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SINGIN IN THE RAIN – #2 in the Guardian’s countdown of the top movie musicals. Here is what they said, what we say and what you say.
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Meet Broadways new stars. All of them are great singers and actors, and all of them are sure to be household names.
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Losing a role can be heartbreaking, especially when you really felt you had it ‘in the bag’. We all get down, but here is how I now cope with the rejection of the acting lifetsyle
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Guest Post from Actor and DSA Founder James Bowden – So what’s so important about the Drama School interview?
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Guest Post from Actor and Director Ben Hodge – No one likes the feeling of being told “you’re not good enough or you didn’t get the part.”
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Feeling for the actor is an organic by-product of doing, it should never be a thing by itself. Don’t be so focused on being emotional that you ignore your partners and the script.
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Auditioning with a monologue is understandably nerve wracking. Here are our tips to help you prepare and hopefully harness those nerves.
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Don’t have enough scenes or lines to make a casting director sit up and take note. Here is how to make sure you look professional even if you “do it yourself”!
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From Guest Author – Acting Coach Dallas Travers – You’ve heard of the 30-second elevator pitch? In case you get stuck in an elevator with Steven Spielberg.
Top photographer Michael Wharley shares his advice and top tips to consider when choosing a headshot photographer in this terrific video.
Voice Reel Producer Kirsty Gillmore shares her top tips for making your voice over reel stand out from the crowd.
Twitter is a great tool which you can really use to market yourself, connect and network and keep in touch with the industry when you are resting. Here is an introduction for Twitter newbies.
From Guest Author Marci Liroff – I’ve been encouraging actors to get involved in social media for the last several years. Seems that they’ve been heeding my call! I’ve noticed droves of actors taking to Twitter lately. Some do it well, some—not so much.
90% of actors are out of work at anyone time. So how do you bay the bills when your ‘resting’ or between acting work? Here are some helpful suggestions from Actor Hub..
An acting CV needs to get you through the door and yet sometimes they do the exact opposite!! Here are three new rules for you to consider.
By Hollywood Casting Director – Cathy Reinking – Being a successful actor requires practice and patience, just as it is with athletes, musicians, painters, filmmakers, writers, etc.
Guest Blog from actor and writer Peter Mawson – You just can’t escape it as an actor. It’s that elephant in the room which blows it’s trunk whenever someone asks what you’ve been in recently.
Sending out emails to casting directors and directors is a pretty much accepted way of keeping in touch and networking in today’s industry. But it can be every easy to make simple mistakes which get the recipient reaching for the delete button. Here is how to avoid some common mistakes.
We review the 2015 book ‘From Stage to Screen’ by Bill Britten – a handbook for an actor making the transition from being a stage actor to being a screen actor.
Guest post from actress and blogger Lolly Jones – Acting isn’t all red carpets and glamour – Here are the worst things about being an actor ….
We review the 2015 book ‘Year of the Fat Knight’ by Antony Sher – An account of researching, rehearsing and performing one of Shakespeare’s best-known and most popular characters
Here are ten tips to help you to make your CV one which shows you off at your best and will get you through the door to show what you can do.
