ColumnsLast night, the producers of Billy Elliot the Musical had a problem. Act 2 of the show opens with a song about Margaret Thatcher and the characters’ hatred of her, including lyrics like, “We all…
Agent's take
Comparisons are odious, stay positive
The other day, one of my best friends who is an actor represented by a different agency, told me that their agent had given them a hard time for often being seen with me socially,…
How I became an agent
Watching A Chorus Line’s succession of monologues about how each character got into the industry, it got me thinking that performers aside, most of those who work behind the scenes or on the other side…
In defence of Simon Cowell
I was surprised by Matthew Hemley’s headline, “Keep Cowell Out”, having the previous week been to one of the best musical showcases I’ve ever been to, albeit unexpectedly: The X Factor musical, written by Harry…
WWAGD? (What would Ari Gold do?)
I watched a few seasons of Entourage over the Christmas break in search of some inspiration – and my new year’s resolution is to ask ‘What Would Ari Gold do?’ In truth, the fictional world…
Reflecting on 2012
Christmas time is the only time in an agent’s calendar when things momentarily calm – a brief annual interlude just before the big day, and before New Year arrives, and it is my favourite time…
Returning to past glories
As an agent, all of my advice to clients is based on one mantra: go forwards not backwards. Yet sometimes I am faced with a dilemma: if a client has been acclaimed for a particular…
Actors on reality TV shows
I read Matthew Hemley’s column ‘I’m a Celebrity – but should I appear on a reality show?’ with interest, as an agent of legitimate actors, who are often faced with a decision to be made…
Green (card) envy
New York is my second favourite city in the world, so I always approach my annual trip with the excitable anticipation
The art of representing creatives
This week, my client Nick Winston had Loserville, a brand new British musical that he has choreographed, open in the West End. Nick and I began working together over two years ago, and this is a…
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