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Sunday, November 2, 2014

Exit Stage Left: Thank you David Vann by Tristan Pate

It’s hardly surprising that, in a career as varied as that of an actor, we meet many different people who can change and shape us a performers. The tragedy is that we don’t often fully r…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:02AM
Monday, June 24, 2013

Blog: Exit Stage Left – Childish behaviour by Tristan Pate

From Blue Remembered Hills  to His Dark Materials to Blood Brothers, adults playing children is a common trope in the theatre. In this environment, far from the limitations of the natura…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:27PM
Thursday, January 17, 2013

Exit Stage Left: the low pay/no pay debate by Tristan Pate

This month Spotlight is hosting a consultation with its members, both actors and casting professionals alike, on the much discussed “low pay/no pay” debate. In recent years a culture of…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:46AM
Saturday, April 14, 2012

Exit Stage Left: The art of analysing scripts by Tristan Pate

It’s a theatrical legend that Anthony Hopkins reads a script more than 250 times before starting work on a character. Whether this is entirely true or not, it throws up an interesting deba…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:26AM
Friday, March 30, 2012

Exit Stage Left: Are graduate showcases an accurate indicator of talent? by Tristan Pate

 It’s showcase season in London, and across the country this year’s throng of graduates are rapidly reaching the culmination of their training and their introduction to the wider acting…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:56PM
Saturday, March 17, 2012

Exit Stage Left: What do you have to compromise on to be an actor? by Tristan Pate

An actress I’ve recently been working with has been regaling me with some wonderful tales of a lifetime in theatre. Hers is an illustrious career which has provided her with a surfeit of a…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:58AM
Friday, March 2, 2012

Exit Stage Left: How does theatre work as a social tool? by Tristan Pate

I have always seen each professional engagement in an actor’s career as a new opportunity to learn and develop. What is more creatively fulfilling than immersing oneself entirely in the wo…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:13AM
Thursday, February 2, 2012

Exit Stage Left: What value do clichés have in the acting world? by Tristan Pate

We’ve all had those moments of sudden self awareness in life when we realise we are acting out a genuine cliché. Whether it’s coming home from a bad day at work and melodramatically thr…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:29PM
Saturday, January 28, 2012

Review: Josie Long: The Future is Another Place by Tristan Pate

Josie Long’s comedy has something of a DIY mentality. Introducing herself from the side of the stage in full view of the audience, then chastising people in the crowd for looking at her an…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:13AM
Thursday, January 19, 2012

Exit Stage Left: Inspiration from the greats by Tristan Pate

It’s a brand new year. Months of challenges, opportunities and possibilities lie ahead, but for those of us inbetween acting jobs, in these cold winter weeks it is more important than ever…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:36AM
Friday, December 9, 2011

Exit Stage Left: Actor musicianship – a blessing or a curse? by Tristan Pate

Since the inception of theatre, writers and directors have incorporated live music into performances to serve their stories. As well as providing atmosphere and enhancing the action on stage…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:50AM
Thursday, November 24, 2011

Exit Stage Left: The importance of emotional hardships by Tristan Pate

“You have killed my love. You used to stir my imagination. Now you don’t even stir my curiosity. You simply produce no effect. I loved you because you were marvellous, because yo…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:17PM
Friday, November 11, 2011

Exit Stage Left: Writing drama for young people by Tristan Pate

Producing high quality drama for young people has always been fraught with challenges. Writers come across all kinds of difficulties in serving their target audience, while not patronising t…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:23PM
Thursday, October 27, 2011

Light and Shadow: An atmospheric collaboration for the community by Tristan Pate

This weekend marks the culmination of a four month programme of site-specific installations by Play on Words in collaboration with Loop Dance Company, in the form of the final installment of…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:05PM
Thursday, October 13, 2011

Exit Stage Left: Jerusalem returns to the West End by Tristan Pate

For all concerned, Jez Butterworth’s play Jerusalem was an unparalleled success back in 2009 at the Royal Court – its run at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs was extended due to rave revie…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:24AM
Friday, September 30, 2011

Exit Stage Left: Clocking in and clocking out by Tristan Pate

A colleague of mine said to me recently that the most dedicated and professional you are as an actor is during your time at drama school. I can relate to that. I can clearly recall spending …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:26PM
Thursday, September 15, 2011

Exit Stage Left: Tell the story by Tristan Pate

I spoke last month about the perils of rehearsal room block, those difficult first few days with a new company, and the worries I’ve often had about misunderstanding or misinterpreting a n…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:52AM
Monday, September 5, 2011

Exit Stage Left: The message in a work of theatre or film by Tristan Pate

Like most people, there are giant gaps in my film and theatre knowledge, and during this long and geographically far ranging tour, I have really enjoyed discussing and sharing films with my …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:01AM
Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Exit Stage Left: The flood of fear by Tristan Pate

As well as being exciting, freeing and full of challenges, rehearsals can also be a stressful, frustrating and confusing process for any actor. As well as getting to grips with a role, there…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:27AM
Friday, August 5, 2011

Exit Stage Left: Acting the truth, no substitute for experience by Tristan Pate

As actors, we spend a lot of time monitoring our experiences, and considering the human condition in order to reproduce it truthfully on stage. This can often take over our lives; we’ve o…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:00AM
Sunday, July 10, 2011

Exit Stage Left: Top Ten Stage Pranks by Tristan Pate

I thought that I would take a lighter approach to this week’s blog and discuss the not-so-professional subject of stage pranks. This has proven to be a very popular topic from the huge amo…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:13PM
Friday, June 24, 2011

Exit Stage Left: The Academic Actor vs The Spontaneous Actor by Tristan Pate

I’m sure we all had at least one of them in our class at drama school. The effortlessly confident, charming, effusive type who could swan through their training on natural talent alone; tu…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:56AM
Saturday, June 11, 2011

Exit From Stage Left: Acting as a game of Tetris by Tristan Pate

I was recently chatting with a friend who has just started a year long contract on an established show in London. We had much to catch up on, but talk quickly turned to our current jobs as w…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:21AM
Friday, May 27, 2011

Exit Stage Left: False idols – our drama teachers by Tristan Pate

I’d like to talk a little about those motherly and fatherly figures in the early career of an actor: our drama school tutors. Wonderfully eccentric as a rule, but also full of knowledge, a…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:17AM

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May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards