Preparing for a Show...
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Dealing with a Bad Audience Response
As every actor knows, the more times you put yourself in front of crowds, the more likely you are to have a bad experience. It happens to the best of thespians, and...
Finding Auditions for Amateur Dramatic Productions
Are you interested in becoming involved with a local amateur dramatics society as a actor? That’s wonderful… but you’ll probably need to audition to...
Giving Free Tickets for Your Performances
Your amateur dramatic society is gearing up for a knock-their-knickers-off performance in two months, and you're a tad worried that the seats will...
How To Deal With Rejection In Auditions For Acting Roles
The life of a performer can be exciting, rewarding and encouraging; it can also be chock full of rejection, which is hardly what anyone would call...
Low Audience Numbers for Your Drama Performance
Even if your amateur dramatics society isn't offering performances for financial gain, it can be tough to act in front of empty chairs again and...
Making each Acting Performance Unique
Want to know a secret? Actors, singers and dancers sometimes become incredibly bored, especially if they have performed the same script or routine...
Preparing for Auditions
This single word 'audition' can elicit many different emotions including giddiness, fear, nervousness and elation.
Regardless of how you respond when you know an...
Rehearsal of Your Performance
Practising, or “rehearsing” as it’s often called among those involved in amateur dramatics, is an integral part of ensuring that actual performances are as strong and...
The Audition: For Organisers
Auditions are just one of the many exciting aspects of being a part of an amateur dramatics society. Yet with emotions running high (as they always do with auditions)...
The Audition: For Performers
So you've heard about an audition, either through the grapevine or from an advertisement or flyer. With butterflies in your stomach, you make the decision to head to...
The Common Mistakes Amateur Actors Make
Mistakes—even the best actors make them. However you don't have to if you know what they are before the curtain rises.
To give you a leg up in...
