[Evie]

I asked this on a different site and wondered what people would say on this one too. I was wondering what roles people would play if they could swap gender? Just curious!
Evie
x x x

[Matthew Winn]

I'm not really answering the question properly (I can't: I hate acting, and it's on my list of Things There's Not Enough Money In The World To Pay Me To Do), but it does sometimes seem to me that women get most of the best songs in musical theatre. I expect women feel that men get most of the best songs.

But if I didn't detest acting, and if I were an actress, then I'd probably like to play Carrie Pipperidge (Carousel). I didn't half get some funny looks at work a few years ago when I went around the office singing "When I marry Mr Snow", though some of that may be because I have the sort of voice that inspires cats to throw things at me.

[Ian]

though some of that may be because I have the sort of voice that inspires cats to throw things at me.

One of those moments when you require a hole to appear in front of you that you can disappear into, occurred when I was in an Amdram chorus of HMS Pinafore. The MD asked me to mime as I was putting everyone else off key!

... I still maintain it WAS everyone else who was off-key!



I stuck to drama after that!!

[Evie]

Er..if you hate acting why do you belong to this site? Thanks for answering though! Yeah I truelly believe that men get better roles then us girls...though there are several roles I aim to play when I am older (Janet in Drowsy Chaperone is top!!) but I would love to play:-

Man In Chair from Drowsy Chaperone
Robert Martin from Drowsy Chaperone
Rum Tum Tugger from Cats
Electra in Starlight Express
Roger from Rent
Angel from Rent

....that is all I can think of straight awya but I am sure there will be more!!

[Matthew Winn]

Er..if you hate acting why do you belong to this site?

Because I love theatre. I love watching theatre. I love backstage work, and all the other technical aspects of the business. But I have never, not even for a fraction of a second, had any ambition to be an actor. A few years ago a misguided director sent me and three other techies on stage in costume to pad out a scene and I absolutely hated it. My total on-stage time for my entire life is measured in minutes, and that's how I want it to stay.

Some people have this notion that everyone who loves theatre has secret ambitions to be an actor. They couldn't be more wrong.

Yeah I truelly believe that men get better roles then us girls...though there are several roles I aim to play when I am older (Janet in Drowsy Chaperone is top!!) but I would love to play:-

Man In Chair from Drowsy Chaperone

That is a wonderful part.

[Evie]

Oh right. That is fair enough! Which one...Janet or MIC?

[Matthew Winn]

Man in chair.

[armadillo]

This site is for actors? Seriously? Who knew?

[lorri]

well im going to lower the tone totally and say if i could swap sex i would play trekkie monster in Avenue Q

[Evie]

Yeah man in chair is brilliant!! I already know almost every line off by heart..I'm getting there! : D