Why playing characters naturally is a bad idea

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Ok, so I think it's safe tyo say nobody wants to be delivering characters and scenes in a shouty, hammy, fake way right?

So it's only natural (pun intended) to think a matural performance is the key to more authentic characters right?

So why would our Artistic Director Louise be advising against playing characters naturally, has she gone a bit cray cray?

Absolutely not!

She pulls the curtain back on:

• What focusing on playing characters naturally is actually doing to your work that you might not even relaise
• How you're leaving yourself vulnerable to fake acting by thinking about the character naturally - I KNOW!!!
• Exercises she coached her acting students through to get them to pull in their audience and find new life in the role

This episode of Unstoppable Actors is truly exciting and insightful. 

If you have some big acting goals this year - more auditions, more acting work, more film work... This episode has your name all over it. 

PS, you might be quite taken aback by the Method Acting exercises she coached her students through... 

Hit play now!