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? […]
Madame Arkadina
The Facts: Writer. Actress. Creatrix. Classic Movie Lover.
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Actor Challenges: Part 1
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 (?!) […]
A Winter’s Tale: Hermione’s Defence
These are the current audition speeches and character study I’m working on. Both from Act III scene ii of A Winter’s Tale. Since what I am to say must be but that Which contradicts my accusation and The testimony on my part no other But what comes from myself, it shall scarce boot me To […]
My life according to the Movies
Originally this little meme was designed for books, I found it on The Bookworms Hideout and thought I’d have a go, only adapting it for my movies challenge. Here’s how it works: using only movies you have seen last year (2009), answer these questions, trying not to repeat a title. Describe yourself: Bedazzled How […]
Time does not bring relief – Edna St. Vincent Millay
In order to improve my skills in performance, dramatic interpretation, verse speaking and plain old memory, I have decided to start memorising and studying poems. This is the first. Time does not bring relief; you all have lied Who told me time would ease me of my pain! I miss him in the weeping of […]
