The actors financial hardships

The actors financial hardships

Your weekly method acting blog To keep you at the top of your game “Money makes the vorld go round, the vorld go round, the vorld go round… A mark, a yen, a buck or a pound that clinky clanky sound” Emcee and Sally Bowles sung these words in Cabaret in 1972 and they are …

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10 acting tips to keep you on point

10 acting tips to keep you on point

1. To become a better actor you must not only continue learning the craft of acting (which is a lifelong process), but observe the actors you admire regularly. Go to the theatre, watch films/TV programmes that have your favourite actors in. Observe how they execute their craft. What can you learn from them? What are …

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Every actor's nightmare

Every actor’s nightmare

Your weekly method acting blog To keep you at the top of your game There’s one thing that makes actors and aspiring actors everywhere quake in their boots; causing sleepless nights, relentless worry, stress and in some cases dictating their life so much so it can cause severe unhappiness. It sounds like an awful disease doesn’t it? Split the word into two …

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How to land more auditions

How to land more auditions

Auditions are like buses Landing auditions is only one part of a huge cog when pursuing an acting career. Some actors can go months without an audition then suddenly they’ll get a few at once. Actors can quite easily get sucked into the famine and feast cycle and not know how to break it. The dry patches …

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How to beat rejection

Your weekly method acting blog To keep you at the top of your game We all know rejection is part and parcel of the acting industry. I don’t think I can name one actor or actress who has landed every single role they’ve auditioned for. It would be amazing if that happened, but the likelihood… I’ll let …

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Top 3 tips for networking

Networking ah good old networking. It is essential if you are to build up your contacts and build up relationships with those who have the power to cast you, but it’s also one of those things that, if you’re like me, you don’t like and to be quite honest aren’t very good at. I wish someone had …

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Why most actors fail

Your weekly method acting blog To keep you at the top of your game Acting is possibly THE most saturated profession in the world.  I always tell the actors I train it is a difficult industry but it is POSSIBLE. It IS possible. I don’t need to tell you that you need to be on …

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