Jonjo O’Neill’s portrayal of Richard III (Royal Shakespeare Company, 2012) is one of my favourite characters, and continues to inspire me. Although I didn’t see the production live, this clip of his opening soliloquy (Act 1, Scene 1) changed many of my views on approaching Shakespeare. Jonjo owned the character before he even said a […]
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“Blackspot Hotspot” | Melbourne Writers Theatre
I had a brilliant time in Melbourne Writers Theatre’s workshop for “Blackspot Hotspot”, written by Bruce Shearer, directed by Alec Gilbert. Hilarious, black humour – very Pythonesque is the way that these absurd little characters and scenes transitioned. I read Mr Jones and Scrap, both of whom were really well written and frankly, hilarious! Wonderful […]
Continue Reading“One Way Love” | StageMilk feedback
Feedback from my StageMilk submission this month – “One Way Love”. Think about the beginning and the end of the scene. The actor speaks in a continuum, not in isolation. I need to think about how to enter and exit the scene, so I present it as a flow, rather than a cold start and […]
Continue Reading“River God” | Madwoman Monologue
Here’s my audition for this year’s Madwoman’s Monologue production. I presented an excerpt from “River God” by Louise Hopewell. The piece is a reflection by a priceless South American river god statue who is upset at a CCTV camera invading his privacy. I decided to take it in a slightly different direction and asked myself, […]
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“The Mourners” | Melbourne Writer’s Theatre
This week, I had a lot of fun working with Melbourne Writer’s Theatre on a Zoom play reading. I worked on a new short play called “The Mourners” written by Melbourne playwright Michael Olson and directed by Darren Valentine. Actually, I was able to work with one of my genuine Australian creative/acting heroes, Alec Gilbert […]
Continue ReadingSimon Stephens – script analysis
My notes from the script analysis calls with Michael Abercrombie this week. What I like about Stephens’ work is the way that his characters are not perfect. Far from it. In fact, they are flawed and are simply trying to make do with what they have. I like that a lot. No pretence. It’s realistic […]
Continue Reading“Cosi” (Doug)
Damian’s (StageMilk) feedback from my Doug monologue. Technical stuff Eliminate these distractions from my acting. Get these technical things sorted so they don’t take the audience’s attention. White shirt, white background = floating head. Don’t do it. Microphone was poor. I knew this already. I used the internal microphone in the camera. Bad move. I’ll […]
Continue ReadingThe Importance of Just Getting On With It
I spend way too much time doubting myself and questioning my abilities. Constantly. Ugh. This quote hits the spot for me. It tells me to hang in there, not give up and just…keep… walking forward.
Continue Reading2021. New Beginning.
Let’s make 2021 a fresh start. New beginning. New dreams. New goals. New opportunities. New commitments. Let’s breathe deeply and step forward with purpose. Stay true to the goal, come what may.Bring it on.
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Finding Ourselves in the Lives of Others
I love the idea that every person has something in them that we can connect to. Dustin Hoffman once said that he wanted to play Saddam Hussein, after seeing a photo of him playing with his young grandson. The photo made him think that although Saddam was a horrible person he was also a father […]
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