Tag: mental health
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Why Sleep is Important for Actors
How sleeping is beneficial for performers, including how much sleep you need, how to nap effectively and five ways to get a better night’s sleep by Ariella Barnett Sleep is essential for physical and mental recovery and maintenance and, as with most things, it’s important to get the balance right. Too much or too little…
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How to Survive on Set Long-Term
How to take care of yourself when working on a film or TV set and get the most out of the experience as an actor by Sam Otto Embarking on a long-term film or TV shoot can be one of the most exhilarating experiences for an actor – particularly if it takes us overseas or…
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How to Discuss Your Mental Health and Wellbeing with Your Agent
Tips for getting support to maintain your mental and emotional health and communicating your needs with your agent. Acting can be a challenging industry when it comes to mental health. You may experience rejection, frustration, and moments when your next job feels like it’ll never come. That’s why it’s essential to have a relationship with your…
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Rest: The Secret to Success
Tips to ensure you get the rest you need, and why it’s important for your body, mind and acting career. The word ‘rest’ is thrown around constantly in the performing arts industry. With busy schedules, intense rehearsal hours, and extreme training demands, finding moments to rest often feels not only impossible, but counterproductive toward reaching…
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Finding Joy in Your Performing Career
Tips for reigniting and maintaining joy in your acting career, no matter what stage you’re at. The journey of most performers stems from a love of the arts and the spellbinding joy that performing brings. The art world provides a space for connection, growth and inspiration – an outlet that provides so much joy, clarity…
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A Parent’s Guide to Mental and Physical Health for Young Performers
A parent and coach gives her guide for parents in supporting their young performers. Please note: If you are in need of mental health advice and support, please seek this out from a qualified professional. This article is aimed specifically at parents of young people in the acting profession. Outlining practical tools to support their…
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9 Practical Tips to Manage Your Injury
Helpful tips on how performers can recover from injuries as quickly and sustainably as possible The need for injury management is inevitable in the demanding life of a performer. Ideally, we avoid injury at all costs, but even with implementing regular prevention practices, it’s likely that you’ll be dealing with one at some point in…
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8 Top Tips for Bonding with a New Cast
Industry advice for getting on with your fellow company members and creating lasting bonds Meeting new people in any context can be daunting. Unlike most professions, actors’ careers involve hundreds of first days at the proverbial office. Our job requires working closely – sometimes intimately – with colleagues we’ve only known for a few weeks. In…
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12 Tips for Controlling Nerves
Top tips to help deal with nerves ahead of auditions, performances or rehearsals. Nerves can get the better of all of us. Even established actors get nervous before auditions, performances and in rehearsals as Imelda Staunton, Josette Simon, Alex Jenning and other actors have shared with us. The trick is knowing how to deal with them when…
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Navigating Self-taping When You Have Kids
Five tips for performer parents or guardians who need to self-tape whilst caring for kids or babies. Self-tapes have opened actors up to a world of possibility, but they can become pretty complicated when you add small children into the mix. Love them or loathe them, self-tapes are here to stay but if you’re a…