I've been sorry to miss the past few weeks, folks. I will miss tonight too -- getting myself prepped for shooting a tape tomorrow morning. Good news from me - couple of good auditions and asked back by a big casting director after they saw my first tape, which is exciting. Feeling very grateful for that. Also want to share about the issue with my co-writer/director/collaborator on my TV show project which I mentioned a few weeks back. I sent him a message asking him where he was at with it, as he's been hard to reach and evasive - the answer was not super clear and he has continued being quite hard to communicate with, which is causing concerns for me. So I have contacted the cast to tell them I am looking to go ahead with things this month - character work, impro -- and have arranged a meet up 21st Feb. I have a call booked in with the co-writer/director/collaborator to talk about where we go from here -- because of how we want to make it (a-la Mike Leigh, with intensive and collaborative character work and lots of actor input) we will need a solid director we can all trust who is able to get stuck in. My faith in him has been a little shaken by what's been going on the past couple months so I am deciding where to go from here -- to act as director myself, at least for the writing and character development, when working with other actors to shape characters, or to find a director from the beginning to act as a kind of overseer, as Mike Leigh does. At the moment I am leaning towards directing and writing myself, for the impro, writing and character development, and bringing a director on board later in the game for the pilot shooting. Also have an idea of using the little improvised vignettes for online mini episodes to introduce the and build characters that way. Excuse the splurge, just wanted to share some of that and connect with the community. Anyone with any experience of writing, directing and starring in something, please let me know -- my fear is it's too much, but I am thinking more of a lead artistic director/auteur role might work, then have someone come on board to direct actual shooting of the pilot.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1176189046099?aff=oddtdtcreator I have been to one of these before and well worth going. Come and say hello if you do make it.

A great place to Network which is absolutely free is The Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, there is so much open space for artists to meet up and talk. It could be an ideal spot for members to meet up, we could even organise a members social.

Actors Pro Expo sent this link for this free class https://tom-todoroff-studio-2bbe.mykajabi.com/01-22-25-acting-master-class-with-tom-todoroff-for-actors-expo?mc_cid=5318d94611&mc_eid=d808d69368

Hi guys! I'm planning to go to the Actors Pro Expo in February in London. Is anyone here planning to go? https://www.actorsproexpo.com/