Monday, November 24, 2014
Each week, Susan Elkin scours the market of learning resources to find the best books, apps, websites… just about anything, in fact, that can help students, performers and other theatremak…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMThursday, November 20, 2014
Last week I went to Guildford from my base in Kent. The journey was fraught and frustrating, taking a very (very) long time in each direction thanks to pothole repairs on the M25. It could&#…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMMonday, November 17, 2014
Each week, Susan Elkin scours the market of learning resources to find the best books, apps, websites… just about anything, in fact, that can help students, performers and other theatremak…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMWednesday, November 12, 2014
One of the great joys of my job, and believe me there are plenty, is seeing young people growing, developing and achieving things through drama which they almost certainly wouldn’t have do…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMMonday, November 10, 2014
Each week, Susan Elkin scours the market of learning resources to find the best books, apps, websites… just about anything, in fact, that can help students, performers and other theatremak…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMThursday, November 6, 2014
Last month I spent a delightful and highly satisfying few days attending, for once, to my own performing arts training rather than anyone else’s. Three intensive days at Benslow Music Trus…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMMonday, November 3, 2014
Each week, Susan Elkin scours the market of learning resources to find the best books, apps, websites… just about anything, in fact, that can help performers and other theatremakers hone t…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMFriday, October 31, 2014
Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury: Arty (James Dryden) is propped up in bed surrounded by food and the remains of his childhood. It's a complex, prop-laden set. The fattest man in Britain, he…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:26AMThursday, October 30, 2014
Anything which gives young actors the chance to be seen by agents and casting directors has got to be a good thing so three cheers for Triforce Promotions, founded by Fraser Ayres and Jimmy …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMMonday, October 27, 2014
Each week, Susan Elkin scours the market of learning resources to find the best books, apps, websites… just about anything, in fact, that can help performers and other theatremakers hone t…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMThursday, October 23, 2014
I wrote about it at the beginning in 2011. We’re now at the other end of the process. This summer the Lir, Ireland’s national academy of dramatic art at Trinity College Dublin, produced…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMMonday, October 20, 2014
Each week, Susan Elkin scours the market of learning resources to find the best books, apps, websites… just about anything, in fact, that can help performers and other theatremakers ho…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMThursday, October 16, 2014
Drama transforms lives. Shakespeare in particular. You probably don’t need persuading, but if you do, consider a story I heard this week. A successful young actor told me how, when he was …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMWednesday, October 15, 2014
Polka Theatre, London: Sarah Argent is good at theatre for under fives. Like her recent Seesaw at the Unicorn Theatre, this gentle affirmative show is a nicely observed two-hander - this tim…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:21PMUnicorn Theatre, London: We start with a not particularly successful framing creation story in which Rita Balogun's heavily accented narration is largely incomprehensible. And the aah f…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:43AMMonday, October 13, 2014
Soho Theatre. London: This complex 32-item showcase presents the work of 22 women and six men from across the parallel postgraduate courses at both ALRA North and ALRA South. The 28 particip…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:44AMThere are plenty of learning resources for theatrical professions – books, apps, websites, videos and study aids – but the choice can be overwhelming. Each week, Susan Elkin skims the cr…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMThursday, October 9, 2014
People (usually the principals of drama schools) often tell me the only way to become a professional actor is to do a three-year course at one of Drama UK’s 18 accredited schools. And of c…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMMonday, October 6, 2014
There are plenty of learning resources for theatrical professions – books, apps, websites, videos and study aids – but the choice can be overwhelming. Each week, Susan Elkin skims the cr…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMThursday, October 2, 2014
From this weekend and over the next few weeks, young aspiring actors from London, Newcastle and Southampton will have the chance to take part in workshops with the Royal Shakespeare Company …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMMonday, September 29, 2014
There are plenty of learning resources for theatrical professions – books, apps, websites, videos and study aids – but the choice can be overwhelming. Each week, Susan Elkin skims the cr…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMThursday, September 25, 2014
Students looking ahead to completing their courses often ask me for my advice and thoughts about their graduation showcases. Of course I dish it out freely in my usual forthright way, althou…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMWednesday, September 24, 2014
There are plenty of learning resources for theatrical professions – books, apps, websites, videos and study aids – but the choice can be overwhelming. Each week, Susan Elkin skims the cr…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMMonday, September 22, 2014
Little Angel Theatre, London: It opens as a decent but traditional puppet show, with levered stick puppets dancing above an arrangement not unlike a large-scale seaside puppet theatre. Then …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:58AMThursday, September 18, 2014
Parents like universities. The concept may be a bit tarnished in some quarters given spiralling costs and graduate unemployment but, in general, university is regarded as a respectable optio…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMMonday, September 15, 2014
There are myriad learning resources for theatrical professions – books, apps, websites, videos and study aids – but the choice can be overwhelming. Each week, Susan Elkin skims the cream…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMThursday, September 11, 2014
Unicorn, London: This gentle but probing piece of miniature theatre for under-fives wittily explores the concepts of sharing, cooperation and collaboration, using the seesaw as a central met…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:07AMMost drama school students are going back to college – or starting their shiny new courses – this month. It’s the season of mists, mellow fruitfulness and new leotards. The doors of LA…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMMonday, September 8, 2014
In a new regular post, Susan Elkin explores the resources available for self-improvement. In this edition she picks out a pair of apps to help actors, plus some handy helpers for teachers. A…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMThursday, September 4, 2014
Last weekend I saw Oily Cart’s new show, The Bounce , which opened at The Gulbenkian, Canterbury on August 30 as part of the bOing Festival and tours until the end of October. The Bounce,&…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMMonday, September 1, 2014
In a new regular post, Susan Elkin explores the resources available for self-improvement. Used as preparation for learning, or as study aids while training, these are the books, videos, webs…
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