Should I Get an Acting Coach?
It’s always nice to have someone in your corner, isn’t it? It’s particularly nice in these here creative industries—where so much of our business and lives are driven by rugged individualism. You’d think we were...
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Realistic Acting
Realistic acting. It’s the holy grail, isn’t it? After all the preparation—all of the anguish that goes to discovering a character, preparing a role, rehearsing and bringing it to life on stage or on screen—you...
Setting Deadlines
The author Truman Capote once wrote: “The problem with living outside the law is that you no longer have its protection.” If you transplant this idea to the context of a career in the arts, there...
Genre for Actors
Want to learn everything there is about genre as an actor? Fill in the blank at the end of this excerpt: INT. BATHROOM – NIGHT SALLY steps into the pristine, white bathroom of her inner-city...
Essential Drama School Audition Advice
It’s that time of year again… All over the world, actors are beginning their prep for a drama school audition that may well change the course of their careers—hell, their entire lives. And while we...
Beginner Scripts for Actors
Are you starting out on your acting journey? Are you looking for material to help you kick this whole thing off? Then you’ve come to the right place: a page full of beginner scripts tailor-written...
Is Becoming an Actor Expensive?
Actors, be they emerging, established or even aspiring, tend to carry anxiety around money and finance. It’s not hard to see why, given the job’s famous lack of any security. And it’s particularly true for...
The Power of Voice for Actors
In Peter Yates’ excellent 1983 film The Dresser—perhaps one of the best films about the theatre ever made—Albert Finney delivers an iconic, three word line that sums up everything you need to know about the...
Checking In: Acting and Reacting
You’ve probably heard the old saying that good acting is all about reacting. And it’s not untrue: you are at your best as a performer when you communicate with others in a scene. However, this...
Can You Teach Yourself To Become An Actor?
You may have noticed here at StageMilk that many of our articles are titled with questions: “Is acting easy?” “How to act drunk?” “Should I stay in character?” That’s because we like to try and...