Tag: the Globe Theatre

Common Thespian Terms

Some common thespian terms that almost everyone in the theatrical and live events industry knows are great to have in your vocabulary if you want to get a foot in the door. Some of these term are more technically inclined while others are used more commonly by performers. Either way, these terms are heard throughout any stage of careers by those in the live events industry.

Not For Profit Actors?

Michael Sheen has turned himself into a “Not for profit” actor. How did he manage to do that? The Welsh actor trained at London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and mainly worked in live theatre roles in the 1990s until his big break into the film industry in 2002. Since then, he has gone on to work in several major productions but has recently made himself into a ‘social enterprise’ and became a ‘not for profit’ actor.

Banning Technology At The Globe Theatre: What Would Shakespeare Do?

A few months ago I was lucky enough to work at the Globe Theatre in London. The Globe is a replica of the theatre Shakespeare worked in when he was working in London during the early 1600’s. The Globe is made largely of wood and is open to the elements, it has the only a thatched roof allowed in London.

Technology Breaking Barriers: New Dimensions To Theatrical Performance

In 1712 Joseph Addison, founder of English daily newspaper ‘The Spectator’, wrote the following:

“There is no question but our great-grandchildren will be very curious to know the reason why their forefathers used to sit together like an audience of foreigners in their own country, and to hear whole plays acted before them in a tongue which they did not understand.”