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How to prepare for an audition

How to prepare for an audition

Knowing how to prepare for an audition is crucial for all actors whether you’re new to the industry or have been acting for many years. Some actors (myself included) often find the character a few weeks into a rehearsal process, but of course there is no formal rehearsal process for auditions and you don’t have a …

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How to smash cold read auditions

How to smash cold read auditions

Cold reading used to TERRIFY me, in fact if I haven’t done it for a while those old terrors can start to creep back in IF I let them. Nobody’s perfect are they? Back when I first graduated from drama school I had no idea how to smash cold read auditions because everything I’d done …

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Why you've not made it as an actor

Why you’ve not made it as an actor

I hear many aspiring actors regularly talk about how they are lacking motivation to keep going with their acting dreams and questioning why they’ve not made it as an actor. The regular knock backs and lack of income from acting can contribute to a slump in motivation, along with there being no obvious quick route …

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How to avoid getting type cast

How to avoid getting type cast

Wouldn’t it be lovely to have a varied career where you never get stuck playing the same type of role? Wouldn’t it be great to get away from the prostitute, the lover, the cad, the soldier, the mum, the dad, the girlfriend, the dumb blonde… You are capable of more than that right? THE PERILS …

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Improve your acting in 3 easy steps

What’s the shortcut? Once you’re a student of acting, you’re a student for life according to award winning actor Dustin Hoffman. And according to another award winning actor – Jack Nicholson, “the minute you stop learning you’re dead”, so why are there so many aspiring actors who want to take those tempting short cuts  (the bare …

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