Truth in Action eBook
I’m not going to bang on about it so consider this the first and last blog specifically about the launch of my eBook Truth in Action. It’s taken several years to bring together scraps of writing, blogs, class notes, quotes and exercise descriptions.
It’s part manifesto for a new kind of acting in a new kind of understanding of performance and part practical acting manual. And the support of my friends, family, (even my own Mother text me this week to ask when the eBook was coming out!) students, and colleagues has undoubtedly spurred me on to deliver an eBook that meets the demand. The reaction has been phenomenal, over 300 people are now signed up to receive the first news of the launch. By the time you read this, many will have already bought their copy.
Of course it is not the end of the story. It represents a moment in time, a point in the journey, and as such it spells out my theory and practise as an acting coach as clearly as I can for now. A life in the arts is one of shift and change, so writing anything down is dangerous, it’s easy to look back later and see how much your thoughts and your practice have changed.
Not everyone will like what I have to say. But if you read the blog and enjoy being provoked to think about acting, rehearsal, directing, characterisation, and actor training, you may enjoy the somewhat radical approach to acting found in the book.
The eBook represents my thoughts and feelings after a twenty year obsession with how actors do what they do. I’m not famous, I haven’t coached many famous people, but the actors I have trained are working, either for others or forging their own companies, building a type of theatre or a performance style of their own based on the ideas in this book.
I value truth and authenticity in life and acting. Like me, the eBook isn’t perfect, I think the search for perfection is flawed. Only those who don’t know me might be cynical about my motives. This eBook was written because people asked for it, a brief summation in 180 pages of an exciting way to work.
You can download it from today, or read my blog some more and decide if you’d like to learn more about Truth in Action.
I don’t like to use my blog to advertise but frankly I am excited!
To You, The Best!
Mark