5 Smart Actor Snacks
Usually at StageMilk we talk about providing “acting snacks” – as in quick tips, advice and digestible info – this time, Tahlia is LITERALLY giving you some acting snacks! There are a few invaluable resources...
Acting Tips
Welcome to the Acting Tips section of the site. Listed here are all our latest Acting Tips. These tips are written by our core writers Andrew Hearle, Luke McMahon, Jim Harwood and James Waters as well as many others. All our writers are trained, professional actors. These guilt free acting snacks aim at helping actors develop their craft, rethink there personal methodology and inspire confidence.
If something works for you use it, if not don't try to force one of our acting tips to work; every actor is different. Please let us know your thoughts on any of the Acting Tips listed here. If you have a question about any element of your acting, let us know and we will endeavour to help you out in any way we can.
25 Acting Truths I Learnt Too Late
I’ve been out of drama school for 6 years. And I have learnt a lot. Unfortunately I learnt a few way to late, and it’s cost me time, money and roles. Here are 23 acting...
How to tackle your acting career in 2019
It’s 2019. A brand new year, a fresh start, a chance to recalibrate and plan ahead. A chance to give your acting career a kick in the butt and get the ball rolling. Mindset First...
The Envy Advantage
I want to talk about something we don’t tend to want to talk about: Envy. Jealousy. Comparison. I know. Words and feelings we have been told to suppress and avoid like the plague, lest we...
Actor, How Will 2019 Be Different?
Year Of The Inner Child “To be an actor you have to be a child.” – Paul Newman The American Comedian and Actor, W.C. Fields, infamously said in Hollywood “Never work with animals or children”....
What to do in your first 6 months as an actor
Well, here we are. You’ve made the decision to pursue acting. Welcome to the tribe! I’m sure as soon as the euphoria wears off, the doubts and anxieties will start to creep in. What do...
What to do in the moment before you start acting
The moment before you perform is sacred. Larry Moss, whom we had the pleasure of interviewing earlier this year, dedicates an entire chapter of his book, ‘The Intent to Live’ to The Moment Before. That’s...
How to Prepare for Your Drama School Audition
I am fortunate enough to coach actors all around the world as they prepare for arguably the most important audition of their lives – drama school. Though I have done 100’s of auditions in my...
Which Drama School is Right for Me?
Unfortunately, going to drama school is always going to be a leap of faith. Teachers are constantly changing, as is the culture of each school, so even if you get to chat in great depth...
Hamlet’s Advice to the Players
It’s funny that many actors today think of Shakespeare as over-the-top, melodramatic and as far from naturalism as you can get. We see the Globe theatre and grand costumes and assume that the plays written...