Coming from the operatic singing background, the idea of creating your own work isn’t a new 1. Of course, it’s 1 of the biggest things people talk about for those periods when you just don’t have work coming in. Really...

What makes a good CV/Resume? I have been very lucky to do Chrys Salt’s class at the Actors Centre in London, which I can highly recommend, if she is still running them, which handles this problem and many others. I’ve,...

Over the years, I’ve taught a lot about how to use the breath, which always seems odd to me, as it’s something we do all the time?! Yet something happens when we start  to think about how we do it? ...

The Good When you want to get your profile started, new material for your showreel, help a mate on their project or have been out for a while and feeling rusty, student films  can be a great place to gain...

Being an expat actor in the UK, I’ve learnt to play to my strengths.  So for me that looks like, I go with what comes easiest and hailing from North America I do what I do best and that is...

I've talked about the inner critic, but what about the outer critic?...

One of the reasons I wanted to be an actor was because I was told that acting meant you identified real emotions and reacted to the world around – like real life.  So I was interested, so how did this...

Not sure if Clint Eastwood is the man who came up with the phrase ‘Analysis Paralysis’, but it’s worth a read of this article to understand why I say, to over analyze a script may not help you much in...

Why? Now this post, may not be the most beautiful, but it could prove very useful to many of you out there.  Like any business the more you know the people you want to work with the better, so if...

What better theme for October than the Headless Horseman!  So what does this have to do with performing, you may say, ah, well, that’s exactly what I want to address today! So often I’ve heard from students, ‘I feel like...