Acting/Wannabe Actors/Actors in training!

[Tasha'93]

I was just wondering if there is anyone on here who enjoys acting/seeing plays? Or is an actor themselves to some degree or is currently training to be an actor? I saw a thread posted further down about singing & it inspired me to start my own thread & find out if anyone shares the same passion as myself

- PS; I plan on going to college later in the year to do an Acting diploma!

[KaydeeJayde]

I'm both :P I do Musical Theatre, so I consider myself a singer, actor and dancer. I do love seeing plays, though the only plays I've ever been in were Shakespeare I'd love to try some more acting one day! What plays have you done?

[Tasha'93]

I'm both :P I do Musical Theatre, so I consider myself a singer, actor and dancer. I do love seeing plays, though the only plays I've ever been in were Shakespeare I'd love to try some more acting one day! What plays have you done?

Ah, very nice! I would love to do Musical Theatre but unfortunately singing is not my forte! Lol. Oh, excellent, I've seen Romeo & Juliet in theatre, have you done that? - I've not got a lot of experience with acting unfortunately, the only productions i've ever been in were through my High School, I was in Sister Act and The Whiz? Dont know if you'll have heard of it but it's a motown version of The Wizard of Oz & I was a dancer in that

My favourite play of all time though really has to be An Inspector Calls, do you know it? Very famous play over here in the UK. I could talk about it for hours as I studied it in English Literature aswell! Do you have any particular favourites?

[orton99]

Hi Tasha, I didn’t know you were into the theatre! I’m going to have to politely pass on the musical stuff I’m afraid and I certainly don’t act myself (lol!!), but I love going to the theatre, which is the main advantage of being so close to London.

The last things I saw were the Danny Boyle Frankenstein (very good) at the National about a month ago and Derek Jacobi as Lear (ditto). That was actually the fifth Lear I’ve seen (including Ian Mckellen and the late, great Pete Postlethwaite as well) and the 70th (yes, I am sad enough to keep track) production of Shakespeare overall – I’m only missing two (The Two Noble Kinsmen and Coriolanus) out of the complete set. Next up is Hamlet at the Globe a week Sunday and one of the reasons the production count is so high is because I usually see most of what they put on every year. They’re doing Faustus this summer which I’m particularly looking forward to as I’ve never seen any Marlowe. Bit of Thomas Middleton and John Webster yes, but no Marlowe so far. Have you ever got down to the Globe? I’m guessing not but I can’t recommend it enough as it’s probably my favourite place in London.

Getting a bit more modern, I agree on An Inspector Calls which I saw about 18 months ago (it’s one of those in London that’s always on) and usually see about four or five modern/new things each year as well. (For example, Frankenstein was the third time I’ve seen Benedict Cumberbatch in something!) Of the stuff that’s getting rave reviews right now I think I fancy Flare Path by Terence Rattigan (again, haven’t seen anything by him yet) before the end of its run in June. Oh, and to go back to that guy from Stratford, the Baz Luhrmann Romeo and Juliet is my all time favourite movie, so there!

By the way, I really like the idea of this thread. Yes, this is a phobia forum (yep, spotted that), but it can get too easy to lose sight of the fact that we’re not just phobias with arms and actually all have a range of interests in life that have nothing (thankfully!) remotely to do with it. I see that Kaydee’s started a similar one on singing as well and there should be more!!

[harmonygirl72]

I love plays and acting! I used to be in plays in high school, but haven't done much since then. I also love to sing! I am an elementary school music teacher. Oh, and I love to go see plays, too!

[Tasha'93]

Hi Tasha, I didn’t know you were into the theatre! I’m going to have to politely pass on the musical stuff I’m afraid and I certainly don’t act myself (lol!!), but I love going to the theatre, which is the main advantage of being so close to London.

The last things I saw were the Danny Boyle Frankenstein (very good) at the National about a month ago and Derek Jacobi as Lear (ditto). That was actually the fifth Lear I’ve seen (including Ian Mckellen and the late, great Pete Postlethwaite as well) and the 70th (yes, I am sad enough to keep track) production of Shakespeare overall – I’m only missing two (The Two Noble Kinsmen and Coriolanus) out of the complete set. Next up is Hamlet at the Globe a week Sunday and one of the reasons the production count is so high is because I usually see most of what they put on every year. They’re doing Faustus this summer which I’m particularly looking forward to as I’ve never seen any Marlowe. Bit of Thomas Middleton and John Webster yes, but no Marlowe so far. Have you ever got down to the Globe? I’m guessing not but I can’t recommend it enough as it’s probably my favourite place in London.

Getting a bit more modern, I agree on An Inspector Calls which I saw about 18 months ago (it’s one of those in London that’s always on) and usually see about four or five modern/new things each year as well. (For example, Frankenstein was the third time I’ve seen Benedict Cumberbatch in something!) Of the stuff that’s getting rave reviews right now I think I fancy Flare Path by Terence Rattigan (again, haven’t seen anything by him yet) before the end of its run in June. Oh, and to go back to that guy from Stratford, the Baz Luhrmann Romeo and Juliet is my all time favourite movie, so there!

By the way, I really like the idea of this thread. Yes, this is a phobia forum (yep, spotted that), but it can get too easy to lose sight of the fact that we’re not just phobias with arms and actually all have a range of interests in life that have nothing (thankfully!) remotely to do with it. I see that Kaydee’s started a similar one on singing as well and there should be more!!

Definately into the theatre, it's my biggest passion & why should you of known?! Lol. Ahhh wow, you're definately up there with the rest of the thesbians arent you! I havent seen a lot of big productions i've got to admit but i'm forever going to the West Yorkshire Playhouse that always have something interesting on and for a reasonable price & I occasionally go to The Grand Theatre which have some really good, traditional plays showing but I just can't afford to go every week unfortuantely.

I havent seen any of the ones you've mentioned apart from Romeo & Juliet just under two years ago, which was excellent and had a sort of Yorkshire theme to it ( but dont worry, it definately wasn't panto!). I've seen quite a lot of plays but my favourites have to be An inspector calls, like I mentioned above, Queen Bee by Margaret Wilkinson, Me, as a penguin by Tom Wells, It's a lovely day tomorrow by Dom Grace (who is a distant friend of the family would you believe, but he's not a very well known writer) & then just to get this is whilst i'm at it the best musical I ever saw was Dreamcoats & Petticoats which is an amaaazing musical!

Thankyou, I thought it might be nice to share my interests with other people and just to see if I had anything in common with anyone on here other than sharing the same phobia and it turns out I do!

[Tasha'93]

I love plays and acting! I used to be in plays in high school, but haven't done much since then. I also love to sing! I am an elementary school music teacher. Oh, and I love to go see plays, too!

That's cool! I often think about becoming a Drama Teacher but i'm not sure, I dont think i'm the teaching type! I'm glad there are people on here who have things in common and not just a phobia.

[orton99]

No, I wouldn't have known would I, lol! Just a figure of speech, I think!

I must admit I haven't heard of those last three writers you mentioned, sorry! Still, if they're not very well known then I guess there's a kind of indie-cool cachet to knowing about them on your part

I think the strangest and fringiest (?) thing I've ever seen was a production of Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy last autumn. Okay, so the play itself (first great English revenge drama, key source for Hamlet etc) ain't exactly fringe, but the setting was so bizarre, at the Rose in Southwark, just up the road from the Globe. Except it wasn't the Rose itself because all you've got are some fragile 400-year old foundations which I'm hardly convinced are worth keeping. History's important of course, but what are a few half buried bricks when you've got this brilliant full size reconstruction of an Elizabethan playhouse 100 yards away?! No, it was performed on this sort of wooden balcony overhanging the remains of the Rose with an audience of about 15...because there just wasn't the room for any more considering you had to get the actors on the balcony as well!

[Tasha'93]

No, I wouldn't have known would I, lol! Just a figure of speech, I think!

I must admit I haven't heard of those last three writers you mentioned, sorry! Still, if they're not very well known then I guess there's a kind of indie-cool cachet to knowing about them on your part

I think the strangest and fringiest (?) thing I've ever seen was a production of Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy last autumn. Okay, so the play itself (first great English revenge drama, key source for Hamlet etc) ain't exactly fringe, but the setting was so bizarre, at the Rose in Southwark, just up the road from the Globe. Except it wasn't the Rose itself because all you've got are some fragile 400-year old foundations which I'm hardly convinced are worth keeping. History's important of course, but what are a few half buried bricks when you've got this brilliant full size reconstruction of an Elizabethan playhouse 100 yards away?! No, it was performed on this sort of wooden balcony overhanging the remains of the Rose with an audience of about 15...because there just wasn't the room for any more considering you had to get the actors on the balcony as well!

They're not massively known arent those writers I dont think but the playhouse in my city always put small time productions on but I usually find they're really good

Ohh! Sound interesting if not slightly bizarre, I suppose they did it there for the effect on the audience aswell, the scene setting is EVERYTHING my friend. But yeah, I love anything like that that is put on outdoors, makes it that little bit more exciting instead of just being performed in a theatre or playhouse.

Oh, and back to what you said in your previous post, no I havent been to the Globe as i've only been to London once in my whole life.. however, I did go somewhere to see Dirty Dancing the musical in central London but can't remember exactly which theatre it was in? Oh well, it wasn't that good anyway!

[orton99]

Oh, the scene is important (Twelfth Night in the grounds of Hampton Court a few years ago worked pretty well), but this was just...odd! You think you're getting another historic playhouse (although if that is what it was I must admit it puzzled me why I'd never heard of this apparent second Tudor theatre so close to the Globe!) and instead you get a perfectly modern balcony while the ruined foundations of the place you thought you were coming to are off in the darkness, 15 feet below you!

Never been the biggest fan of musicals so I can't comment on Dirty Dancing, although the Queen one's really fun and so (if it's still doing the rounds) is Return to the Forbidden Planet as well.

[Tasha'93]

Ah, fair comment. I can see how it might of confused you a bit!

Ohh, I see, I havent been to the theatre in like four months now, just not good enough for me, I'll definately have to book to see something soon

[KaydeeJayde]

Ah, very nice! I would love to do Musical Theatre but unfortunately singing is not my forte! Lol. Oh, excellent, I've seen Romeo & Juliet in theatre, have you done that? - I've not got a lot of experience with acting unfortunately, the only productions i've ever been in were through my High School, I was in Sister Act and The Whiz? Dont know if you'll have heard of it but it's a motown version of The Wizard of Oz & I was a dancer in that

My favourite play of all time though really has to be An Inspector Calls, do you know it? Very famous play over here in the UK. I could talk about it for hours as I studied it in English Literature aswell! Do you have any particular favourites?

I have done Romeo & Juliet. I think I was the chubbiest Juliet any theatre has ever seen, but it was a really fun show! The Whiz sounds like an amazing show, I've heard of it before, but I don't know much about it, and Sister Act is one of my FAVOURITE films! I haven't seen the show though.

I haven't heard of An Inspector Calls, I'll have to have a look. My personal favourite play, as nerdy as it sounds, is Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen. I studied that for my literature class in my final year of high school, and I fell in LOVE with it. I'd love to be able to be in that show one day! Do you know it?

[emmalinda]

i did heaps of acting in school!! i conitinued with drama and acting classes after school but unfortunatley work took its toll and i couldnt really afford it anymore have always wanted to be an actress

[Tasha'93]

I have done Romeo & Juliet. I think I was the chubbiest Juliet any theatre has ever seen, but it was a really fun show! The Whiz sounds like an amazing show, I've heard of it before, but I don't know much about it, and Sister Act is one of my FAVOURITE films! I haven't seen the show though.

I haven't heard of An Inspector Calls, I'll have to have a look. My personal favourite play, as nerdy as it sounds, is Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen. I studied that for my literature class in my final year of high school, and I fell in LOVE with it. I'd love to be able to be in that show one day! Do you know it?

Aww, I bet you looked just fine! - Yeah, you must research An inspector calls, it's set in the early 1900's just before WW1 broke out, really good play. Ohh, Hedda Gabler.. I cant say i've heard of that one but I'll check it out!

[Tasha'93]

i did heaps of acting in school!! i conitinued with drama and acting classes after school but unfortunatley work took its toll and i couldnt really afford it anymore have always wanted to be an actress

I understand what you mean, it is a lot of money, that's why I never really got into it as a kid because my parents couldn't afford it.. so i'm starting a bit later in life. There is no age limit of when you can become an actor so if it's a passion of yours you can make it happen one day, anyone can

[KaydeeJayde]

Oh yeah, Hedda Gabler... most people think it's pretty boring, but I really liked it. It's very... 'deep' :P

[Tasha'93]

If it is a deep play i'm more likely to like it even more tbh!

[orton99]

I have done Romeo & Juliet. I think I was the chubbiest Juliet any theatre has ever seen, but it was a really fun show! The Whiz sounds like an amazing show, I've heard of it before, but I don't know much about it, and Sister Act is one of my FAVOURITE films! I haven't seen the show though.

I haven't heard of An Inspector Calls, I'll have to have a look. My personal favourite play, as nerdy as it sounds, is Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen. I studied that for my literature class in my final year of high school, and I fell in LOVE with it. I'd love to be able to be in that show one day! Do you know it?

Kaydee, I saw a documentary a couple of years ago about a production of Hedda Gabler that starred Cate Blanchett which I know originally started in Sydney. (I think the doc was actually about a Broadway revival a few years later). Did you get to see it? You might not have done, as I know that (British ignorance of Australian geography notwithstanding) Melbourne isn’t exactly just down the road from Sydney…!

I'd love to see Cate Blanchett live on stage in something, although I think she's Sydney-based now (she used to live in London until a few years ago) so it's unfortunately unlikely, but she's one of my favourite actresses. She's great in both Elizabeth movies (pity the second film around her was terrible), Notes on a Scandal (as is Judi Dench and I'd highly recommend the original book by Zoe Heller as well) and The Talented Mr Ripley - even though she was only in that one for about 10 minutes, she stole the show completely!

[KaydeeJayde]

Orton, I didn't see it, but I know she was in it. I would have been pretty young at that point. She's just brilliant! I love pretty much everything I've seen her in, which isn't a whole lot, admittedly, but she's just spectacular She's a true actress, full of grace and class. I love actresses like that!