painkillers so I can hold a reasonable conversation now... well, as reasonable as I ever could anyway!
Sorry to hear you've also experienced back problems. They are the worst, aren't they? Mind you, you have to spare a thought for those poor ambulance people having to carry you down a spiral staircase! I'm sure it wasn't funny at the time, but at least you can laugh about it now! My crew were going to ring the police to break my front door down, until I managed to throw my door keys out of the bathroom window!! The neighbours found my plight quite entertaining... I drew an impressive crowd... what an attention-seeker I am!! In fact, when I went to my actors and writers' group on 3rd Sept, I was accused by our lovely Chairman Paddy (in fun hopefully!) of that very thing... I even managed to upstage my mate Carrie who only had a sprained ankle... Suffer, baby! Suffer! It's an actor-eat-actor world...
Thanks for your good wishes for my recovery... I quite agree that people might talk if you were to offer me that massage... tempting though it obviously is! Hmmmm, it really is... (Oh, stop it, Liz!) How about some playful banter instead?
Now, to artfully change the subject... about the work side of things... I don't often get information on jobs for supporting artistes, but if I see anything which I think you might be suitable for, I'll let you know and see if I can put in a good word for you... After all, that's what friends are for... however new!
Take care and keep in touch...
Liz x
Many thanks for the friend request, which I'm delighted to accept.
I appreciate not only what you said in your "rant", but also why you said it, and I agree with you totally so no "apology" is necessary on your part!
I have to admit that with the little work I'm currently getting as an extra, it sometimes feels like it's just a hobby! I think that very few who work as extras can actually earn a living at it, most of those I know have other jobs to help pay the bills.
Anyway, since there was no need for you to apologise, there's nothing for me to forgive, so our newfound friendship starts off with a clean slate!
Sorry to hear about your back surgery - I've had a few back problems myself from time to time, and it's amazing how disabling the apparently smallest problem may be - I spent a fortnight flat on my back some years ago after suddenly seizing up in an office on the second floor of a building with no lift - the ambulance crew had great fun and games trying to carry me down a spiral staircase!
Anyway, I hope you start healing soon and can get some relief from the pain - I'd offer a gentle massage, but we've only just met and people might start to talk!
Friends it is!
Geoff
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If I may quote from your own profile : "so extra work should lose its stigma".
I do appreciate that those of us like myself, who work as extras, or "supporting artistes" as we prefer to be known (chuckle), have been traditionally looked down upon by the "actors" on set, as if we are a race apart, the cannon fodder of the extras' army.
I am not a trained actor, but although I would certainly not decry professional training as an actor, undergoing training in any job does not mean that everyone can do the job at the end of that training, or indeed that someone without that specific training could not do the job. Trained or not, it is (or should be) talent that counts.
I'm glad that you say the job of extra should lose its stigma, as most extras do a professional job, and we often have to put up with conditions that workers in other jobs would not have to face - we suffer for our art, and for the most part do it willingly - though whether to curry favour with the director or for the good of the finished piece is sometimes a moot point!
I have, in fact, met a number of trained actors working as extras, so I believe that the former stigma of the job may be becoming eroded, as more trained actors join our ranks.
Sadly, it is often (though not always, I hasten to add) the trained actors who try to hog the camera, perhaps from some belief that they are still "better" than the rest of us! Personally I'd sooner do it properly, as the director wants, and get a reputation for doing good work, and get the work!
I may have stirred up a hornet's nest here, but I enjoy a good discussion, so I'm looking forward to hearing from you and anyone else on this topic!
regards
Geoff
My pleasure... you will see from my offers page I offer agents I have already worked for free duplicates - if you would like me to add yours I would be happt to do so.
http://www.roundisland.net/offers.htm
Ben