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 ...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 ...One of the audience members summed it up precisely. You should feel as though you have done a couple of rounds in an emotional ring after a good night in the theatre. This new production of War Horse at London’s National looks just the job: a boy and his horse, WWI, great puppets, and a
Continue reading ...Stumbled upon this vidcast from Canadian educator Dean Shareski given at the 2007 K-12 Online Conference. Dean’s nicely produced 25′ video discusses the importance of design in education. He’s even produced a teaser trailer on YouTube. Now that’s innovative! Dean roams across design principles introducing some innovative ways of thinking about classroom space as well
Continue reading ...Those wonderful one-penny ticket audience members who stood in the yard of Shakespeare’s theatre. They were a rowdy and indiscriminating lot by all accounts. Hamlet had a few words to say about them. They were, “for the most part, capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb shows and noise.” But hey, they bought the ticket, and
Continue reading ...Welcome to Groundling. This is the first post of what I hope will be many. I wanted a place to write about my love of theatre and good acting with others. Since I was introduced to theatre as a child, I’ve never found anything more thrilling than spending a couple of hours in a big,
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