The Girlfriend Act by Safa Ahmed EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Safa Ahmed
- Language: English
- Genre: contemporary romance
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I fell in love at eighteen.
Not with a person, but with a feeling. This feeling. The buzz of nerves
climbing down my spine, the jumble of excited butterfly wings fluttering in
the depths of my stomach, the warmth of a blush on my cheeks.
I only ever feel this way right before I’m about to step on stage.
Six months ago, on the night of my eighteenth birthday, after I’d just
wrapped up the final show for my high-school drama club’s performance of
The Comedy of Errors, I realized why I loved acting.
It was because, every night, I became someone else.
I wasn’t Farah Sheikh: I was Lady Macbeth, I was Luciana, I was
Hermione. I was everyone else but myself. For a few fragile hours, I could
step into someone else’s life and pretend it was my own.
Now, three months later, after moving to London for my first year of
university, I stand in the wings, sinking into that feeling once again. My
script has been rolled up and stuffed into my bag – I don’t need to reread it
that much, considering I’m not trying out for the main part. Not by choice,
of course. If I had it my way, I’d be reading for Juliet. But this production
has a very strict requirement – every actor must have at least a year’s worth
of experience in either an American or British production.
And while I’ve been on stage throughout my academic career, it doesn’t
count because I grew up in Karachi, Pakistan. So, instead of the lead role,
I’m trying out for a minor one. But I don’t mind. No respected actress
makes it big without some struggle (unless there’s nepotism involved), and
humble roots make the greatest stories on talk shows, right?
I remind myself of this as another actress finishes off her monologue. She
is auditioning for Juliet, and she’s good. Really good.
I consider peeking round the corner, to catch a glimpse of the director and
producer of the play, but I stop myself – I don’t want to add fear and nerves
to the excitement I’ve got rioting through me. Instead, I will myself to focus
on other things. Like what I’m going to watch to relax tonight. I remember
there’s a new TV series starring Zayan Amin that I still need to dive into.
He’s my favourite Pakistani actor, and this is supposed to be his big move
after seventeen years on a family sitcom. I’ll stuff my face with the correct
ratio of salty to sweet popcorn, while telling my flatmates about the
audition and everything else.
A solid plan.
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