Tommy Collison

Oh wow – it’s almost 8pm and I haven’t done a post yet. The horror.

What have I been up to? I’ve been busy!

This morning, Patrick went back to Zurich, waking me up at an ungodly hour while he was showering. Honestly, who wakes up at 08:30 on a Saturday? :(

Then it was off to CentreStage in town, where we were handed our unofficial parts for our end-of-year show. They aren’t set in stone just yet but they won’t be changed unless there’s a big problem.

Our show is “Little Shop of Horrors”, a story set in 1960′s America, based on a story of a florist’s shop that becomes famous for having a new type of plant – new to mankind.

Our lead, Seymore, has discovered the plant and becomes a huge celebrity, bringing customers to the little shop on Skid Row.

A hugely funny play with some darker themes ingrained in the humour.

I play Mr. Mushnik, the owner of the florists where Seymore works. I’m a cantankerous, cranky old man who gets crabby very easily. Should be a fun part to play.

I’d say we’ll be rehearsing heavily over my Easter Holidays, with the show not eons away. The 10th of May is only a month and a bit away. Might seem like a lot but when you’re rehearsing for a play you have no prior experience with – it goes by pretty quick!

With rehearsals to add to my list of to-do’s over Easter, my holidays are becoming quite busy actually. Dublin twice, having a group of people over one weekend and rehearsals for CentreStage will mean I have quite few “lazy days”. Ah well, they do tend to drag a bit.

Since I’ll be finished up school very soon after the show – not more than 2 weeks, I’ve began to make plans for the summer. We usually go to France and I’ve got an(other) acting course at the start of July, I’ve tried to get stuff to do.

Inspired by Damien Mulley looking for internships, I’ve decided to do the same. This might sound weird from someone who’s only 14 but reading some of the comments on the “Me” post, I’ve come to realise that diversity and being different aren’t important on the net. Doesn’t matter whether you’re tall, small, fat, thin, dark-skinned or light-skinned or anything in between! So, I’m offering my expertise as a blogger and as a teenager heavily involved with all things internet. I feel I could really bring something new to the table as someone younger (but not less-skilled) than people would be used to. Give me a call or drop me an email if you’re interested, or know someone who might be. Deets on my contact page. (Look up)