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Saturday, April 21, 2012

Les Liaisons Dangerous.

The other night I was lucky enough to go with a very dear friend to see 'Les Liaisons Dangerous' at the Wharf Theatre.  It was excellent.  Everything about this production was superb, the acting, the set, the costumes, the everything. there was one man who you couldn't take your eyes off though.  He was enigmatic, brilliant, and always in the very moment he was supposed to be in.  this actor happens to be a very famous Aussie actor, some may even go so far as to say a 'film star'.  But that didn't matter.  I (and nor did my friend) sit there and only see a film star.  We saw an actor who had such stage presence that we couldn't look away from him.  You wanted to constantly know what he was doing,  or what he was going to do next.
How does one 'get' stage presence?  I don't think anyone really knows, but I am going to suggest some stuff that wouldn't hurt.
Know what your doing - know who your character is, what they are doing where they are.  Know where you came from.  Know what you want.
Be prepared for change, expect anything.
Love what you do.

You don't have to be Hugo Weaving to achieve this :
xoxoxo

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