Xanadu – the musical in Australia
In 1980, Olivia Newton John and Gene Kelly starred in the pop culture phenomenon “Xanadu”. Now, the musical version of the film is coming to Melbourne’s Docklands opening on March 3rd, 2011, and then going on to tour nationally. The musical earned three Tony nominations in the United States, where it played for more than 500 performances beginning in 2007. The musical earned critcal acclaim, with The New York Times reporting that “There’s so much silly bliss to be had,”. If you never saw the original Xanadu film, you will... Read The Rest →
What motivates us to succeed?? A great video.
Having never actually seen Tony Robbins work before, I kind of dismissed him as something like a cult leader. This is a really interesting video from TED – ideas worth spreading, about what motivates us to succeed. I really enjoyed it. Hope you do. Share → Tweet
Love Never Dies (Australia) – All the info I could find
The offers have gone out to the cast, but at this point there is no complete list or information on who has accepted and who hasn’t. Congratulations on everyone who got in. Can’t wait to see it. Share → Tweet
Online tools you’re probably not using: Instapaper
Today I’m going to talk about a great tool for collecting articles from the web. Instapaper – www.instapaper.com The tag line for instapaper is “A simple tool to save web pages for reading later” and that pretty much sums up exactly what it does. A very simple premise, although I am sure there are some very difficult technical things going on behind the scenes, but to actual use it is incredibly simple. There are two reasons you might use instapaper: Firstly if you want to save an article to come... Read The Rest →
Matt’s Murmurs – Heading to AussieTheatre.com.au
Starting next week I will also be writing a blog on aussietheatre.com.au entitled Matt’s Murmurs. It will basically be my feelings on the industry, the business side of acting and technology that I think will be useful for actors. My first post I think is going to be about successfully using twitter as an actor. Matt Share → Tweet
Rock of ages – Show research – Australian Auditions
Ok, so I had a great response to my article on Dr Zhivago audition info, so I thought I would keep them coming. Please leave a message or facebook like it, as it helps google recognise its a decent article, so more people can find it. Share → Tweet
Dr Zhivago the Musical – Coming to Australia. All the info I can find – updated
All the information I could find on Dr Zhivago the musical for upcoming auditions in Australia.
10 Minutes local content in a WEEK? Thanks GO!
As a follow up to this weeks earlier article on the amount of local content on our TV stations, this was mentioned in the weekly Equity E-Bulleton: Share → Tweet
Local content on Australian TV.
I read an interesting article today in the Herald Sun about the recent government handouts for local TV stations and what it means as far as issues with broadcasting local content. Apparently they are supposed to broadcast at least 55% local content between 6am and midnight. I thought it was an interesting article. Opening quote below and link below that: THERE is nothing like a $250 million government handout to bring the critics out of the woodwork. Just ask the free-to-air TV networks – Seven, Nine and Ten – which... Read The Rest →
Some more branding for actors.
After my last article I thought I would continue to talk about branding for actors. One thing that I think I failed to mention in my last post is that it is not about pretending to be something else, being fake or choosing what you are going to portray. It’s about finding out who you truly are, playing to that, and letting your natural personality do the work for you. In a word, your ‘essence.’ Share → Tweet