Adam Talbot - Red Caboose

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Adam Talbot - Red Caboose

Face actor/actress: Dominic Colenso

Name: Adam Talbot
Meaning: Adam = Red, Talbot = To Destroy.
Nickname(s): None currently.
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Preference: Straight

Physical Appearances: Adam is on the short side for a male, standing at 5'7". He has a thin build but is not scrawny. No, he has all the muscles needed to have a body that is considered pleasing on the eye. He is generally pale though he does gain a light tan in the summer. He has chocolate brown hair that is not too short but not medium length, it's long enough for him to style if he wants to. His eyes are grey-blue in colour. No facial hair for Adam, just a smooth clean face.

Piercings: None
Tattoos: None
Other distinguishing features: None really.

Clothing Style: His clothing style generally consists of jeans and t-shirts but obviously for rehearsals and things he wears track-suit bottoms instead of jeans. You can't go dancing in jeans now can you? For nights out, he swaps the t-shirts for actual shirts, either buttoned all the way up or with the first button or two left open, it all depends on the venue and how he is feeling at the time.

Likes:

• Performing
  
• Reading
  
• Chilli Heatwave Doritoes
  
• Transformers
  
• Having Fun
  
• Meeting New People (once he gets over his shyness)
  
• Cooking

Dislikes:

• Being Taken For Granted
  
• Tea
  
• People with Big Egos
  
• Commercials/Adverts
  
• Tribute Acts
  
• Reality TV

Strengths:

• Dance Ability - Having trained in dance ever since he was a child, Adam is no stranger to the more complicated side of dance. His previous training and experience have never let him down and helped him to secure his role.
  
• Fast Learner - If Adam is new to something it doesn't take him long to learn and adapt to the new concept, routine, environment etc. This ability comes in handy for a musical theatre performer, having to learn new scripts, lyrics and routines frequently.
  
• Helpful Nature - Adam is always one to want to help others. If he sees someone struggling his natural reaction is to go and help them. This is definitely a strength for a musical theatre cast member.

Weaknesses:

• Quiet - Adam is quite quiet and is often shy upon first meetings. Quite an unusual trait for an actor that has often led to him loosing roles in the past. It has also led to others walking all over him. He is trying to combat this shyness though.
  
• Clumsy - Unfortunately Adam seems to have inherited the clumsy gene in his family, which for a musical theatre performer isn't exactly ideal. Thankfully it doesn't make itself known too often and the times it has, it has only resulted in injury to himself.
  
• Gentle Nature - Not necessarily a weakness unless someone is being specifically hurtful to him. He will just take it without fighting back. This sort of relates to his quietness too.
  
• Family - He has a very unsupportive family who never hesitate to tell him to stop performing and get a 'real job'.

Fears:

• His Father - The main opponent to his career choice in his family.
  
• Wasps - Was stung by one when he was a child and has never been able to fight the fear.
  
• Geese - Another childhood incident resulting in him being chased by around a dozen Geese when visiting relatives at a farm. He swears all Geese are out to get him now.

Personality: Adam is quiet. He keeps himself to himself but for those he cares about, like his friends, he will go out of his way to ensure that they are ok. He is very loyal and dependable. When first meeting people, he seems to be shy, not saying much and only responding to questions asked. But this is actually due to him being a quiet guy. If you really get to know him, he warms up and you can actually have conversations with him. He is generally calm in nature and will try to calm situations down if things get out of hand. However, if he is pushed too far he will snap.

He is incredibly kind and sweet to those he classes as friends and would do anything for them. Though if he sees anyone struggling with anything, be it learning a section of a dance routine, learning lyrics, moving something heavy, then Adam is immediately there doing all he can to help.

Family:
Father - Daniel Talbot - 49
Mother - Sarah Talbot - 47
Brother - Jack Talbot - 26

Background: Adam is the youngest of two boys in the Talbot family. Life in his household was very strict when he was growing up, with the boys having to do everything that they were told and they were always to be on their best behavior. Which of course did help in giving them good manners and learning to be polite in all situations. But it also meant that they didn't really get a chance to become their own persons.

That all changed for Adam though as when he was in Primary school he realized he had a passion for musical theatre. Now not many kids realise their dream and ambition at that age but Adam did. His parents however did not approve. They wanted their youngest son to be like his older brother and stick with sports. Adam didn't want to though and thanks to one of his uncles began his training.

Since then he has been in many amateur productions of various musicals as well as performing in two professional productions of Guys and Dolls, and Elisabeth. Now after landing a role in Starlight Express he's looking forward to the training and the show.