Tag: first person
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Between Acting Jobs: The Journey from High Pay to No Pay
Actor John Currivan gives his advice on preparing for the big drop in income between acting work… Steady and high paying acting jobs are rare in our business. Having them makes us feel like we’re flying high! We eye the start date of a long-term contract like a pilot eyes up their launch schedule.…
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Finding Your Other Calling: Achieving Balance in Acting
Lauren McCrostie talks about finding balance and a source of excitement, income and stability, outside acting. People working within this profession are often strangely acclimatised to its variant and demanding nature. We are used to, and acceptant of daily ghosting and rejection, financial instability, uncertainty over our career trajectory and ultimate powerlessness over our calendars.…
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How Your Other Half Loves: How to Support Your Partner and How They Can Support You
Mental Health and Wellbeing Manager Bea Grist talks about what it’s like to love and support a performer-partner… Nine years ago, I met my performer partner whilst we were working for the same theatre company. We spent every free moment together and we fell in love. But then my beloved went off on a six-month…
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An Actor’s Guide to Reconnecting with Your Purpose
Feeling out of touch with your passion for acting? Not sure on your direction right now? Katie Redford gives us her guide to reconnecting to the fire in your belly… Has anyone else watched one of those motivational videos on YouTube? You know the ones with clips of random members of the public staring out…
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Between Acting Jobs: ‘Low Pay’ or ‘No Pay’ work
Actor John Currivan takes us through the his considerations for taking on less than monetarily satisfying work… Please note: John is an actor, who has taken lots of kinds of jobs as an actor! he is not a legal professional, and this article does not replace legal advice regarding jobs you might take on. For any…
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Bursting the Drama School Bubble: Life After Graduation with Thea Butler
What you should know about life after graduating from drama school My first audition after graduating was an absolute abomination, I was so embarrassed and upset that I immediately wanted to quit. A few months and a whole lot of auditions later, the same casting company that witnessed my first audition offered me my first…
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Between Acting Jobs: Cultivating Creativity and Self-Development
John Currivan continues his series on life between acting jobs, this time delving into how actors can cultivate their creativity and find ways to develop themselves further… We actors need to be creative and well-rounded to do our work. However, the nature of our work means that we are, quite often, unemployed. The lack of…
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Between Acting Jobs: Staying Afloat with Your Side-Gig
John Currivan talks us through the importance of the side-gig – and how to make sure it helps keep you afloat between acting jobs! The performance industry can feel like a wide lonely ocean. When we’re working, it feels like we’ve hopped onto a luxury cruise liner, we can barely feel the boat rocking. When…
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Overcoming Self-Judgment as an Actor
Penelope Granycome reflects on what you can do to overcome the voice of self-judgment… The biggest block to emotional wellbeing and relaxed presence in any area of life – but particularly an acting career – is the emotional seesaw of self-judgment. It can be so easy to measure our self-worth by whether or not we…
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How to Create Your Own Screen Work
Whether it’s for our own pleasure or going directly into your next showreel, Matthew Jacobs Morgan gives us the low down on creating your own filmed work If you have a good idea and an iPhone/camera, then the world’s your oyster… Matthew Jacobs Morgan Now is a very exciting time. We have the ability to…