Saturday 20 February 2010

Acting Singer vs. Singing Actor

For the last two years I have had the great experience of working with Scott Williams and the Impulse Theatre Company in London, learning Meisner acting technique. I think I'm one of a very small operatically trained singers who have chosen to learn this acting technique.

I'm now coming to the end of my two years and am about to play Isabella Bird, Joyce and Mrs Kidd in Carol Churchill's, Top Girls, and wondering how do I all myself? Am I the acting signer or the singing actor? To be honest, I fell I'm both, but does this mean I have to market my work in two different ways to two different arenas of the performing arts or just choose one and run with that for awhile?

Recently, I had some advice to do the later; say I'm actress with singing as a skill. I wonder, if there are others out there who have faced the same dilemma or who are going through the same thing? I'd love to hear your experiences. Dx