Description
Book SynopsisAn Actor's Research: Investigating Choices for Practice and Performance presents an accessible and highly practical guide to the research approaches required of the actor. It aims to establish the precision and rigour of the actor's craft that is intrinsic to a compelling acting performance, explore a range of research activities surrounding and emerging from practical work in the studio, and enable the actor to evolve a multifaceted skillset in researching for performance.
The chapters focus on different research areas such as the self, character, relationships, circumstance, and context, providing accessible and practical guidance to developing a personal research practice. Each aspect is explained and engaged with as practice, rather than study offering helpful hints and advising against common pitfalls ultimately enabling the actor to locate the necessary knowledge to shape and inform their performance in both text-based and devised scenarios. Additionally, as t
Table of Contents
1. The Actor's Research Mindset – Creative Critical Thinking 2. Self Evaluation as Research – Starting With the Self 3. Interrogating the Text – Close-Reading the Play 4. Investigating for Character – Shifting From Self 5. Character Into Relationship – Investigating Interaction 6. Character Into World – Exploring Given Circumstances 7. The World of the Production – Contexts of Creative Choices 8. Repurposing Actor's Research – Different Applications
