Sonnet 18
Easily the most famous of Shakespeare’s Sonnets, Sonnet 18 is about as clear a love letter to someone, as well as to love itself, that you can get. To understand the significance of this sonnet...
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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
In Defence of Shyness
When I was nine my family moved from country Western Australia to Perth – the big smoke. I went from a school with just under 200 kids to a city school with about 3x that...
Shakespeare, the Poet
Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest playwright of the Western canon. But had he not written a single play and all that remained of his legacy were his poems, he would have still been...
The Uta Hagen Technique
Not all practitioners make great teachers, and not all teachers make great practitioners. If there is an exception to that rule, Uta Hagen would be it. Not only was she a titan on the stage,...
How to De-Role: 8 Techniques for Getting Out of Character
‘De-roling’ is simply how to get yourself out of character once you’ve finished performing. It’s the process of drawing a line between your character’s world and your everyday life. Often this process is quite simple;...
How to Run a Great Drama Class
Let’s lead with some obvious advice: great drama classes are fun. Defined largely by games, activities and an overarching sense of play, they are joyous and fulfilling activities that will often educate students without them...
Why ‘The Invisible Actor’ is my Ride-or-Die Acting Book
When we ask someone what superpower they would choose from, the question is usually posed as such: “Would you have rather the ability to fly, have super strength, super speed or the ability to become...
What Is the Difference Between an Agent and a Manager?
The debate over what agents and managers do, where the line is between their roles and which one you need is a debate that has confused actors, managers and agents for a long time. It...
Biggest Acting Regrets
I really wish I was one of those people who could get ‘NO REGRETS’ tattooed in bold on the back of my hand, so every day I would wake up and see it, realize that...
Dear Directors…
To our dearest directors, Theatre, film, television, commercial, and radio play directors alike! We actors love you. We really do. We love the chance to work with you all, because we love to work! There...