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Vas adds an individual-fit perspective to training choices.
Make a note ↗A working life in musical theatre
Vas Constanti
The work, choices and life around the show — in one contributor’s own words.
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The person behind the work
Vas Constanti
Vas Constanti trained at the Guildford School of Acting and has worked across musical theatre, repertory, television and film. His West End credits include Miss Saigon, Riff Raff in The Rocky Horror Show and Moby Dick. Touring roles include Frank Jnr in Saturday Night Fever, Dan in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and William Hurley in Flashdance. His screen work includes EastEnders, Casualty, The Bill and Doctors. In Off Book, he brings that breadth of experience to questions about training, unfamiliar work, fear and the different ways performers build a career.
Selected work
- The Rocky Horror Show — Riff Raff
- Saturday Night Fever — Frank Jnr
- Miss Saigon — West End company
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Pull a thread.
Start anywhere. Each thread opens onto a different part of this working life — a question, a contradiction or something nobody puts in the prospectus.
Conversation thread
The specialist work he has never done
Vas respects the scale of swing work while acknowledging he has not done it himself.
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A sharply different view of understudying
His account of missed opportunity could form an honest disagreement with contributors who valued covering.
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Cruise work can teach the whole production
He describes responsibilities beyond performing as a learning experience.
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Experience has not removed the fear
Vas describes stage fear alongside the reward of performing.
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