rehearsals

Week 4: Slow and Steady and Dorothy Parker

2 March, 2008
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Actors and Acting, Productions
Posted by Kate Foy

Another weekend of rehearsals, but sporadic for me. It feels a little like shooting a movie; short bursts and a bit out of sequence, as well as disconnected from previous work. It’s a function of how we’re working on the show. The current schedule is Thursdays through Mondays for the creative team heads. However, as

Asides, Cabaret, costumes, Dorothy Parker, rehearsals

Week 3: Rehearsals, trust and the feel-goods

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

photo credit: ghostdad On we go inching our way through the text … another rehearsal another song, another movement routine … not quite dancing. A bit of a relief really. I’ve not been blessed with feet touched by Terpsichore. So you think you can dance? Nope, not this gal. Not fair because I love it

Asides, Cabaret, effort, endorphins, rehearsals, stress, well-being, workout

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

Overused acting notes #1: Being in the Moment

2 December, 2007
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Actors and Acting
Posted by Kate Foy

If there’s one phrase that an actor can get tired of, it’s that old favourite ‘being in the moment.’ I count myself as one who finds it tedious. It doesn’t mean I shouldn’t pay attention to it, or that it isn’t relevant … a lot of the notes I’ve given and received have been about

Acting Notes, actor training, Actors and Acting, rehearsals, self-indulgence, Stanislavski

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

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Week 4: Slow and Steady and Dorothy Parker

Week 3: Rehearsals, trust and the feel-goods

Acting Mojo: prepping the script

Overused acting notes #1: Being in the Moment

How do you prep for a role?

The Phone Rang!