Productions

Week 2: Into the Tough Stuff

Feb . 17 . 2008
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Actors and Acting, Productions
Posted by Kate Foy

The end of another week of rehearsals. We continue working through the play, scene by scene, beat by beat developing character and relationships, exploring blocking, action and reaction. All this is familiar territory for a dramatic actor. But of course, this is a musical … enter choreography and singing calls, and it becomes tough stuff

Acting Notes, Asides, Cabaret

Farce and Furious Females and a Few Guys

Feb . 15 . 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

Feb . 13 . 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

Rehearsals begin: workshops, complicité, and creativity

Feb . 10 . 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.

Feb . 08 . 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

Studying a Text: ideas, lines, sounds

Feb . 04 . 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

Feb . 03 . 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

Acting Mojo: prepping the script

Dec . 21 . 2007
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Actors and Acting, Productions
Posted by Kate Foy

If you’re a working actor you might relate to this mundane but thrilling little task. I found myself marking up my Cabaret script this morning, and it fair got me all excited it did! Now why is this so? Well, it’s taking the first step down the process road, making the first real commitment to

Acting Notes, Cabaret, rehearsals, skills, text

The Phone Rang!

Nov . 19 . 2007
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Actors and Acting, Productions
Posted by Kate Foy

OK I haven’t been sitting by the phone waiting for it to ring. But ring it did this morning with some sweet news from the producers at the Empire Theatre. It was the ‘We want you’ call. I’ve been cast as Fraulein Schneider in Cabaret! Yessss … What a nice feeling it is to hear

Actors and Acting, Asides, auditioning, Cabaret, rehearsals

Ms Blanchett and the art of fine acting

Nov . 18 . 2007
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Posted by Kate Foy

I’m just back from seeing Elizabeth: the Golden Age. It’s all about Cate Blanchett and her fine, very fine acting. It’s a gorgeous looking movie by any account … we can only guess at the number of zeroes in the production design budget. As far as the performances are concerned, the movie is not a

Actors and Acting, review, Reviews

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Week 2: Into the Tough Stuff

Farce and Furious Females and a Few Guys

The Clayton’s Rehearsal

Rehearsals begin: workshops, complicité, and creativity

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

Studying a Text: ideas, lines, sounds

Cabaret begins: meet and greet

Acting Mojo: prepping the script

The Phone Rang!

Ms Blanchett and the art of fine acting