Videos

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 [...]

Invisible Theatre: Frozen Grand Central

by Kate Foy 28 February 2008

Now this I like. More please … everywhere!

Being There: On Tour

by Kate Foy 27 February 2008

An enormously important and formative experience in my life as a young actor was that of being on tour for many weeks, and schools’ tours at that. It was 1971, and I was fresh from drama school in the UK, and back home in Queensland. The new state theatre company (Queensland Theatre Company or [...]

Differences between Stage and Screen Performance #1 or Why Editors are Gods: a moving metaphor

by Kate Foy 3 February 2008

Think about it.

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