What it Feels Like to be in a Hit!
Even before I studied Theatre, I have wondered what it would be like to be in an original hit play. Part of my love of Theatre is its...
The End of Theatre ?
I have always explained an acting career to those outside of the business as a journey up the Emergency Stairs of a large Office...
Superintendent Battle – Two weeks out
As I mentioned in my previous post, I am acting in my first Agatha Christie mystery since Drama School, and we have just reached our...
A Christie Mystery
It’s been almost six months since I was last on stage, but rehearsals are now underway for a Spring opening of Towards Zero – an Agatha...
Winter 2015 on Film
I have become accustomed to winters being slower, work wise, than the warmer months. Our Market maximises the use of locations that...
On Stage in 2015
It was a ‘different’ year, but the same empirical results came from it. I’m glad to say that, too. My expectations were, perhaps,...
'Speed Charactersations'
We are all accustomed to the ‘Feast-or-Famine’ aspect of the industry if we have spent much time in it. Why it should be that way is...
Howard Booth - Two weeks out
Two weeks out from the opening night of Eric Chappell’s “Heatstroke” and some very interesting decisions have already been made about...
Sir Oliver Surface - Two weeks out
What Fun! The School for Scandal has been around for almost 250 years, and never gets worse with age. The parallels with today’s society...
The Old Man – One Week Out
It’s not often that I add a second post, but so much has happened since my last rehearsal post for this character, I felt that it...