Director, choreographer, performer and writer, Kathleen Ann Thompson , Artistic Director of Belleherst Productions. discusses an approach to some of the most challenging and complex theatrical techniques which thespians often whisper about in the wings of the stage. Kathleen's twenty-five year experience with directing three schools for movement theatre and directing two theatre companies, as well as writing and performing award winning productions for Bellehert has given her an overall in-depth knowledge of theatre. Her enthusiasm to elevate the craft of theatre for all types of performers and theatrical endeavors is edifying.
Whispers in the Wings targets complex techniques which form the infra structure of good and effective stage practices for directors and actors. These techniques are often glossed over in drama classes or addressed with superficial and time-worn cliches. Kathleen digs down into the technique with analysis and practical exercises.
We hope you will be stimulated and inspired by these discussions.
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Director, choreographer, performer and writer, Kathleen Ann Thompson , Artistic Director of Belleherst Productions. discusses an approach to some of the most challenging and complex theatrical techniques which thespians often whisper about in the wings of the stage. Kathleen's twenty-five year experience with directing three schools for movement theatre and directing two theatre companies, as well as writing and performing award winning productions for Bellehert has given her an overall in-depth knowledge of theatre. Her enthusiasm to elevate the craft of theatre for all types of performers and theatrical endeavors is edifying. Whispers in the Wings targets complex techniques which form the infra structure of good and effective stage practices for directors and actors. These techniques are often glossed over in drama classes or addressed with superficial and time-worn cliches. Kathleen digs down into the technique with analysis and practical exercises. We hope you will be stimulated and inspired by these discussions.
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January 6, 2022
How to Successfully Rehearse ALONE
<p>It's just so much work; I don't know what to do, I'm an actor not a director. I don't know how to do it; What if I do something wrong; I just find a lot of excuses why I can't do it now; I know I'll just do something studpid.</p> <p>These are just a few of the excuses I hear continually as a teacher and director in the theatre. In our schools we require that a student take the techniques learned during the day and create, rehearse and perform a small devised dramatic project EVERY DAY that they are in school. Therefore, I am very aware of the excuses proferred every night when performance time rolls around. </p> <p>This podcast addresses this subject and give give the student or performer a structure for rehearsing without the benefit of a director, teacher or learned colleague. Hopefully, the excuses will be replaced with the inspiration that this can be very satisfying and rewarding. Sometimes, just changing the frame can bring a whole new reality into view.</p> <p>Happy rehearsing my thespian friends.</p> <p> </p>
March 2, 2019
Postmodernism and its Effects on Acting Techniques
<p>The tenets of postmodernism, deconstructionism and secular materialism are large concepts which symbolize philosophical frames of modern man’s thinking, feeling and thus behaving, whether we understand these markers or not. The consequences of these thought frameworks are imposed upon us through culture and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> consensus thinking, and therefore seep into the fabric of our lives on every level.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> We, as theatre artists, pay a big price in respect to the autonomy of our minds and thus are choices to remain free in our thinking and reasoning when we are not aware - awake and watching - of the slow shift in this area of our life in which these changes are detrimental to the orthodoxy of theatre. <br /> <br /> In this podcast we are reviewing the changes that are taking place, in particularly, in acting. Our effectiveness as an actor, measured by our influence on the audience, is a primary goal. What postmodern concepts are changing that effectiveness by means of distorting acting techniques and how? What do we need to know to reverse this trend?</p>
February 20, 2017
How Acting can Chase your Audience Away
<p>The quickest way to chase an audience away from your performance is to bore them by acting instead of reacting to stimulus. <strong>Stimulus/Response</strong> is the acting tool of spontaneous, real-life, reaction that engages the audience emotionally and holds their attention. Kathleen Ann Thompson discusses how to do it, what stand in the actor's way and what the overall boon is to any performance.</p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/85415/whispersartcoverjpg.jpg" alt="" width="1332" height="1332" /></span></p>
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