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October already!

by Editor 3 October 2009

September has been a terrific month for theatre in Queensland. The biggest story was the Brisbane Festival with a wide array of local, national and international acts in town. Then there was the Under the Radar Festival of fringe theatre – both put a spring in the step of Queensland in the south-east. Closer to [...]

SAG Elephant

by Kate Foy 13 February 2009

Given the conflicting points of view on the YouTube commentary on this video, I’m interested to hear the reaction from ‘middle-class’ actors in the US on the implications of the AFTRA ‘deal’ struck with the film industry. As an Australian-based actor I can’t but feel that these issues will arrive onshore pretty darn quickly down [...]

Ben Kingsley in conversation with Charlie Rose: ‘We do our best work when we are happy.’

by Kate Foy 10 January 2009

Image via Wikipedia

I couldn’t resist posting Charlie Rose‘s recent conversation with Ben Kingsley … for a couple of reasons. Firstly Sir Ben talks about the nuts and bolts differerences between stage and screen acting … something we all like to sift through. But in the second part of the conversation, he opens up in quite [...]

Listening to books: Alan Bennett at the BBC

by Editor 8 January 2009

I can thoroughly recommend Alan Bennett at the BBC which is currently available from Audible.com or the iTunes store. I’ve just finished listening to the inimitable Mr Bennett reading what is a miscellany of his work from the past 30 or so years, and all via the BBC. By the way I very much also [...]

Creativity, motivation, and failing well … Twyla Tharp

by Kate Foy 28 November 2008

Please note that this video has been removed by the user … at least this is the message you get when you click the play button – no idea why this has happened. You might enjoy some of her commentary, interviews and videos here instead. Thanks to @PrincessJuleski on Twitter for this pointer to the Academy [...]

Back from a big dark room

by Kate Foy 8 May 2008

That’s where I’ve been for a week or more … in the theatre sitting out front at the director’s desk. The Groundling apologises to readers for the long time between drinks; theatre has a habit of taking over your life when you’re in a production. Thus, an excuse for neglecting my scribbles here.
I’ve been working [...]

Tiny, wee movies and moving postcards

by Kate Foy 10 April 2008

From today, the fabulous Flickr photo application allows pro users ($US24.95 a year) to upload up to 90 secs of individual videos to their site. Formerly users could submit still shots only.
I’ve been shooting and collecting images in a ‘theatres’ set on my Flickr page for a few years now. This morning I added a [...]

Improvisational Magic: a TED Inspiration

by Kate Foy 26 March 2008

I often use improvisation with my students in acting classes. It is never entirely ‘free-form’ as is often thought. Improvisation bears fruit when allowed free rein within a ‘cage’ of understood rules … what we tend to call in acting the given circumstances or GCs … the who, where, when and what of a [...]

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