There is a lot of stuff happening online at the moment. We thought we would create a blog featuring as much Actor-Musician related content as possible all in one place. With the help of a few friends we have created: Actor-Musicianpedia!
You can find out about training, articles, books, online performances, theatre companies, theatres all that love and celebrate the craft of Actor-Musicianship. If we have missed something or links have now expired please do let us know as we will endeavour to regularly update this blog. Thanks to Matt Heslop, Joel Nash for their contribution to this list and to all those listed for all the brilliant work they do.
Contents:
Community
Books
Online Articles
Shows Online
Interviews and Fun Clips
Study Actor-Musicianship
Matt Heslop's List of Theatre Companies and Theatres
Actor-Musician Albums - Playlist
Podcasts
Community:
Darren Clarke’s Actor Musician Database - The brilliant Darren Clarke has created this resource which is invaluable you can donate to help support the upkeep of the website - Actor Musician Uk - https://www.actormusicianuk.org/
Actor Musicians UK Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/618785701583188/
Actor Musicians America Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/267216143813674/?ref=search
Actor Musicianship Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ActorMusicianship/
Actor Musicianship Twitter: https://twitter.com/actormuso
Books:
Actor-Musicianship by Jeremy Harrison - https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/actor-musicianship-9781472509635/
Writing Music for the Stage - A Practical Guide by Michael Bruce features a chapter on working with Actor-Musicians - https://www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/writingmusicforthestage
Online Articles:
The Stage Susan Elkin on How do you become and Actor Musician - https://www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/opinion/susan-elkin-how-do-you-become-an-actor-musician
Playbill - https://www.playbill.com/article/9-plays-and-musicals-that-used-actors-as-onstage-musicians
The Stage - https://www.thestage.co.uk/advice/advice/grace-lancaster-5-tips-for-actor-musicians-in-childrens-shows
Dear West End Producer Column: https://www.thestage.co.uk/dear-west-end-producer/dear-west-end-producer/dear-west-end-producer-whats-the-difference-between-a-trained-actor-musician-and-an-actormusician
Dear West End Producer Column: https://www.thestage.co.uk/dear-west-end-producer/dear-west-end-producer-if-i-can-play-tambourine-triangle-and-kazoo-am-i-classed-as-an-actor-muso
Shows Online:
The Hired Man (Queens Theatre Hornchurch) - https://www.queens-theatre.co.uk/whats-on/show/the-hired-man-stream/
Wasted - Gig Theatre - https://southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/archive-2018/wasted/
Ghost Quartet - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJSaEJm8pCE
Interviews and Fun Clips:
You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown: https://www.playbill.com/article/watch-how-the-actor-musician-youre-a-good-man-charlie-brown-comes-alive-onstage
Jeremy Harrison in Conversation with Paul Hart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4czCpJhAE0&t=146s
Study Actor Musicianship:
Rose Bruford offers a BA - https://www.bruford.ac.uk/courses/actor-musicianship-ba-hons/ and MA/MFA in Actor Musicianship - https://www.bruford.ac.uk/courses/actor-musicianship-ma-mfa/ and a summer school - https://www.bruford.ac.uk/courses/actor-musicianship-summer-school/
GSA offers a BA in Actor Musician - https://gsauk.org/courses/undergraduate/ba-hons-actor-musician
Mountview offers a BA in Performance (Actor Musicianship/Diploma in Professional Acting) - https://www.mountview.org.uk/courses/course/ba-hons-performance-actor-musicianship/
LCM offers a BA in Actor Musicianship - https://www.uwl.ac.uk/course/undergraduate/actor-musicianship?start=182&option=33
Wakefield offer a BA in Actor Musician (Subject to Validation) - https://www.wakefield.ac.uk/study-with-us/higher-education/higher-education-courses/full-time-courses/actor-musician-ba-hons
Leeds College of Music offer a BA in Actor Musician - https://www.lcm.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate-study/undergraduate-courses/ba-hons-actor-musician/
Other companies such as Dumbwise, offer specialist workshops - http://www.dumbwise.co.uk/participate/young-actor-musicians
Matt Heslop’s List of Theatre Companies and Theatres:
Our friend Matt Heslop compiled a list of Theatre Companies and Theatres that work with Actor-Musicians.
Companies
1927 - https://www.19-27.co.uk/
A Stone’s Throw Productions - https://twitter.com/stonesthrowpro1
Action to The Word - https://www.actiontotheword.com/
Action Transport - http://www.actiontransporttheatre.org/
All-In Productions - http://www.all-inproductions.co.uk/
Antic Disposition - https://www.anticdisposition.co.uk/
Archipelago Theatre - http://archipelagotheatre.org/
The Bohemians - https://www.thebohemianstheatre.com
Box Clever - https://www.boxclevertheatre.co.uk/
Catherine Wheels - https://www.catherinewheels.co.uk/
Changeling - https://changeling-theatre.com/
Door Ajar - https://www.doorajartheatre.com/
Dumbwise - http://www.dumbwise.co.uk/
Eastern Angles - https://easternangles.co.uk/
Extrordinary Bodies - https://www.extraordinarybodies.org.uk/?
Filter - http://filtertheatre.com/
Freckle Productions - https://www.freckleproductions.co.uk/
GaggleBabble (Cardiff) - https://www.gagglebabble.co.uk/
Goblin - https://goblintheatre.co.uk/
Graeae - https://graeae.org/
Heads and Tales - https://www.headsandtalestheatre.co.uk/
Hiccup - https://www.hiccuptheatre.co.uk/
Lamphouse - http://www.lamphousetheatre.co.uk/
Les enfant terribles - https://lesenfantsterribles.co.uk/
(Les petits theatre) - https://www.lespetitstheatre.com/
Metta Theatre - https://www.mettatheatre.co.uk/
Middle Child - https://www.middlechildtheatre.co.uk/
Mikron - https://www.mikron.org.uk/
Odd Socks - https://www.oddsocks.co.uk/
Oily Cart - https://oilycart.org.uk/
Pants on Fire - https://www.pantsonfiretheatre.com/
Paper Balloon - http://www.paperballoon.org.uk/
Quarter Too Ensemble - http://www.quartertooensemble.co.uk/
Rash Dash - https://www.rashdash.co.uk/
Splendid Productions - https://www.splendidproductions.co.uk/
Tall Stories - https://www.tallstories.org.uk/
The Letter Room - http://www.theletterroomtheatre.co.uk/
Theatre Centre - https://www.theatre-centre.co.uk/
Theatre Rites - https://theatre-rites.co.uk/
Three Inch Fools - https://www.threeinchfools.com/
Told By an Idiot - https://www.toldbyanidiot.org/
Travelling Light - https://www.travellinglighttheatre.org.uk/
Tutti-Frutti - https://tutti-frutti.org.uk/
Wildcard - https://www.wildcardtheatre.co.uk/
Wise Children - https://www.wisechildren.co.uk/
Theatres
Watermill - https://www.watermill.org.uk/
Queens Theatre Hornchurch - https://www.queens-theatre.co.uk/
Ipswich New Wolsey - https://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/
Bolton Octagon - https://octagonbolton.co.uk/
Pitlochry - https://pitlochryfestivaltheatre.com/
New Vic Stoke - http://www.newvictheatre.org.uk/
Storyhouse - https://www.storyhouse.com/
Hope Mill - https://hopemilltheatre.co.uk/
Polka - https://polkatheatre.com/
Derby - https://www.derbytheatre.co.uk/
Stafford - https://staffordgatehousetheatre.co.uk/
The Barn (Cirencester) - https://barntheatre.org.uk/
Theatre by the Lake - https://www.theatrebythelake.com/
Unicorn - https://www.unicorntheatre.com/
Leeds Playhouse - https://leedsplayhouse.org.uk/
Liverpool Everyman - https://www.everymanplayhouse.com/
Grovesnor Park Open Air - https://www.grosvenorparkopenairtheatre.co.uk/
Dukes Theatre (Lancaster) - https://dukeslancaster.org/
Sherman (Cardiff) - https://www.shermantheatre.co.uk/
Clwyd - https://www.theatrclwyd.com/
Theatr Na Nog - http://www.theatr-nanog.co.uk/
Actor-Musician - Albums Available online Playlist:
There are lots of musicals available to buy or stream on Spotify or Apple Music. Here is a Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3MZ1fZQ4K7zE8FguXSSBXA?si=Np05znD3QY-fTRy_uJ0caQ
Podcasts:
Benji and Abby 'Busk It with...' - Our very own podcast/vlog in which we chat all things actor-muso.
The Watermill Podcast - Sweet Charity which starred one of our own Company members Tomi Ogbaro
Hire Me Please - Anna Fordham - Interviews with Actor Musicians: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hire-me-please/id1484546221
Dischord - Adam Lenson - Features Interviews where Actor-Musicians become the topic of Conversation -https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/dischord-figuring-out-musical-theatre/id1116963380
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