http://insidethewestend.com/blog/2016/7/2/itwe-ep015-room-108-at-phantom Amongst the idle chatter of the interview, a few relatable topics were discussed amongst the male actors of the Phantom of the Opera company. One topic that stood out to me was the discussion[…]
Casting Call Woe
http://castingcallwoe.tumblr.com/ Even the though the title and the post captions of this tumblr page suggest hilarity, the content creators of the page are very clever in using their comedy to address a serious issue within[…]
Making my passion my career!
Everything I love about performing and being an Actor: Performance can be revitalised every night – Never gets boring It is a subjective profession with minimal rights or wrongs I feel proud when my hard[…]
Hayley Atwell
Reflection of the following article: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/nov/10/hayley-atwell-howards-end-agent-carter-driven-and-dangerous-new-queen-of-period-drama From the onset and throughout the above article, it is clear that Atwell has developed a clear understanding of her casting and of her place within the industry.[…]
Equity Membership Survey
https://www.equity.org.uk/documents/2013-equity-membership-survey-summary/ What implications might this have on actors entering the profession? I believe that the information recorded in the survey may be eye opening for for naive actors entering the profession, especially students. One main[…]
The Honest Actors’ Podcast – Denise Gough
I found the interview with Denise Gough extremely relatable as she addressed a lot of fears that I have regarding the acting profession. Her pathway into the performing arts was not much different to my[…]
Actors’ CV, Headshot & Biography
Wood_Oliver CV-1lzmiw8 Oliver Wood Training: London College of Music Previous theatre credits include: Avram Cohen in Rags: The American Musical (London College of Music). Oliver has recently performed in a series of Cabaret performances at[…]
The adventures of Oliver Wood’s dodgy accents Part 2…
So today’s auditions went marginally better than yesterday. I started with the workshop audition for rags and was asked to read for Saul and Nathan. For Saul I had do a New York American accent[…]
Yiddish Accent… Oh Drat (The Cat)
First Audition for my final year shows at LCM could have gone worse but could have most definitely gone better! My chosen 16 bar excerpts were ‘The Surrey with a Fringe on Top” from Rodger’s[…]