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1 January, 2011
Shakespeare comes to a cinema near you!
Sharing my joy at all the screened Shakespeare (with some fine actors and directors) coming up, here are a few links to check out:-
National Theatre Live – Macbeth – July 2013 + ‘Coriolanus’ 2014
Globe on Screen 2013 – Henry V, Twelfth Night & Taming of the Shrew
Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing
And there’s a ‘digital theatre project’ to explore as well, presented by the RSC and Google+… Midsummer Night’s Dreaming.
When Should I Work For Free? Part Three
20 April, 2013
Because we really need to have a decent sense of our own value, folks!
Be our new Head of Stage
29 January, 2013
The National Theatre of Scotland is seeking to appoint a new Head of Stage as part of the Technical Department.
They will be responsible for a range of areas, including scenery, staging and rigging, and will ensure that all National Theatre of Scotland productions are delivered to the highest standard.
Working across the full range of National Theatre of Scotland activities, the successful candidate will be expected to control budgets, manage equipment and company resources, provide support and information in advance to future projects and continued support to previous projects.
“Critics of state investment in the arts often say it’s a choice between the arts and hospital beds. In fact the opposite is true – the arts pay for those hospital beds.”
Playwright Fin Kennedy, following a meeting with Culture Minister Ed Vaizey, has created a fantastic campaign for collating information about how new writing and theatre is being hit by cuts – which Vaizey and others say they will read.
The link takes you to an excellent interview – below I give just a few gems - please do read, support and pass this on!
Challenge Vaizey: An Interview with Fin Kennedy « The Oxford Culture Review
- Fin Kennedy
“As Albert Einstein put it: “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.””
“Creativity and the capacity to innovate are really at the core of any healthy society and economy, and indeed could arguably be said to be one of the core elements of the human condition.”
“Nurturing creativity in the young is like installing the software on which all the other information they are absorbing will run. … Will studying GCSE Drama get a child a job as an actor? Probably not. Will it give them the skills to shine in any job interview which comes their way? Almost certainly.”
“VAT receipts on West End box office sales alone outstrip state investment in theatre – nationwide.”
“The art form will stagnate if new voices can’t make it through.”
Spread the word!
Toe Dipped Back In Telly-Drama Water
13 January, 2013
I read lots of novels, I go to the cinema and the theatre, I have lots of DVDs of British dramas from the 70s and 80s written by greats like Alan Plater, Colin Welland, and Dennis Potter, I listen to radio dramas... but I haven't watched British television dramas on a regular basis since 1999 when the Reality T.V. boom began.
As I don't see much on television myself (though at the moment I'm enjoying 'Once Upon a Time' on 5*), here's some thoughts I rather enjoyed from writer Karen Barclay.
A bit of a rant about "Skivers and Strivers"
12 January, 2013
On my way to the studio this afternoon I was listening to the radio and heard something that really annoyed me. I'm not sure what it was, since it was a short journey and I didn't hear the beginning or end of the programme, but it was someone on Radio 4 talking about "skivers and strivers". I can't help feeling that these terms are noxious Cameronite propaganda designed to make people who have recently been shafted by a double dip recession and subsequent high unemployment rates feel bad about themselves.
Do you have particular work patterns? And do they fit in with a 9-5 system?
How to Get Ready for Your Acting Audition
7 January, 2013
photo credit: Mr. Daniel Ted Feliciano via photopin cc
Some great advice here, with concise and practical specifics…
How to Get Ready for Your Acting Audition
I offered a couple of additional points, so do read the Comments section, too – and encourage this author by your own comments, if you also appreciate the article!
