Sonnet 65
Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps itself into almost every work that Shakespeare’s quill comes into contact with. Once again in this sonnet, Shakespeares is pondering the passage of time and the inevitable capital it...
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Being an Actor in 2024
Buckle up, friends: this one’s a biggie. In this article, we’re talking about the year that lies ahead, and everything you can put towards being an actor in 2024. With most people winding down...
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Side Hustles For Actors
So you have started acting. This is it! You’re gonna be a damn millionaire: starring in feature films, touring the world for press—hell yeah, you’re living the dream! Literally, the dream. Waking up from...
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What is Subtext in Acting?
Words unspoken. Meaningful silences. Talking around the subject. In all of human interaction, subtext can be found wherever we need to convey our thoughts and feelings but don’t want to come right out and...
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Best Romantic Comedies for Actors
Romantic Comedies. Some people absolutely love them and herald performances by some of the greatest actors of all time as the focal point of their value. Other people completely despise them as vacuous, lowest...
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How to Work Internationally as an Actor
So you wanna follow those thousands of actors before you, pack your life into a suitcase, jump on a bus/boat/plane and go international to really take your acting career to the next level? Love...
Acting Information and Resources
How to Become a Dramaturg
There is no more mysterious figure in contemporary film and theatre than that of the dramaturg. They lurk in the shadows of the set or rehearsal room, muttering with the director and taking notes. One...
How to Be an Actor in Perth
So, you’re a Perth local, or you’ve just crossed the Nullarbor all the way out west? Although Perth may be the most isolated city in the world, it certainly has a vibrant and passionate arts...
How to Act Chekhov
There are not many playwrights in this world that warrant having their own ‘style’ but Chekhov is one of them. Now I’m not a hard and fast advocate for playing ‘style’ but I am a...
Sonnet 1
Sonnet I, the start, and where to start? Well, we can think of it like this. When you listen to an album, is the best or most popular song usually the very first one the...
Sonnet 129
Sonnet 129 is probably one of Shakespeare’s most sexually explicit sonnets. So this is coming in right at the start of the third phase of the sonnets. Throughout the second phase of the sonnets, we’ve...
How to Do a Self-Tape for Commercial Castings
Once upon a time, unheard of was the notion of doing a self-tape for a commercial casting. Remember the era of: “Oh you can’t make it to this last-minute allotted time slot in the middle...
Emotional Recall vs. Sense Memory
Emotional Recall? Sense Memory? What are they? When do you need to use it? And more importantly, why would you need to use it? I’m an actor by trade and I’ve had both positive and...
How to Self-Tape for Film
Film… the final frontier. It’s easy for an actor to think of a role in a feature film as a kind of Mount Everest; for a lot of us, it’s a major goal for our...
A Guide to David Mamet
David Mamet is an American playwright, screenwriter, director and author whose career has spanned the last five decades of film, television and theatre. “Fuck you, that’s my name.” A celebrated and, at times, a controversial...