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My true passion is working in theatre. I am an actor, director, makeup artist, voice and dialect coach, and a super Shakespeare enthusiast. Most recently I have become a blogger in order to share my love of theatre, but mostly my knowledge of Shakespeare:

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Arts & Humanities > Theater & Drama Acting: How to learn lines: 1 of 33
There is no magic way to learn lines that works for everyone. Some people have a natural talent for memorizing plain text easily and quickly, some don't. That's life. So in this article I won't be telling you "how to learn lines," because it's really up to you. What I can do is offer different tips I've picked up in my experi... More..
Arts & Humanities > Theater & Drama Tips on makeup for the stage and performance: 1 of 4
Makeup is a horribly overlooked aspect of a theatre. With theatres and schools across the country cutting their budgets it is often makeup artists that are out the door. Unfortunately many actors don't know enough about makeup to do it well by themselves. What's worse is many actors think they do know because they can put on ... More..
Arts & Humanities > Theater & Drama Effects of shortening the plays of Shakespeare: 2 of 5
Cutting one of Shakespeare's plays is a common practice for obvious reasons: many of them are long. Not everyone has the patience for a three and a half hour (or more) Hamlet. Performing an uncut version of one of The Bard's plays is in fact uncommon. But if you ever see an CUT version of The Comedy of Errors - Shakespeare's ... More..
Arts & Humanities > William Shakespeare Antithesis in Shakespeare: Playing with opposites: 1 of 2
To be or not to beYou've heard it so many times that you may have forgotten to listen to the significance of these words. In these six words Shakespeare gives us two complete opposites: existing and not existing. This use of a word (or sentence) being placed against another to form a balanced contrast is known in rhetoric as ... More..
Arts & Humanities > William Shakespeare Book reviews: Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare, by Isaac Asimov: 1 of 1
William Shakespeare has been given more titles than can be counted: The best British Playwright, most influential English author, most accomplished author in history, best writer in the history of the English language, the best writer ever, the list goes on. Shakespeare also has the reputation of being rather thick, wordy, se... More..
Arts & Humanities > Theater & Drama The relationship between peformance of Shakespeare and musical theater: 1 of 1
At first glance, some might see no real relation between performing Shakespeare and a musical. But look again. I'm not talking about songs that Shakespeare wrote in to many of his plays, but the style of writing and acting. First a little disclaimer: lots of people don't like musical theatre because it is hokey and unrealisti... More..
Arts & Humanities > Theater & Drama The importance of excellent diction when performing Shakespeare: 6 of 7
Say what?Shakespeare is hard enough to understand with the hard grammatical constructions, and difficult vocabulary so why is it that so many people make it harder for the listener to understand?I'm sure no one would consciously torture an audience like that but it happens. How? Lack of good diction. In today's film and tv en... More..