Rebecca Dunn writes a Guest Blog for West End Frame about her journey as a founding member and co-Artistic Director of Fluff Productions. She plays Pamela in their latest show, World Enough And Time, which runs at the Park Theatre (Park90) until Sunday 13th April 2014.
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| Rebecca Dunn |
From as early as I can remember I dreamt of Hollywood. There was a brief flirtation with the idea of teaching when I was about four but as soon as I became aware that acting was a ‘thing’ and people did it as a job, I was obsessed with the mission to convince my parents to put me on the stage.
Thankfully they resisted my pleas to, “Please get me an agent!” (I had already cast myself opposite Macaulay Culkin in many a movie in my mind) which was clearly a good call as I am desperately sensitive and, at that age, couldn’t have coped with the rejection involved. The fact that I came home and threw myself on the sofa, a mess of hysterical tears when I was nine, having been cast as the Narrator in Charlie and The Chocolate Factory in the local drama group rather than my desired role of Veruca Salt, says it all I think.
However I never envisioned myself as a producer and indeed never set out to be one; it's just kind of happened by default. Fluff emerged from a group of us recent graduates from Drama Studio London wanting, quite simply, to put on a play. Many of us were still without agents and seeking to showcase our talents - but in the main we were just eager to be doing something creative.
