Blog: An actor writes – Happy January
Actors are very backward things in many ways. Not only do they spend their lives pretending to be people they aren’t in front of an audience of people who k...
Casting
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...
Blog: An actor writes – How to spot a bad casting brief
When I tell people I’m an actor, after they’ve finished asking me what I’ve been in that they would have seen (nothing), they often then ask me how I find wor...
Seizing history with RSC’s Julius Caesar
Annie Gouk finds out more about the RSC's latest take on Shakespeare's gutsy political play Julius Caesar.
International View: Keeping creative juices flowing during the holidays
Be it the summer or the winter holiday season, it's the time everything slows down. However frustrating for the self-employed it it might be to take days off, t...
Climbing Arthur’s Seat: The sneaky peek
Our preview is imminent. Like, really imminent. As in, one week. A preview is something that most companies taking shows to the Fringe will be doing. It’s th...