Norfolk Actor and Playwright
Norfolk actor and writer Marie Cooper blogs about living with anxiety. Mostly when at university and reacting to the huge amounts of pressure.
I must confess that I was nervous on my way to my first-ever meeting with my fellow Playwrights.
I had made the noob mistake of stalking everyone online beforehand and as a result, had just managed to make myself feel intimidated by how much more experienced and accomplished everyone else seemed.
Yes, I am well aware that you should, apparently, not compare yourself to others, but hear me out. I don’t think it is as negative a thing to do as is so commonly made out to be.
When the email from Arts Council England announcing the results of my Developing Your Creative Practice funding application first appeared on my phone, I felt sick. On the edge of tears. A visceral, Instant emotional reaction as weeks of anxiety exploded.
Continue reading “Arts Council DYCP Rejection”
Thankfully, after being offstage and off-camera, for anything but masked roleplay work, for the last few months, I am on the mend. It has been financially agonising to miss out on so much work from September to November.
Continue reading “Norfolk Actor Marie Cooper-Offstage and Off-camera”
Last week in the deepest, darkest, nethers of Norfolk, I took part in performing in a Murder Mystery for the first time.
I had been approached, after the director of one of the productions I was working on, passed on my name to the owner of the company who runs the events. I felt incredibly humbled and grateful to be recommended on the basis of my acting with the theatre company.
Continue reading “Working Actor: Performing in Murder Mystery in Norfolk”
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I should have left my UEA class this afternoon. There was no point in my being there. I was having trouble breathing and on the verge of tears and I really could not concentrate on anything. I just wanted to get out of there. Continue reading “Postgraduate Pains”