{"id":2079,"date":"2019-11-06T11:09:18","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T11:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spotlight.com\/?p=2079"},"modified":"2023-11-03T17:31:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T17:31:56","slug":"journey-of-young-performer-and-mum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spotlight.com\/news-and-advice\/young-performers\/journey-of-young-performer-and-mum\/","title":{"rendered":"The Journey of a Young Performer and His Mum"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>We\u00a0chat with Regan Garcia and his mum, Sharon, about balancing acting with school and playing Nigel in &#8216;<em>The Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13\u00be&#8217;<\/em>\u00a0in the West End.<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"quoteMacro style1 noAuthorImage\">\n<div class=\"quoteText\">\n<div class=\"quoteTextInner\">Before the show starts&#8230; I do this thing where I put my arms up, I tense a lot, pull my trousers up and put my shirt down, and then I\u2019m ready!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<div class=\"quoteAuthorInformation\">\n<div class=\"quoteAuthorName\">Regan Garcia<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4><strong>Hi Regan! You\u2019re currently at Sylvia Young Theatre School. What did you have to do for your audition to go there?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Regan:<\/strong>\u00a0For the first audition you didn\u2019t have to prepare anything. I had drama first, where we paired up. It was basically sight-reading a script. We did that, had a little break, and then went into dance. You learnt the dance with the teacher.<\/p>\n<p>I remember in the audition, they asked if anyone could do any tricks. I think a couple of people did aerials, and that was basically when I first got my aerial. I was like, \u2018I don\u2019t know if I can do it or not\u2019, so I just did it and it was fine!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sharon:<\/strong>\u00a0[For the recall] he did a maths test, an English test, and then he met Sylvia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Regan:<\/strong>\u00a0You had to prepare a dance and song, and they sent you two monologues. One was Shakespeare, which was quite difficult, because they\u2019re really long. And then the second one was just a normal kind of comedic monologue.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sharon:<\/strong>\u00a0We were asked to wait in the canteen while they decided. We waited downstairs, and then Sylvia came down and said, \u2018We\u2019d like you to stay this afternoon for the final.\u2019<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Do you feel like it\u2019s the right thing being full time at a stage school and doing your school work?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Regan:<\/strong>\u00a0Yes, it\u2019s much better!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sharon:<\/strong>\u00a0I don\u2019t feel like he would have [done well] at the local school. Even in primary school it was a bit difficult. Just with friendships and stuff. One week he\u2019d be in there, and the next week he wouldn\u2019t, and when he came back again it was difficult to try and be friends with everyone again, because they\u2019d have their own football teams and stuff at lunch time and they\u2019d be like, \u2018Well you weren\u2019t here last week so you can\u2019t play.\u2019 It just became more and more difficult\u00a0to fit in.<\/p>\n<h4>Do you still get nervous with auditions, or do you have techniques to help you stay calm?<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Regan:<\/strong>\u00a0Just relax. I was in practise a lot, but when you go in, be positive. [At an audition], you don\u2019t know anyone. You\u2019re just all looking at each other like, \u2018Well I don\u2019t know what to do.\u2019 Do you start a conversation?<\/p>\n<h4>Your most recent role has been in\u00a0<em>The Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13\u00be<\/em>. Can you talk us through the process you went through, from first audition to opening night?<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Regan:<\/strong>\u00a0The first audition was at school. There were about 20 boys going for it, just from my school, and [lots of] girls. All the girls learnt Pandora\u2019s song, just a little bit, and all the boys learnt Adrian\u2019s song &#8211; Intellectual Boy. You stood up in groups and did it one by one.<\/p>\n<p>They made a cut, a few boys stayed back. I was one of them. They did that at every single audition: they put us into groups, and they made some boys sing Barry\u2019s song. I think they just wanted to see our range, because Adrian\u2019s song is very high.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sharon:<\/strong>\u00a0It was only when I got the email about the recall that we got a list of boys and what character they wanted them to come back for. They did separate recalls for each character. That was for about two hours. It felt like a really long afternoon, because sometimes they let them come out for a bit, or they make a cut, but we didn\u2019t hear anything for two hours.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Regan:<\/strong>\u00a0[In the room with us was] the MD, the director, the assistant director, and the casting director.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sharon:<\/strong>\u00a0The final was on the following Tuesday. Our time was 10am and when we got there, they were already having first round auditions again. We ended up going in about 10:30. Some of those children from that first round were kept on, and they made a cut at 1pm. They let some children go, and then they told us to come back at 2pm. They let Regan go about 3:30.<\/p>\n<p>They were testing their voices, which I didn\u2019t find out about till afterwards. They let him and another boy go so I assumed he\u2019d been cut. The agent called me the next day to tell me [he\u2019d got the role]!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Regan:<\/strong>\u00a0[The rehearsal process] was short. It was about four weeks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sharon:<\/strong>\u00a0The changeover of children is not always the same every six months. It depends whether the new children are ready or not. They have to go to school for fifteen hours a week, and then they were rehearsing the rest of the time.<\/p>\n<h4>How do you balance your school work with performing in shows?<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Regan:<\/strong>\u00a0I was at my primary school for Matilda and Mary Poppins. Mary Poppins, because I was on tour, they sent me with work, but for Matilda I missed a lot of school. At Sylvia\u2019s, they have this [online system] called EdFolio, where you see all the class work, all the homework, and you have to catch up on everything!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sharon:<\/strong>\u00a0If you can\u2019t keep up with everything then they will not take you out the show, but when the show is finished, they will take you off the agency to make sure you caught up with all your schoolwork at some point.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"quoteMacro style1 noAuthorImage\">\n<div class=\"quoteText\">\n<div class=\"quoteTextInner\">On tour, children do their schoolwork every day under the supervision of a tutor. During the 10-week rehearsal period for Matilda, Regan did 15-16 hours of schoolwork per week, and made up the rest of the time with the tutor.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<div class=\"quoteAuthorInformation\">\n<div class=\"quoteAuthorName\">Sylvia Young Representative<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4>There are four different casts for\u00a0<em>Adrian Mole<\/em>. Does it affect you at all if you\u2019re not on the team doing the official opening night?<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Regan:<\/strong>\u00a0No, because I did have other opportunities. My team actually started last out of all the four teams, but we did West End Live! Red team did the opening night, we got West End Live, Blue Team got press night, and Yellow Team got the last night.<\/p>\n<h4>How do you prepare yourself for a show?<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Regan:<\/strong>\u00a0At Sylvia\u2019s, if you work the night before, you\u2019re allowed to come in at 10am. But the day before the show, you just go to school.<\/p>\n<p>For this character, because he\u2019s really energetic, I did this warm up where I throw myself around the dressing room a bit. Before the show, the whole company does a physical warm up and vocal warm up. And then safeties and everything, if there\u2019s any notes you need to do during the show, you do them, and if an understudy is going on and needs to rehearse, you do that.<\/p>\n<p>And then right before the show starts, when Adrian comes on, I do this thing where I put my arms up, I tense a lot, pull my trousers up and put my shirt down, and then I\u2019m ready! That\u2019s been my main thing for every show that I do, but I\u2019m on the same side as Adrian before we start, and we have this little dance and song. It\u2019s really weird! It makes us forget about what\u2019s about to happen.<\/p>\n<h4>What has been your favourite show and why?<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Regan:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Adrian Mole<\/em>. The character was\u00a0<em>me<\/em>! I liked that.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sharon:<\/strong>\u00a0I think the director had said although they\u2019ve got their lines and their character to play, they can kind of&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Regan:<\/strong>\u00a0&#8230;Interpret it in our own way. Because there were four different Nigels, and we all do it a different way. I was more the dancey person, and the energetic person. Whereas another one was the cool one.<\/p>\n<h4>As well as theatre, you\u2019ve also had commercial, modelling and screenwork. Which of these do you prefer and why?<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Regan:<\/strong>\u00a0Theatre. I like work where you can overdo it! I find screenwork harder in a way, because you have to play it more \u2018real\u2019. You have a live audience in theatre. When you\u2019re in film, and you try to say a funny line, then everyone has to be quiet and no one laughs, and it\u2019s like, \u2018Oh.\u2019 Whereas in theatre, if you say a funny line, everyone laughs. [But] I&#8217;d like to get into more screen and films.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"quoteMacro style1 noAuthorImage\">\n<div class=\"quoteText\">\n<div class=\"quoteTextInner\">You never know when your time is going to come. Just keep practising.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<div class=\"quoteAuthorInformation\">\n<div class=\"quoteAuthorName\">Sharon Garcia<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4>Do you have any tips or advice for other Young Performers?<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Regan:<\/strong>\u00a0Don\u2019t stop!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sharon:<\/strong>\u00a0We\u2019ve seen lots and lots of children over the years \u2013 the same children at auditions. And then, eventually, they will get something. Well, not everyone does, but you just have to keep going. You never know when your time is going to come. Just keep practising, and even if you don\u2019t make it as a child, if you want to do it as an adult then you\u2019ve got all that audition experience, and all that dance training. Keep it up.<\/p>\n<h4>What would you say is the most useful thing you\u2019ve learned from your time at drama school?<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Regan:<\/strong>\u00a0The professionalism. It\u2019s a different feeling. You go into school and there\u2019s a reception desk, you have a vocation office, then you have the agency office. People recognise you and are like, \u2018Ooh he goes to Sylvia\u2019s. He must be good.\u2019 It gives you a boost of confidence.<\/p>\n<p><em>Thank you so much Regan and Sharon for sharing your journey with us!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We have lots of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotlight.com\/news-and-advice\/?tags=young%20performers\">tips and advice for young performers and their parents<\/a>,\u00a0or feel free to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:questions@spotlight.com\">contact us<\/a>\u00a0or Spotlight&#8217;s\u00a0Young Performers Consultant,\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:ellie.samuels@spotlight.com\">Ellie Samuels,<\/a>\u00a0directly\u00a0if\u00a0<\/em><em>you have any questions.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u00a0chat with Regan Garcia and his mum, Sharon, about balancing acting with school and playing Nigel in &#8216;The Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13\u00be&#8217;\u00a0in the West End. 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