How it works

I am a professional actor who has started sending 3 emails per day to other industry professionals in the hope that they may help me.  Over the course of the year, I will have sent 1,095 emails.  If you're reading this now, I suspect you are in the business.
If not, who do you know, and can you help?  

What will it bring?

I've decided that I am going to be a regular character in Coronation Street before my twelve month project is complete.  However, my challenge is to do it without sending Corrie's casting department a single direct email.  As part of the project, I will be tracking my progress on a very dull spreadsheet (for my eyes only!) and updating the world with this slightly more interesting blog complete with ridiculous photos and other tidbits.

To achieve all this, I really need your help.


Why am I doing this?

  • I am a professional actor looking for an alternative route to achieve a goal.  I have spent over a decade doing low paid/unpaid shorts, web series, pilots and fringe shows.  Now it's time to take my career to another level.
  • Work breeds work. I've built up my skills and gained extensive experience.  Now I am shaking things up. I am not some sort of fame hungry wannabe who just "wants to be on the telly."  
  • When Blanche and Ken looked this good, who wouldn't want to be part of it?


How can you help?
  
I'm not asking for a financial donation for my half-marathon via justgiving.com.  I'm not telling you to forward an email to 20 other people and  you'll get a free iPad.   I don't want you to transfer eight million dollars into my Nigerian bank account.  


I'd simply love you to do any or all of the following: 
  • Contact my agent (or me) for a "General"/"cup of tea" meeting/chat
  • See me for a role in something you are casting
  • Offer me a great job
  • Tell your colleagues about my project
  • Forward my email to an associate/tweet about it/update your Facebook status to raise awareness of my project
  • View my showreel via my Spotlight page (link here)

(You could also send me an abusive email telling me I'm a loser and to get a life).

Please take a little time out to help me along the cobbles!


Thank you.


Click to view my Spotlight CV
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2 comments:

  1. Pretty Little Thing25 October 2012 at 13:18

    This is a long shot, Nick, however:

    As a part time job, I work as a researcher at a probate company, and the chairman (my Dad!) recently appeared in BBC's "Who Do You Think You Are?" as an expert with-- Bill Roache! They got on like a house on fire. So in keeping with your campaign, I contacted an email address on his website asking only to send him a message along with a link to your blog...
    No idea what that might throw up, but you never know!
    Hope you're well,

    Anna Tringham-Carmichael (GSA 2000)

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  2. Nick Dutton25 October 2012 at 14:21

    Anna,
    I hope you're even "weller" after this message.
    This is exactly the kind of thing that will get the Green Room abuzzing there...even if it's to say "we defo don't want to work with this freak!"
    Keep up the good work. x

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Thanks for your comments. I'll be on touch soon.

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