Chapter 15: you will go to a very crappy drama school and do a very crappy naked scene
Mum Says My Memoir Is A LieShow Notes
host Rosie Waterland knew that she would chicken out. She knew it all the way through the rehearsal and all day before the first performance. It was 2006 and it was Rosie's second year at a very crappy drama school. But drama school wasn't just about learning to act, it was how Rosie found her soul mates - a like-minded community of people who wanted to laugh at life and then skip movement class to go to the pub.
Rosie reminisces about this happy time in her life - the acting classes, going out and a mishap with a guy after a party on a golf course green. It's one thing though writing these stories for a book, but a completely different thing to read these stories out loud to your Mum.
This episode contains sex and drug themes.
Based on Rosie Waterland's book 'The Anti-Cool Girl'. Buy it here: https://rosiewaterland.com/books/ Find Rosie on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RosieWaterlandOnline/ Follow Rosie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rosiewaterland/ Follow Rosie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rosiewaterland See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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