Love is….. well, you tell us. You have up to 3 minutes. In a short film. With words, words, words. A monologue about love. In any or all of its ...
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“If you’re going to write about death, you’re really writing about life.”
It’s potentially the broadest topic ever: Life, Death and Everything in Between. ...
Caleb Lewis…On Monologues
There are few moments onstage more powerful than a good monologue. Done ...
Top 10 Tips for Playwrights: Advice from the Other Side of the Line
Van Badham is the Artistic Associate (Writing) of the Malthouse Theatre in Melbourne. ...
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Masterclass with Rose Byrne. Yes, THAT Rose Byrne.
We were delighted to welcome Rose Byrne to atyp recently, to lead a workshop for young actors on screen techniques. One of Australia’s leading acting talents, starring in recent blockbusters Bridesmaids and X-Men: First Class, Rose’s acting career started out at atyp and so it was great to welcome her back to our boards. Fresh [...]
John Bell on performing Hamlet
I first encountered Hamlet when I was eight, the year Olivier’s film came out. My mother took me to see it at the now-demolished Lyric cinema in Newcastle. The event had such an impact on me that I can still remember the heat of the footpath outside the cinema, the feeling of going down the [...]
Alone At Last
There are plenty of challenges a solo monologue presents, and each one will have its individual nuances and requirements. This is compounded by the fact there is no other actor to look to for support, inspiration, energy and help when things get off track. It can also be an incredibly liberating and empowering experience. With [...]
Presenting TO BE….
10 actors, one day, one city, and the greatest monologue of all. TO BE is the first strand of THE VOICES PROJECT from the Australian Theatre for Young People (atyp), and is a new take on the most famous words ever written for the stage. Director: Damien Power Producer: Bec Cubitt Co-Producers: Eva DiBlasio, Eleanor [...]
All of Sydney is a stage
Sarah Woods is an actor and leading Shakespeare tutor. She accompanied and supported the actors on the day’s shoot for TO BE. Here she writes of her passion for Shakespeare and her experience of working with the young cast and crew of TO BE. Sarah was also acting coach throughout the shoot of BOOT and [...]
TO BE….the cast
Meet the cast of THE VOICES PROJECT: TO BE, premiering online this week. You can keep up to date with THE VOICES PROJECT, here. Dianne Kaye Aldé is a performing arts enthusiast. Singing in choirs since she was ten, she has trained in Musical Theatre, Classical and Bel Canto singing techniques and enjoys performing in [...]
About The Voices Project
THE VOICES PROJECT brings together the best of new monologue writing from atyp’s Fresh Ink emerging playwright program , and presents it on stage, on page, on film and online, giving voice to a new generation of Australian writers, theatremakers, filmmakers and performers. THE VOICES PROJECT kicked off in February 2011 with THE VOICES PROJECT [...]
The Wrap Up: Thoughts on the Fresh Ink 2011 National Studio
It’s been almost a month since the 2011 Fresh Ink National Studio. That’s a month without thinking about jumping in the Shoalhaven River, without attending a workshop on playwriting, being cooked for, thinking and talking about monologues, eating lots of dessert and being asked politely “not to tweet that”. Having the critical distance now to [...]
You’ll just have to trust that based on the advice I received, my monologue was brilliant.
Last week, I was observing at the Fresh Ink National Studio or Monologue Camp, as I like to call it. It’s hard not to feel pressure to write a monologue at Monologue Camp. Luckily, writers don’t generally travel in packs and so rarely have the means to corner you and challenge you to write something. [...]
Unlocking creativity…and the bathroom door…
In beautiful, picturesque, wombat filled Riversdale, there’s not a whole lot to be worried about. That is unless you find yourself in the award-winning architecture, unable to remember whether your need to move the lock on the toilet door to the right or to the left to get out. In this situation, several options always [...]
“I’ll stake a claim: I am the slowest playwright in the southern hemisphere.”
Peta Murray writes plays and short stories. She is also a dramaturg, director and has taught playwriting at Melbourne University and RMIT. She is currently co-facilitator of The Black Writers Lab for Ilbijerri Theatre, Melbourne and is one of this year’s Fresh Ink National Studio tutors. The Build by Peta Murray I’ll stake a claim: [...]
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