by Cast It Admin | Jan 4, 2017 | Tough Love for Actors, US
How can you be the happier actor? Possibly the happiest actor on Earth? (Planet domination of joy may be theme park hyperbole.) If we’re to believe Irving Berlin, show people are deliriously happy—branded so in his jaunty show tune lyric, “There’s no people like show...
by Cast It Admin | Dec 14, 2016 | AU, John O'Hare Studios
Greetings! Remember last month we finished the blog on a cliffhanger? “Do actors feel what the character is feeling, whilst onstage in front of an audience?” In psychology, emotion is often defined as a complex state of feeling that results in physical and...
by Cast It Admin | Nov 9, 2016 | AU, John O'Hare Studios
Hello fellow actors and directors! Welcome back. This month I would like to begin a discussion about acting emotions. I will start the analysis with a question: Does the actor have to feel the emotions they portray in a character? During our Shakespeare Intensive...
by Cast It Admin | Sep 14, 2016 | #BreatheMoveReact, AU
This month in honour of RUOK DAY on September 8, I want to talk about mind fitness. Exercise keeps our bodies fit and healthy. However, our minds are just as important as our muscles, so this month, let’s incorporate mental health in our workouts! As actors, our...
by Cast It Admin | Aug 9, 2016 | 5 Questions
“Bobby Slayton is one of the few original politically incorrect comedians. He’ll pick on everyone from the Mafia to the Muslims. I wanted to punch him in the mouth a couple of times when he opened for me, but I was laughing too hard to make a fist. No one is safe from...