Cabaret

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

Acting Mojo: prepping the script

21 December, 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

It’s All In the Timing

30 November, 2007
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Actors and Acting
Posted by Kate Foy

One of the talents I envy most in an actor is the gift of good timing. Of course you don’t have to be an actor to take advantage of this skill if you have it. It helps in life as well as in art. I saw good timing in action yesterday morning at a breakfast

Asides, Cabaret, theatre

How do you prep for a role?

22 November, 2007
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Actors and Acting, Voice and Text
Posted by Kate Foy

Quite by accident I’m reading a thriller set in Munich in 1929. The ‘by accident’ part refers to the fact that a lot of my thinking right now is centred around the production of Cabaret in which I’ve been cast. The ‘reading a thriller’ part is simply what I do for recreational reading … the

Asides, Cabaret, rehearsals

The Phone Rang!

19 November, 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

The siren call of the callback …

12 November, 2007
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Posted by Kate Foy

Is there a sweeter phone call for the actor than the one that says, “Callback?” Yes! It’s the one that says, “We want you” but one step at a time please … I got the first call this morning as I was leaving for work. Fair put a spring in me step it did. Some

Asides, auditioning, Cabaret

Post Audition

10 November, 2007
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Actors and Acting, Productions
Posted by Kate Foy

Well, OK, not bad … but then what would I know! It’s the way of the audition; in, out, and done. One way to get through the ‘Oh my god what a disaster’ or even ‘Hmm, not sures’ after an audition, is to stay busy. Worst thing is to post-mortem, and try to second guess

Asides, auditioning, Cabaret

Here we go again!

10 November, 2007
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Posted by Kate Foy

It’s been a while. I haven’t been on stage for several years now, and my plan is to start a gentle return. To which end, and excited at the prospect, I’ve lined up for an audition for a new production of the brilliant Kander and Ebb musical play Cabaret. I saw a striking production in

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Cabaret begins: meet and greet

Acting Mojo: prepping the script

It’s All In the Timing

How do you prep for a role?

The Phone Rang!

The siren call of the callback …

Post Audition

Here we go again!