About three years ago we signed up for a year’s membership to an acting agency. It was all just for a bit of fun; we had no expectations of anything coming from it. And, it didn’t. A year went by and we got nothing, except for my audition as Mouse Man…

A couple of days ago we received a phone call from a production company. They wanted Freya to go to an audition for an advert. Even though we had not paid any further money to the agency, our pictures of a young Freya remained on their site. The production company had obviously browsed their way to Freya, and thought she looked interesting for the part. They asked us to come along today for a tryout.

Freya was quite quiet through the audition – she shared it with another girl whom she had befriended whilst waiting her turn – though she was not entirely voiceless. If she was nervous then she hardly showed it. She thought it was ‘boring’, but she’d like to do it again.

Now we have paid for a two month membership. Not just for Freya, but for the whole family and any potentially interesting possession. It appears one can also hire out anything that may be useful for films/TV/adverts.