Bloomsbury Publishing
Casting director Sam Stevenson draws on her rich experience, from both her time as deputy head of casting at the National Theatre and her varied freelance career, to delve into the challenges and possibilities that you might face in auditions.
Five new plays that had their productions stopped due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
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.
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 are more specific.
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.
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 an extract from director Matthew White’s new book Staging Musicals in which he discusses the research process for the creative team.
Read an extract from actor and activist Julie Hesmondhalgh’s Working Diary which documents a year in her life.
