What to expect at a commercial audition
Commercials are an actors bread and butter. They are a big cash earner and the most common thing you will audition for, especially early in your career. They also require a unique style of performance...
Commercials are an actors bread and butter. They are a big cash earner and the most common thing you will audition for, especially early in your career. They also require a unique style of performance...
All actors want more auditions. Ok, some of us probably would prefer to never audition again and just get offered the damn role, but generally speaking more auditions lead to more roles. So here are...
It’s the terminal question – do I have to go to drama school to have a career as an actor? The short answer? No. But it sure does help. The reverse is true, just because...
So you’ve auditioned for a show, maybe you laid down a self-test, maybe you smashed a callback, maybe a mate just called and was like “You’re the voice, try and understand it.” Whatever the case,...
We’ve all been there. Nothing’s going your way, you’re exhausted, and you just can’t be bothered to help yourself anymore. Oh, and you just spilt yoghurt all over the floor. We thought we’d write a...
As actors we understand the feeling of inertia. Our career stagnates and it seems like there is nothing we can do to get things moving. Curled up in our beds, desperate for clues, we start...
The fake lino floor of my kitchen wasn’t as clean as I thought, and as I lay there in the foetal position with my script in my hand the only thing that was rattling around...
Being an actor is tough. We all know how competitive it is, and that if we are not at the top of our game, our chance of booking work is slim. We know that having...
This year, Random House published my first book, WORKING ACTOR which is about how to have a successful career (and a happy life) as an actor. Because I wanted to make sure I’d covered all...
This one acting hack is my greatest discovery so far: rehearse how you want to perform. Yesterday I was coaching one of my students. She was stressed, agonising over how to write an accurate backstory,...