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On Set & On Stage
Once you have booked it. Etiquette, blocking, long days and the people you meet on them.
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Sign in to post- The scene got cut and I found out at the premiere Two days of work, one of my better ones, and I watched the whole film waiting for it. Rhys Cadogan · 16 Aug 2026 5 replies 227 views
- The other actor is not giving me anything in rehearsal Flat, quiet, saving it. I understand saving it for the performance but I cannot build anything against nothing. Danny Reyes · 22 Jun 2026 0 replies 145 views
- Understudy for the first time. Is it worth it? Good theatre, good company, but I might never go on. Maya Okonkwo · 28 May 2026 1 replies 128 views
- Do you introduce yourself to the crew or stay out of the way? I do not want to be the actor who thinks everything is about them, but I also do not want to be aloof. Julian Ferreira · 27 May 2026 4 replies 183 views
- Do people actually watch their own dailies? Offered a look and I do not know whether it will help or wreck me. Sofia Marchetti · 11 May 2026 4 replies 195 views
- What do I do if I forget a line on a live stage? It has not happened yet and I have started having dreams about it. Hana Sugimoto · 12 Apr 2026 5 replies 267 views
- How do you come down after a run ends? Closed on Sunday. It is Wednesday and I feel like someone unplugged me. Marcus Devlin · 31 Mar 2026 4 replies 332 views
- Long day rules: how do people survive a 14 hour shoot? Genuine practical question. Snacks, shoes, what? Fiona Kerrigan · 3 Feb 2026 1 replies 374 views
- Director gave me a note I completely disagreed with It felt wrong for the character and I did it anyway. Watched the cut and he was right. I am still slightly annoyed about it. Ade Fashola · 21 Jan 2026 4 replies 633 views
- Continuity: how much am I supposed to track myself? Coverage on my scene and I could not remember which hand I picked up the glass with. Jamie Holloway · 13 Jan 2026 4 replies 306 views
- Booked a role with an accent and a dialect coach on the production. What should I expect? Never worked with one before. Danny Reyes · 22 Dec 2025 4 replies 236 views
- First day on a real set next week and I am terrified of getting in the way One line, one day. I would rather be boring and correct than memorable for the wrong reason. What are the actual rules nobody writes down? Tom Whitfield · 30 Nov 2025 2 replies 306 views
- How do you stay warm through a six hour wait and still be ready? By the time they got to me I felt like I had been asleep for a week. Julian Ferreira · 20 Nov 2025 1 replies 587 views
- Asked to do something on set I was not comfortable with Nothing dramatic, but it was not in the breakdown and I was put on the spot in front of thirty people. Fiona Kerrigan · 2 Nov 2025 5 replies 895 views
- Intimacy coordinator on my last job and it was completely different from what I expected I was braced for something awkward and clinical. It was the most professional and least stressful version of that kind of scene I have done. Katie Lindqvist · 4 Oct 2025 4 replies 848 views