Neutral: A Tool for Actors
Neutral is a term that gets thrown around a lot in acting circles, particularly during training. The neutral body, or the neutral voice is used a lot to describe a certain state of being, but...
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The Outside In Acting Technique
Before we start, try this: breathe as if you are panicked. Do it accurately. Breath high in your chest and fast for 30 seconds. See how you started panicking for real or started feeling stressed?...
What Are Casting Directors Looking For?
For us actors, a casting director often seems like someone who doesn’t seem to have time for us, who doesn’t really care, or whose poker face is so practiced that we have no idea if...
10 Acting Techniques Every Actor Should Explore
Acting is a very broad church. There are a myriad of different approaches to performing and different people will recommend different things. Although the journey and the specifics of each school of thought may vary,...
What Makes a Good Showreel Scene
This is a question I see a lot amongst actors starting off, and almost all soon to be graduates from an acting school. It’s an important question, and one that can be hard to answer...
How to Find Showreel Scripts
People often ask me, what is the hardest thing about acting? Is it remembering lines? Crying on cue? Playing characters you hate? None of these things. The hardest thing I always face is finding new, fresh...
What Can You Do to Stop Stage Fright?
Stage fright is something that pretty much every actor I know has dealt with at some point. It can be to varying degrees, from isolated and mild to debilitating and constant. If you are currently...
Why You Should Know Simon Stephens
One of the great challenges for any actor is the constant need to know and immerse yourself in new and exciting works for theatre. Unlike screen—where the best scripts, directors and actors are a click...
What is American Theatre?
For the majority of the twentieth century and into the twenty-first, it is undeniable that the USA has been a cultural powerhouse. While this can be seen quite clearly in musical theatre and screen (to...
9 Acting Lessons I Learnt Too Late
Some invaluable acting lessons I learnt way too late ...