Are you a fan of all things spooky? Do you love the thrill of scaring others? Then working as a scare actor might just be the perfect job for you.
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The Actor’s Flex Workshop on Meisner Technique
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I was fortunate to get a ticket to the very first Actor’s Flex workshop held in Norwich. The workshop facilitator Callum Durrant explained how Reflex Theatre aims to provide these workshops as continuing professional development for local actors in the region. And indeed, to finally get back in a room just to practice craft without the pressure of lines and rehearsals was refreshing as warm summer rain, after a season of drought.
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When the email from Arts Council England announcing the results of my Developing Your Creative Practice funding application first appeared on my phone, I felt sick. On the edge of tears. A visceral, Instant emotional reaction as weeks of anxiety exploded.
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The table on which I work, where I write, where I learn lines, where I memorise scenarios for roleplays, where I have breakfast, where I read, where I just sit and watch the birds, is ancient and falling apart. It hasn’t always been that way.
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Thankfully, after being offstage and off-camera, for anything but masked roleplay work, for the last few months, I am on the mend. It has been financially agonising to miss out on so much work from September to November.
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