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| A Stage Manager - Nicola Morris |
| Here is the last in the popular trilogy that is Nicola Morris's guide to being a stage manager. This time with handy tips and tricks! |
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| A Stage Manager's Blog - Nicola Morris |
| Nicola Morris was the Stage Manager for the Autumn 2006 tour of Bink and The Riddle of The Sphinx and was so fab that one of the venues the show visited took her to work on their pantomime. Here she writes a regularly updated Blog which she hopes wil offer some useful insights to other aspiring theatre crew-types. |
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| Adding Music To Drama - George Stiles |
| George Stiles is an Olivier award winning theatre composer and the magic behind Cameron Mackintosh's Mary Poppins. Here he describes how to best incorporate music in plays and musicals. |
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| Advice For The Aspiring Actor - Drew Mulligan |
| Drew Mulligan has worked with The RSC, The Old Vic and The People's Theatre Company and more recently starred in Peter Greenway's Palme d'Or nominated Tulse Luper's Suitcase Once an aspiring actor himself he offers a refreshing and insightful perspective on what it takes to get and do good work in the theatre. |
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| Another Way - Julie Kinsella |
| Every aspiring artist is familiar with the usual routes to success typically beginning with a trip to Drama School. However there is another way and Julie Kinsella, writer, director and performer with the BBC, Oxford Shakespeare Company and Kinetic, tells you all about it. |
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| Arts Council Funding - Jemima Lee. |
| More and more artists are recognising these days that in order to keep working it is necessary to make things happen rather than to wait for things to happen. The obstacle of course is money and to that end you have to learn about funding. In the UK the largest funder of the arts is the Arts Council and one of the drama officers at the Arts Council is Jemima Lee. |
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| Coming In September! - PTC |
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| Don't just tap: knock! - Steve Clark |
| Steve Clark is a man who has done it all, from films with The Marx Brothers to Royal Variety Perfomances. A pioneering black artist, a musician, performer and dancer there's no area of the industry he is not familiar with and no little wisdom he is able to share. |
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| Equity - Louise Grainger |
| After the recent vote about whether equity cards are necessary or not thirty one percent of you requested an advice column on the subject. Here it is courtesy of Louise Grainger at Equity. |
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| From The West End To Broadway - Tony Vincent |
| Musicals are the most popular form of live entertainment in the world and one of the biggest names in musical theatre today is Tony Vincent, star of We Will Rock You, Jesus Christ Superstar and Rent. Here Tony offers an invaluable insight into his journey to the stage. |
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| Getting into Adverts - Dave Nellist |
| Adverts are a great source of income for jobbing actors. Dave Nellist, star of the supernoodles campaign, tells you how to get into them. |
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| Getting Seen on the Fringe - Fiz Marcus |
| In the entertainment industry it is all about being seen and one of the first and best places new talent can go to be seen is The London Fringe. Fiz Marcus, successful writer, actor and director, is regularly seen and regularly employed. Read her advice and find out how it's done. |
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| How to be a Lighting Designer - Geoff Spain |
| Geoff Spain is the administrator for The Association of Lighting Designers and writes for the second of our three part installment of advice columns for aspiring lighting people. |
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| Mike Craig - Mike Craig |
| An interesting and educational anecdote or two from the past head of light entertainment at BBC Radio and one of Britain's leading comedy writers. |
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| Practical Approaches to Raising Funds in The Arts - Mickey Fellowes |
| There is nothing more liberating for an artist than being able to present his or her own work and nothing more obstructing to this than lack of funds. Mickey Fellowes has over five years experience in arts fundraising and has raised more than £250, 000 for projects just like the one you are dreaming of doing. Don't wait, don't regret, learn how to raise funds and start making things happen now! |
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| So you want to be a Lighting Designer? - A Qualifications Overview. - Scott Palmer |
| Scott Palmer is an administrator for The Association of Lighting Designers. The ALD is the professional body representing lighting designers in all fields in the United Kingdom and the rest of the world. It exists to develop artistic and creative aims amongst designers from the fields of Theatre, Television, Architecture, Education, Industrial and Corporate Presentation and Manufacturing. Here is the first of three columns kindly provided by the association to help aspiring lighting people into work. |
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| So You Want To Be An Actor - Christopher Cazenove |
| Christopher Cazenove is one of Britain's finest and most in demand actors. Here he offers invaluable advice to the aspiring actor. |
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| Steps To Success For The Aspiring Dancer - Jill Harrison Kalfin |
| Steps on Broadway is one of the world's foremost centres of excellence for dance training. Jill Harrison Kalfin is one of the Creative Directors there and has valuable advice for aspiring dancers including how to train at Steps for almost nothing! |
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| Surviving The Industry - Susie Amy |
| Susie Amy is best known for her starring role as Chardonnay in Footballers Wives but her success was not quite as overnight as it seems and her own bumpy journey to success makes her uniquely qualified to help other artists negotiate the extraordinary highs and lows associated with the industry. |
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| Sustaining Your Career - Roy Hudd |
| What every performer wants in the entertainment industry is a prolonged career. National treasure and veteran of the industry, Roy Hudd, gives his perspective on how its done. |
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| The Moonwalking Snowman - Part Two of a Stage manager's Blog - Nicola Morris |
| Check out the festive fun that is the life of a stage manager at Panto time. More tips, tricks and insights from Nicola Morris. |
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| Top Tips for Aspiring Lighting Designers. - The Association of Lighting Designers |
The third and final installment of advice columns for aspiring Lighting Designers written by the leading lights of The Association of Lighting Designers.
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| What To Look For In An Agent - P-A Turner |
| Investing in an agent is a career changing action so it's important you know how to do it right. P-A Turner, Managing Director of Principal Artistes, tells you what to look for. |
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| Why Do I Need An Agent? - P-A Turner |
| A definitive answer to the question on the lips of actors everywhere... |
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| Working in Radio - Izzy Mant |
| Izzy Mant is a BBC radio producer and director of the new opportunities initiative. Izzy recognises the importance of having radio work on your cv and offers helpful advice about how to get it. |
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| Write Hard - Barney Ashton |
| Barney Ashton was attached to The Royal Court young writers programme and twice represented Great Britain with his original work. He is outspoken and passionate about theatre and has sound words of advice, encouragement and support for all the sussed, wannabe young playwrights out there. |
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