Blog: An actor writes – the one-sided conversation
When you become an actor, you quickly learn to redesign your notions of communication. You might (you should) have conversations on stage which involve list...
Briony Rawle
Blog: An actor writes – “Yes, but what do you DO?”
Many people’s jobs require them to account for their time in order to get paid. They write reports, they give presentations, they, they – well I have no idea ...
Blog: An actor writers – when casting websites stink
Trawling the casting websites for work is an actor’s daily ritual. Each day, another musical will need an "Understudy/Assistant Stage Manager", another musi...
Spotlight on: Nic Jackman – “The most important thing for an actor is to listen”
Nic Jackman is a recent graduate from LAMDA’s three-year acting course and is in rehearsals for the Donmar Warehouse’s new production of Arnold Wesker’s Roo...
Blog: An actor writes – tips for actors
You’d think that with all the advice that actors are offered all the time, it’d be a pretty easy ride. Whenever I tell a non-actor that I’m an actor, they u...
Blog: An actor writes – Money makes the world go round
This week my happy, lefty, lazily anti-capitalist ideals took an unpleasant bashing as I realised that, particularly in the acting world, most of the time t...
Briony Rawle
Briony studied English Literature at Warwick University and then an MA in Acting at Drama Centre London. She is an actor, writer and reviewer living in London.