Marginalia – Page 132

The Actors’ Nightmare

7 February, 2008
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Actors and Acting
Posted by Kate Foy

I was chatting with a couple of theatre colleagues this morning and as inevitably happens, we started swapping trade stories. We discovered that we shared the same kind of anxiety dream, what I’ve always called the actors’ nightmare. You’ve probably also experienced them if you’re an actor or have had to give a public presentation.

Asides

Studying a Text: ideas, lines, sounds

4 February, 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

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