Spy. Dammit! Ex-spy. “Imagine a child’s drawing of a magic leek.” - @captainward who/whom Contact: roba@avalonuk.com Avi pic: @ClaraMolden. I mute killjoys.
Aug 19, 2021 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
I can’t stop thinking about Sean Lock. I didn’t know him all that well, but in the late 90s/early 00s we shared an agent and I was his support act for a few gigs here and there. He taught me two things that have enriched my life. Firstly, I remember seeing him on the last night…
…of the Edinburgh Fringe one year. “Sean! I’ve not seen you out all Festival. Where’ve you been?” “I’m thirty-six, Chris.” He then went on to tell me that he never read any reviews at the festival - his or anyone else’s. “You’re enjoying yourself for the first few days…
Aug 17, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Hi, Twits. I need your help. My daughter (13) is absolutely convinced I was lying to her when I said that every Wednesday is Norfolk Census Bear Day, on which a bear visits every house in Norfolk and eats the citizens who aren’t supposed to be there. (1/2)
It would be tremendously helpful to her, and also to me, if you were to tweet (not as a reply to this) your #NorfolkCensusBearDay experiences to confirm the existence of this ancient and much beloved/feared tradition.
May 26, 2019 • 13 tweets • 2 min read
Hello. I'm going to do a minor thread here for ac-TORs about self-taping for casting. The rest of you may go about your business. Please to understand that the following is meant absolutely as an aid and in the spirit of helping. So. Allons-y...
I've spent the last few years on the other side of the casting table and it's taught me a few things. The first is that no-one's agent EVER teaches them about how they might go about self-taping, which they absolutely should be doing. Drives me NUTS.
