The library

Your next audition.
Your next question.

Getting an agent. Taking a redirect. Doing the job. Off Book connects different voices around the questions you face as a performer. Explore the proposed Scenes below; the films are in edit.

01 / Proposed theme
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Getting into the conversation

Representation, approaches and the work you can do yourself.

Perspectives from Pippa Ailion MBE and John Owen Jones

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02 / Proposed theme
Act One archive — Scene film in editSCENE FILM / IN EDIT

What the room actually needs

The brief, the pianist, the redirect and your own judgement.

Perspectives from Zoe Birkett and Dame Arlene Phillips DBE

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03 / Proposed theme
Act One archive — Scene film in editSCENE FILM / IN EDIT

Keeping your individuality

Training, style and the parts of you that do not fit a formula.

Perspectives from Jodie Steele and Dame Arlene Phillips DBE

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04 / Proposed theme
Act One archive — Scene film in editSCENE FILM / IN EDIT

The work nobody sees

Swings, understudies and the systems behind the performance.

Perspectives from Kerry Ellis and Rhiannon Chesterman

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05 / Proposed theme
Act One archive — Scene film in editSCENE FILM / IN EDIT

Life inside the company

Communication, colleagues and doing the job you have.

Perspectives from Zoe Birkett and Simon Bailey

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06 / Proposed theme
Act One archive — Scene film in editSCENE FILM / IN EDIT

A life around the show

Touring, practical needs and boundaries around the work.

Perspectives from Rhiannon Chesterman and Zoe Birkett

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07 / Proposed theme
Act One archive — Scene film in editSCENE FILM / IN EDIT

What an opportunity is worth

Money, time, experience and the choices that remain yours.

Perspectives from Mike and Barney and John Owen Jones

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08 / Proposed theme
Act One archive — Scene film in editSCENE FILM / IN EDIT

The long game

Returners, parallel skills and a career that changes shape.

Perspectives from James Lorcan and Vas Constanti

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The conversation stays open.

Episode lengths and final lesson contents are being established in the edit. No duration is being advertised before it has been checked.

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