A Night in the Life of an Extra
by Maxine Sarr
The leap from an extra to a leading lady can't be that difficult. Can it? Kelly Ferguson believes it's more of a skip than a leap and is determined to show her co-workers her destiny lies beyond secretarial work in Manchester. The start - extra work in an opera.Kelly’s life is, in her own words, boring. As a child, she envisaged setting the world on fire, be famous. One day she reads an advertisement: Local extras needed to take part as slaves in the forthcoming production of Verdi’s Aida at the Opera House. The sounds of paparazzi cameras clicking, popping champagne corks, shouts to her on red carpet events, these treats, and more, beckoned. Kelly’s ticket to riches was how she saw the advertisement. She would be discovered; her kismet, a star on Broadway. Is Kelly’s life destined to rocket into a new stratosphere? Read: A Night in the Life of an Extra to find out.