Bottom Monologue (Act 5, Scene 1)
Ah, Pyramus. The likes of Romeo, Hamlet and Coriolanus have nothing on you when it comes to the deepest of tragedies which you suffer at the hands of fate. Cruelty was a dish which was...
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Brutus Monologue (Act 2, Scene 1)
Though some of Shakespeare can be hard to access or seemingly old-fashioned and irrelevant to our needs and concerns today, many of his plays, characters and words are so relevant and applicable to our society...
Should I Go to WAAPA?
So, for those of you who don’t know, WAAPA, which stands for Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, is one of Australia’s most prestigious and highly regarded performing arts institutions, alongside places like NIDA, VCA,...
10 Outstanding Film Performances Under 10 Minutes of Screen Time
If you ever had a tiny role in a high school play and dared to complain about your meagre number of lines, I suspect there was someone present who smugly put you in your place...
Touchstone Monologue (Act 5, Scene 4)
If you’re looking for a highly physical, highly comical, and highly pastoral prose monologue for your next audition, then look no further my friends. Today we’re going to take a look at Touchstone’s final speech...
How to Read Shakespeare: 6 Techniques
William Shakespeare is one of the greatest poets and playwrights the world has ever seen. Certainly in the Western canon, his works are rivalled by few. For an actor, Shakespeare is the pinnacle of our...
Best City to Be an Actor In: Top 6 Acting Cities
So what is the best City to live in if you want to be an actor? Well it’s a bit of a tricky question and to answer it we have to take into account a...
Bottom Monologue (Act 4, Scene 1)
Ah, Nicholas Bottom. The Brad Pitt of his time. Also the Meryl Streep of his time. While he is busy being Brad and Meryl he’s also busy being the Phillip Seymour-Hoffman, the Daniel Day Lewis,...
Rosalind Monologue (Act 3, Scene 5)
Let’s take a look at one of Rosalind’s monologues from As You Like It. Rosalind is a great character to explore and only gets more fun throughout the play as she takes full flight. Rosalind...
Bottom Monologue (Act 4, Scene 1)
Let’s take a look at one of Bottom’s monologues from A Midsummer Night’s Dream. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is probably one of Shakespeare’s most celebrated texts, and for good reason. It’s a lively, fantastical, and...