What to Avoid in an Acting Agent
I get a few emails a week saying “I want an agent but I can’t afford it”. WHAT?! You should never pay an upfront fee to an agent! It’s emails like this that terrify me....
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Branding for Actors
There seem to be two schools of thought when it comes to branding for actors: the first being, “forget about branding, focus on being a great actor” and the second; “we live in the...
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Complete Guide to a Great Headshot
Your headshot is your first point of contact, it’s your first impression, it’s your brand, your image, your signature. I often come across actor’s headshots that aren’t quite up to scratch – either they...
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Why Actors Have to Keep Training
Actors usually fall into one of two brackets: those who think they don’t need any more training and those who are addicted to attending every masterclass in town. We’re looking for a happy medium....
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How to be a Confident Actor
All actors battle with nerves, insecurity and self confidence. Learn more here...
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Why Gossiping Makes you a Bad Actor
The problem with gossip is that it doesn’t actually help anything...
Acting Information and Resources
Forget you Went to Acting School (Immediately)
Acting school is incredible. It’s 40+ hours a week of intense training, you make life-long friends, learn about yourself, and if you’re lucky, become a much better actor. They say that an acting degree is...
For the love of it: An Actor’s Duty
Acting is not a terribly lucrative or kind industry – to state the obvious. The sensible enter with an open mind and whole lot of hope; the deluded pursue fame. Yet nearly all actors get...
How to Develop your Acting Skills
Acting is a skill. Like most skills it’s helped by natural talent, but that’s not enough. So how do you develop your acting skills and become the confident, captivating actor that you dream of? By...
Stop Trying to Live in the Moment
“ Live in the moment!” This is a line acting teachers (including myself) have been peddling for years. And it’s a line that I totally understand. One of the most exciting aspects of the work...
Can You Learn Acting Online?
When we started our online acting course last year we got a number of emails and comments declaring “you can’t possibly learn acting online!” Though we were proud of what we’d created, we too were doubtful...
The Government Inspector
We constantly harp on about the importance of reading plays, even going as far to say that you should be reading 8 plays a week! But I want to make a confession – I wasn’t...
Can You Become An Actor Later in Life?
Acting is a disease. Usually you catch it early in life. Perhaps you’re in primary school and it’s dress up time and you’re the first to delve through the piles of extravagant clothes, or it’s...
Best Headshot Photographers in LA
We asked our (wo)man on the ground to find us the best headshot photographers in LA, and she certainly delivered… Your headshot speaks for you, whether you can speak it’s language or not, you need...
Show Us Your Work!
We get hundreds of emails from actors around the world wanting to audition for major TV shows and films. They want to be famous, and they want it now. We usually encourage these actors to...