Hi, Couchsurfers!
I'm Anna-Louise, I come from Ireland, and I'm a singer who travels around a lot for work and experience, and loves to meet and and make new friends everywhere I go.
I'm house-trained, child-friendly, pet-friendly, very clean, tidy, respectful. and discrete. I can be a guest you barely realise is there, or a new friend, ready to chat about life, the universe, and everything :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm a professional singer at the beginning (read: expensive AND low-earning) part of my career.
I'm based in Berlin and that's where I pay rent (and house other visiting singers when they need!), but when I have a contract in another city, I often have to pay two rents, and sometimes I can't find short/medium-term rental contracts, and have to spend far too much money in uncomfortable and chaotic 6-bed dorms. Believe me, the paycheck does NOT cover the expense, and it can be quite lonely.

Right now, I'm stuck for ~4 nights per week in April in Hamburg while I rehearse a production there, and would love to have somewhere to lay my head down and take a shower. If hosts want a discrete, quiet, barely-there guest, I can do that. If hosts want to chat, I'm more than happy to make new friends and connections :)

Interests

• cooking
• cartoons
• music
• opera
• food
• learning new things
• rock
• argentine tango
• comedy tv

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Queen, Joni Mitchell, Tenacious D, Celine Dion, Jack Lukeman, Too Many Zooz, Eartha Kitt, Gershwin...

Movies: Jurassic Park, Hot Fuzz, Memento, Naked Gun, Marx Brothers movies, Mel Brooks movies, Monty Python movies

Books: Terry Pratchett, Stephen King, Franzen,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Stood up to an abusive colleague in a superior position and reported him for harrassment and bullying and manipulation, which prompted former colleagues of his to come forward and report his treatment of them in previous years.

What I Can Share with Hosts

- I can sing for you, or get you tickets for whatever performance or public audition I'm in town for!
(Next up: Opernloft Hamburg's "Carmen" at the Ernst-Deutsch Theater)
- I am very happy to cook or assist in cooking meals for all kinds of dietary requirements.
- I can offer a couch/bed in Berlin in return

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Russian Federation, Sweden, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, Germany, Ireland