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Racheldoherty

Racheldoherty
Location: Greater London
Gender: Female
Age: 28

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THE TALE OF THE BLAGGY THE CLOWN.... Once upon a time, I had blagged myself a job as a clown at children's parties. It was an absurd way for me to earn money in the first place, as I had done pretty poorly during the clowning section of my acting degree, but when I heard the pay was £80 per hour, I found myself making up all kinds of previous experience and clowning skills and talking my way into owning a children's entertainment business with a friend. We mostly accepted bookings through another company, claiming we would 'pass the...
One of my short stories...

THE TALE OF THE BLAGGY THE CLOWN.... Once upon a time, I had blagged myself a job as a clown at children's parties. It was an absurd way for me to earn money in the first place, as I had done pretty poorly during the clowning section of my acting degree, but when I heard the pay was £80 per hour, I found myself making up all kinds of previous experience and clowning skills and talking my way into owning a children's entertainment business with a friend. We mostly accepted bookings through another company, claiming we would 'pass the job on to one of the entertainers on our books,' then we'd stumble through the job ourselves on sheer hope and adrenaline, hoping not to get caught out as the fraudsters we were. Of course, with time and experience, one can become anything they emulate, but the first few bookings, all involving stressy parents, hyper children, magic tricks and balloon shapes, were fraught with hastily covered mishaps. I always felt an otherworldly level of relief when I sprinted (I'd literally run, so happy was I to have gotten away with my sham once again) out of each booking, cash in...

 

About me

I am an actor and comedy improvisation performer from Northern Ireland, and currently flit carelessly between there, London and Liverpool, as and when the work requires it. I completed a Ba. (Hons) Acting degree at Rose Bruford College, and have been lucky to graduate with a strong generation of actors, writers and theatre makers, having been trained with an emphasis on and encouragement in creating work for ourselves. I have been fortunate enough to have been cast in several enjoyable roles since graduating, but having had to hibernate a little to focus on family matters for the last year or so I feel I have taken my finger off the ball somewhat...however, this is all set to change now thanks to a wonderful change in circumstances, and I am now keen to take the creative world by storm and give it a good, hard, feisty Irish dig to the ovaries! I shall try my best to be gentle with you all...

ps. I'm a member of the comic improvisation group 'Chuckledusters' who perform on the last Monday of every month at Bar Kick-do come along if you'd like your funnybone tickled.

pps. Currently working on a piece of new writing set in Northern Ireland called 'Son Of The Land.'

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