Tag: actor
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A flying Start to 2016!
We’ve had a flying start to the year so far. Not just the Pantomime but lots of role play training, managing high performing staff, as well as playing villains for Police interview training, we’ve had teams of actors out being interactive characters for immersive performances not to mention our schools workshops! January has been so…
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New season!
Panto season may be over but we’ve had a good one, starring Jeff Longmore as our Dame with a small but perfectly formed cast of Julie O’Hare and Jack Federov, we’ve enjoyed performing our private Pantomime for audiences but now it’s time to say goodbye for another year! “Oh no it isn-” Stop that. Yes it is.
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Braaaiiiiins!
It’s that time of the year again, where everyone goes nuts trying to scare the living poop out of their friends and colleagues! There are some amazing home made costumes, some outright fun pranks and the one thing you see most of: ZOMBIES! As you might expect, we’re pretty busy helping people make the most…
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The Lost Generation of actors!
Have you noticed the phrase”emerging talent”? It is always accompanied by portraits of very young actors, fresh out of drama school, looking to make a living in the business, quite often starry eyed with visions of fame dancing before them. Why not? Good luck to them we say. But there is a whole generation of actors…
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Jurassic sparks!
Bookings have gone crazy with our dinoclaws, T-Rex puppet for the opening of the new Jurassic park film this summer. It has been a popular seller since we introduced her last year, appearing at family fun days, promotions, festivals and being filmed terrifying the residents of Oslo but now she, (we call her Sophie), takes…
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How to trap an actor
It’s easy really, use food. Free food. That’s important, it has to be free food. A buffet works as well as a basket of muffins or flapjack. Some actors have evolved the ability to materialise next to a buffet just as it opens. Others have grown special pouches that can conceal food they can’t eat…
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Voyage on the wild seas
So we are doing a job in Oslo, Norway. Exciting stuff! Taking the dinosaur traveling on a cargo ship with only a small amount of other passengers. Makes you think of romantic stories like “around the world in 80 days” doesn’t it? Wandering the boat to make discoveries or striding out on deck to feel…
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The amazing truth behind “break a leg”
Ever had someone wish you luck by saying “break a leg”? Most people think this is rather harsh and imagine the valiant performer struggling though a show nursing fractured limbs on stage. Perhaps this refers to the “show must go on” spirit so many actors have in their blood? Or is it a glib reference to…
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An inspirational human
Richard Attenborough was more than just an excellent character actor. He was an inspirational person who touched lives of many with his concern for other human beings. In the movie business he engendered the quote : “if you’ve been lucky enough to do well then it’s your responsibility to send the elevator back down for…
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Caring Together
Adhoc Actors have been commissioned once again to write and perform a unique piece of drama, this time by Eastern Cheshire CCG, to highlight new practise, called Caring Together . We were approached by Louise Booth of Participate who works closely with many other NHS regions, staging different awareness and training days. Louise wanted to bring the theme…