My Name is who I Am

I think I would like my stage name to be  something else. 

It means something to me that will get me thru the tough times and will let me rember the amazing times. 

Mum says that I can have a name for when I'm on stage but probably when I'm older. 

It's good to be different

It's good to be me 

I am Tia Swan 

Photos by Sarah Fisher

My pictures by Sarah are really nice. This one is my dads fav & mum says it's like Red Riding Hood. My eyes are really green in this pic.

Sarah Fisher is a photographer that has a fairy forest in her studio, it's so magical. I really wanted to  sit on the mushroom by the pond.

When I had my photos done, Sarah was giving me advice on ways to hold myself and told me what the result of my pose meant. I hope you like some of the results. 

You can see me and more of Sarah's lovely photos by visiting 

www.sarahfisherphotography.co.uk

Thank you Sarah xx

Showcase Week & late night self taping.

I've spent the last two weekend - both sat & sun rehearsing for my EDSA end of year show and we are now in the Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage rehearsing every night & sat until Show Time!!

Saturday 19th July at 7pm in the Gordon Craig.

It's really hot as well! 

Last night when mum picked me up she asked me if I would do a self tape for BoBe. I was well tired but I won't win it if I'm not in it so I quickly read the lines and tried really hard to get into character. Mum said we were gonna have three takes and then pick the best. 

I kept making mum laugh as every time she stopped filming I yawned and yawned and when she said go I quickly stopped and did my lines.

It was the quickest self tape we've ever done but mum said she ruined

It by dropping something in front of the camera but we sent it as I just carried on without noticing and dad says it's the acting not the filming that they want to see. 

I don't think I'll win this one but I don't mind as I'm on holiday soooooon. 

Working Out What I Want

It's been a really tough few weeks but it's been good because it has made me look at the things im doing and deciding what I really enjoy and where I want to go in the future.

I have always said I want to be an actress. It's just that at the moment I am not getting the acting teaching and practising that I want.

I enjoy working for a stage performance - acting with song & dance scenes - like Rare's shows. 

I know I'm too tall as a kid for professional musical theatre so there's not point training in this at the moment.

I am not really a dancer. Yes I work hard and can learn a routine, but I am not the child that has been ballet since they could walk or can get my leg over my head whilst standing - !! 

So I'm looking into drama schools/classes/groups rather than performing arts schools. Mum says specialising not diversifying - I don't get that either 😳

Mum and me are going camping in Cornwall in two weeks, I'm very excited 😝 it's been very quiet for me with BoBe but mum says I've been blocked out coz of All the other shows I've been doing. Got EDSA showcase over 5 days, then on holiday 5 days then on holiday with everyone for a week so can't do castings or work. 

Bonnie was mailing mum about the pics i had done with Sarah, so that's good I hope. But I can now relax as nothing to do once showcase over - until September. 

Ps the picture is from Sarah Fisher. She gave me some really nice pictures to keep from our shoot in June -THaNKyOu Sarah  x 

Back on Stage - Wizard Of Oz & a little catch up

It's been a month of rehearsals! First LAMDA course on Monday, Rare on Fridays and EDSA on Sundays...

Finally had my LAMDA exam on 22nd June. 

I did a piece from Toms Midnight Garden & Woody Allen play God.

On mums birthday we drove to Crawley to meet Sarah fisher for a shoot. I had an amazing time and really learnt lots about standing and making the right movements to get the picture the photographer wanted. 

Tomorrow I'm walking the boards at The Gordon Craig theatre again, in Rare's Wizsrd Of Oz. 

I am cannot wait for my holiday with mum to Cornwall. I live to bodyboard and can't wait to get in the sea. My new wetsuit shortie arrived yesterday :-)