How to Act on Zoom
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it many things, most of them unimaginable terrors, but a few of them have in a weird way – been kind of better than the way we used to...
Posts by: Patrick Cullen
What do you need to become an actor?
Becoming an actor is just like becoming a plumber, or any other trade for that matter. It consists of a desire to do it, training to do it, experience doing it and finally contacts and...
How to do a British Accent – Fast!
Quick! Grab the tea and terrible weather! It’s time to do a British accent and fast! For the purposes of this article, we’re going to be doing a Southern Standard British accent, a modernised version...
How to Prepare for a Role
Acting is 90% preparation and 10% perspiration. Some actors make it look so easy, like they have just turned up and opened their mouths. But trust me when I say, for every flawless, easy performance...
Casting Websites Canada
In recent years, Canada has become a filmmaking mecca on par with only L.A. The sheer number of productions being made over there is staggering and the influx of actors from round the world to...
Biggest Self-Tape Mistakes!
As a coach for the StageMilk Scene Club, every month I watch a lot of self-tapes. Probably somewhere in the region of 50 tapes a month, and it is incredibly frustrating to watch actors sabotage...
Best Comedic Scenes for Actors
Want to spice up your showreel? Looking for great scenes to show off your comedy chops? Or stuck at home for extended periods and just want to have a good ol’ fashioned chuckle at some...
The Best Plays of August Wilson
You don’t get a theatre named after you by chance. August Wilson was the first and only (to date) African-American playwright to get a theatre named after him. Born in Pittsburgh into a diverse community...
Stage Directions (An Actor’s Guide)
You open a play to page one, and the first thing that comes tearing at you is a whole swathe of italics, a writer ranting at you about the lighting in Brooklyn in the summer...
Acting for Film
Acting for film is the holy grail. Where theatre is the soul of acting and its origin story in so many senses, film – especially feature film – is where the gold standard of performance...