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So why Drama School...?
Bernada continues to go well. We finished blocking Act I this afternoon, and we have already made some deep inroads into investigation of character, relationships, themes and motivation, etc. It’s fun...
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Sorry, but I've a Bee in My Bonnet
I'm going to be reckless here and admit I am so fucking tired of acting theory. And the mood I am in at the moment I don't care how 'practical' the theories are purported to be. My apologies to my new...
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The date and time of my audition for RSAMD.I was never any good at keeping secrets about myself, even though in this case it might be more politic to keep shtum and so avoid the embarrassment...
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Q
Chaliapin from The Adventures of Don Quixote (1933)I often think of the work to which I devote my life as quintessentially Quixotic. Mine is an absurd tragicomic quest. Tilting at windmills,...
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Nae Pressure Then...?
As Larry (with Susan Worsfold as Alice) in Patrick Marber's Closer (2002)Those of you who are also followers of my Facebook page will already know that tomorrow is- not to put too fine a point on it-...
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Not Dead Time: LIVING Time!!!
with Karen Coleman & Charlie Donnelly in The Browning Version (Arches, 1998)Mr Crocker Harris is 'retired' from teaching“Patience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated...
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Glad Tidings
I received two wonderful bits of news yesterday. Firstly, formal notification by letter of an unconditional offer of a place on the MA Contemporary and Classical Text (Acting) course at the RSAMD,...
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Death either destroys us or unmasks us.SenecaIt is nothing to die; it is frightful not to live.Victor HugoThese quotes may strike the reader as somewhat morbid. They’re not really.Three or four weeks...
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Natural High
So much has been happening over the past few weeks, both inwardly and outwardly, and I suppose I have been living very intensely. I wish to reflect on things a bit here and maybe tie it all together,...
View ArticleLove @ the Bothy, and Titus Andronicus
I have been attending the Actors’ Bothy at the CCA every week for almost two years now. It helped me through difficult times, especially when I first joined and it helped restore my confidence after...
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Titus Andronicus
I am in mid-rehearsal,playing the leading role in Shakespeare's earliest tragedy, Titus Andronicus, to be staged at the Ramshorn Theatre in Glasgow from Fri 29 May- Sat 6 June, and I would love anyone...
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Titus
As a production Titus Andronicus, which finished its 8-night run at the Ramshorn Theatre last night, was a massive hit with audiences. I regret to say it was a far from easy experience for me...
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Dealing with Inner Dæmons (Part I)
The main body of this posting consists of a long list I have been thinking about over the past few days and then compiled during my long walk home from this morning’s Quaker meeting. It’s actually a...
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Dealing with Inner Dæmons (Part II)
I was amused by one friend’s response to my last blog (let’s call her “P.”):“You don't have so much of an Inner Critic as a case of multiple demonic possession.”I think P. was half-joking, I hope she...
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Dealing with Inner Daemons (Part III)
As promised, although a little later than usual as I was awaiting a reponse from a friend who had agreed to answer my CBT questions:1. What do I do well in the rehearsal room?2. What do i not do so...
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BLAAAaaggghhh...!
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important. - Bertrand RussellBang on Bertie- as always!I've realised that my Inner Critic warns me to...
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- AS IF: The Actor's Role in Closing the Empathy Deficit using 'Reverse...
Let's start with a definition-“To perceive the internal frame of reference of another with accuracy and with the emotional components and meanings which pertain thereto as if one were the person, but...
View ArticleFavourite Inspirational Quotes
"Find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible... Miracles begin with you."- Deepak Chopra"The outer work will never be puny if the inner work is great." -Meister Eckhart“An inner process...
View ArticleThe Virtues of Faith, Empathy, Service + Love= Great Acting
I have spent last few weeks trying to think about the practicalities and financial aspects of the course I am about to take. All this is daunting enough, but I have also thought a great deal about WHY...
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From Angeles Arrien's "The Four Fold Way"
To cultivate:1. Show up and be present.2. Pay attention to what has heart and meaning.3. Tell the truth without judgment or blame.4. Be open to outcome, but not attached to outcome.To avoid:Addiction...
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