by anitakumar | Dec 14, 2016 | AU, John O'Hare Studios
Greetings! Remember last month we finished the blog on a cliffhanger? “Do actors feel what the character is feeling, whilst onstage in front of an audience?” In psychology, emotion is often defined as a complex state of feeling that results in physical and...
by anitakumar | Nov 9, 2016 | AU, John O'Hare Studios
Hello fellow actors and directors! Welcome back. This month I would like to begin a discussion about acting emotions. I will start the analysis with a question: Does the actor have to feel the emotions they portray in a character? During our Shakespeare Intensive...
by anitakumar | Sep 14, 2016 | AU, John O'Hare Studios
There was a lot of reporting on Jared Leto’s horrible behavior on the set of Suicide Squad. Social media went zany about the exploitative dangers of “method acting” and its acolytes. It has been alleged that he claimed to be using these techniques to...
by anitakumar | Jul 22, 2016 | CNI Events, UK
We thought we would shake things up a little in our series of Q&A events by inviting Sarah Victoria from PEM Acting to speak with us on Wednesday 24 August. The Perdekamp Emotional Method (PEM) was developed and designed by German director and playwright Stephan...
by anitakumar | Jul 12, 2016 | AU, John O'Hare Studios
Hello, fellow actors and directors, greetings and salutations! Welcome back. Last time you dropped by we were addressing “focus of attention” for an actor during rehearsals and performance. I’d like to continue this discussion, however, during rehearsals...