Being Black and British: Before, During and After Drama School [Paperback]

Foreword

Voicing Experiences Beyond Academia: Recognising Black British Actors and the Industry

How Valuable Is It To Your Work To Have Black British Actors Who Are Connected To Their Black Britishness?

Why Is A Book Like This Important To The Performance Ecology?

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Prologue

0.1?Being Black In Britain

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Act One: Pre-training

1.1?The Canon

1.2?School To School: A Journey

1.3?Youth theatre

1.3a?Youth theatre: #BlackIs...

1.4?Attending Theatre

1.5?Toolkit

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Act Two: Training

2.1?What Traditional Training Has Not Considered

2.2?Being Black In Training

2.3?Voice

2.4?Acting: Empowering Black Performers

2.5?Moving Whilst Black

2.6?Embracing Diasporic Difference: Rejecting limitations of Black characterisation in acting training

Act Three: The Profession?

3.1?Making Your Own Work

3.2?What Is A Director Looking For?

3.3?My First Job

3.4 Mental Health

3.5?Dreams

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Epilogue

4.1 A Parting Note

4.2?The Future

Being Black and British: Before, During and After Drama School is about being Black, being British and being an actor before, during and after training.

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