8 Aspects for Acting on Screen
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Written by Des Fleming
Every character needs a backstory to be fully understood, so here’s a little of mine. I was born in Cork City, Ireland and was bitten by the acting bug in secondary school. I made my professional acting debut in 1992. Over the years, I have worked on stage in Ireland, Australia and the U.K., and I’ve appeared on cinema & television screens all over the world.
Being an adventurous sort, I travelled to Australia for a year but romance intervened and I ended up staying fifteen! It was during this time that I established my theatre company, ITCH Productions, based in Melbourne, which I ran for six years.
Europe kept calling though, so I moved to London in 2017. I had always wanted to work on the West End, and I fulfilled that ambition in early 2020. It was to be a short engagement… thanks Covid! However, it gave me the opportunity to start teaching, another ambition, and I’m very happy about that.
Since graduating from drama school, I have continued to grow my acting practice in workshops, masterclasses and scene-study. I’ve always loved being in class – exploring, working things out and improving as an actor. To get to do it as a teacher is a special gift. My goal is to use my experience to help my students develop their craft and flourish as artists.
In addition to my own classes and workshops, I currently teach ‘Acting for Camera’ at Mountview, London.
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