But not any old night. Another class of actors enters the industry at their showcase performance and end of three years of intensive training. Their lovely talent shone through despite the grunginess of the venue. As always, I felt as though a bunch of fledglings was leaving the nest and needed protection. No, let them
Continue reading ...After a weekend of trying to make my old eMac keep up with the new Leopard OS, I took the plunge and bought an iMac. Not just any old iMac, but one of the new, beaut 24″ shiny screen jobbies with lots of speed and power … just like all the cats that Mac uses
Continue reading ...I maintain other blogs, private ones, for use with my acting students … as reflective places. Here are some extracts which chart the learning paths we’ve wandered in. A quote that keeps insisting it be heard … A character is the sum total of her inconsistencies. Living Dangerously and Impulsively In many ways, the approach
Continue reading ...The blessed Stephen Fry whom I adore, now writes a weekly column for the Guardian newspaper in the UK. I was thrilled to find that, apart from being one of the funniest actors around, he can also blog eruditely, and wittily (natch). And he has a Wikipedia entry. There’s glamour for you! The fact that
Continue reading ...It’s a bit of a catch-cry right now, this ‘time-poor’ thing. I’m pondering over my own state of being right now. Yes, it’s the end of the academic year in Australia, with all the attendant closures to projects: courses, exams, report-writing. Add to that the inevitable start-ups for 2008 looming on the horizon, and you
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