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Acting In Experimental Film

15.10.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 1 Comment

Since I began collaborating with filmmaker, Rouzbeh Rashidi in 2010, we have made 4 feature films and 8 short films, playing in festivals all over the world. For the new edition of Experimental Conversations, I have written extensively about the acting techniques we employed in the... Read More

Working Off The Other Actor | The Great Acting Blog

11.07.2021 , The Great Acting Blog , 24 Comments

  Working off the other actor – what is it? In performance you focus on what the other actor is doing and respond accordingly moment-by-moment. Your performance is created in-the-moment.  This is very different to the ‘acting-as-presentation’ model, where the actor maps out every gesture,... Read More

The Great Acting Blog: “In Life, Facing The Truth Is A Choice”

13.02.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 2 Comments

On stage or in front of camera we take action. We make that commitment to got for it and we just deal with whatever is thrown at us thereafter.  In life away from performance however, we hesitate, we relentlessly go over our plans to the extent... Read More

The Great Acting Blog: “Closure Of Catharsis Q & A”

10.10.2011 , The Great Acting Blog , 14 Comments

Check out this promo clip from feature film, Closure Of Catharsis Closure Of Catharsis is a feature film I made with Rouzbeh Rashidi at the end of last year. It's about a man who wrestles with himself as he attempts to remember a trauma from his p... Read More

Mutual Admiration Society – Berlin Screening

11.09.2015 , Uncategorized , 0 Comments

Mutual Admiration Society, the minimalist hitman feature film I co-created with Rouzbeh Rashidi last year, will make it’s German debut this month, with a screening at Lichtblick Kino in Berlin – I will be attending. “Surreal and mysterious, in equal parts absurd and intense, Mutual... Read More

There Is No Escape From The Terrors Of The Mind Is Now Complete

27.05.2013 , Uncategorized , 0 Comments

  There Is No Escape From The Terrors Of The Mind, which I appear in, is now complete. Shot in Ireland, Iran, Oman and UK, this two hour hypnotic experimental feature film was kindly funded by The Arts Council of Ireland, generously supported by The Guest House and Cork Film Centre and... Read More

The Great Acting Blog: “What Acting Could Be – I Review My Life In Pieces By Simon Callow”

19.11.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 10 Comments

I stumbled, some years ago, upon Simon Callow’s Being An Actor, an autobiography of his first nine years as a professional actor. It revolutionised how I understood my own experience as an actor, leading to a comprehensive re-think about my approach to building a body... Read More

The Great Acting Blog: “Concealing And Revealing” by Mel Churcher

14.09.2011 , The Great Acting Blog , 88 Comments

Mel is a leading acting and voice coach. She also coaches a wide range of professionals from budding newcomers to top film stars like Daniel Craig, Angelina Jolie, Keira Knightley and Jet Li; from presenters like Raymond Blanc and Goldie to singer... Read More

I Know What To Do, So Why Don’t I Do It?

20.08.2019 , The Great Acting Blog , 26 Comments

My quest to better understand the workings of the human mind, has brought me to the superb book by psychoneuroimmunologist Nick Hall; I Know What To Do, So Why Don’t I Do It?. I actually listened to the audiobook which takes the form of a... Read More

The Great Acting Blog: “The Superficiality Of Social Media”

28.08.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

I’ve always thought that the best way to serve yourself is by serving your community, by delivering something of true value to it. The wellbeing of the individual is bound up in the wellbeing of the group. When this is in balance, everyone benefits, at... Read More