That’s me, third from the left in the photo above. It was taken this past weekend at the Middle Temple, one of the famous Inns of Court in London, and where the first recorded performance of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. I was working with an historic dance and drama company called Nonsuch to perform a Candelmas celebration. […]
7 Ways to Still Be Productive When You Really Can’t be F*cked
I’m having one of those days today where I really just feel like shutting off the computer, fishing out the Love Film DVD’s which have been waiting to be watched, putting on my pj’s, making some tea and flaking on the sofa. A proper slobby day. Isn’t that what we think of actors doing a […]
Luck Has Nothing To Do With It
A couple of random events have converged over the last 24 hours to make me give some thought to the so called influence of ‘Luck’ on a career in the Arts. I wrapped up the show I was doing in the West End just over a week ago. This has given me a few days […]
Why 90% of Resolutions Fail and the 10% Option That Actually Works
Here we are on the second of January and I bet you, like me and millions of other people, have at some point over the last few days given some thought to your ‘New Years Resolutions.’ Photo from One Way Stock I bet that list looks pretty much like the list you have drawn up […]
Creative Balancing Act
For years I have been writing Morning Pages. The concept of Morning Pages comes from The Artists Way by Julia Cameron and involves writing 750 words of free form writing every morning. The idea is that you dump out what’s floating around in your head so that you can then approach your work freely without those […]
Letting Go, Moving On
The whole point of being an artist is to let things go. Our job is to create something and then let it go, send it out into the world and allow it to have a life of its own. This applies whether we make a pot, a play or give a performance. It is something […]
Budgeting for Creative Survival
There are many great things I took away from my MA in Creative Entrepreneurship from UEA (http://www.uea.ac.uk/hum/mace/courses/ma-creative-entrepreneurship). The course leader, Ian Chance, is a charming man with a lifetime worth of experience in the field. He’s also wickedly funny. One of the things he taught us was to have our cabbages budget. As well as […]
Keeping it Fresh
Daily App Experiment #303: “Chain Reaction”, a photo by docpop on Flickr. When you’ve been practicing your art form for some time it can be hard to keep it fresh. When you are doing the same things over and over again, it’s easy for it all to start feeling a bit…. well like a dayjob. […]
Not All Customers Are Created Equal
I suppose I’ve been a freelance creative entrepreneur for 20 years now, at least off and on. During that time I’ve done a number of contracts as an actor, singer or dancer. In the last few years I’ve taken on freelance work teaching singing and writing contracts related to my other professional life as a […]
Pathway Four: Business Skills
The fourth pathway is called Managerial Tools & Leadership Skills by Lisa Sonora Beam. I find that a bit of a mouthful, so I think of it instead as Business Skills. This is where you have the most capacity to learn, grow and develop your business. The other three pathways are about taking stock of […]
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