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Dreams Are Not Free
The price of fame For those old enough to remember, the original Fame series started with a dance teacher telling the pupils, “Fame costs, and right here’s where you start paying, in sweat.” We’re not talking strictly about fame here, but success costs. Achieving a...
To Be or Not to Be – The Typecasting Dilemma
Every actor wants to play a variety of different roles, to be challenged as a performer and not typecast. But, what if this very ideology stops you booking work and prevents you from getting in a position to choose the projects you love.
Do You Dig It? Digs that is.
Many civillians think actors are put up in hotels on tour. The reality is very different. I’ve never been to a hotel where I’ve been so cold I’ve had to sleep in my clothes!
Rollercoaster of Moods
We’re half way through our rehearsal period and the show has taken enough shape now to see how much or how little we have to do, yet not enough shape to have the safety and solidity we’ll have once the show is up and running. It’s an in-between time, and it can be really emotional.
‘Laddin I am Your Mother
After a year of little theatre and, whilst I am appreciative of the ad campaigns that have kept me afloat, it is wonderful to return to text, and even more excitingly, to song. As the monks say – we don’t sing because we’re happy, we’re happy because we sing.
Playing Lady Macbeth
How can we, as actors, bring originality to those well-known roles such as Lady Macbeth. Here’s what happened when I played this famous part.
Commentating Live on Eurosport
If you thought doing voice over is easy, well, you’d be mistaken. It’s amazing how, as soon as you focus on it, speaking can become difficult. But at least with a voice over you get a second chance. Presenting live you don’t.
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Local Piel (Crazy Skin) – my debut in a Chilean soap
It’s not your normal television debut, but then I was in Chile…
