Acting for Film
Acting for film is the holy grail. Where theatre is the soul of acting and its origin story in so many senses, film – especially feature film – is where the gold standard of performance...
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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...
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Physicality for the Actor
Let’s get physical! On screen and off… One of the most underrated and magical gifts of lockdown has been the groovy, livestream dance sessions provided by the divine and oh-so-kind, Betty Grumble. Betty Grumble is...
What is Narrative Structure?
What do Lord of the Rings, Kramer vs Kramer, The Castle and La La Land have in common? Narrative structure. In fact you can think about pretty much any film, television show, play or conceptual...
Sleep: The Actor’s Secret Weapon
Warning: this post is likely to amuse many of us who feel hitting the recommended sleep targets are but a wishful utopian ideal. I hear you, I do, but I’m going to stick by the...
Best Shakespeare Films
Greatest Shakespeare Films...
Maintaining an Acting Career Post-Pandemic
Yeah, everything kinda sucks right now – I feel ya. But hopefully this little think piece might help you to see the bright side of all the suffering and stress in the world right now....
A Guide to Eyelines
Acting, in theory, is a walk in the park. Like any abstract art, quite often the layman looks at it and goes ‘I could do that!’ One of the giant, tiny, vital, overlooked aspects of...
The Best Plays of Lynn Nottage
Lynn Nottage, born in Brooklyn in the sixties has become one of the most prominent playwrights of her generation. She focuses her attention on the marginalized groups in society, a topic given extra weight in...
The Best Plays of August Strindberg
The Yin to Henrik Ibsen’s Yang, August Strindberg is one of the greatest playwrights of all time. A contemporary to Chekhov and Ibsen, Strindberg offered something totally different to both of those great writers. Dreams,...
The Best Plays of Aphra Behn
Aphra Behn is one of the most extraordinary playwrights in history. A mystery, wrapped in an enigma, drenched in poetry and social commentary. A spy during the Dutch-Anglo war, a former prisoner and the first...