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Myra Pennington: Posted on Friday, June 24, 2011 6:41 PM
Myra wrote on August 1st 2011... The last two classes of term involved a lot of team effort and self belief. Covering the genre of comedy we were once again invited to laugh at ourselves before we laughed at the script. In fact what I find the most fascinating about learning the art of comedy is more often than not the scripts, as written, are not always obviously funny. It is more the delivery, timing, pacing and sheer talent of the actor involved that brings the whole thing to an infectious giggle or laugh out loud conclusion. |
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Kristin O'Mara: Posted on Monday, April 18, 2011 11:17 AM
 Since I decided to pursue acting part time last year, I've grown in confidence and even more so since I joined ActUpNorth in October 2010. When Illy (TV Director) came in to see us, during a Q&A session in December, he simply said "If you want to act, why not write your own play?" and I thought "Yeah - why the hell not!!!" So that is what I decided to do! After writing a few of the scripts myself (which I think this is an avenue I will also follow in the future) I probably didn't realise how much planning was involved with the 8 mini plays and approx 25 actors from across the North, many of whom from ActUpNorth! |
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Tara Donelon: Posted on Thursday, February 10, 2011 11:39 AM
 Since I decided to pursue acting professionally I was at a loss on how to begin and what to expect. I started attending 'ACTUPNORTH' and learnt so much class by class. From how to audition, perform on camera (which was daunting at first and now is so much easier to do), what to expect in a casting and even had mock castings with respected industry professionals. The amount of scripts we have covered which are from current t.v programmes is fantastic and learning to get them off page as soon as possible is getting easier each week. |
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Jan Pearson: Posted on Monday, January 17, 2011 4:04 PM
 Since attending ActUpNorth classes I have learned so much. All of the classes have been very useful and informative and am now finding it easier at auditions, something I know I will never feel completely comfortable with but having the extra knowledge it great. As well as that I've also met, worked with and had some fun times with creative people who have become friends.
The class that I think had the most impact for me and was rather like a light bulb moment, was learning about objectives. I was finding it difficult to have little facial movement and still portray the feelings and emotions of the character keeping it real and lifelike.
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