Tuesday, March 5, 2019
I have had a varied career that started on the stage, moved into television and film for a decade or two, and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMMy first job was a feature-length horror film called An American Haunting. It was filmed in Romania and starred Donald Sutherland and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMDonna Soto-Morettini is senior lecturer at Edinburgh Napier University How did you start in dance/performance? I began as a singer aged 15.
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At the start of my career, things moved quickly for me. I went from the chorus to playing musical theatre leads to
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How did you start in theatre? While reading English and theatre studies at the University of Lancaster, I was introduced to physical
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMI didn’t speak for two weeks on my first job, and I ended it having a voice. It was career and life-changing
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How did you start off in theatre? I started out as a contemporary dancer, then worked in physical theatre, subsequently moving on
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMI started out at as an assistant stage manager at Londons’ Royal Court and went on to be a stage manager at
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Where do you teach? I’m freelance – as well as leading workshops, I work as an acting and voice coach in film
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMMy first job was a great experience, but I came very close to not doing it. A lecturer at my university told
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My first significant job in theatre was as the Boris Karloff trainee assistant director at the Young Vic on A Doll’s House,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMHow did you start off in theatre? I trained as an actor at Drama Centre in London, graduating in 1998. What is
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My first job was fetching egg curry for a bank manager in Sloane Square every lunchtime, which proved sound training for directing.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMHow did you start in dance/performance? I studied theatre at Warwick University, then did my PGCE, working as an English and drama
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It’s already over a week into the new year, and I seem to have failed at my very first task: making any
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Offer of a film role out of the blue? Skype ‘audition’ making uncomfortable requests? Actors are too often targeted by online scammers
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:00AMHow did you start off in theatre? When I was eight years old, I loved making people laugh. I turned that ‘classroom
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMMy first adult, professional job was when I was 19. I was assistant stage manager and understudy for all three women in
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How did you start off in theatre? I attended a dance school in Gravesend before joining the Brit School aged 14. What
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMMy first job was a 1989 production of Teechers by John Godber at the Technical and Vocational Education Initiative. That sounds like
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I’m about to do my first mail-out to agents and casting directors. Well, I say ‘about to’, but my new headshots, showreel
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How did you start in theatre production? I trained in stage management at GSA drama school and went on to work professionally
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMI was 10 years old when I was chosen to be one of the navy base kids in Carmen Jones at London’s
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I am retired but I have always wanted to be an actor. I live in a small Midlands town where there are
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With myriad options available it can be difficult to know where to begin when it comes to choosing musical theatre training. John
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:00AMI started Hambledon Productions with my sister, Rachel, in 2007. It came from a lack of practical outlet following my university course,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMHow did you start off in theatre? At my prep school, drama was at the forefront of school life – it’s where
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I was very dubious earlier this year when my agent sent me to a casting for an Easter panto (which I hadn’t
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Do you want to work in theatre? Are you both organised and creative, looking for a stable salary and career progression? Then
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:53AMMy first panto was Aladdin at Harrow Arts Centre eight years ago. The circumstances under which I got the job were a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMHow did you start in theatre? Dance classes with Jayne Burnett and at Kimberley Performing Arts Centre before joining Wilton Productions and
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