Best Shakespeare Comedy Roles
Can you remember the first time you laughed during a Shakespeare play? Like, absolutely cackled at something—so much you forgot the writer had been dead for 400 years? It’s a special moment: one where you discover...
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Best European Playwrights
This article contains a list of the best European playwrights. These playwrights have made some of the most important contributions to theatre not just in Europe, but all over the world. Some of the names...
What a Director Looks For in your Self Tape
Earlier this year, I had the great privilege of casting a stage production in Sydney, Australia. It was for the premiere of a new play, produced by my theatre company Ratcatch, and necessitated an extensive...
The Best Actor/Director Partnerships
Actor/director partnerships—the continued collaboration between an actor and a director across multiple projects in their careers—are behind some of the best, most exciting projects ever filmed. Sometimes, the connection is immediate and obvious, like some...
What is an EGOT?
In February 2023, American actor Viola Davis became the just 18th person in history to join a very exclusive club. Davis was awarded a Grammy for the audio book narration of her memoir Finding Me. While...
Best Theatre Actors
We wouldn’t have actors if it weren’t for theatre— the magical medium that kicked off our species’ collective obsession with make-believe, performance and story thousands of years ago. And while that sentence might read like...
How to Work with a Director
The actor/director relationship is one of the most interesting, mystifying dynamics in all performing arts. It’s peak creative symbiosis—a delicate balance that often spells triumph or defeat for any given project. We hear a lot...
Goals To Set as an Actor in the New Year
You made it! Another year down as an actor, with another year stretching out in front of you. It might not sound like much to celebrate, but the nature of our business makes it decidedly...
What is In-yer-face Theatre?
Abandon all hope ye who enter here. Prepare yourself for violence, for sex, for shock and sorrow, the explicit of all things. If you’ve ever asked yourself “what is in-yer-face theatre?” You’ve got every reason...
What is Subtext in Acting?
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 say...