A Summer Lull
As a child and this was probably one of the most exciting times of the year. Next weekend would see the start of the big long summer holidays. Six or seven weeks of no school, and long empty days to fill as you would, with all sorts of games and leisure. And, of course, boredom. Inevitably by the end of August, the novelty of lots of long unstructured days had begun to wear off, and one craved a little order and routine. As an actor long unstructured days are not only the province of the summer, but things can feel even harder when there is a holiday feel all around you, and all you desperately want is work. The dread that if you've not been cast in something by the end of July, then you probably won't be actually working until at least early September is one that can bring dark clouds into even the brightest of summer days. Yet as an actor you are working all the time, whether it is for someone else, or yourself. It's easier to convince yourself you had a good day whe