Why Didn’t I Get the Part?
There you are: walking up towards the audition room, a cup of coffee in your left hand and some analysed audition sides in your right. You take a satisfying sip of that iced, white choc...
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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
How to Deal with Burnout as an Actor
Burnout is one of the most pressing and concerning concepts to emerge in modern workplaces. It seems to encompass so much, be difficult to notice and even more difficult to escape. What’s more, it appeared...
How to Improve at Taking Direction
Recently, I was working with a director and, if I’m honest with you, I was struggling. No matter what I tried in my performance, I wasn’t able to fully integrate their direction. If you can’t...
Prepare for the Unexpected in Auditions
The ability to audition is one of the most important skill sets an actor will develop in their career. Chiefly, because without it they won’t have much career to speak of. For this reason, we...
7 Ways To Deal With Jealousy as an Actor
Welcome! I see you’ve chosen the most self-worth-challenging-inevitably-comparative-I-am-my-work profession on the planet. And what’s that? Sometimes you get jealous??? How DARE you! You’ll never make it! That was my impression of your inner monologue. How...
Antony and Cleopatra Monologues
Arguably one of Shakespeares best love stories can be found in Antony and Cleopatra and today we’ve compiled a list of what we believe to be the best Antony and Cleopatra monologues for actors and...
Two Gentlemen of Verona Monologues
Today we’re going to take a look at some monologues from The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Many consider The Two Gentlemen of Verona to be Shakespeare’s first play, most likely written sometime around 1589-1593 (but more...
When to say NO to an Acting Role!
You might have read the title for this page and thought: “Andrew, I am struggling to even get auditions, I am not in a position to say NO to acting roles!” However, over time you...
The Best Actors of All Time
Who are the best actors of all time? Well, it’s hard to say. How would you judge what constitutes the best? Skill? Influence? Fame? Art is after all, subjective, and the art of acting is...
How to Work on Playing Status as an Actor
Status is something that is present in every human interaction, yet often ignored in our acting work. Understanding status and being able to effectively integrate this concept into your acting process is very powerful. Each...