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One Garden Against the World by Kate Bradbury
Sep 12, 2026 · original
. Published by AHE. on 12 th September 2026 I haven't sat down and written anything in a while: this is in large part due to the backlog of monthly updates I still have to get through, and the prospect of revisiting a bunch of failed auditions is a bit depressing, but a book I bought on a whim has made me want to ignore all that and write about something that has captured my imagination. I feel like I should hate gardening... One Garden Against the World is, on its surface, a book about gardening. I am not a gardener, I never have been and, until we got this house, I never thought I would be. Growing up I always loved nature; rivers, hills, caves; the macro stuff, the wild stuff. I love wild, untamed forests where trees dominate the landscape and imbue the air with magic. I could sit beside a river or waterfall forever just listening to the sounds, knowing that whatever life might throw
🗓️//June 2026 Audition Round-up
Aug 15, 2026 · original
🗓️//June 2026 Audition Round-up A roundup of auditions, recalls, and booked jobs from June 2026. Published by AHE. on 6 st August 2026 Auditions - 5 of those auditions Ads - 4 (self-tapes) Theatre - 1 (in-person) Moving is the most stressful thing you'll ever do. This month I auditioned for a panto for the first time in a few years. Not being a musical theatre performer means these auditions don't come along too often, but when they do I relish them. I might not be the best dancer or MT style singer in the world, but when it comes to over-the-top characters and larger than life villains, I know I can deliver. What made this opportunity extra special was it was going to be based relatively near where I grew up, and starring a bunch of performers I hadn't seen since I was an usher in my teens. The audition called for two scenes, and an unaccompanied up-beat pop song. The sides I was given
🗓️//May 2026 Audition Round-up
Jul 1, 2026 · original
A roundup of auditions, recalls, and booked jobs from May 2026. Published by AHE. on 01 st July 2026 Auditions - 3 of those auditions Ads - 1 (self-tapes) Theatre - 1 (self-tape) Puppetry - 1 (self-tape) May left me busy doing everything else. This month I had a bit of variety; an interesting puppeteer job which could keep me busy throughout the year, a theatre tape I was really passionate about, and an advert from my agent to tide me over. I found the puppetry job myself, it's a freelance gig doing kids shows at events; summer fates, music festivals, that kind of thing. It's not normally the kind of work I'd be massively interested in but it has the potential to provide a lot of hours working with puppets, and at the moment that's what I need most, experience. The more reps I can get in doing scripted and improvised work with puppets, the quicker I'll improve. The theatre job was a prod
🗓️//April 2026 Audition Round-up
Apr 30, 2026 · original
A roundup of auditions, recalls, and booked jobs from April 2026. Published by AHE. on 30 th April 2026 Auditions - 4 of those auditions Ads - 3 (self-tapes) TV Show - 1 (self-tape) April really picked up the pace. This month had my first TV audition of the year. At the time of writing I still haven't heard back, but I only submitted it the other day so I'm not too worried. I'm really happy with this tape. It's a very fun comedy project that I feel I'm right for, so we'll see what happens. I've referenced my casting director spreadsheet a few times in my posts. It's a compilation of all the UK casting directors I can find, and it logs my auditions for them, as well as their contact details and what they work on. I haven't put this plan into action yet because of the house move, but once that's underway I think I'll be able to devote more time and energy to making this work for me. I did
Tust me, this is better!
Apr 24, 2026 · original
I want to talk about Signal, but "current affairs" won't let me. Published by AHE. on 7 th April 2026 If I could ditch my phone completely and go back to a flip-phone, or one of those cool slidey ones from the 2000s, I would. Phones were so fun back then. The same goes for computers. Once we move I'm planning to get my desktop set up again, and the first thing I'm going to do is ditch Windows and go full Linux. All open-source software, all privacy focussed, set up a home server and get some cloud services going that don't rely on Google or iCloud, become as digitally self sufficient as I can. I guess there's an overlap with this blog there as well. I have my own little social bubble where I can post what I like and interact with readers (though that bit has yet to happen), and have it all on my own terms. The site looks how I want it to look, works how I want it to work. All killer, no
🗓️//March 2026 Audition Round-up
Apr 7, 2026 · original
A roundup of auditions, recalls, and booked jobs from March 2026. Published by AHE. on 7 th April 2026 Auditions - 2 of those auditions Ads - 2 (self-tapes) March was another slow one, but again I find myself okay with that. Perhaps this is a conversation I should be having with my rep, but on the whole I find myself happy with the slower pace of auditions at the moment. I am doing a lot of planning behind the scenes; building my casting director database, tracking my auditions, making a plan for who I want to push for this year, but I also know full well that I'm about to make the biggest purchase of my life and there's plenty to do before that particular ball of stress gets rolling. At the moment I'm excited for the upgrade to my self-tapes the new house will bring. A dedicated space with better lighting and equipment that I can properly experiment with, rather than just get the tape d
Louis Theroux - Inside the Manosphere
Apr 6, 2026 · original
Published by AHE. on 06 th April 2026 Louis released a new documentary and responses have been mixed. Inside the Manosphere is the new documentary from Louis Theroux. Whilst I think the hype around its release was well deserved, and the film does a lot of things right, it seems to be a victim of its own subject matter. If you don't know anything at all about the "manosphere culture", first off well done, but secondly this is probably a very good watch. The film does a great job of breaking down the key talking points into manageable chunks, and dissecting them through his interviews with some of the subculture's key figureheads. If, like me, you've sadly been exposed to this stuff before, you're really not going to glean any new insights here. It's very much a surface level examination. That being said, as the film progresses you begin to realise that it couldn't have been anything else
A Human Endeavour - A year in blogging.
Mar 13, 2026 · original
Published by AHE. on 13 th March 2026 or "In praise of Bear Blog " It's the one year anniversary of this blog, and I've been thinking a lot about why I started AHE, what my motivations and goals were, and why I continue to write. To keep things brief I, like many others, got my start writing a blog/being involved with the Indieweb community through Neocities , after being recommended some Indieweb content on Youtube. My original goal was to learn a bit of html and css, but quickly decided the concept of the site was one that wouldn't hold my interest for very long. It's still up on Neocities somewhere but, like so many others, it's now a scrapped project. But the ideas and philosophy behind the IndieWeb movement struck a deep, deep chord with me, and brought me back to explore blogging more seriously. Why did I start AHE? Owning my content This one was a no-brainer for me. Call me a ludd
🗓️//February 2026 Audition Round-up
Mar 10, 2026 · original
A roundup of auditions, recalls, and booked jobs from February 2026. Published by AHE. on 10 th March 2026 Auditions - 3 of those auditions Theatre - 1 (in person) Ads - 2 (self-tapes) February was a little tough, but a few lovely auditions softened the blow. I should have been working this month, I was working this month, but my recasting from the touring show meant that I was back home with a lot of unexpected time on my hands, and an absolutely battered self-confidence. The last thing I wanted to do was audition, but I was invited back by the director of January's history play to audition for a new project he had coming up with a pretty big theatre. The audition itself went well and , whilst I didn't get the job, I was happy with the work I put into it, and was flattered to be asked in. Unfortunately the project had to be pulled for funding reasons after the cast had been secured. It'
It's times like these that make me glad I have this blog.
Feb 24, 2026 · original
Published by AHE. on 24 th February 2026 Life took a sharp left turn, and I'm just about hanging on. The idea that it's only been 20 days since I last updated this site is crazy to me. I honestly don't know where to start with everything that's happened so I'm just going to go through them in chronological order. First off, I got word from my agent that I was down to the final two for a film role I taped for months ago, and they were asking for my availability ahead of sending my tape back to the director for second consideration. I fully thought I was out of the running for this and had basically moved on, but then the casting directors message my agent and emphasize the urgency of getting this sorted out. Unfortunately I was half way through rehearsals for the touring play at this point, and filming would clash with one of the last performances on the tour. I stated my commitment to th
🗓️//January 2026 Audition Round-up
Jan 31, 2026 · original
A roundup of auditions, recalls, and booked jobs from January 2026. Published by AHE. on 31 st January 2026 Auditions - 0 January was great, no two ways about it. I quit my day-job and did a play; teenage me would be thrilled. Quitting my day-job has been on the cards for some time now. I've been there for around 5-6 years and have basically been working in the same field since I was a teenager, diligently moving up that specific corporate ladder. I'm in my thirties now, and it's well past time I did something new. The job itself was great: I got to work with a team of enthusiastic, passionate people who love the company and want to see it succeed, but I've also seen enough happen behind-the-scenes to fill an entire blog on its own. Then, just a couple of days after I hand in my notice, I get the January play and the February touring show pretty much all at once! Needless to say, I took
The things we think about,when we think about things.
Jan 14, 2026 · original
I got nostalgic over Christmas and thought about movies. I really over-booked myself this Christmas: I took on loads of shifts on top of rehearsing the January play, and still tried to see friends as often as possible. Don't get me wrong, a lot of it was worth it, but I didn't get much of a chance to really slow down and enjoy much of it. The one chance I did get for a bit of me-time came when I was washing the dishes a few days before Christmas, when I decided to put on White Christmas, one of my favourite holiday movies. So much of what I love about this film - and so many others - is everything that goes along with it. The Ephemera. There's a word used in arts restoration for things like this and for the life of me I can't remember it and it's driving me insane.... begins with a P I think... PROVENANCE . Okay, that took me about 45 minutes to remember and, after looking it up, provena
🗓️//2025 Year in Review
Dec 30, 2025 · original
🗓️//2025 Year in Review A breakdown of all the auditions and jobs from 2025 Published by AHE. on 30 th December 2025 As 2025 comes to a close, I'm left with a lot of mixed emotions. It was a year of wonderful surprises and painful setbacks, of personal successes and un-achieved goals. I promised a peek behind the curtain at the nuts-and-bolts of what happened in my "career" this year; so here it is. My partner often talks about "Pits and Peaks" - the highs and lows of whatever it is we're talking about - so it makes sense to start with those. I think this year's career peak has to go to The Herds , the beautiful puppetry migration from the Congo Basin to the Arctic Circle that reinvigorated a passion for puppetry that had only occasionally seen the light of day. Though I only took part in a small section of their journey, the dedication of the performers, the craftsmanship of the design
🗓️//December Audition Round-up
Dec 19, 2025 · original
🗓️//December Audition Round-up A roundup of auditions, recalls, and booked jobs from December 2025 Published by AHE. on 19 th December 2025 Auditions - 0 No auditions this month, and on reflection that's probably been a good thing. As it is every year, December is deceptively busy. For some reason I thought taking on a play, doing as many shifts as possible at the day-job, and preparing for a big family Christmas would all be managable. I walk around with a constant feeling that I'm forgetting something very important, which doesn't help when combined with the list of things I know I haven't done. We are still rehearsing the January play every Sunday. I know we've only had two rehersals so far, but already I feel behind. I'm one of those people who likes to be off book before I feel like I can actually work on my acting, and I've had literally no time to work on line learning. I'm fairl
🎭//A change in mindset
Dec 12, 2025 · original
🎭//A change in mindset Mindset, Grindset, Hit the GYM, NO BREAKS!!! SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK!!!!!!! Published by AHE. on 12 th December 2025 I've tried to write about this a couple of times, and every time I do, I sound like an influencer trying to sell some bullshit mentorship course. I promise that's not what this is. If you haven't read my most recent monthly round-up , I got a couple of acting jobs that mean I'm basically booked for the first few months of 2026. It's really exciting. The projects are both very different from each other and challenging in their own ways. One is a small-scale, profit-share, historical drama with a limited run; the other is a decently paid tour of England adapting a classic book with traditional theatre techniques and interesting puppetry work. The best thing is that they're both work, they're both stage time, they're both opportunities to practice my cra
🗓️//November Audition Round-up
Dec 8, 2025 · original
🗓️//November Audition Round-up A roundup of auditions, recalls, and booked jobs from November 2025 Published by AHE. on 8 th November 2025 Auditions - 5 📹 Self Tapes - 4 🤝 In Person - 1 of those auditions... 🏷️ Adverts - 3 🎭 Plays - 1 Outcomes 👀🎉 Recall and Booked job - 1 The industry begins to wind down this time of year, so I'm incredibly lucky to be looking ahead to the exciting projects that will kick off my 2026. Three advert self tapes this month. Again, tapes that I thought went really well, but didn't go any further. After my stab at making a DIY recording booth I've been doing a lot of research into how I can improve my lighting setup for self tapes. There's a lot I can do, but very little of it would really be possible in the limited room we have at home. We're looking to move house sometime in 2026, and a major priority for both of us is space where we can work: an offi

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