StageMilk offers a wide range of acting articles to do with every aspect of the acting craft. We endeavour to offer articles on a range of topics, and from various perspectives. These articles are written by actors and theatre-makers and they are here to help you navigate an acting career.
Here’s a collection of articles we have deemed as a MUST-READ!
It can be very difficult to engage with the concept of the ‘canon’. Despite being lauded as a list of all-important creative works across the history of literature/theatre/film, it has traditionally skewed towards cis-, straight,...
I had an amazing acting teacher once—this big, burly, powerful Scotsman called Michael. On our first day, he said “All plays have three things. Sex, death and sabre tooth tigers. You find me the play,...
As anyone who has seen a show which is just monologues can attest, while they are amazing in their own right, it’s scene work and the interaction of characters where the real magic of stage...
Here we go, 10 lessons that made me a better actor – and hopefully they will work for you too! #1 Punctuation matters When I first went to acting school, I was a pretty cocky...
Here we go, some seriously game changing self-tests by great actors and some takeaways from each. Dacre Montgomery – Stranger Things This self-tape is incredible. Nearly on every front. Especially if you have watched the...
Let us take a step into dreamland, and take a moment to imagine what it would be like to play some of the great stage roles. This list is not exhaustive and some of the...
It’s a horrible feeling, being on a job or in an audition and thinking to yourself, ‘Holy moly there’s a lot of acting going on here’ or ‘I’m not doing enough’ or ‘Reign it in!...
All actors want more auditions. Ok, some of us probably would prefer to never audition again and just get offered the damn role, but generally speaking more auditions lead to more roles. So here are...
Ah, the age old dilemma of being an incredible actor, but not getting any auditions… The cold hard truth of the matter is; regardless of how incredible you are at acting, that does not guarantee...
Wake up. Check your phone. Shower. Eat. Go work your casual job in a cafe down the road. Finish work. Go home. Eat. Watch Netflix. Does your day look a little bit like this every...
