KNOWLEDGE IS FREEDOM
admin To give this article context I wrote it after coming to an end of a short run in Footloose the musical in Switzerland. I think I was nearly the eldest member of the cast so I couldn’t resist putting into words some wisdom I thought I should impart. I never did send these writings to … Read more
Dear Sir/Madam, I’m writing to you after I noticed my voice had been overdubbed in your film in which I played the character ****** Coming soon….
In my experience if you use any kind of technique as an actor and tell people you do, they will, 9 times out of 10, knowingly confirm for you… ‘ah, you’re a Method actor.’ James Dean Well no, I’m definitely not. As the extra classes continued above the pub so did regular classes and … Read more
So, from being initially horrified at the preposterous idea of The Science of Acting I was now enthralled. It was lucky for me then and about 10 other like-minded students, that Sam, who taught us all only once a week on the school timetable, started extra evening classes above The Duke of Edinburgh pub around … Read more
I first met Sam Kogan at Mountview Theatre School (now known as Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts), it must have been 1990/91. I knew nothing about him only that he was a new guest teacher who was going to teach us acting – more specifically a technique he had developed, called The Science of Acting. … Read more
I realised at the age of 11 while performing in a school play called The Miasma in Mostyn Mews that telling a story was somehow very important to me. A fellow cast member, playing her role, tied to a chair and struggling (with ten times more vigour now we were in front of an audience), … Read more
Just to give the following article context… The show concerned was taking place in the UK in the lead up to the Christmas period so temperatures both outside and inside the theatre were low. There was a big problem with the theatre’s heating system which had packed up. Many of the cast had demanding balletic … Read more