Advice for disabled actors from Zak Ford-Williams, Actors’ & Performers’ Yearbook 2024
In this exclusive article, actor Zak Ford-Williams offers advice to disabled actors on navigating the industry.
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Introducing… The Need for Words
Find your voice with Patsy Rodenburg’s seminal work on words – featuring a brilliant foreword by the late Antony Sher – which offers practical ways to approach language, Shakespeare, Romantic poetry, modern prose, and much more.
Introducing… The Improv Illusionist
Develop your improv skills through solo and group work with over 50 exercises and practical techniques featured in this book for being more physical on stage.
Listen to our podcast episode on Black British Queer Plays and Practitioners
Journey through the development of Black queer theatre in Britain, from monologue to musicals, realist drama to club-performance, and a wide range of forms.
Introducing… The Actor Speaks
Legendary voice coach Patsy Rodenburg’s essential guide to voice work for actors who want to reach the pitch, passion and vocal intensity that the best roles require.
Annie Morrison on The Moment of Speech
Legendary voice instructor and creator of the Morrison Bone Prop, Annie Morrison, has put her modernising practice to paper, sharing her transformative process in The Moment of Speech: Creative Articulation for Actors.
An interview with Cherrelle Skeete, from the Actors’ & Performers’ Yearbook 2022
In this exclusive interview, actress Joan Iyiola talks to Cherrelle Skeete, co-founder and Artistic Director of Blacktress UK, a network that supports Black womxn creatives by providing them with a community.
Anne Bogart on The Art of Resonance
In this exclusive extract, Anne Bogart breaks down the art of ‘resonance’: defining what it is, highlighting why it matters, and explaining how the ‘global situation’ of 2020 spurred her into writing.
Introducing… 30 Monologues and Duologues for South Asian Actors
The Kali Theatre celebrates 30 years of producing art with 30 monologues and duologues written by South Asian women.
Introducing… Voiceover Narration
Dian Perry uses decades of experience to offer simple exercises for great narrators and voiceover artists.
Introducing… Unusual Stories, Unusually Told
Celebrating the boldest American voices today is this collection of seven plays from Clubbed Thumb’s Summerworks.
An extract from Clown: The Physical Comedian – introducing The Look
Read this Extract from Clown: The Physical Comedian, Introduction, The Word and The Look
Extract from Voice into Acting, Chapter One: The Organic Acting Approach and the Voice
Read this Extract from Voice Into Acting, Chapter One: The Organic Acting Approach and the Voice
Extract from Actors’ and Performers’ Yearbook 2021
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.
Extract from the introduction of Di and Viv and Rose by Elizabeth Kuti
Read this extract from the introduction of Di and Viv and Rose by Elizabeth Kuti, from Methuen Drama’s Modern Classics series.
“The Passport Thing” – a monologue from My White Best Friend
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 beyond, edited by Rachel De-lahay.