When Nick started out as an amateur actor he was going through a breakdown. A crack up. But he saw it as a self inflicted coming of age ritual and one of the best things that happened to him. Like the insect that undergoes a process of metamorphosis into a flying...
In our final part for ‘how to become a working actor’ we’re going to talk about the fourth component which is very much to do with people. And what do I mean by that? It really doesn’t matter what line of work we’re in, at the end of the day we are in the people’s...
Jenny Landreth in her book Break A Leg opens our eyes to amateur-dramatics and shows us a vibrant world that is a crucial part of our culture. In Britain today there are hundreds of thousands of people involved in Am Dram from classic productions to panto to modern...
When she was 8 years old she would get chased like a dogs hunting prey by white kids who would throw rocks, bricks, batteries and anything else their eyes spied on and screamed racial hatred at her. And when reaching home her mother would warn her not to come back...
In a previous video we spoke about why all actors should not only be practicing their craft each day but deliberately practicing as well as mentioned by Anders Ericsson in his book Peak. If you haven’t seen it already then click on the link below. I mentioned that...
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