Career dilemma.

Ok so i'm looking at paid theatre jobs online but all i can think of is how uncertain this ground is, how you get work for as long as a show lasts and then you can be out of work for who knows how long. I think i really want to be a stage manager, and if i didnt have a full time job to do as well it would be so much easier, but it feels like a huge scary step to take.

Interesting how as soon as i start looking I get paralysed with fear. It's like my dad's words literally come back to haunt me. He was always telling me how much theatre is uncertain and i should get a good steady safe job. Guess that stuck with me. I started job hunting today and found all these cool websites and info and i wanted to jump into my laptop and join them. I remember meeting caroline at work, a stage manager.

What it all boils down to is i'm scared. I'm scared of taking a risk, leaving my job, having no money, not being able to support myself, ultimatley having to leave london.

How do i pursue a stage management career and survive??? That is the question. That is THE question.

I should start doing the lottery.

getintotheatre.org. Good website for jobs and advice.

Farewell Doctor Tennant. (if you havent seen it dont read this)

It was very sad.
This is true.
However, i have some notes.
The build up to that 2 parter was immense, the hype possibly too much considering what they did.
I mean, time lords coming back, galifrey, the Doctor and the Master, one on one.
Sounded great!
And the first part was really good, the Master looks like he's winning, the Doctor is all angsty and worrying about his impending death, wilf makes a fantastic assistant, although i suspect he's not the Doctor's usual taste.
But then comes the second part.
So the time lords turn up, after finding a loop hole in time (which, not to sound egotistical but i had kinda worked out myself), and bring their whole planet with them that causes havoc with the local gravity.
And they're sent back pretty much straight away!
And it's the Doctor, who up till now has been looking all sad because he's the last time lord, but as soon as they turn up again he sends them away!
Not very friendly i thought.
And far too much time was spent on goodbyes.