About Us
Why I create
"If there is no work, create your own"
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These are words that have stuck with me since my training at GSA. It was in that spirit that I set up Everything’s Rosie in 2022.
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As most people know, acting is a very difficult industry to break into and until you have had your ‘big break’ finding work can be hard. Even if you do find a job, shows come to a close and contracts end so unless you have a second job already lined up, it’s back to bartending, waitressing or, for me, teaching.
Having my own company was a way to still be active in the theatre scene, even if the person running the show was, well, me. It has also given me the freedom to create my own work (with the help of other creatives, of course).
Everyone has seen an example of that actor who is just doing that job for the paycheck while their soul is slowly being sucked away. With my own company, I have the choice to create pretty much whatever I want, whether that’s an established show or new writing, a large show or an intimate two-hander, something serious or a little bit silly.
Finally, I create for the pure joy of it. Acting, directing, writing, teching, whatever your theatre discipline (though incredibly frustrating at times) is fun. There is a reason why a play is called a play – a rehearsal room is a playground where you can put on another person’s shoes for a while and let them grow from your feet to your legs to your core until they have taken over your entire body.
A job may not last forever, but by whatever higher being you believe in, for those weeks you are going to have the best time with this character.
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That is why we create.
About the founder
Hello. My name is Cassie, and I am the founder, producer, and director of Everything’s Rosie. I am a graduate of Drama and Performing Arts from the University of Winchester (incidentally, I cannot recommend doing the third year of a practical degree during a pandemic) before which, I studied for a year doing a foundation at Guildford School of Acting. I started with drama clubs when I was four where I remember scurrying across the stage as a rat in ‘The Pied Piper’ and deciding then and there that this was what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. I was in various drama clubs, classes and youth groups throughout my childhood and teenage years – and one time being in three clubs as well as a school production (keeping track of those scripts was a nightmare). When I was twelve, I was cast in my first professional job as Belinda Cratchit at the Rose Theatre Kingston’s first Christmas show, directed by Stephen Unwin. The idea of running my own theatre company occurred to me on my twentieth birthday when I was directing a short film that I had written. This idea was further encouraged by one of my tutors at GSA and by being surrounded by fellow students setting up theatre companies all around me at uni. Now, five (ish) years later, I have begun making my dream a reality. I would be honoured if you could join me on this journey.
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In loving memory of Rosie Anne Osbourne MBE
If you look at the logo of Everything’s Rosie, you will see the profile of a woman with short hair and glasses standing in a spotlight and you would be correct in assuming that this is the Rosie for which my company is named. She was my aunt who passed away in April 2021 after contracting pneumonia after an operation. It is due to this tragic circumstance that I was able to set up the company a year later using the legacy that she left me in her will. It is ironic that she is in the spotlight as in life she preferred to stay out of it. Rosie, a person who helped everyone, asked for nothing in return and managed to remain someone who no one really knew in her entirety. To me, she was the over the top and slightly embarrassing aunt who didn’t really know what to do with children or teenagers, although she was great with me when I was small. I have memories of baking apple pies (which I wouldn’t eat) and cupcakes in her flat in Croydon, boxes of chocolates shaped like Disney princesses and the Teletubbies, Wee Willy Winky sausages (chipolatas for kids) and chicken Bugs Bunnies. When she moved to Olney when I was about eight, there were trips to Gulliver’s World and pantos and, most importantly to small me, my own bed so that I no longer had to share with my sister when we went to stay (a story that Rosie always found funny and never tired of telling). She was my biggest fan coming to see whatever I was in when my acting really started going when I was about eleven and then immediately asking what was next. Rosie touched the lives of thousands, always supporting, guiding, and comforting. Always getting on with it, always organising, always with an eye on the detail to create success. And without asking for thanks or reward.
She is sadly missed and will always be remembered.