Every actor wants an agent, so how does one get one? A better question to ask is how does one get an agent that’s worth their salt? There are too many agencies who might take an actor on board just to fill up their quota and let the actor just sit on their ‘waiting’...
Hugh Bonneville considers himself one of the luckiest actors he knows. He has managed to keep working since 1986 in theatre, radio, TV and film but beyond turning up on time and not punching the director he has no great tips of the trade to impart. Yet, there are...
For those who haven’t heard of Steven Pressfield he is an American author of historical fiction, non-fiction, and screenplays. And in his younger days he struggled to make a living as an author, at one point becoming homeless and living out of the back of his car. In...
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...
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