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this issue What we’ve been up to P.1 Graduate news P.2, & P.5-P.7 Student Spotlight P.3
QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER KEEPING YOU UP-TO-DATE WITH ALL THAT IS ALRA
Working in America—Kris Saddler P.8
Industry Insight: Annelie Powell
has been working in Casting since 2006 and is a freelance London based Casting Director.
How to deal with dejection and rejection Often the above two go hand in hand. Everyone experiences them. It's just because of the transient nature of an actor’s career; you are likely to face more rejection than your average receptionist. However, often the two are a cycle. Go into a job too desperate and with low confidence then you probably aren’t going to get the job. Similarly, going in too nervous, so that you act so arrogant everyone in the room takes an instant dislike to you isn't going to do you any favours either. With the rise of YouTube, the internet, Rapid Write Response night, Ideas Tap, Edinburgh etc., there is always the opportunity to create your own work. And yes, it may be not as well paid as that first gig at the regional rep, where you are a spear carrier, but it'll probably be a more interesting part. As long as it isn’t a one man show you'll be learning from other actors. It’s really important to keep the flame of your craft alive when you leave drama school. With no schedule, sun salutations, or the Movement Tutor making you do pliés, the world can quickly become a overwhelming kind of place. You laugh, but in the middle of October you'll be gagging for a bit of Animal Studies. Cont’d on p6
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What we’ve been up to recently: First of all we would like to introduce ourselves to those of you who don’t know us yet. I’m Hannah, the new Marketing and Publicity officer and I’m Maddy, graduate from the 3 year course and Student Adviser at ALRA. As always life at ALRA has been pretty busy and we have been working on an array of different projects, collaborating with a variety of theatre professionals to nurture and broaden students acting, performance and technical skills. In April we held our Three Year Acting course showcase at the Apollo Theatre London and also at the Contact Theatre in Manchester, which was directed by Casting Director Louis Hammond. Both were a huge success with industry professionals such as Narrow Road, Cole Kitchen and Casting Directors from the National attending. Since the showcase students are already attending auditions and have signed with a variety of agents. In order to prepare our next third year group we held a networking event at the Concert Artistes Association. Students got the chance to ask industry questions about the profession and gained advice on how to conduct themselves as young actors as they begin their careers. Our annual collaboration with People Show and Roehampton University was a huge success, with ALRA Stage Management students technically managing the show and two of our Year 3 acting students performing in it.
The piece was called the Rummage Show and explored the idea of objects having personality and a sense of identity. It was a fantastic collaboration with a theatre company that constantly strive to create cutting edge, innovative theatre. ALRA are working in conjunction with Yellow Earth for the third year running in July, and are holding Yellow Academy, a two week intensive acting and writing workshop for East Asian actors who are interested in pursuing a career in theatre. ALRA:TV is a new and exciting addition to us this year and it will broadcast students’ work along with graduate interviews, audition technique classes, news stories and blogs to employers, Agents and Casting Directors. ALRA: TV streams 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Our aim in bringing the ALRA: Article to you is to maintain links with our alumni and publicise what they and we have been up to. We are extremely proud of the actors and Stage Management students that ALRA produce and we would love to hear about what you have all been up to. Please contact hannah.bulgin@alra.co.uk or maddy.anholt@alra.co.uk if you have any exciting news or would like to catch up. See you next time,
DIRECT FROM THE DIRECTORS:
Graduate news:
Each newsletter we will be giving Clive and Adrian a topic to discuss…
Adrian Hall
What happens after graduation?
“…The first 48 hours. Blind panic. How empty Monday morning would be. No peer support, no bacon butties. The next 10 years. Mopping floors at 5am, delivering communion wine, bussing tables and driving a bread delivery lorry during the night are hard jobs. Harder still was getting home after 8 hours driving, hoping to get some sleep for a few hours and getting the agent’s call you dread…..can you make a casting this afternoon? Of course you can. No sleep? No problem…… Ha! Can you see the connection between the jobs? Nothing between 9 and 5 in case by some miracle the agent rang with a casting. Not that this happened very often and in any case when it did, who on earth was going to give a job to the demented, sleep deprived maniac staring into the video camera mixing up his name with his agents and sobbing gently? The thing is you have to live, pay bills and survive. You also have to find a way to keep your self belief and stay true to the work, the ethic and the unbelievable feeling on that day when, as you were just about to drag yourself to your bed, the phone rang and the only words you ever really wanted to hear from your agent tumbled down the phone line……..the words that would keep you going for another 10 years. ”They liked you, they want you for the part”.…”
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Here at ALRA we pride ourselves on keeping in touch with our graduates, here’s a selection of the brilliant work they’ve been up to over the past few years for this launch edition...
Chloe Ward (PG 2008) put on her first onewoman comedy show Gap Year showing at the Tristan Bates Theatre, Covent Garden, WC2H 9NP. It was a huge success! It then goes to the Camden Fringe Festival 23rd-26th August 2012.
Ceri Lloyd (3Y 2010) has just shot a short film with Denise Welch called Bloody Norah, starring as Norah. To watch the trailer go to: http:// youtube/ KZDAGh1YXe4
Simon Kent, (3Y 2010) is currently rehearsing Bow Down with The Opera Group in association with Sir Harrison Birtwistle and The London Sinfonietta. He will be playing a number of venues in the coming months including the main stage at Latitude, Norwich and Norfolk Festival and Spitalfields Music Festival. For full details please see www.theoperagroup.co.uk
Will Harrison-Wallace (PG 2010) recently filmed a short film with a company called Lightmill Films for the Reed Short Film Festival. This year's theme was "The Boss". There were over 500 entries and after making the long list of 50, their film made the shortlist of 12. He also has an interesting project coming up - a film based on a Stephen King short story called The Death of Jack Hamilton. It is being made (with permission from the King estate) by a young York based film crew called Soul Tribe Films, where he has been cast as J.Edgar Hoover. Carla Batten (SMTT 2011) is the Stage Manager for Mercury Fur which has now transferred to the West End! For tickets and more information see: http://www.atgtickets.com/ Mercury-Fur-Tickets/14/3080/
Michelle Yim (PG 2008) is currently launching a new fringe theatre, Grist to the Mill, at The Vibe Gallery, Brick Lane, E1 6QL. They opened a brand new comedy, Punchline, which ran from 8th May to 3rdJune. www.gristtheatre.co.uk info@alra.co.uk
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Student Spotlight: April Kelley April Kelley is a 2nd year student on our Three Year Acting course, she will soon be in her final year. We had a quick chat with her about life, love and her aspirations for the future...
Q– So April, how’s the second year treated you? “Wow, well, it’s all been a bit of a rollercoaster really, I mean the second year was a bit rocky to begin with, it’s hard to adjust after the first year, I realised half way through the second year that I would have to achieve the balance between a good work ethic and having fun with the course. At first I was working far too hard and not having enough fun! It wasn’t until the 3 rd term that I maintained a nice equilibrium, and that’s when I began to get things done.”
Q- And how are you feeling about the Year 3? Is it overwhelming or are you taking it in your stride? “At the start of the second year I was hugely ‘end-gaming’, it’s all I could think about. But now, the closer I get to it, the further away I want it to be! In the first few weeks of the second year I saw a performance and I really felt I had to step-up my game. I mean, there is a lot of learning lines and analysing text in the second year; but if you don’t work thoroughly in the second year there won’t be a good foundation of work for you to build on in the third year. I now feel that I have mentally and physically adapted from the second year and I’m so excited to begin the third year. I see the whole three years as a job contract and I believe you can't use the excuse that you're training to stop you from looking for your next job contract- which we will all be looking for at the end of Year 3.”
Q- Is there any role you dream of being given in the third year? “I try to go and see as much new writing as I possibly can, I’d love to do something up and coming but there’s just no capacity for it, I haven’t seen a performance yet that would suit the second year group, giving a fair portion to everyone. I always wonder how, year on year Clive always manages to find a show that fits the whole year so well. Along with new writing though I’d say my dream role would be Sorrell in Hayfever, or Arsinoé in The Misanthrope; a character I'd like to play once I reach the right age . How great would that be?!” (April dreams for a while whilst I move onto the next question)
Q– I see you’ve been up to a lot outside these castle walls, can you tell us about this? “I’m like you, I do a lot of playwriting, I really enjoy it. I wrote a play when I was 17 called Too Busy to Think of a Title for a school competition, subsequently it won the school competition so when I was on the foundation course at Arts Ed I adapted it to be a one act play, it fell by the wayside after that and then ALRA put up a playwriting completion run by Kinky Fish and I saw they were looking for, surprise, surprise, one-act plays! So I submitted TBTTOAT (it’s easier to abbreviate!) and I was so thrilled to hear that it won that! So a month or so after winning, it ran for a week at The Arts Depo in East Finchley, funnily enough, it featured Nina Bright, who graduated from ALRA in 2011. What else have I been doing? Well, I have a strong connection with the London Film School so I work a lot with them. I also filmed a short film at Christmas with a second year at Rose Bruford, which was really great, I felt I had a good chance at practising what I’ve learnt so far. Most recently I have just filmed a feature film with a new company, the film is called Void and the Executive Producer was Kevin McNally. It’s due for some showings in Cineworld in Wandsworth and at the BFI. This week has been just unbelievable actually, I just found out my company has been bought so I now have my very first production company! It’s called Mini Productions, with my interest in producing and the company I've managed to secure several projects which are in the pipeline for this year, so it’s all go! Oh, and finally, I'm hosting a charity ball and auction next October in aid of Dreams Come True charity. It's called "Acting On A Dream" ... I'm hoping to not only raise money for the charity, but for a very small percentage of that to go towards my ALRA fees or a feature film project I'm developing. I'm really interested in getting people involved who are also just breaking through in their industry (e.g. photographers, bands, singers, catering, filmmakers, comedians).” So, if you’re interested in getting involved in this, do drop us an email and we’ll pass it on to April. What a lot of work. I’d better let you get on! Thanks, April. Up to the something interesting at the moment and would like to be featured in our next Student Spotlight, let us know!
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The bubble of drama school really is magical. You are provided with such a routine, such security and such trust that when you graduate you can’t help feeling hurt, misinterpreted and angry with the world. ‘What do you mean I have to get a job’? I’m not, by any stretch of the imagination suggesting our students are naïve about money, in fact I’ve never seen such a hard working bunch. Almost every dessert parlour, bar and club I go into in Tooting I see the smiling face of a student, diligently working long hours in order to afford to be here. But, it’s just the concept of finding work when all you want to do is act, is painful, and feels like it smacks you right on the nose as soon as you leave. I think I had a week or so of sitting on my bed with metaphorical birds circling my head, and then I thought ‘’Right. Let’s make this happen then.’’ Of course, ‘making it happen’ didn’t mean walking brazenly through the doors of the Royal Court and bellowing ‘Here. I. Am!’, it meant clicking onto Gumtree and finding myself flexible work. I did; within a few days I was a nanny, and dear me, was it depressing. However I got through by spending every minute that I wasn’t wiping vomit off a crystal floor or combing head lice out of long ginger locks, writing. And that for me was the key. Making your own work. It was depressing; there’s no two ways about it. I didn’t get signed immediately and no matter how many times someone tells you, ‘‘it’s not the be-all and end all’’- this hurts; so I decided I had to shine, and writing was my way. It also gives you, as Damon Albarn would say, ‘‘an enormous sense of well-being’’, and makes you feel like you are going somewhere. So if I could give one piece of humble advice (although I am certainly in no position to) I would say: write; even if you think you can’t, you can. Sure enough, six months after the vomit and lice I landed my own onewoman show at The Canal Café Theatre and found myself talking about it on BBC Radio London. I still write, every night, and that’s what fuels me. That’s how I feel justified, when someone asks me, ‘’So, what do you do’’, to say ‘I’m an actor.’ Although sure enough this will be followed by, ‘’Oh, great, you bin’ in Eastenders then?’’… Maddy Anholt
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Those people you may glimpse in the darkness, wearing head-to-toe black, sensible steel toe-capped boots and a look of deep concentration or satisfied exhaustion? I’m one of them. Soon, I will be leaving my drama school (how apt that name can be) and be out, attempting to make a living from what I love. Crazy, eh? As scary as it is, I feel prepared, and it’s not just because I finally learnt to coil cables correctly. Here is some advice that I’ve picked up along the way... In my first week, despite having a crippling fear of heights, I was told to get up the tall scaffold tower. Determination to learn and get the job done was what made me overcome the problem and climb up. By taking chances and confronting your fears, you may even find what you’re good at. For some of my colleagues, they discovered that they had interests and strengths in certain areas they had not foreseen before they had been placed into a production position. Look towards your career in theatre with an open mind. Due to the freelance nature of it, it’s perfectly possible to experiment, try different types of vocations, and see what you most enjoy. Do not let others tell you what you are and are not capable of. Nobody is doing this for the money. The hours are long, the work often stressful and challenging. But the results are often very satisfying, your colleagues diverse, and your workdays always different. If you are doing this, you have to ensure you love it. No-one might notice what you do until you don’t do it. The actors may wave a hand in your general direction at the end, so that you can also receive a clap, but people will generally not realize just how much work you do over your thirteenhour days. Appreciation is lovely to receive, but if you don’t receive comment, it is often because you have done your job and the work of the backstage team has gelled together so successfully that the average audience member will simply enjoy the show as a whole. This is how it should be. Be content in doing the best job you know you can do, and you will be respected among your peers. And if you ever feel underappreciated; just remember that without you and your colleagues, an actor, however wonderful, would just be “a naked person emoting quietly in a dark empty space.”
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Lauren Cameron 2nd year SMTT Annelie Powell cont’d from front page: Get out to the theatre. See as much as you can. Write. Plan your own nights. Don't get so drunk you make a tit of yourself at a press night . Don't be the idiot who can't stop talking about yourself. It’s boring. Do do stand-up. Do do open mic poetry. Sing. Be creative. Be the next Ella Hickson. Keep those creative juices flowing to the point that when you get rejected the dejection doesn't come, because you have already created other opportunities. A TIP FROM THE TOP: Read and see as much as you possibly can. Start to find out your taste. It'll help you make good decisions when you are offered an awful script.
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DIRECT FROM THE DIRECTORS: Clive Duncan
Making your own work
“…Leaving Guildhall I was
Trencherfield Mill – ALRA North Chris Ashby (3Y 2011) has had a very successful time since graduating, appearing in Skins, on E4, Doc Martin with Martin Clunes on ITV and has worked on The Conquest of the South Pole by Manfred Karge translated by Tinch Minter and Anthony Vivis at the Arcola Theatre. It had numerous four-star reviews including Time Out, The Guardian and Whatsonstage. Chris will also be appearing in BBC’s New Tricks BBC in the Autumn playing Jake Bentley.
Elliot Hadley (3Y 2010) has most recently been working on a series for the SYFY Channel called Dark Matters. Previous to that he played a soldier in BBC Drama Preston Passion which aired over Easter. Immediately after graduating he worked with Em-Lou Productions on Arden of Faversham at The Rose Theatre and late last year he filmed a commercial for Tesco. Elliot is spending the summer working for Coca Cola on the Olympics events team.
Alumni Answers: Q: What’s the most enjoyable work you’ve done since graduating? Akash Heer (3Y 2010) A: “…Since graduating from ALRA I have learnt a great deal about this industry. It is very a competitive and tough profession to get into, however I feel that after 3 years of training I was prepared for this and to approach work with motivation and determination. The most enjoyable and memorable project I have worked on was for Sky 1’s, Sinbad. The scene was a large street fight between my character, Raees and Sinbad, there was a lot of physical training involved. I worked with an amazing team who choreographed the fight and trained me with hand to hand combat and weaponry. The shoot took place In Malta, there were early hours, a lot of repositioning of the cameras, new scripts handed out each day with new alterations and over a 100 extras. It was a hectic and bustling set, but I enjoyed every moment of this great experience…” Want us to feature you in the next issue? Drop us an email: info@alra.co.uk
advised, “If there isn’t any work – create it.” I understood it as start your own company but soon realised the advice is multi-layered. You can start your own company, of course; I’m proud of graduates who founded the amazing Papa Tango and the vibrant Black Coffee Theatre Company. You need two things to start - a reason, and friends. Start a company to put on a particular play and you’ll run out of steam; after that — what next? Better is because you love new writing; a style; there’s no theatre in your area; or you think theatre or screen can solve problems – i.e. Corporate theatre. You need friends to bounce ideas off, share the load, dare each other on. Start small and grow; you can’t create a company in one go. Build by project; let it fill the spaces between acting jobs. Do go solo if you have particular skills: storytelling, stand up, facilitation, scriptwriting, voice, movement, choreography, combat, etc. Get qualified, if need be. Get your material together, build a website, sell your product to potential targets through festivals, fairs, clubs, open mic nights, Facebook and Twitter. Get yourself out there. Jimmy Akingbola advises students to attend press nights, parties etc. This too, creates work; you’ll meet CDs, directors and other actors who can help you find that next job. Jimmy created Monologue Slam – a platform for actors to showcase. Whilst Jimmy is helping actors meet potential employers – so is he! Clever, eh? When you do get that job, infiltrate the company. How else can you help them? As an actor I always left my writer’s and director’s CV, if appropriate, and this created further work; I still write regularly for one of these companies fifteen years on. How to start? In the wise words of Nike – just do it .
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Graduate news: (right) Fiston Barek (3Y 2009) has worked in
Holby City for the BBC, and has made a real name for himself working as Joseph in Love the Sinner at the National Theatre directed by Matthew Dunster, as Kehinde, in Little Baby Jesus at the Oval House Theatre directed by Che Walker and as South African Boy in Truth and Reconcilliation at The Royal Court, to name but a few!
(above) Stephen Lloyd (3Y 2009) has had a very exciting time since graduating, he was cast as Boycie in the new remake of Only Fools and Horses, called Rock and Chips for the BBC. In 2010 and again in 2012 he played Vinnie in Reasons to be Cheerful and he was back at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East playing Sid, in the Come Dancing: Concert.
(right) Sarah Chamberlain (3Y 2006) spent her summer working with Steven Berkoff at the New End Theatre, in Hampstead, on the World premiere of Bibilical Tales. Most recently, she was again directed by Steven Berkoff when she appeared as Debra in Berkoff’s 6 Actors in Search of a Director at the Charing Cross Theatre.
(left) Ajaz Awad (3Y 2011) worked at The Battersea Arts Centre playing Joan in Brave, she followed this with working at the Young Vic in Street Scene and a mini tour Bring your Own playing Vicki with Thickskin Theatre. She also took the lead in short film– Souper, for the Cornish Film Festival and was in the music video for 'Ozonna'.
Segun Akingbola (PG 2011) has not had a second to breathe since graduating, he played Macbeth at the Greenwich Playhouse directed by Scott Le Crass and alongside rehearsed readings, music videos, television appearances, commercials and short films he has most recently been cast as Trebonius, in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Julius Caesar, directed by Gregory Doran.
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Adrian Harris (PG 2004) appeared on Coronation Street in July 2012 and is now opening his own theatre- Brass Works Theatre in Kingswood, Bristol with the premiere of his newest play Engineers' Blue in July.
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Francis Woolf (3Y 2010): After a successful run as Steerpike in Gormenghast: Titus Groan at the Actor's Church, Covent Garden. Francis will play Will Laud in Eastern Angles production of Margaret Catchpole. www.easternangles.co.uk. You may also see him at Cannes International Film Festival in, upcoming feature, Welcome to the Majority, as Rhys. (left) Robert Lonsdale (3Y 2009) has numerous television and stage credits such as Coronation Street, Silent Witness and most recently he worked with Jude Law on Anna Christie at The Donmar Warehouse Sarah Chamberlain (3Y 2006) playing Mephistopheles in Dr Faustus at The Globe Theatre © Andy Bradshaw
Amrita Acharia (3Y 2009) played Irri in HBO’s Game of Thrones in 2011/12
(right) Raj Bajaj (3Y 2011) Has been very busy since graduating, he went straight into a production of The Snow Queen playing Bobby in the Unicorn Theatre's Christmas show in 2011. Hans Christian Andersen's classic was transported to India and given a Bollywood makeover. He has now just been confirmed to play Balthasar in the Royal Shakespeare Company's forthcoming production of Much Ado About Nothing. It plays at the Courtyard Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon from 26th July – 15th September, and then transfers to the Noel Coward Theatre, in London from 22nd September – 27th October.
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A quick word: Andrew Dennis
Andrew Dennis has been teaching at ALRA for 5 and a half years, he is also an actor working at The National, we grabbed him for a quick word…. Q: Where did you train, or how did you get in to acting? “I trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, in London. My aunt entered me into a competition to win their first ever full scholarship, and after the auditions and 9 months of waiting, I won the prize! It was just fantastic!” Q: What’s the most recent acting work you have done? “I am currently working on ‘One Man Two Guvnors’ at The Theatre Royal Haymarket.” Q: Could you tell us a little bit about this job? “I am enjoying it greatly, it’s the first time I’ve ever understudied so it’s a massively new experience for me, I’ve always been a principle, (wow that sounds a bit big-headed, doesn’t it?!) but, yes, it’s a great learning curve observing how the part is played and replicating that with my twist on it, and not being involved in the rehearsal process. But, working for The National is phenomenal; it’s something I’ve wanted for 23 years. One Man is great, I really do think it’s the funniest show in the Western World! And it must be good- it’s being extended until January! “ Q: What do you enjoy about working at ALRA? “Well, I miss it when I’m not here, and that’s a big sign. I love the energy at ALRA, there’s always something new in the classroom, something exciting. I just get so impressed and excited that in such a short amount of time magic can be made out of nothing. I mean, I’ve never thought of myself as a teacher, Clive suggested I teach after I was brought in for storytelling, and I just fell in love. I just hope to pass on advice and vision to the actors here.” Q: Finally, what one tip could you give to actors just about to graduate? “Enjoy it. It’s that simple - enjoy what we do as actors, it’s a hard job and not just anyone can be an actor. We’re allowed to get it wrong in rehearsals and paid to get it right every night on stage so - Do it, live it and love it!”
Interview: Kris Saddler Living and working in the US
Kris graduated from the 3 year acting course in 2010 and has worked both in the UK and US…. Q- First of all, how easy is it to work in the US? The short answer: Almost impossible. But, it can happen, you just have to learn to walk before you can run. First of all, you have to get an O-1 Visa, if you are able to get this then you can work in the US for 3 years. However, this is not as rosy as it sounds; the 3 years you work there, if you are specialising in the ‘Entertainment Industry’ you cannot work outside of this realm, so no working in an office, washing cars, working as a cleaner, or anything else for that matter. However, there are a few ways around this: you could, for example, work as a singing waiter, as this is classed as ‘entertainment’, but the government are cracking down on this more and more. So, 90% of people will need at least $10,000 to get you through the first 6months. Q- How would you compare the acting work in the UK to what’s on offer in the US? The work out in the US is across a far broader spectrum than in the UK. Statistically speaking, there’s obviously a lot more work out there, and a lot more funding for work, too. Pilot season in the States is huge. However, you will need a manager pretty quickly and, what struck me immediately is- no one is ‘trained’, in the way we view a ‘trained actor’ over here. So there’s a lot more work, but a hell of a lot more people who are putting themselves out there to do it. Q- We know it’s very hard to get work in the US as an English actor, but what’s a good starting point? Honestly, the first thing you must do, if you’re lucky enough to get out there, is get yourself settled- get an apartment, and get a car, this is a must. Once you’re settled then it’s time to get yourself into acting classes, even though you’re trained. The work ethos there and acting style is vastly, vastly different. Say you walked into an audition in The States today, having not been to an acting class there, you would fail miserably; it’s just so different out there. 1-2 hours of acting classes a week there will cost you roughly about $500 a month. And, if you mess up once, the likelihood is, as with here, they will be very unwilling to see you again. Basically, I’ve had to adapt everything to work over there. Headshots are very different in the US, they are basically all in colour, and each person needs about 5 or 6 shots, each with a different look for each casting. It’s also a must to get some serious vocal coaching, there are plenty of English actors out there with a spot on US accent; you’re really hurting your chances if you lack one. Q- Finally, what one piece of advice could you leave us with? There’s one thing I was told whilst I was at ALRA that has really stuck with me: Become a big fish in a small pond, then, once you’ve outgrown your pond, you’re ready to swim to the ocean. It’s hard, but if you want it enough, you’ll get there.
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