Preparing for a Show

Did your most recent dramatic piece receive a lackluster (or downright hostile) reception? Bad audience response happens to the most experienced of...

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...

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 go...

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...

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...

Sure, it can be tough to perform the same show night after night. But that doesn’t have to mean that performances become stale as day-old bread!...

This single word 'audition' can elicit many different emotions including giddiness, fear, nervousness and elation. Regardless of how you respond...

Practising, or “rehearsing” as it’s often called among those involved in amateur dramatics, is an integral part of ensuring that actual performances...

Whether you’re organising or attending an audition, it’s important to have a bit of background knowledge regarding the process. Here, we’ll tell you...

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...

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...