Best Bertolt Brecht Plays
Bertolt Brecht is one of the great pioneers of modern theatre. He was a poet, playwright and director. He saw theatre as a tool for change and created a unique form of theatre that’s goal...
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The First Thing To Do With Your Script
Where on earth does time go? I’m typing this in 2025, and yet it feels like mere moments ago I was spiralling into existential dread during a script analysis class in 2020. How times...
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Setting Goals as an Actor in 2025
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! That is, of course, unless you’re an actor staring down 2025 with little thought to what you’re going to do… December and January can be tough...
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How to Take Constructive Criticism
“How do I become a better actor?” is one of the all-time classic questions we field here at StageMilk. Every one of our team members has a slightly different answer—and if I had a...
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How to Recharge as an Actor
Actors are incredibly hard workers. They develop their craft for years, they pour time and effort into maintaining skills. The nature of the industry means that over 90% of actors in any given market...
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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...
Acting Information and Resources
Hamlet
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Good Jobs for Actors
The Dilemma What on earth can an actor do to make money? Certainly not acting. Too negative? Well: look what you’re currently reading. If you were merely befuddled by the title and are struggling to...
Best Shakespeare Sonnets
Here is a list of my favourite Shakespeare sonnets. As is often the case with these ‘best of’ lists, the audacious title is backed by little more than a one man’s love for Shakespeare. These...
Theatre in Education
I recently concluded a six week primary school musical tour, and I survived… The words theatre in education are often followed by a long sigh. Kids, long days and over the top acting aren’t the...
And then you walk away…(Bryan Cranston)
Some really eye opening advice from one of the best actors on TV at the moment, Bryan Cranston. Let us know your thoughts below…...
Best Acting Books Ever (Poll Results)
So here are the results of our latest poll: Respect for acting (Uta Hagen) (34%) An Actor Prepares (Konstantin Stanislavki) (29%) The Actor and the Target (Declan Donnelan) (18%) No Acting Please (Eric Morris) (11%)...
Othello
Here we go… How to clearly explain Shakespeare’s harrowing tragedy, Othello? Like most of Shakespeare’s plays, Othello can be summed up in either a sentence or a novel. I shall therefore do my utmost to...
Shakespeare Poll…The Results are in
So we asked our visitors which is the best Shakespeare play and can you believe it, Hamlet has taken the crown. However, we were a little surprised to see A Midsummer Night’s Dream coming in...
Best Samuel Beckett Plays
A list of the five best Samuel Beckett Plays. Samuel Beckett was born in Foxrock, Dublin in 1906 and Died in France in 1989. He spent the majority of his life in Paris and is...