Wednesday, January 24, 2018
I hope you and your readers won’t think this is a silly or disrespectful question. I have always wanted to be an
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMTuesday, January 23, 2018
My first job was as a soloist at the Royal Opera House, aged nine. That’s why people often tell me I started
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMHow did you start off in theatre? I moved to England just before I turned eight and always wanted to be an
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMTuesday, January 16, 2018
My first job was playing Barbara in an international theatre tour of the farce No Sex Please, We’re British. We toured Singapore
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:23AMWhere do you teach? Fourth Monkey Actor Training and a variety of other venues throughout the year. How did you start off
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:12AMWednesday, January 10, 2018
Like a lot of actors, I’m using the beginning of the year to review what has happened over the past 12 months
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:44AMTuesday, January 9, 2018
My first job was in September 2009 playing a character called Toby in a piece of new writing called Glasshouse at the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:12AMHow did you start off in theatre? As many of us do: in school plays. I did a lot of shows at
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:54AMWednesday, December 13, 2017
I’ll be seeing yet another new year in as a dancer on a cruise ship somewhere in the Caribbean. I know that
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMTuesday, December 12, 2017
Budding technicians tell John Byrne how honing their skills on the high seas has proved just as fruitful a career choice as
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:05AMMy first job working in theatre was with Chickenshed. I began volunteering mid-2015 when I graduated from the University of East Anglia.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMHow did you start off in theatre? As an actor. What’s your best advice for acting students? Keep going, have faith, keep
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMWednesday, December 6, 2017
I started off as an all-singing, all-dancing stage school kid. At drama school, my interests developed in a somewhat different direction: towards
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMTuesday, December 5, 2017
My first audition was when I was nine so good luck trying to get me to remember! I was going to Saturday
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:05AMHow did you start off in theatre? I remember at eight being spellbound by the movement in a production of A Midsummer
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:39AMWednesday, November 29, 2017
A press officer gave a guest talk at our drama school just before graduation. She told us the best time to start
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:30AMMy first audition came a few months after graduating. It had been quiet and suddenly I was self-taping for a big musical
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:30AMHow did you start teaching musical theatre? I seized an opportunity in 2003 to introduce an MA in musical theatre that filled
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:30AMAlthough this time of year is most associated with giving, numerous charitable organisations operate all year round. John Byrne explains how their
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:12AMWednesday, November 22, 2017
Over a longish career, I have never quite seen myself in the understudy role, but that’s exactly where I am at the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMTuesday, November 21, 2017
My first ever job was in a musical theatre production of Peter Pan at the Cambridge Theatre, Covent Garden. It was my
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:41AMHow did you start off in theatre? I was involved in youth groups and studied a BA in performance at Northumbria. I
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:36AMWednesday, November 15, 2017
My first job was in the 2012/13 winter season at the Royal Shakespeare Company. The shows were Boris Godunov, The Orphan of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:02AMRosie Williamson teaches at Arts Educational Schools London, the Sing Space and in her private vocal practice. She tells John Byrne about
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:51AMTuesday, November 7, 2017
My first job was as sound designer and production manager for Bred in Heaven. It was for the Welsh company Frapetsus, directed
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:49PMThe associate of Told by an Idiot and visiting director at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama tells John Byrne
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:36PMTuesday, October 31, 2017
My first job was working for CragRats, doing a tour of schools in Milton Keynes and the surrounding areas with a play
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AMJeremy Stockwell is an associate teacher at RADA. He tells John Byrne about his work… How did you start off in theatre?
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AMMonday, October 23, 2017
Polly Bennett co-founded support organisation the Mono Box. She tells John Byrne about her work… How did the Mono Box start? My
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AMSince starting work as an actor, I have come across new acting heroes. They might be less well known than the big
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:11AMTuesday, October 17, 2017
James Issitt is a senior lecturer in drama at the University of Cumbria. He tells John Byrne about his work… How did
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