Buckle up, friends: this one’s a biggie. In this article, we’re talking about the year that lies ahead, and everything you can put towards being an actor in 2024. With most people winding down...
So you have started acting. This is it! You’re gonna be a damn millionaire: starring in feature films, touring the world for press—hell yeah, you’re living the dream! Literally, the dream. Waking up from...
Words unspoken. Meaningful silences. Talking around the subject. In all of human interaction, subtext can be found wherever we need to convey our thoughts and feelings but don’t want to come right out and...
Romantic Comedies. Some people absolutely love them and herald performances by some of the greatest actors of all time as the focal point of their value. Other people completely despise them as vacuous, lowest...
So you wanna follow those thousands of actors before you, pack your life into a suitcase, jump on a bus/boat/plane and go international to really take your acting career to the next level? Love...
Actor, Bricklayer, Soldier, Felon, Poet. Ben Jonson is largely considered one the greatest literary minds and influences in English Literature. He is most well known for popularising the Comedy of Humors. Though he may not...
A Bit About John Patrick Shanley John Patrick Shanley is an esteemed playwright, having written over 23 plays, numerous screenplays and directed for both the stage and screen alike. His play Doubt: A Parable won...
A Bit About Terence Rattigan Sir Terence Rattigan was a British playwright, dramatist and screenwriter. His themes were often set in an upper middle class context and detailed themes of sexual frustration, failed relationships and...
A Bit About Friedrich Schiller Friedrich Schiller was a playwright, poet, philosopher, physician and historian – and has been called by some Germany’s most important classical playwright. He engaged with dramatic structure in innovative ways...
A Bit About Jean Racine French dramatist, playwright, dramatic poet and historiographer Jean Racine was born in 1639 in La Ferté-Milon. He has become renowned for his work in French classical tragedy, and although numerous...
Following on from the disappointment that was #2020, I bet you’ve all got pretty high expectations for 2021! It’s an opportunity for us to start fresh and to make waves in our acting careers (despite...
Punctuation. Oh, man. Punctuation is absolutely vital to an actor’s performance, it is the writer communicating with you the actor about who this character is, how they relate to the world around them and the...
Hello, I’m here to tell you that you can do a one-person show. Yes, you. I’m talking to you. Not the person sitting behind you on the bus or the train, or the person behind...
Lucy Prebble has been considered one of the most significant playwrights of her generation, writing some key plays that have been frequently labelled “cerebral”. Her play ENRON garnered an Olivier Award nomination for Best New...
Lorraine Hansberry achieved an exceptional amount as a playwright and dramatist in the mere 34 years she was alive. As an American playwright, she wrote excellent work and was a trailblazer. She was the first...
