Edge of London has been based at the Charles Cryer Theatre
for three years, and meets there once or twice a month.
It's always good to hear from
actors keen to read through new scripts - useful to the writer but equally of
use to the actor who likes the challenge of a new role and interpretation of
untried text.
Acting, like writing,
can be a lonely existence. You may often
have to take 'outside' jobs and while doing so are neither maintaining your
skills nor networking to pick up audition news and make new contacts.
Actors Together @ the Cryer may be the answer…
When EoL meets at the
theatre there's usually enough material to be read through or discussed, but if
on occasion there isn't, the rest of the evening can be given over to acting
practice. Not a tutor-led class or even
an organised workshop - it's up to those present to devise what they feel would
be useful at that time. So one way or
another, there's usually performance to get involved in.
We normally inhabit the
Cryer's rehearsal room but are able to use the Studio itself when it's free.
After our time in the
theatre (usually 7.30 to 9.30 pm) many of us retire to the cheap pub next door, or occasionally the more plush Greyhound up the road.
So Actors Together
brings actors together. It offers the
opportunity of regular script reading (useful for those auditions when
a cold script is thrust at you!) and possibly devising and impro exercises to help keep skills in practise. It's a chance to network, hear about potential
work and make new friends.
What's the downside? A small cost.
EoL is totally
independent and as such we have to hire the space at the Cryer. To help
cover this cost, there's a flat entry fee of £3 per visit, whether writer,
actor or spectator. It seems the fairest
way to recoup the expense.
Please get in contact if it sounds interesting.