I was fortunate to be able to participate in a workshop held at the McManus Theatre, especially for the London One Act Festival participants yesterday, taught by the LOAF adjudicator Alan K. Sapp. There were 15 participants, ranging in age from 11 to late 60's. We did a number of improvisation exercises from the book …
Category: What I’ve Learned
Why Youth Theatre Is Important
I've read lots of articles on the topic of youth theatre and its importance, but a lot of them tend to be really wordy and quite highfalutin', with lots of fancy theories and big words. This article talks about the importance of children's theatre, but that's a different topic altogether -- children's theatre tends to lean …
Halfway through 2013… time for a mid-year check-in!
I just got back from recording an update podcast with The Lovers, The Dreamers and You team. It has been a long time since our last podcast... we have not recorded anything since February! Sad trombone! But the entire team has been incredibly busy the past few months. We discovered that in between all of …
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Theatre Thoughts: Creating Community
I recently got an email from a friend who is stage managing a show and is finding that some of the actors are not feeling very included and separated from the rest of the cast. That seriously sucks! As I've said before, theatre is such a creative medium. It's absolutely crucial to create a sense of …
What Makes The Best… Assistant?
Source This post was inspired by Ceris' awesome series of ten articles over on The Lovers, The Dreamers, and You about what makes the best actor/director/stage manager/designer/etc. That got me to thinking... what makes the best theatrical assistant? Theatre is such a collaborative art form, and as they say, "Many hands make light work." Assistants come …
Kerry Hishon 