Really enjoying @onradio3now Postcards from the Acting Profession series. Wonder what gems will be in tonight's job-getting toolkit. # Diana Quick describes stage work as "telling a story through breath". # Check by Jowl Shakespeare rhythm technique: recite lines while walking around with a limp to fix pentameter in the body. Have you tried it? [...]
RT @illuminations: TV Shakespeare: the early years – the Bard on the BBC '36-'39: Olivier, Ashcroft, Greer Garson even http://bit.ly/bCyAZk #
The latest poem in my quest to improve my memory. Yes, yours, my love, is the right human face. I in my mind had waited for this long, Seeing the false and searching for the true, Then found you as a traveller finds a place Of welcome suddenly amid the wrong Valleys and rocks [...]
The final part of Paul Brighton, of Audition Portal, Actor’s Challenges. If it’s raining go out and play out a scene. No Umbrellas! Imagine camera crews all around you. Get wet. Can you write a song for a musical? Try your hand at composing a song & melody for your made up show tune. Would [...]
Some #followfriday love for @navarrotells and is it unladylike to jump up and down because Shakespearean scholar @stanley_wells is here? # They're Gabby Young and Other Animals, in case you're wondering. http://bit.ly/coucZX # Just heard from my cousin. Her band replaced Pixie Lott at the BAFTA party on Sunday!! Tim Burton said he loved them! [...]
- Invent nothing, deny nothing. – In my racket, which is Show Business, you learn through watching and through doing, that’s it. – People may or may not say what they mean… but they always say something designed to get what they want. – An actor can no more act upon the order ‘Be happy’ [...]
Thank you for your help with my new Mac issues. Pretty much sorted Now to finish fixing my site. Why do things go wrong together?! # Calling Intel Mac users: Do you know how I can use my Appleworks files on my new Macbook, plz? Looks like I've lost so much work #
The latest offering in my rather-too-random poetry section. It seems like this is working to improve my memory, but very slowly. Never seek to tell thy love Love that never told can be; For the gentle wind does move Silently, invisibly. I told my love, I told my love, I told her all my [...]
Part 2 of Paul Brighton, of Audition Portal marvellous Actor’s Challenges, that I’m attempting. Get physical. Crawl around from room to room & pretend you’re escaping a bad situation. Act with intent. To be a good actor means to be simple & articulate. You must trust your instincts and the real thing will happen. Auditioning? [...]
My quest to hunt down useful online resources is continuing apace. Namely, in the form of Paul Brighton from Audition Portal! He regularly suggests challenges to flex and tone the old performing muscles. They’ve certainly pushed me into more variety in my studies. Hopefully this is organically helping me to create a better curriculum (?!) [...]
