When Should You Quit Your Day Job as an Actor?
The short answer to this is simple: quit your day job when you can afford to do so and still live comfortably. Wouldn’t it be nice if the issue were that simple? At some point...
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How NOT to Have an Acting Career
Here at StageMilk, we’ve got stacks of information for you about how to build your career as an actor. But we thought, “Why don’t we go the other way? Why don’t we cater to...
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Tackling the Canon: Why You Should Read More Plays and Watch More Films
It can be very difficult to engage with the concept of the ‘canon’. Despite being lauded as a list of all-important creative works across the history of literature/theatre/film, it has traditionally skewed towards cis-,...
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‘I Don’t Do Theatre’ and Other Actor Delusions
Look, every family has their Fredo, and even we tight-knit band of players have moments when we’d like to send our silly siblings off in a metaphorical fishing boat just to shut them up....
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When Should You Quit Your Day Job as an Actor?
The short answer to this is simple: quit your day job when you can afford to do so and still live comfortably. Wouldn’t it be nice if the issue were that simple? At some...
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What Does a Film Director Do?
A film director is the person in charge of all artistic and dramatic facets of a feature production. They help plan and budget, cast actors, recruit crew members, and liaise with department heads to...
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What Does a Film Director Do?
A film director is the person in charge of all artistic and dramatic facets of a feature production. They help plan and budget, cast actors, recruit crew members, and liaise with department heads to maintain...
Sonnet 23
In this sonnet, we see Shakespeare once again alluding to the power that the poet’s words have to express love, to immortalise the young man, and to keep his love alive forever. This sonnet also...
Sonnet 75
In this sonnet we catch a glimpse of the poet being pushed and pulled by the young man. Which makes a change from a number of the other sonnets as the poet isn’t simply keeling...
Your Child’s First Play: What To Expect
They stole the show at the Christmas Pageant, wowed the judges at the local eisteddfod, perform a sell-out run in the living room each night and waltz into their weekend acting class like they’re the...
Moving to the UK as an Actor
Relocating to the UK as an actor is a wonderful and tremendous experience to work towards, but it is not one that should be treated lightly. As an actor who is gearing up to move...
How to Build Confidence in Drama Students
There are few acts so courageous as stepping into a drama class for the very first time. Regardless of a person’s age or level of experience, they enter such a space knowing they will be...
How to Audition for Amazon Prime
This article is going to be exploring how you as an actor can land an audition, and, ultimately, a role on an Amazon Prime project. We’re going to take a deep dive into three actors...
Paid in Exposure: When Should You Work for Free?
There is no easy answer to this question—not at the start of your career, not in the midst of it. Unpaid work will be around as long as it remains a foundational part of the...
How to Write Your First Screenplay
Writing your first screenplay can be a daunting task. There are rules to be learned about everything from formatting to structure to style. The sheer scale of a project that can take months, or even...