People I Admire

Judy Dench:

Judy Dench is someone I admier, she has had a huge impact on the way I think about acting from film and television, to the stage. She is considered the greatest actress of post- war period, and has achieved a lot in her lifetime and is now 74 years of age.
Originally trained as a set designer, Dench began her acting career in the mid 1950s in amateur productions, and made her professional debut in 1957 with the Old Vic Company. Over the following few years she played in several of William Shakespeare's plays in such roles as Ophelia in Hamlet, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth. She branched into film work, and won a BAFTA Award as Most Promising Newcomer, however most of her work during this period was in theatre.

Marcus Romer:

Marcus is the Artistic Director of Pilot Theatre, the national touring theatre company based at York Theatre Royal.
I have met with Marcus on a number of various occasions when his productions have come to the Arts depot, starting with The Twits, Fungus the Bogeyman, and then Lord of The Flies, Marcus is a great contact to have as I have links to his facebook page, blog and groups he has set up, I always get information on shows coming up and also get e- mails inviting me to auditions for shows coming up, he is a great inspiration to my career.

Constantin Stanislavski:

Stanislavki was a Russian actor and theatre director. His innovative contribution to modern European and American realistic acting has remained at the core of mainstream western performance training for much of the last century.
I admire Constantin Stanislavski (1863-1938) as he has had a major impact on my career as an assistant teacher, I often find myself using the Stanislavski techniques, not only as a warm up but also, as a way into drama to help find and develop characters for characterisation work.