I hope you are all keeping safe and honing your acting skills during these crazy times! As I promised I am doing a deep dive across the whole of the casting industry across these next few weeks, chatting with ALL the platforms and tools in…
As I sat in my office yesterday, for what I imagine will be the last time for a while, shredding lots of old papers and Christmas cards (ok so I am a bit of a hoarder already), I came across an invite to one of…
How Do I get an Agent is the second question most popular question I get asked after How Do I get My First acting Job? So besides the obvious of bulk emailing every agent you can find on imdb and sitting back and praying, how…
At the end of last year we had a great guest blog and hosted a workshop from John Osbourne with his incredibly inciteful work on the Spiritual Psychology of Acting. I had some very positive feedback on this and so over the forthcoming months I…
On the face of it things are changing in our industry, people of colour are being cast in more projects and we are seeing more enlightened view of sexuality, but post-Weinstein what is really happening behind the scenes.
Cheers Me Dears! I’d like to just say thanks for all the incredible feedback I get about my blog. Little did I think when I started publishing my tidbits of advice just over a year ago that I would get such a great response or…
As actors you exist in a world where people judge you and make decisions (hopefully informed) about your work: right, not quite right; hired, not hired. I’m sure you have heard many creative ways of saying “No.” Often the people making the decisions about you…
With every job there are the fun things and the dull things; the things that you love to do and the things that just need doing. And while I’m sure you’d all rather be talking to Sam Mendes about your character arc, treading the boards…
Many people struggle with nerves ahead of a performance or casting audition so here are my top 10 ways to smash your pre-audition nerves.
