However no-one managed to squash my love of acting and when I was 10 I found out about my local youth theatre.
We do an average on one performance every six months and work in a theatre which can hold 500 people.
Tough competition
To join there are no auditions, you simply pay 50p a week and £2.50 a year insurance and you are a member. There are auditions to get into the shows and these are very competitive but great fun.
Once the parts are chosen we spend six months practising once a week, this often means a lot of sitting around and memorising HUGE chunks of script by heart but it is definitely worth it!
In the weeks before a show is due to take place we have rehearsals every night and all day (5-6 hours) at weekends. This means that school work has to wait but the teachers usually understand.
Embarrassing costumes!
The shows run for a week and we often perform in front of over 400 people. We are a youth theatre but we do everything professionally, including uncomfortable make-up and embarrassing costumes!
The performance nights and the audience reception make all the work worth while.
Fingers crossed
I have auditions next week for a show taking place in February.
I hope I do well but I have very strong competition for the part I'd like and I don't want to get my hopes up!
I also hope to audition for the National Youth Theatre but I will have such a lot of competition I doubt I will get in. WISH ME LUCK!
Anyone who enjoys acting should try and join a youth theatre. You get experience and it's great fun! Who knows, you may make it to the professional stage!"
Sarah, 14, Lancashire
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