Actors and Acting

Finding the Voice a Book Deserves: getting started with audiobook narration

Feb . 23 . 2026
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Actors and Acting, Voice and Text
Posted by Kate Foy

Out of the booth I often find myself listening to other actor’s voices rather than to what they’re saying – a professional hazard for a narrator and voice coach, I suppose. As I do this, I invariably form an image in my mind of what the actor looks like. Usually if I meet them afterwards

Acting Notes, audiobooks, narration, voice

So You Want to be an Actor? We still have a problem.

Dec . 08 . 2025
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Actors and Acting
Posted by Kate Foy

Every now and then, and this has happened for decades since I’ve been an actor and in the actor-training game, someone tells me they’re thinking of becoming an actor too. It usually comes with a hopeful look and the slightest wince, as if they’re waiting for me to deliver bad news gently. And yes, the

Acting Notes, Actors and Acting, Collaborative Learning, theatre

Looking back

Feb . 02 . 2023
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Blogging, Productions
Posted by Kate Foy

I read a good piece this morning from Cory Doctorow who has been blogging every day for what seems like the beginning of blog-time well, 20 years anyway. Here’s Cory’s post about what he does – full of amazing information about how he does it, and why. One thing that caught my eye was his

acting, Cabaret, Musical theatre

Keep Your Hook Baited

Nov . 17 . 2021
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Actors and Acting, Business and the Arts
Posted by Kate Foy

Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish. (Ovid) There is no plan. (Daniel Pink: The Adventures of Johnny Bunko) Ounce by ounce, putting it togetherSmall amounts, adding up to make a work of artFirst of all you need a

Cal Newport, career, David Epstein, Derek Sivers, Stephen Sondheim, Stewart Brand

Directing at a (safe) distance: MACBETH IN THE DARK

Sep . 03 . 2020
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Actors and Acting, Australian Theatre, Productions, Technology and Creativity
Posted by Kate Foy

Some months ago, I watched David Berthold interview the great director Peter Sellars. Among other things, Sellars noted the possible upsides of the pandemic. “There’s an upside?” I wondered. But Sellars said something which I’ve kept front and centre in my thinking for the past almost 6 months: “The virus is our teacher.” Those five

audiodrama, David Berthold, Dom Guilfoyle, Macbeth, Peter Sellars, QSE, Rob Pensalfini, William Shakespeare

1975: On tour with QTC’s “The Rainmaker”

Oct . 07 . 2019
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Actors and Acting, Productions
Posted by Kate Foy

It’s been quite a while since I wrote this little piece for the QTC’s 1975 newsletter No 2. I found it today as I was researching materials for the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Company. Touring around the vast distances of this country is still a way of life for actors – some things never

QTC, theatre, touring

Musical Theatre in Brisbane and Where to After Graduation: a few thoughts from 2012

Dec . 05 . 2016
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Actors and Acting
Posted by Kate Foy

It’s that time in the year when I look back over the one almost gone and think about the changes that have happened. I have had quite a few conversations of late with young men and women about to enter the profession. All are ready; all are hungry to work. Where to now? Then this

Musings …

Mar . 30 . 2016
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Actors and Acting
Posted by Kate Foy

Getting back to work in a company is absolutely critical for anyone who ‘teaches’ acting. I have learned so much this time around – do we ever stop learning I wonder – about this most elusive and testing art form that, in part at least, is about ‘Behaving truthfully in imaginary circumstances.’ Stamina, focus, preparation,

In Performance: the new routine

Feb . 15 . 2016
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Actors and Acting, Productions
Posted by Kate Foy

Monday – a day when most shows are ‘dark’ for a day off. It marks the end of the 8-shows a week into Week 2 of our season. Routines have changed from the day-long, week-day intensives of rehearsal and production week to the rhythms of a night-shift worker.

A Valentine for the Audience

Feb . 14 . 2016
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Actors and Acting, Productions
Posted by Kate Foy

Since it’s the day to celebrate all things about love, I want to send a Valentine to our audiences. QUARTET’s have been notable for the warm response from every single house. Over the years, I’ve marvelled at how different each audience is. The latest are no exception.

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