Acting Essentials: Introduction to the Alexander Technique
Read an extract from Bill Connington’s new book in Methuen Drama’s Acting Essential Series introducing actors to the Alexander Technique through practical study.
Read an extract from Bill Connington’s new book in Methuen Drama’s Acting Essential Series introducing actors to the Alexander Technique through practical study.
Actor Rob Ostlere offers essential advice from his book The Actor’s Career Bible for any actors launching their career.
Read an extract from Martin Constantine’s new book The Opera Singer’s Acting Toolkit which offers opera singers an essential guide to creating a role on stage.
Read about the Methuen Drama plays and authors performing at the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe including Baby Reindeer by Richard Gadd.
Actor Rob Ostlere offers helpful advice from his new book The Actor’s Career Bible
Read sample exercises from Samantha Marsden’s new book 100 Acting Exercises for 8-18 year olds to inspire classroom and drama club participation.
Methuen Drama attend the Surviving Actors 2019 conference in London. Read about our day and seminar with Daniel Dresner.
As with most things in the acting world there is no ‘right way’ when it comes to putting a letter or email together. The following advice comes from interviews I’ve carried out with various actors, casting directors, agents and other industry experts; basic rules you can fall back on when in doubt, that will leave you something professional and effective.
For the last 2 weeks of June 2014, I was in Calgary working with Keith Johnstone (as his Literary Executor) preparing and packing his personal archive (or a portion of it) for shipment to Stanford University where The Keith Johnstone Papers will be permanently housed.
Film and stage are quite similar in that they both are looking for truthful behavior within imaginary circumstances, or to quote Stanislavski, “Actors must live privately in public” regardless of medium.