How to Expand your Range as an Actor
What’s your range? What can you realistically, comfortably, confidently pull off as an actor? Are there limits to the kinds of roles you’d take on? And while we’re at it: how are you perceived as...
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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...
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...
What Makes a Great Director?
Of all the many disciplines in the creative arts, the role of director is one of the most alluring and mysterious. Directing is about maintaining a creative vision. Directing is telling actors where to stand....
How To Watch Films As An Actor
This article is designed to teach you how to watch films as an actor. As artists, it’s vital for your continued creative growth that you experience as much art as possible: music, television, visual arts,...
Practice Monologues For Actors
Monologues are an invaluable part of an actor’s toolkit. They’re the things you’ll use to audition for drama school or for your next big part, and they’ll likely make up the bulk of your first...
Best Film Adaptations of Stage Plays
In 1899, the British Mutoscope and Biograph Company produced the world’s first stage-to-screen adaptation: King John by William Shakespeare. You have to wonder whether they knew the trend they were setting… Since the end of the 19th...
Where to Stream Theatre Online
In some ways, we’re very lucky. Despite the worldwide decimation of the creative industries post-COVID, we have seen some terrific pivoting and digital evolution in how theatre artists reach audiences. Streaming theatre online is easier...
What is a Monologue?
From your very first acting class to the clip they play at the Oscars of your Big Dramatic Scene, monologues are with you throughout your acting journey. They are what we use to learn the...
Silent Films All Actors Should Watch
Whether you’re diehard cinema buff, or somebody who only watches Netflix Originals with “Christmas” in the title, silent films can be tough to watch. They can be confusing, overly demanding of your focus and keep...