Synopses & Reviews
Now in its fifth edition, An Actor's Guide to Getting Work is an invaluable resource which provides students and young actors with an insider's advice to prepare them to navigate the world of professional theatre. Written with honesty, humor and thoroughness, Simon Dunmore's book anticipates and addresses the numerous problems that actors are bound to face at some stage in their career. Competition for acting work is fierce and, although talent is important, actors need all the help they can get from advice on drama schools, to audition and interviews tips, to surviving as a "resting" actor.
This new edition has been brought right up-to-date and includes a wide selection of voices from the theatre world.
Review
"Essential reading for any young actor."—Dame Maggie Smith
"It really is exceptionally well thought out and answers many of the questions that I encounter on a daily basis."—Geoff Colman, Head of Acting, Central School of Speech and Drama
Synopsis
Competition for acting work is fierce, and although talent is important, actors need all the help they can get.
Synopsis
Competition for acting work is fierce, and although talent is important, actors need all the help they can get. Now in its fourth edition, this practical, comprehensive guide contains invaluable information and advice to enable actors to make the most of: drama schools; audition speeches and sight-readings; letters, CVs and photographs; finding and working with an agent; auditions for musicals; the fringe; interviews; TV, commercials and films; voice-overs; the Internet; Equity.
The author, an experienced director, has drawn on his own knowledge and also on the experience of numerous other professionals to produce a book that has become the standard work of reference for actors of all ages.
Synopsis
Competition for acting work is fierce, and although talent is important, actors need all the help they can get. Now in its fourth edition, this practical, comprehensive guide contains invaluable information and advice to enable actors to make the most of drama schools.
About the Author
Simon Dunmore is a freelance theatre director, writer and acting teacher with over 30 years' experience of employing actors. He has been a director in both the drama school sector and the professional arena, having been involved with Coventry's Belgrade Theatre and Mountview Theatre School, along with many of the UK's other leading drama schools.