What is Acting and How Do You Do It? This is no. 3 a series of ‘letters’ that I am writing for people interested in the craft and uses of acting as a creative journey, as fun, personal expression, understanding of self and others and as a marketable, socially necessary, skill. I have written about […]
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My book is now in Russian!
Many thanks to Olga Blagodatskikh for translating the work. You can find the book for sale in physical form here, in audiobook here, and as an ebook here.
Freedom in acting: Seven words to change
In this brief list I endeavour to clear away the words which can lead to stress and muddle in the actor, replacing them with practical words of reliable do-able action. The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to change one thought for another -William James The seven words are for you to consider in […]
Working with images and abstract concepts
Images exist in plays in order to make abstract concepts more concrete. Shakespeare does this for us frequently. He uses concrete images of real things to describe otherwise abstract ideas. When preparing a scene with lines that contain images, be sure that first, you understand the image. What does it represent? What does it mean? […]
The Telegram Exercise
In this video, I describe my method for uncovering and utilizing the core message in a speech or scene: the telegram exercise. This is one way to help move the story forward in a way that the audience will understand. The exercise is based on Stanislavski’s concept of the single stress – emphasizing the most […]
How to learn lines by heart
In these workshops we will be looking at how we learn lines; developing essential skills and a wider range of expression. Why learn lines by heart With so much work for the camera at the moment and probably in the future, the temptation for the actor is to rely on reading the script while pretending […]