I walked 200 miles in character and filmed it...

I walked 200 miles from London to Swansea this month to raise money for my new play. We filmed a daily video diary, in character. I play a deluded old Welsh man who has written a play and has no money to put it on. Here's the first installment - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1tj_7-veTo

You can click through to the other videos on YouTube. There are 9 in total, plus a couple of older videos we did before the walk to introduce the characters and the idea. All on YouTube on the Velvet Trumpet channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/VelvetTrumpet/videos?view=0&flow=grid

We wrote a script and improvised about 30% of the ideas. We're pretty happy with how it turned out so I hope you enjoy them.

Cheers!

That was very enjoyable good luck I liked the straight man funny man interplay and women sweet lines good stuff

Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed

We weren't quite sure how it would pan out in the end with the various story strands but I think it just about made sense!

Shameful bump.

If you've walked 200 miles I think you deserve a bump

nb what was harder, walking the distance or staying in character?

Quote: sootyj @ January 21 2013, 7:33 PM GMT

If you've walked 200 miles I think you deserve a bump

nb what was harder, walking the distance or staying in character?

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Oh, the walking definitely. I can pretend to be an old Welsh man at the drop of a hat. Actually, the hardest part was probably keeping that moustache on. I only put it on for filming but I resorted to covering my top lip in vaseline and sticking it on that way. Doing that in the rain on a pavementless road wasn't fun.