{"id":2000,"date":"2002-01-03T05:56:44","date_gmt":"2002-01-03T05:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/?p=2000"},"modified":"2022-10-19T14:18:40","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T14:18:40","slug":"acting-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/acting-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Acting Up!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The theatre is Nikki Webster’s second home and she’s returning to the stage over summer in The Wizard of Oz<\/em>. Nikki invited Smash Hits<\/em> down to rehearsal to see how the show is coming together…<\/strong><\/p>\n

What\u2019s the first thing you do when you get the script?<\/strong>
\nBasically I just read through it and highlight all my lines.<\/p>\n

How do you learn your lines?<\/strong>
\nI read it a couple of times and then the night before I came in to rehearsals I asked my Mum to read the other parts for me.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s your standard day at rehearsal?<\/strong>
\nWhen we first came in, we just started blocking, which is getting told where to stand and what actions to do, when to run and when to not run. Then we started running scenes together to see how it flows through and then we did a full run through.<\/p>\n

Things were still being changed in rehearsal today. It looks like it\u2019s an ongoing process?<\/strong>
\nDefinitely. Things are always chopping and changing. They still might change when we get into the theatre depending on how it looks from above and below.<\/p>\n

How do you get into character when you\u2019re rehearsing out of costume?<\/strong>
\nIt\u2019s quite easy, you just snap into it. You just have to get into the character and play the character the way you think it should be played.<\/p>\n

What do you normally do in the five minutes before you go onstage?<\/strong>
\nI\u2019m standing by the stage ready to go and getting into character. I\u2019ll think about my first lines and what\u2019s going to happen onstage \u2013 going through it all really quickly in my brain.<\/p>\n

Have you ever forgotten a line in a show and what happens if you do?<\/strong>
\nNo I haven\u2019t…touchwood. When you\u2019re working with other people, there\u2019s always someone who\u2019ll jump in to help you out and improvise.<\/p>\n

How does stage acting compare to screen acting?<\/strong>
\nWell, you just have to give it a lot more because you\u2019re trying to get it across all the levels where people are sitting. You just have to act it as big as you can. And you have to go straight through, too.<\/p>\n

Is each performance different?<\/strong>
\nIt definitely is. As you get into the run of the show, you get to know everybody better and you bounce off each other. Also, you get different reactions from the audience. Some things that you might not think are funny, they laugh at. Also, having performances at different times of the day means different types of people come to each show.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the first thing you do after you come off stage?<\/strong>
\nI unzip my costume coz I\u2019ll be really hot, and take my mic off. Then I take my make-up off and have a drink of water.<\/p>\n

What sort of things do you have in your dressing room?<\/strong>
\nUp until now I\u2019ve always shared a dressing room because I\u2019ve been with a lot of other kids. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll be sharing this time so I don\u2019t know what I\u2019ll have in there. I\u2019ll probably put up some fun stuff \u2013 maybe have a lolly jar, a CD player. A few bits and pieces.<\/p>\n

Do you remember the first time you saw The Wizard Of Oz<\/em>?<\/strong>
\nI don\u2019t remember the first time I watched it but I never really understood that the Lion, the Tin Man and the Scarecrow were the men who worked on Dorothy\u2019s farm. I thought it was actually happening and it was new things happening to her as she went along.<\/p>\n

Were you a fan of the film when you were younger?<\/strong>
\nI was very into Dorothy. I had the ruby slippers and I had the dress made up as well.<\/p>\n

Who is your favourite character?<\/strong>
\nI like them all because they\u2019re all different in their own way \u2013 and with the actors playing the parts now, they do it so well, it\u2019s like they\u2019re the first ones to do it.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s your favourite song from the show?<\/strong>
\nDefinitely Somewhere Over The Rainbow<\/em> but I like a lot of the character songs like We\u2019re Off To See The Wizard<\/em> with the Munchkins \u2013 that\u2019s a lot of fun.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s your favourite part of the show?<\/strong>
\nOh gee, that\u2019s hard because I love it all. I can\u2019t wait to see what everybody looks like in their costumes in Munchkinland. They\u2019re going to have such bright costumes and lots of colours. I think when Dorothy\u2019s house lands in Oz, that\u2019s going to be a great scene.<\/p>\n

Is the play going to be exactly the same as the movie?<\/strong>
\nIt\u2019s the same storyline as the movie but there are so many new bits and so many exciting bits that are going to happen, and a few secrets! There\u2019s quite a few funny bits with the Lion, the Tin Man and the Scarecrow \u2013 well we think they\u2019re funny anyway. I can\u2019t wait to get the audience into the theatre.<\/p>\n

Is it hard to work with a dog?<\/strong>
\nOh, they\u2019re very good and have a trainer who helps me as well. They started rehearsals when we did and sometimes I think \u201cThey\u2019re better than me! They know what they\u2019re doing.\u201d I have to be aware of them, that they don\u2019t get stepped on by the cast, but I\u2019m learning to control them and stop them from jumping up.<\/p>\n

Source: Smash Hits magazine
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