How do i start?????
Mon, 2 June 2003, 08:13 pmSteph10 posts in thread
How do i start?????
Mon, 2 June 2003, 08:13 pmHi my name is steph and i want to start doing thetre stuff i realise that i waont have big roles but u have to start somewhere the problem being as im only 13 i doon tknow where to start or we to go to start ating ither courses or proformaces? if u know plez help me. oh yer im from wa.
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Re: Ali cat ??
Wed, 4 June 2003, 08:54 pmali wrote:
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> I don't know what the fuss is about theatre groups. More
> often than not they are boring and repetitive, and no one
> ever gets to do what they want to do. In my opinion, if a
> young person is not self motivated to learn things like
> performance skills off their own back, they'll never learn
> them. All theatre groups do is start off the notion that they
> must claw and fight one another to win in the acting
> proffession, instead of simply being the best they can be and
> win with talent and determination, and not cattiness. Young
> years are too special to be wasted trying to be an adult...
Hmm...spoken in a genuine tone of cattiness: a shame about your unhappy experience, but perhaps it's true that you WILL find what you seek.
My basic problem with both of your notions (besides the spelling of "profession") is your multiple use of the word "win". It's actually not about winning...so no wonder you felt those years were wasted.
I was in a group called the Youth Theatre Company in my late highschool years (84-88); if nothing else I found it a fantastic social club...but it also GAVE me a lot of motivation, as well as skills and experience. As far as "doing what we want to do" we were lucky enough to be led through a method of devising most of our own work...which has probably been the single biggest factor for a lot of the professional work I get today. And so rather than 'try to be adult' we were able to create stuff that we felt was relevent TO US...which is all any artist should be doing.
These days, there are at least two groups in the Perth region that are doing similar work...the WA Youth Theatre Company (a different mob from the one I was in): contact Melanie at waytco@hotmail.com , or the Geckobytes group (contact David at barkinggecko.com.au ).
If you're in the Albany region, Southern Edge Arts is a great company to be involved in, and I'm sure there are other groups I'm not aware of.
Cheers,
Craig
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> I don't know what the fuss is about theatre groups. More
> often than not they are boring and repetitive, and no one
> ever gets to do what they want to do. In my opinion, if a
> young person is not self motivated to learn things like
> performance skills off their own back, they'll never learn
> them. All theatre groups do is start off the notion that they
> must claw and fight one another to win in the acting
> proffession, instead of simply being the best they can be and
> win with talent and determination, and not cattiness. Young
> years are too special to be wasted trying to be an adult...
Hmm...spoken in a genuine tone of cattiness: a shame about your unhappy experience, but perhaps it's true that you WILL find what you seek.
My basic problem with both of your notions (besides the spelling of "profession") is your multiple use of the word "win". It's actually not about winning...so no wonder you felt those years were wasted.
I was in a group called the Youth Theatre Company in my late highschool years (84-88); if nothing else I found it a fantastic social club...but it also GAVE me a lot of motivation, as well as skills and experience. As far as "doing what we want to do" we were lucky enough to be led through a method of devising most of our own work...which has probably been the single biggest factor for a lot of the professional work I get today. And so rather than 'try to be adult' we were able to create stuff that we felt was relevent TO US...which is all any artist should be doing.
These days, there are at least two groups in the Perth region that are doing similar work...the WA Youth Theatre Company (a different mob from the one I was in): contact Melanie at waytco@hotmail.com , or the Geckobytes group (contact David at barkinggecko.com.au ).
If you're in the Albany region, Southern Edge Arts is a great company to be involved in, and I'm sure there are other groups I'm not aware of.
Cheers,
Craig
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