February 2008

Farce and Furious Females and a Few Guys

15 February, 2008
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Actors and Acting, Productions
Posted by Kate Foy

Spent a lovely evening this week at the opening night of Queensland Theatre Company’s first up for Season 2008. It’s Joanna Murray-Smith’s Female of the Species, a new wave look at old feminism, and my, how we laughed. The sacred cows flew gently and not so gently upwards under the direction of Kate Cherry, soon

Asides, feminism, QTC, Reviews

The Clayton’s Rehearsal

13 February, 2008
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Actors and Acting, Productions
Posted by Kate Foy

The title of this post may mean something to readers (or drinkers) of a certain age. Once upon a time, there was a non-alcoholic mixer beverage called Clayton’s. To avoid having to go down a diversionary rathole to explain, you can read all about it here on Wikipedia if you like. Suffice it to say

Acting Notes, Asides, Cabaret, rehearsal

Moving into Moodle: the experience for a Mac user

13 February, 2008
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Blogging, Collaborative Learning
Posted by Kate Foy

The past couple of weeks have been busy for most academics in
Australia. If they’re not grabbing the last of the summer before term
begins … and it’s been a miserable, wet summer for most of us …
then others are jetting home from far-flung cold climes. Most probably,
like me, they’re prepping for the first semester of the academic year.

digiphobia, e-learning, Mac, Moodle, Research and Professional Development, Uncategorized, Web 2.0, WebCT, work

Rehearsals begin: workshops, complicité, and creativity

10 February, 2008
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Actors and Acting, Productions
Posted by Kate Foy

Saturday was a bonding day, a day when the acting company came together to work for the first time on the stage. The Director’s approach to this production has consistently been to point us towards the notion of the reality of the historical events surrounding this play, and the impact those events had upon the

Acting Notes, Actors and Acting, Cabaret, rehearsal, theatre

“Ich bin ein Berliner!” or trying to sound like it.

8 February, 2008
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Actors and Acting, Productions, Voice and Text
Posted by Kate Foy

I had my first accent coaching session with a German colleague yesterday. She’s a native of Berlin, teaches German language at university here in Australia, but has been immersed in an English-sounding world for around 10 years or so. As a result of this, I had to ask her to work at strengthening her German

Acting Notes, Asides, Cabaret

The Actors’ Nightmare

7 February, 2008
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Actors and Acting
Posted by Kate Foy

I was chatting with a couple of theatre colleagues this morning and as inevitably happens, we started swapping trade stories. We discovered that we shared the same kind of anxiety dream, what I’ve always called the actors’ nightmare. You’ve probably also experienced them if you’re an actor or have had to give a public presentation.

Asides

Studying a Text: ideas, lines, sounds

4 February, 2008
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Actors and Acting, Productions, Voice and Text
Posted by Kate Foy

There are probably almost as many ways of learning a script as there are actors. For me, and right now starting rehearsals for a new show it’s read, read, read the script, getting the sense of the arc of the story and my character’s role in telling it. I think it’s Anthony Hopkins who

accent, Acting Notes, Cabaret, lines

Cabaret begins: meet and greet

3 February, 2008
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Actors and Acting, Productions
Posted by Kate Foy

Here we go, here we go, here we go! It’s been a couple of months since auditions and the announcement of the cast. This afternoon was the first company gathering … what’s called a ‘meet and greet.’ For most it was the first time we had got a chance to meet some of the rest

Acting Notes, Asides, Cabaret, cast, costumes, design, Designer, Director, Musical theatre, Stage Manager

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Archive

Farce and Furious Females and a Few Guys

The Clayton’s Rehearsal

Moving into Moodle: the experience for a Mac user

Rehearsals begin: workshops, complicité, and creativity

“Ich bin ein Berliner!” or trying to sound like it.

The Actors’ Nightmare

Studying a Text: ideas, lines, sounds

Cabaret begins: meet and greet