by Bel | Mar 10, 2016 | acting classes, acting classes london, audition classes, audition doctor, auditions, classes for acting
In an article for the Independent entitled “How to tell good acting from bad acting”, Christopher Hooton wrote: “An actor’s job is to know the breadth of human possibility and the depths of his or her own possibilities. He or she must pull from this well and...
by Bel | Feb 4, 2016 | acting classes, acting classes london, audition classes, audition doctor, auditions, tilly blackwood
Recently, there have been several articles where both actors and directors have spoken about how important an audience is in a play’s growth and development. Ralph Fiennes said: “It’s in front of an audience that I start to really learn what I’m doing. You rehearse,...
by Bel | Jan 31, 2016 | acting classes, acting classes london, audition classes, audition doctor, auditions, classes for acting, tilly blackwood
Emma Rice, new artistic director of the Globe, spoke in the Telegraph about her mission of getting rid of the idea that Shakespeare was something audiences felt that they had to endure as opposed to enjoy. “There’s a lot of theatre, some of it Shakespeare some not,...
by Bel | Jan 20, 2016 | acting classes, acting classes london, audition classes, audition doctor, auditions, classes for acting, tilly blackwood
In an article in The Times, Emma Rice – new artistic director of the Globe – stated that “she would like to aim for a 50-50 split between roles for actors and actresses at the Globe, despite female characters being a minority in Shakespeare’s work.” “There...
by Bel | Jan 14, 2016 | acting classes, acting classes london, audition classes, audition doctor, auditions, classes for acting, tilly blackwood
Last year, Ophelia Lovibond was interviewed for Whatsonstage before she appeared in Lucy Prebble’s The Effect at Sheffield Theatres (Crucible Studio). “I’m so excited…The luxury which I am realising I’ve not had working in film and television is the...
by Bel | Jan 11, 2016 | acting classes, acting classes london, audition classes, audition doctor, auditions, classes for acting, tilly blackwood
In an interview for Whatsonstage, Kate Fleetwood spoke about Medea’s rehearsal process and said: “It’s hard in rehearsals to get that contact with something emotionally whilst also trying to contain an intellectual dialogue as well; it’s easy to bellow and...
by Bel | Dec 31, 2015 | acting classes, acting classes london, audition classes, audition doctor, auditions, classes for acting, tilly blackwood
In Backstage, Timothy Simons (who plays Jonah Ryan in Veep) spoke about the importance of approaching an audition from a personal perspective, rather than the perceived perspective of those on the other side of the table. “You don’t want to go in trying to force...
by Bel | Dec 28, 2015 | acting classes, acting classes london, audition classes, audition doctor, auditions, classes for acting, tilly blackwood
At Audition Doctor, Tilly always encourages students to spend a considerable amount of time in search of the speech that they would like to work on. David Haig recently was interviewed in Whatsonstage playing King George III: “It’s incredibly rare to find...
by Bel | Dec 16, 2015 | acting classes, acting classes london, audition classes, audition doctor, auditions, classes for acting, tilly blackwood
Phillip Seymour Hoffman often spoke about the level of commitment and dedication acting required: “I think that the amount of concentration — sometimes the amount of personal exploration — it takes to do something well, can be not pleasant … like hard work is....
by Bel | Dec 15, 2015 | acting classes, acting classes london, audition classes, audition doctor, auditions, tilly blackwood
In an interview in The Stage, Charles Edwards said: “It’s a very tangible thing, actually, putting together a performance. It’s twisting and rearranging and changing. One feels one is creating something whole, working on a performance.” This is something that Audition...
Bel Knight was part of the Lyric Hammersmith Writers' Programme and has recently completed the Soho Writers' Lab.
She is about to start the Writing for Stage and Media Broadcast course at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.