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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.
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 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.
Methuen Drama attends Surviving Actors Conference 2020 featuring a special guest panel by Julie Hesmondhalgh, talking about life as an actor.
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.
Actors’ and Performers’ Yearbook 2020 is now on sale, featuring updated essential contacts for stage, screen and radio along with fresh advice from industry experts.
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 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.
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.
This interview is an excerpt taken from Creating Musical Theatre: Conversations with Broadway Directors and Choreographers (2013), by Lyn Cramer.
CRAMER: I want to ask you about choreographic approach