Let’s pretend!

Let’s pretend!

I’ve just watched the most tedious video emailed to me by the organisers of a well-known acting conference, saying that it would change my life. I can only assume that they think I’m a naive 21 year old drama school graduate who needs to be told that my...
Development/s

Development/s

Something a bit more positive to write about today: development, and developments. I’ve just joined The Actors Centre in London. I hadn’t previously done this because for some reason, in my head I had decided that their workshops and facilities were too...
Lines, lines, lines…

Lines, lines, lines…

Is there a more frustrating part of the job of an actor than learning lines? Does anyone know of a magic spell that will ensure the words go in, in the correct order, and without paraphrasing? I have to keep reminding myself that they’ll go in, they always do....
Stimulus

Stimulus

My mind is all over the shop at the moment – in a good way. I’ve always found that I’m more motivated when I have several projects on the go, so that I can switch between tasks when I get frustrated. It’s the reason I keep a guitar next to my...
The last 24 hours…

The last 24 hours…

…can, quite frankly, do one. I’ve just rounded off my day by sending the wrong link to a casting director. Which link? Why, the one with the trigger warning, of course. I don’t cock up by halves. How did I do it? Well, I wrote a short cover note and...