You have vulnerabilities which you are probably very skilled  at avoiding ever putting into action, because why poke the thing that hurts? Intuitively, though, you must know that they are the very things that are holding you back. I’m not talking about missing the skill, I’m talking about avoiding certain aspects of life altogether. From personal experience I can say that even just an attempt to overcome those vulnerabilities enriches you immensely as a professional.

It’s now been 5 month since I was a real director, and here are some of the things that I find helpful when you are in a limbo state between being a theatre maker and that annoying friend who directed that play month ago and won’t stop talking about it.

My notes from my Novermber workshop on naturalistic theater. I believe that knowledge and understanding of theater history essential in general but naturalism especially is one of those things that will really up your game as a director. Naturalism was the starting point of the theatrical stage and style of acting that we mostly see on […]

Almost a year ago an actor I was working with came up to me and asked if during a romantic scene they could kiss their acting partner without warning them beforehand, so the scene would be more natural. I said no, probably not, but I would need to go away and think about it, as […]