Travelling Self-Tape Kit
We’ve all been there. Maybe you’re on tour, maybe you’re in a regional shoot location, or maybe you’ve just left for a holiday, when suddenly, out of the clear blue sky comes an audition. While...
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Best Romantic Comedies for Actors
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...
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Playing a Real-Life Person as an Actor
It’s a little bit strange, right? You spend all this time in drama school, or on a film set, or on stage, trying desperately to bring fictional characters—figments of some writer’s imagination—to life. You...
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How to Work Internationally as an Actor
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...
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How to Win an Oscar
Largely regarded as the pinnacle of awards for actors, directors, and filmmakers of all kinds, the Oscar has long been sought after by anyone and everyone who’s ever worked in the film industry. But...
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Best Shakespeare Villains
Hero, villain. White-hat, black-hat. Goodie, baddie. When it comes to the creation of compelling protagonists and antagonists, nobody did it quite like William Shakespeare. Shakespeare understood that a story is only as good as...
Acting Information and Resources
What Are Casting Directors Looking For?
For us actors, a casting director often seems like someone who doesn’t seem to have time for us, who doesn’t really care, or whose poker face is so practiced that we have no idea if...
10 Acting Techniques Every Actor Should Explore
Acting is a very broad church. There are a myriad of different approaches to performing and different people will recommend different things. Although the journey and the specifics of each school of thought may vary,...
How to Get Out of Your Head as an Actor
We’re often told that one of the most important things we have to do is to get out of our own head, or to let go, or forget it all. While each of those three...
What Makes a Good Showreel Scene
This is a question I see a lot amongst actors starting off, and almost all soon to be graduates from an acting school. It’s an important question, and one that can be hard to answer...
How to Look Real When Acting
How do you look real, honest and authentic while acting? Well, as the legendary Kate Winslet once said ‘acting is about being real, being honest’. Put simply, the easiest way to ensure your acting looks...
Five Ways to Teach Yourself Acting
All actors have to start somewhere, and all new actors (and maybe some more seasoned actors) all need to learn how to act. Now something I’d like to say is that teaching yourself really should...
What Does it Mean to Be an Actor?
Actors have a special function in society. As an actor, you are part of a grand storytelling tradition that dates back to early humankind. Storytellers entertain, educate, and inspire our world to become a better...
How to Find Showreel Scripts
People often ask me, what is the hardest thing about acting? Is it remembering lines? Crying on cue? Playing characters you hate? None of these things. The hardest thing I always face is finding new, fresh...
Am I Ready to Start Auditioning?
Hi friends, so I get asked this question a lot. Like more than you would think. Even more than what you’re thinking right now. Yes you. Sorry I got a bit sidetracked there. Anyway, this...