Lilly here in the Driving Seat! Blog Sitter - Blog Post 2

Well hello to all of Carole’s loyal blog readers!

Me

My name is Lilly Driscoll and I shall be taking over Carole’s blog for the next couple of weeks. As you may know we are also opening it up to anyone who would like to guest blog. If you would like to get involved and perhaps write your own one off blog while Carole is away please do email me at lillydriscoll@hotmail.co.uk and I shall select the ones I feel are most relevant. Thank you.

So with all of that out of the way...how are we all?  This is a new audience for me and I’m quite excited that I am writing to faces that I don’t yet recognise! But hopefully I may get the chance to eventually know some of you. If you would like to get in touch and give me some feedback that would be most welcome! Comments are always encouraged, or you could always tweet me if you are in to that! @LillyDriscoll.

Nat and I in Girl E

So I’ve known Carole for about two years now, I first met her as I came in to audition for the play ‘Girl E’ written by Clifford Oliver. I wasn’t sure what to expect as I headed in to the depths of Barking...but what I got was the part offered to me within the time it took my train journey home. They wanted to know if I would take the part so that they could stop the casting! I was very overwhelmed and at the time I was working for a little shop called Accessorize, and knew that if I took the part I would have to leave my job...so I jumped at the opportunity! Ha, no really I had to consider for all of about 5 minutes and then told myself “what am I doing? Of course I’m going to say yes” and it was the best decision. 

‘Girl E’ has been a massive learning opportunity for me; it has helped me to become fearless as a performer, and has actually turned me in to a much stronger performer. I mean when you have to stand up in front of a hall full of teenage kids and pull off the emotional performance that ‘Girl E’ demanded, well you can pretty much do anything after that. I have to say that it wouldn’t have been possible if it weren’t for Carole; she guided me and pushed me to a point where she knew she could get the best performance out of me. It really has helped me and led to further castings and interest but I won’t go in to that now.

So as Carole mentioned I am a writer too and I do write poetry and plays, films etc. but the reason I started a blog is because things really do get to me quite a bit, the world, the industry, sexism etc. I did think that instead of an angry tweet here and there and a little rant about how things need to get better aren’t really resonating, and this is the reason why I have come up with an angry blog about Olivia Colman instead! (If you’ve read it you know it’s not really) 

So with each blog I would like to try and talk about something that gets to me, maybe you can write to me and tell me what gets to you? But for this first one I thought I’d just stick with an introduction... Keep you guessing yes? Anyhoo, I’ve got a family dinner tonight as my brother has just got engaged! So we’re off out to celebrate! But will keep you with fresh blogs throughout the coming weeks, and do let me know if you want to get involved.

Thanks for reading a little about me and hope to keep you all entertained. Also Carole, I’m on my best behaviour with the swearing! Promise.

Lilly