Actors and Performers Blog

Five new plays that had their productions stopped due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

Read this Extract from Clown: The Physical Comedian, Introduction, The Word and The Look

Read this Extract from Voice Into Acting, Chapter One: The Organic Acting Approach and the Voice

Read this interview from the Actors' and Performers' Yearbook 2021 with David Mumeni on levelling the playing field for actors from working- and benefit- class backgrounds.

Read this extract from the introduction of Di and Viv and Rose by Elizabeth Kuti, from Methuen Drama's Modern Classics series.

Read this monologue The Passport Thing by Iman Qureshi, taken from My White Best Friend, a collection of letters from some of the most exciting voices in the UK and…

Read extracts from Ann Yee’s conversation with Ayse Tashkiran, author of Movement Directors in Contemporary Theatre: Conversations on Craft

Read an extract from Rethinking the Actor's Body: Dialogues with Neuroscience by Dick McCaw, published by Methuen Drama earlier this year.

We’ve put together a selection of recent hit plays that all include fantastic new monologues for actors. Many can be used by actors of any age or gender and others…

Read an extract from Screen Acting Skills by Roger Wooster and Paul Conway about how to work without other actors and develop skills for a screen career.