Tuesday, October 25, 2016
My first audition was during my last term of drama school. Shortly after our headshots were published in the Spotlight Graduates book,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AM1. Use positive body language Actors are very sensitive to body language; it’s part of their training. Whether you’re in rehearsals or auditions,
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I’ve been lucky to start my professional career with several good jobs relatively close together. In fact, a (one-line) part in a
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1. Keep connected Stay well-connected to the industry, keeping up to date with what is happening in your local area and beyond. Nowadays,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMI’d say my first proper ‘audition’ was the first time I led an entire workshop by myself at Generation Arts for more
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Although my main goal is to get a good TV part, I have always enjoyed being on stage and have had very
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My first paid gig was a 10-minute set at the Comedy Cafe in London when I was 18. I can’t remember whether
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AM1. Learn how to teach Maybe you’re an actor, or you’ve just finished a degree in drama. Whether or not you have experience
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After a year of self-representing, I have got myself a good agent (or certainly one who has been doing a good job
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I had been dancing in competitions in South Africa since the age of four, before going on to compete internationally. Although I
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AM1. Keep your diet ‘en pointe’ When your diet goes downhill on tour it is sure that your endurance, concentration and conditioning will
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I was on an online dance forum recently and mentioned how much I admire a particular director who is known for quite
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My first job was in 2004: a week playing a nurse on Tracy Beaker for the BBC in Cardiff. It couldn’t have
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AM1. Small is beautiful Irish actors are blessed yet burdened with the scale of their unique theatre industry. Actors should try to turn
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Having done quite well in my native Ireland for the past two years, I decided to bite the bullet and move to
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My first audition was around 18 years ago in the middle of July for an independent film titled Alex and Nicole (A
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AM1. Have a gin and tonic (not) After all, one can’t hurt, can it? Hello! Do not on any occasion, under any circumstances,
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I’ve just completed my second year of a part-time course where, although my own career goals are mainly screen acting, we have
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I had just left drama school, frustrated with inadequate training and the lack of diversity. But luckily for me, at 15 I
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AM1. Who is your community? Don’t make the mistake of thinking you have one community. Every community is made up from hundreds of
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I’ll never forget my best friend telling me how lucky I was when we started drama school together. What she meant was
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1. Be informed The UK, especially London, has one of the most developed burlesque scenes in the world, and performers in the most
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AM“When I say action, don’t breathe, Nancy.” Those were the director’s notes as I lay on the cobblestones with a grizzly open
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I’ve just come home after my first Edinburgh Festival Fringe. I heard lots of good and bad stories from other people before
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My first audition was at Jill Freud’s apartment in central London for the tap-dancing play Stepping Out. I’d never tapped in my
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AM1. Listen For Rotterdam, Jon Brittain’s play about gender and sexuality, we had a long period of just trying to hear as many
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I’m sure you get a lot of queries from actors who are unhappy with their agent, but I’ve been delighted with mine
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1. Be open As an American who has trained in San Diego, Poland and in London at LAMDA and East 15 Acting School,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMI went to Jacques Lecoq the year after studying at Middlesex University because I wanted to expand my knowledge of my craft,
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In 1989, I started Arts Threshold with the aim of teaching graduate students how to survive in theatre (a fetish of mine).
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AM1. Find the fun Playing the same character day in, day out – especially in relatively long runs such as at the Edinburgh
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