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Comedy Lab 2009 is taking submissions now
Comedy Lab is a late night comedy slot on Channel 4 to provide a showcase for new writers and performers. It takes an original approach to traditional comedy and features experimental pieces that don't fit any of the established entertainment strands.
Ideally, projects will be submitted via a production company - but if you don't have the necessary contacts feel free to submit direct to Channel 4. You'll need a full script and whatever supportive material you can compile - such as artwork, show-reels, cast suggestions and sample content on VHS/DVD. Deadline for applications: 31 October 2008.
Find out more at channel4.com/comedylab
www.actorexpo.co.uk - The London Actors' Career Show.
October 11th 2008 - The Magic Begins....
Friday, 22 August 2008
* Learn from a lot of exhibitors about new products & services available in the Industry.
* Network and mingle with your peers in the Industry
* Attend career developing workshops and seminars
* Establish new contacts
* Be in the same place as other professionals in your industry
* Be in the RIGHT place at the RIGHT time.
.... It’s simple really.
www.actorexpo.co.uk - The London Actors' Career Show.
October 11th 2008 - The Magic Begins....
Hello again,
Just letting you know that for the last 2 weeks we've been sending out the ActorExpo Newsletter - which normally arrives every Friday to email accounts.
It's a fun and lighthearted newsletter that consists of news from the world of the performing arts, news and updates about the London Actors Career Show and a FEATURED spotlight on one of our many exhibitors.
It's reaching a massive list of now over 3500 actors and performers ... and is completely free.
If you would like to be receiving these emails as well, please visit our site: www.actorexpo.co.uk and click on join mailing list OR click on this link that will take you there directly now!
October 11th | 12 - 8pm | Royal Horticultural Halls | Victoria, London.
Just letting you know that for the last 2 weeks we've been sending out the ActorExpo Newsletter - which normally arrives every Friday to email accounts.
It's a fun and lighthearted newsletter that consists of news from the world of the performing arts, news and updates about the London Actors Career Show and a FEATURED spotlight on one of our many exhibitors.
It's reaching a massive list of now over 3500 actors and performers ... and is completely free.
If you would like to be receiving these emails as well, please visit our site: www.actorexpo.co.uk and click on join mailing list OR click on this link that will take you there directly now!
October 11th | 12 - 8pm | Royal Horticultural Halls | Victoria, London.
Wednesday, 6 August 2008
Some people are still a little unsure about what they will get or can do at the ActorExpo in October, at the Royal Horticultural Halls.
So I thought I'd clear that up on this post.
1) The main Exhibitor hall - Ton's of information (and freebies) and Networking for actors!
2) Live Performance stage
3) Workshops and seminars
The top 2 are completely FREE*.
This show delivers genuine career advice and tips for actors, performers and those who are interested in a career in this industry.
It's the first and only one of its kind, in the UK.
Doors open 12 - 8pm.
www.actorexpo.co.uk - The London Actors' Career Show.
* Free if registered before the show via the website
So I thought I'd clear that up on this post.
1) The main Exhibitor hall - Ton's of information (and freebies) and Networking for actors!
2) Live Performance stage
3) Workshops and seminars
The top 2 are completely FREE*.
This show delivers genuine career advice and tips for actors, performers and those who are interested in a career in this industry.
It's the first and only one of its kind, in the UK.
Doors open 12 - 8pm.
www.actorexpo.co.uk - The London Actors' Career Show.
* Free if registered before the show via the website
Tuesday, 5 August 2008
Equity one-to-one careers advice.
Book in for a free 30 minute session with Paul Cawley, one of Equity’s careers advisors to discuss where you are in your career, your CV and photo, ideas for moving forward or anything else to do with your career. All sessions are confidential and must be booked in advance, you should bring a copy of your marketing materials: CV, headshot, showreel etc. For more information about the service generally visit http://www.equity.org.uk/
BOOKING FORM BELOW:
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Mel Churcher and The Actors Centre present...
A Screen Acting Workshop
This 45 minute practical demonstration will show how a camera sees you think, why film is different to theatre and how the lens bends space. Tips for confidence, voice and camera skills thrown in. This taster workshop will use camera and monitor to inspire you to work with, what Martin Scorsese calls, 'The psychic strength of the lens.'
Mel Churcher was an actor for many years but now works as a director and international acting and voice coach. Her theatre voice work includes The RSC, Shakespeare’s Globe and The Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park, where she was resident voice and text coach from 1996 to 2007. Mel has coached on dozens of major movies including The Lady, The Door, Control, The Count of Monte Cristo, King Arthur, The Fifth Element, The Hole, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Tristan & Isolde and Danny the Dog/Unleashed; working with actors like Jet Li, Michelle Yeoh, Angelina Jolie, Clive Owen, Daniel Craig and Keira Knightley. She runs regular film acting workshops in London and abroad. She has an MA in Performing Arts (Mddx), and Voice Studies (CSSD). She has written two books. Her first, which is now required reading for many drama schools and universities is:Acting for Film: Truth 24 Times a Second (Virgin Books) and her latest one is: A Screen Acting Workshop + DVD (Nick Hern Books). www.melchurcher.com
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This 45 minute practical demonstration will show how a camera sees you think, why film is different to theatre and how the lens bends space. Tips for confidence, voice and camera skills thrown in. This taster workshop will use camera and monitor to inspire you to work with, what Martin Scorsese calls, 'The psychic strength of the lens.'
Mel Churcher was an actor for many years but now works as a director and international acting and voice coach. Her theatre voice work includes The RSC, Shakespeare’s Globe and The Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park, where she was resident voice and text coach from 1996 to 2007. Mel has coached on dozens of major movies including The Lady, The Door, Control, The Count of Monte Cristo, King Arthur, The Fifth Element, The Hole, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Tristan & Isolde and Danny the Dog/Unleashed; working with actors like Jet Li, Michelle Yeoh, Angelina Jolie, Clive Owen, Daniel Craig and Keira Knightley. She runs regular film acting workshops in London and abroad. She has an MA in Performing Arts (Mddx), and Voice Studies (CSSD). She has written two books. Her first, which is now required reading for many drama schools and universities is:Acting for Film: Truth 24 Times a Second (Virgin Books) and her latest one is: A Screen Acting Workshop + DVD (Nick Hern Books). www.melchurcher.com
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Class Details:
TIME: 15:00-15.45
Session Leader: Helen Raw
We are sure you already know that acting is a business and a tough business at that.
In order to be more successful, you need to know the ins-and-outs of how the industry works.
Want to know all about…
agents - how to get one and what they do
casting directors
finding work
equity cards
spotlight entries
headshot photos
marketing yourself
showreels
making acting pay
avoiding exploitation
negotiating contracts
training …and much more?
The class is run by acting and industry professionals and allows plenty of time for questions and answers.
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TIME: 13.50 - 14.10
This 20 minute Taster of {How to Make it in Hollywood} Reveals the the secrets to how Richard Burke a normal working professional actor, managed to obtain his Visa and sponsorship to work in the USA and has since helped over 50 Actors worldwide with their Working Visas with a 100% success rate.
Find out what the industry in LA has to offer compared the the film and TV industry here and much more ...
This is a *taster* into Industry Hollywood's Seminars
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Class detailsTime: 11:45 - 12:45
Michael Wharley is an experienced, London-based headshot photographer:
In this seminar Michael gives you industry insights on head shots.
* How to choose a photographer?
* Get the best from your session
*Selecting final shots
*Latest headshot trends - Colour or B&W and
* US vs UK headshots
A seminar to help you take control of one of you most important assets, your headshot.
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Class Details
Time: 12.45pm - 13.45
“An English Actors Guide to Acting in America”
Los Angeles based casting director Zora Dehorter plus former NY talent agent, Alan S Nusbaum discuss how to make an American acting career in Film, TV and Theatre a reality.
Seminar will cover:
Insight into the Los Angeles and New York markets. The differences and similarities.
Working Visa’s, the legalities - Immigration - Working & Student Visas
Marketing, promotion, and packaging: Your type & your strengths
How to get a great Agent and/or manager while being in the UK
Casting Directors: An Inside View
Auditions, callbacks & your booking potential
Communicating your assets and gaining the competitive edge
Winning an American Audition
Screentests, using social media to market your talent to American Casting Directors and Agents.
ABOUT TVI ACTORS STUDIO (NYC & LOS ANGELES)
Since 1986, TVI Actors Studio has provided actors with centres in NY and LA wherethey can focus on the business of their careers in addition to learning thenecessary skills to compete as an actor.
Founded in New York City in “The Actors Equity Building”, TVI Actors Studio opened its Los Angeles office studios in 1988. In both locations, the primary focus of the studio is to provide actors with a means of learning and understanding the practical "ins and outs" of the acting profession. Classes in audition technique are taught by some of the most prominent directors, producers, casting directors and talent agents on both coasts. These classes range in fields from commercials, primetime and daytime TV, to film, musical and legit theater. All of these classes offer the actor the benefit of audition insight from the professionals who are in the industry, running the actual auditions.
ABOUT LOS ANGELES CASTING DIRECTOR ZORA DEHORTER
Los Angeles based casting director, Zora Dehorter is an independent film and television casting director. She is also a member of the CSA (“Casting Society of America”, the premiere organization of theatrical casting directors in film, television and theatre.
Independently, Zora has cast such films as “Ali G InDa House”, “Species III”, “Taylor” (which won a feature film award for ‘best director: Mark Roemmich’ at the New York International Film & Video Festival in 2005), to name a few.
Previously,from 2000-2004, at MGM TV she cast the NBC syndicated television “She Spies” for two years with Paul Weber. Zora oversaw the everyday casting of this series. Paul and Zora also worked together on two Showtime series “Dead Like Me” and “Jeremiah”, and the SCIFI Channel series “Stargate: Atlantis”.
Zora recently completed casting the independent feature film “Once Fallen” starring Ed Harris, Taraji P. Henson, Peter Weller, Sharon Gless, Peter Greene, Steve Railsback, and twenty-two other fabulous actors. “Once Fallen” won best director (Ash Adams) at the Los Angeles Film Festival in 2010.
Currently in the works is “Crossmaglen”, which looks to shoot in Ireland March 2011, in which Zora was able to attach the following actors (to name a few) Ben Kingsley, Ioan Gruffudd, Brenda Fricker, Claire Forlani, Thora Birch, Fionnula Flanagan
ABOUT ALAN S NUSBAUM
Founder and Chief Executive of America’s largest Dramatic Educational “Actors Studio”, TVI Actors Studio has become a global magnet for aspiring and professional actors around the world that want the finest American Acting Training, affordability, in addition to unique and innovative courses that accelerate actors careers in Film, TV and Theatre.
Alan S Nusbaum understands both the needs of the actor and those who offer employment in the highly competitive marketplace. He moves with agility and expertise in the global entertainment arenas with his A-list relationships of directors, producers, casting directors and actors, in television, film and theatre. He strives to provide actors with “practical, useful knowledge” about training and marketing and therein enhance their career opportunities. As the lead certified career coach at TVI. Nusbaum spends much of his time traveling between Los Angeles, New York, London and Sydney assisting actors with their journey. His guidance and advise, taking them “from the theatre stage to the sound stage”.
A native New Yorker, Nusbaum worked as a talent agent in the New York office of Cunningham, Escott, Slevin, Dougherty for almost a decade prior to launching TVI Actors Studio. During his tenure as an agent, he helped launch the careers of Courtney Cox, Sandra Bullock, Dolph Lundgren, and Tony award-winner Tonya Pinkins, among many others.
TVI Actors Studio alumni include Eva Longoria, Mena Suvari, British actor, Steve Valentine, SNL’s Rachel Dratch, to name a few.
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TVI Actors Studio alumni include Eva Longoria, Mena Suvari, British actor, Steve Valentine, SNL’s Rachel Dratch, to name a few.
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From Actor to Producer……… The journey
Actor turned producer, Sue Scott Davison chats about her experience and what drove her to become a producer. She tackles the divide between the performer and the producer, explodes some money making myths and discusses how the actor can make the leap without losing their principles and their house!
Talk will be followed by a Q&A
Following over 25 years as an actress, Sue established Lifeblood Theatre and its sister company Scott Davison Productions with the aim of producing high quality commissioned and established texts for both commercial and subsidised theatre. She was awarded a Stage One New Producer’s Bursary in 2004 in support of her work with Lifeblood Theatre, and a Meridian Theatre Interact Award for the development and production of Glyn Maxwell’s Liberty, which she co-produced with Shakespeare’s Globe in 2008, followed by a national tour. Other productions include: The Lifeblood (2004/5), Two Way Mirror (2006) and Future Me (2007/9). Sue is currently co-producing the critically acclaimed The Railway Children which returns to Waterloo this summer following its success in 2010, as well as a production in Toronto from May 2011. Lifeblood Theatre is currently in production with After Troy, its third collaboration with award winning poet , Glyn Maxwell. After Troy will open at Oxford Playhouse in February and move to The Shaw Theatre followed by a short tour.
Actors Advice Surgery Taster
with Yvonne I’Anson
One-to-One 15 minute advice sessions with Yvonne I’Anson
Yvonne’s long and varied career includes working as Publicist at York Theatre Royal; Publicity Officer at the Swan Theatre Worcester; Assistant and Acting General Manager at Watford Palace Theatre and Marketing Manager at the Gordon Craig Theatre in Stevenage. She worked as a Junior Agent for seven years with Peter Browne Management.
Yvonne was a freelance Publicist/Marketing consultant for 8 years,
and although she specialised in pantomime she worked on a variety of other projects including national tours, variety shows and personal publicity for various artists.
She was Marketing Manager at the New End Theatre in Hampstead before joining Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts as Head of Marketing in 1999.
Yvonne regularly contributes articles to Fourth Wall Magazine including the very popular ‘Just Ask Yvonne’ Advice Column and she is passionate about actors and their well-being and
development. She recently set up the Actors Advice Surgery, offering one hour face to face consultations covering self marketing, agents and surviving the business. Yvonne sits on the Board of Iris Theatre Company. For further
information email: yvonne@actorsadvicesurgery.co.uk.
Monday, 4 August 2008
Conversations with... The Agents
14.00 - 14.45pm
We have brought together industry agents who will speak openly about the acting industry,
what an agent does and take Q&A's from the audience.
Learn from a panel of experts about how to get ahead as an actor and find out what an agent needs from you.
This 45min panel will include a one-hour question and answer session with agents taking questions from the audience. Please come with your questions prepared.
Moderator:
Helen Raw, Raw Talent
Panellists:
1) Kelle Bryan, Mobo nominated Singer, Actress, Presenter and Director of Red Hot Entertainment
2) TBC
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Sunday, 3 August 2008
Class Details:
TIME:15:15-16.00
DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND.... This class is being run again.
Organising your finances and thinking like a business may not come naturally.
But there are simple ways of keeping the paperwork under control and planning your next steps without losing sleep.
This seminar gives some tips, tricks and short cuts, leaving you more time to do the things you enjoy.
TIME:15:15-16.00
DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND.... This class is being run again.
Organising your finances and thinking like a business may not come naturally.
But there are simple ways of keeping the paperwork under control and planning your next steps without losing sleep.
This seminar gives some tips, tricks and short cuts, leaving you more time to do the things you enjoy.
About David Thomas
David is a highly experienced broadcaster and manager, involved in radio and online production for 25 years, mostly with the BBC World Service and local radio. His expertise has taken him all around the world, working with broadcasters from Eastern Europe, the Far East, Africa and the Caribbean.
He has a reputation for reliability and sharp strategic thinking and is an excellent communicator. He has a keen interest in personal development and professional motivation of others, honed through years as a team leader and trainer.
David is a member of the Radio Academy and an Affiliate Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
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