Auditions, rehearsals, workshops, long shoots, performances – acting is in and of itself both demanding and oftentimes draining as a profession. Imagine on top of all the effort one puts into training, and going from one audition to the next – even facing one rejection after the other – to also have to worry about networking. What many people may not realize is that networking has always played a huge role in an actor’s life – perhaps even now more so than ever. This is the case for any person wanting to succeed as an actor all over the world. However, it sometimes feels as though it is more so the case in Egypt than in most other places in the world. Most people may be familiar with the idea of a ‘struggling actor’, imagined as a person who works many odd jobs, drags themselves to 20 auditions in a day for the chance to make it in at least one small scene on some random television show, or, plainly, someone who barely manages to earn a decent living wage. Honestly speaking, it’s not a far off image: there are…
Looking Into One of the Lesser Known Roles of an Actor: Networking
October 15, 2020
