December 2008

Pause … Silence …Curtain

by Kate Foy 28 December 2008

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Harold Pinter has exited the room.
There can’t be too many theatre lovers who aren’t aware of the great man’s passing on Christmas Eve 2008 after a long, ravaging illness. A seminal playwright for the late 20th century, Nobel Laureate, actor and latterly an activist, Pinter never lost his anger which bubbled to the [...]

It’s the ‘best of the year’ season …

by Editor 27 December 2008

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Between Christmas and New Year’s there’s always a sense of the big roundup. For years, network television grabs the ‘biggest’ ‘worst’ ‘best’ etc. of everything and rehashes a package to remind us of the biggest, worst and best of the past year. These programs always remind me of the leftover Christmas ham that [...]

With warmest wishes for the season …

by Kate Foy 23 December 2008

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The Groundling is taking time out to be with family, to reflect on the year that’s passed, but mostly to take it easy, eat, drink and be merry.
With best wishes to you for the quiet joys of the season. May it be peaceful and all that you desire.
I’ll be back in [...]

Twitter and the Groundling

by Kate Foy 19 December 2008

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Groundlings love being in crowds and in-crowds. It’s part of the buzz at the theatre for a start. Now the social-networking addicts’ favourite application, Twitter has a brand-new (about an hour old as I peck away here) International Theatre Group. How about that!
And what’s the point, apart from indulging your addiction? [...]

So you want to be an actor? … we have a problem

by Kate Foy 15 December 2008

A year ago I wrote about American scholar and practitioner Robert Hornby’s ‘The End of Acting’. It’s a book that has a strong point of view about the art of acting and the education of artists. I’ve enjoyed dipping back into it since a first reading in 1993. That an actor needs training is, from [...]