Do you want to act? …

by admin on September 11, 2009

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Thoughts behind the lines.

by admin on March 13, 2011

Just because you finish saying a line- doesn’t mean that the thought behind the words has finished. Too many actors drop the thought the moment they say the line. The thought should come BEFORE the words and should be left to linger AFTER the words. Don’t throw those moments away- if captured, they make for some of the best parts of a performance.

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Friends vs Actor Friends

March 3, 2011

An actor in LA asked me what I thought of his work- I told him “it was great” – he kicked my ass in. He said “I can year that from my mother- what did you think of it as an actor? What could I improve on? What worked what didn’t etc.” He said “If [...]

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Application of the work.

February 4, 2011

It isn’t easy. 1+1 equals 2 only in accounting not in acting. You will have bad days and good days and no one really knows what the “right” formula is for the day. If there was such a thing, there would be a thousand Brando’s walking around. The best advice I can give is to [...]

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Testimonial from student Mike Newman

January 8, 2011

Hi Peter, Your classes are working for me…I have been cast in ‘Spring Awakening’ which goes up at the national theatre in St Kilda and opens on Jan 27th so the next few weeks are very full with rehearsals and performance, keeping me busy until mid Feb, I will return to class then, I may [...]

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Testimonial from student- Max John Davine

January 8, 2011

The heart of a teacher, the talent of an actor, if acting changes in Australia for the better it will have been because the Melbourne Actor’s Lab that started it.

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Australian Stage Interview

October 22, 2010

INTERVIEW WITH PETER IN THE AUSTRALIAN STAGE

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ART – By Elia Kazan

September 13, 2010

Art is created through commitment -every production should be a matter of life and death. The experience out of which art is created -and acting is an art – must be an intense one,and the result of an intense involvement in something may be elation or depression, victory or defeat. For myself I know no [...]

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Emily Jenkins – a student wrote this note.

September 6, 2010

A big thankyou to you, Ive just finished shooting my lead role in Immaculate Virtue, the short film version of a Feature to be made “Adam and Eve”. We had two international award winning professionals on board, the Director Adrian Goodman and Cinematographer Judd Overton. It was very long days and nights shooting a very [...]

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A note from Tasker Streete-

July 8, 2010

My video audition done in sign language, which I literally learned overnight, was a hit with the Director! I’ve never known a word of sign, so that is a miracle. He particularly liked my character brief and history that I made up, which included a twist in the story itself, “Wow! Thanks for that! I [...]

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