TOP OF THE POPS/NOVEMBER 1999

The cheeky, fun-loving Bryan whisks us back to his bedroom (ooh!) to reminisce about his all-singing, all-cartwheeling drama school days.

"This is my Superman duvet which I've had since I was a child. My bedroom here at home is one of my favourite places in the world but I actually spent most of my childhood at the Billie Barrie drama school, just down the road. Mikey from Boyzone went there and so did the twins from B*Witched.
I was really nervous on my first day but soon I perked up when I spotted the girls' drama class going on next door! Soon I was there every Monday after school and on Saturdays too. It was my life. I really loved the tap classes but singing was my favourite thing. I remember winning an Easter egg when I was seven for singing The Bare Necessities. Another boy won one too and we had a big fight over who was going to get the Crunchie bar egg!
My first major show was The Wizard of Oz. I was one of the flying monkeys and I had to be suspended on wires - very uncomfortable! I also had to dress up as a Munchkin. One day there was big carnival on in the town and we had to go out in our costumes to had out flyers. All my friends were there so I spent the day trying to avoid them.
I used to love doing all the musicals and Grease was my favourite show. We performed it on the Late Late Show (Irish chat show). There was one part of the show where I had to do a cartwheel but during the rehearsals I started it off on the wrong foot and went Bam! Splat! on the floor! Boyzone were on the same show and I begged my drama teacher to get me their autographs. Ha!
Drama school gave me so much confidence and foundation for what I'm doing now. It made my life a lot easier and happier. The atmosphere was brilliant and everyone became really close cos we spent so much of our spare time together. Unfortunately the only time I ever got to kiss a girl on stage was when I was wearing a huge whale outfit in The Little Mermaid. I lunged forward for the kiss but because of the costume I was still about three feet away from her when our characters kissed! Ah well."

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