#theatretour

[travelsbliss]

15 Ancient Theatres of Greek and Roman Antiquity: A Guide for U.S. Travelers Are you fascinated by the architectural feats of ancient civilizations? The ancient theatres of Greece and Rome are some of the most remarkable remnants of the classical world. This guide is crafted for U.S. travelers eager to explore these historic venues where drama, music, and performances once captivated audiences. From the Theatre of Dionysus in Athens to the Roman theatre in Orange, these ancient sites offer a deep dive into cultural history. 🎭🏛️ 📍 Discover Ancient Theatres: 15 Ancient Theatres of Greek and Roman Antiquity - A Guide for U.S. Travelers

[southdevonplayers-theatreco]

Thank you so much to a bunch of our amazing Les Miserables actors who performed work-in-progress excerpts of the show for a local befriending group in town at Brixham United Reformed Church of his lunchtime. audience feedback was phenomenal Les Miserables: The Memoirs of Jean Valjean - the theatre show tour Touring Devon in May & June 2023. Brixham Theatre - May 19th -20th Kingskerswell Village hall - May 27th Plymouth Stoke Damerel Church - June 2nd Exeter Barnfield Theatre - June 9th Torquay Royal Lyceum Theatre - June 16th Ashburton Arts Centre - June 23rd Tickets & venue information on https://www.southdevonplayers.com/box-office.html #brixham #plymouth #kingskerswell #ashburton #Exeter #Torquay #theatre #brixhamtheatre #lesmis #lesmiserables #devonactors #devontheatre #britishtheatre #theatretickets #whatson #theatretour #community #communitystrong # https://www.instagram.com/p/CqDnn_iDbmH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[markanthonyasprince]

✨STAY POSITIVE .. STAY SAFE ✨💕Dance Electric .. Mark Anthony as Prince #theatretour 2021 https://www.instagram.com/p/B_I-GImlQod/?igshid=90n4axsy5wwi

[letodietrich]

Robin Hood tour 2019-2020 with Laugh out loud Theatre #theatre #tour #theatretour #fun #work #actor #actorlife #performers #performance #drama #dramaboy #creative #uk #robinhood #panto #theatrework #loltheatre https://www.instagram.com/p/B7PJqd6JNJl/?igshid=1veeo8fjceygl

[consumecommentrepeat]

How to survive on tour

Hey y’all. 

For the past 6 months I have been on tour. I don’t need to get into specifics on what tour; but we traveled around the country and it rhymes with Shimderfella. 

So, if you are anything like me before you leave for your first tour, you google everything. Every little nugget of information you can find on what to expect on a tour, you’re finding it. Sadly, the bulk of the information are for regular band kinda tours. Which if you’re a drummer in a rock band, awesome! But if your doing a Theatre tour, not so awesome. Different set of circumstances. 

During my 6 month voyage across the USA and Canada, I compiled a list. A list of what I learned that I want to pass on to you. Your company may do things differently. And this list is going to be very beneficial to crew people. Sorry actors, our buses are completely different as are our schedules. So here goes!

The Bus:

Ah! Your home away from home because if your tour was anything like mine, you wont have many hotel rooms. So cherish the moments when you do. But the bus! The bus is...fun. If you are considerate and get along with your crew members, the bus is gonna be the shit. 

Jump on the bunk assignment train early. They probably give first priority to returning crew members but in case its a free for all, don’t be nice. Ask for a middle bunk!! The top is fine but jumping up to get to your bed can be hard if your drunk or the bus takes a turn at that exact moment. The bottom, well its the bottom. Pros: you can just roll in and out of the bunk. Cons: sometimes they are the smallest of the bunks. 

No number 2s. DON’T POOP in the bus. Don’t even think about pooping! Just keep that sphincter tight until you’re off that bus.

Label your food in the fridge and be considerate regarding space. The fridge is only so big and you gotta share it with 11 other people. 

Keep a bus bag. If you don’t have a hotel room and are showering in the theatre, keep a duffle in the back lounge with clothes to last you until you get a hotel room. Keep your toiletries there, shower shoes and a towel. 

Bunk alley is the quite zone. Don’t even think about talking above a whisper unless your absolutely certain no one is sleeping. 

Respect bus call times. You’re an adult. Get on the bus on time! There is a tight schedule and you don’t want to have everyone mad at you.

How I made my bus bunk suck less:

Mini humidifier: it gets hella dry in that bus.

Plug that can charge multiple things at once

Pillow

Blanket. I would even recommend a heated blanket if you’re like me and get cold all the time. They keep bunk alley at a cool 60 degrees. Your gonna freeze your ass off if you are the type of person who gets cold easily.

Slippers

Small shower caddy that can suction to the wall. It can hold your glasses, mini humidifier, and phone. 

How to pack for tour: 

Look at your tour schedule. Pack for the cold and hot if need be. We went from Milwaukee in early November to Dallas before thanksgiving. I needed my winter coat in one and not in the other. So pack accordingly. 

Limit your shoe options. I promise you, you wont need a lot of shoes. I got away with two pairs. My docs were my all the time shoes and a pair of sneakers for the gym or when my feet needed a break from the docs. 

Pack more socks and underwear than you think you need. 

Pack clothes that work for multiple things. The only pants I packed were black workout leggings that I wore to the gym and to work the show. I basically only rocked the atheleisure look. 

Pack one nice outfit if your tour lands on a holiday and the company is gonna do something nice for you. And for closing night parties, companies go all out for closing night parties so dress nice. 

A nice towel for the times when you have to shower in the theatre. And write your name on it. If your wardrobe department has a bus towel bag you don’t want anyone else using it! 

 How to save the environment:

Pack tupperware. You can end up with a lot of leftovers if you’re like me and don’t eat your load out meal that night. But hey, its lunch the next day! 

Reusable silverware

Travel coffee mug and water bottle, obviously!

Don’t get your hotel room cleaned all the time. Or at least don’t get your sheets and towel changed every time if you do. 

My bus had a Keurig machine. I would use the k-cups from hotel rooms but for the most part, I bought a reusable one from walmart and a bag of coffee and used that. 

Take hotel soaps and encourage your crew and actors to do the same. When you have enough and are in a city for longer than 2 days, find a shelter and donate them. 

How to save money: 

Find ways to cook. Go half on a instant pot with someone and use that to cook. I made rice in my hotel room and in the wardrobe room at work. 

Stay out of the mall

Go grocery shopping. Eating out for every meal adds up. 

Eat the free breakfast at hotels if you’re in one and they have one

Cut back on your drinking. Or buy the beer at a supermarket instead of going out to the bar every night. 

Look at the buyout options and if its cheaper to book your own travel to and from layoff, do that! I made like 200 bucks taking the bus home rather than the flight they would have booked me on and it was only a 2 hour drive. 

Buy detergent pods and dryer sheets. Most venues let you do your laundry if your crew. If your an actor, make nice with your wardrobe people and they’ll make nice with you. Not a guarantee but we let actors do their laundry at the venue if they were desperate and bought us wine. 

As much as you like grub hub, Uber eats, or whatever, don’t do it. Save it for the times when you’re in the middle of nowhere or just got back from layoff and they haven’t done a grocery store run yet.

Stay sane on tour: 

Find your own thing. I made it a priority to go to every art museum in every town we were in if time allowed.

Be by yourself so you’re not with your crew every day. You’ll get on each other’s nerves that way. 

Branch out and hang with other people. Other departments, musicians, actors, they are fun too. 

Learn to say no to nights out and do some self care in your hotel room.

Sleep at a reasonable time. Especially if you have an early call the next day. No point in staying up drinking till 3am if you have to be at work at 6 the next morning. No one wants to hear you bitch about how tired you are when you did it to yourself. 

Stay Healthy:

Hotel gyms. An hour a day does help. 

Cut back on drinking, especially beer. 

Eat healthy when you can. Even if the only option is fast food. You can still get a salad from McDonalds. 

Eat a large meal before the show so your less likely to eat afterwards and then you’re going to sleep after a heavy meal. 

Drink lots of water. 

Get a flu shot before you leave.

I threw a lot in there and I’m sorry. I totally made it seem like its gonna suck. Part of it will. But its also gonna be a lot of fun! Find ways to make it fun for you. 

We found so many fun things to do. Escape rooms, axe throwing, arcade bars. You’ll find someone who likes that kind of stuff too and you can enjoy doing them with your new friends.  And even though I said don’t drink like twice up there, doesn’t mean you cant enjoy a cocktail every now and then. Sometimes you need to decompress over a cocktail. Just be conscious of the cost and the frequency. 

So the part that is guaranteed to suck: ONE NIGHTERS! How do you make them suck less? Sometimes you can’t. You’re stuck in a shitty one nighter but here’s how to make them suck less:

Buddy up with an actor. If their hotel is close by and your load out is done before you have to leave for the next city, you can walk to their hotel and shower in their room. Beats showering in the theatre, if there is even a shower in the theatre. 

Think about food options. Pack for lunch and preshow dinner because you might be in the middle of nowhere and there are no options. 

No matter how shitty the venue or how tired you are, don’t take it out on your crew. They could be the shittiest people ever but don’t take it out on them. Word spreads and you could get in trouble with your company or they just are gonna suck even more because you yelled at them. 

Take what you can! 

Some venues provide a really good craft service spread. Take what you can. I’ve gotten so much butter, bagels, coffee creamers, OJ. Pretty much anything that could be eaten and would most likely be thrown away by the venue at the end of the night, I took. My crew made fun of me for basically leaving venues with groceries, but that stuff went a long way. I ate for free a lot because I took food. 

[retrofatale]

I wake up to Sam just repeating “Oh no no no no” and I know before I get out of bed it’s snowing, lol #snow #nofilter #picturesthroughscreensareweird @paperdollmilitia #theatre #theatretour #touringshow #stagemanagerlife (at Cape Girardeau, Missouri) https://www.instagram.com/p/BujRoNMAkGo/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=3ilngv07wl5l

[msftmanagement]

ALEX FORMAN Exclusive MSFT Management Client, read his blog post here.

”From the minute I Graduated from East 15, I was a professional actor. It's all about your attitude. Within my first year out Of Drama school, I was working. The first company I worked for was called M&M Theatrical Productions they were a children’s touring theatre company, then I did some Street Theatre work, then went on to do a tour in Italy.

At the beginning of my professional career, I was booking extremely tough jobs with low pay but my attitude was I’d rather be working and building up a body of work on my CV.

In the 5 years, I’ve been a professional actor I’ve done nearly 30 jobs, 20 of which were before I even had an agent. Most of the Jobs I booked was touring theatre or Street Theatre. 

My career only started to majorly turn around in the year I met Lennie, my current agent at MSFT Management. I knew from the moment I met Lennie that I’d found the right agent! She just got me and said that she could tell I was a character actor and that I’m able to pull off lots of different looks. After only being with Lennie for a few months I landed R&D Project and a huge major Role of Big Bob in Secret Scared Theatre’s Project Mayhem an immersive theatre show based on the film Fight Club which took place in Hong Kong.

It was a Godsend as I was starting to lose hope after having been with 3 different agents over the past 3 years and having no success. 

A bit of backstory:

The time I signed with my first agent coincided with me becoming ill and having issues with my Mental Health.

The 2nd agent didn’t even give me an official contract to sign, they just contacted me one day over Casting Call Pro and said they were interested in me and the only way to ever meet with them was to pay for a workshop, also when they were a discrepancy with a contract as I’d be offered a different job to the one they got me the audition for when it came to talking about percentages they threatened to blacklist me which was completely unprofessional behaviour so I severed all ties with them. (Be careful of dodgy agents. Make sure you sign with an agent listed on the PMA website).

The third agent was a lovely lady who used to be my stage manager at drama school however she was just starting out as an agent and didn’t have enough contacts to get me in the room. As I’d had one advert audition in 6 months.

Since signing with MSFT I have learnt that in this business 50% of how you conduct yourself in castings, Rehearsal rooms and sets is of the most importance. So many actors are good and have presence and can do accents but I’ve learnt what can make you stand out from the rest is how your peers see you as a person and what their opinions are of you. 

I didn't really know what an agent can do before I signed with MSFT Management. But working with Lennie over the last year, I have enjoyed the collaborative relationship and how much Lennie wants me to succeed. 

In my opinion to succeed in this tough industry you need to have a very personal relationship with your agent, they need to know your strengths and weaknesses and how to push you when they can, and how to help you develop as a performer. Giving you feedback and advice on how to improve so you can grow as an actor and be likeable, adaptable and take direction well. Also as an Actor I feel I’ve grown and taken on Lennie’s Advice, she suggested I write a diary to keep a track of my personal growth so I can write what went well and what didn’t, so I can see how I can make the changes I need to grow positively as an actor.

Some more things I’ve put into action is that I write a personal thank you note after every casting, I research the casting director work. I then write in my diary after every casting, audition, Rehearsal process, and during show runs.  

Lennie has helped me to do all those things and more.

Lennie got me in the room with some big Casting Directors: Alice Searby, Jon Levene, Louise Cross, Acorn TV, Hammond Cox Casting, Paul Cornwell, Secret Theatre, Martha Stewart Casting, Trinity Theatre, Heather Basten, Pinewood Studios, and RL Casting to name a few. Lennie also freelances as a Casting Director so was able to get me seen for projects she works on too. I recently booked a job for Sainsbury’s which was a really fun experience.

I love theatre and was really happy to book an immersive theatre job work including an immersive Raver Event for the company HighJam and then opening a 2nd Immersive Cocktail bar for the company Inventive Productions the same people that brought Alcotraz to life. 

Then most recently I landed a who huge countrywide Commercial for renowned company NowTV playing a Mexican Dad Wrestler which involved me doing stunts and wire work, a field which I’d not delved into before but would now be more than happy to do again. The Campaign was called: NOW TV Smart Stick – Stop fighting over what to watch”.

I’m on top of the world at the moment as my heart has been longing to start branching out of the theatre world and start to break into the medium of TV and to have the opportunity to do such a big project for my first TV job is absolutely amazing!I have the Bug for Set life now and the Hunger to want to be back on TV Set really soon! 

ADVICE FOR OTHER ACTORS:

My advice to others actors is to keep searching till you find that right agent and trust me you know when you do, everything will just click and fall into place. Of course it won’t be perfect as the road to success in this industry is a long tough journey one in my eyes which will never end so try and enjoy and saviour very moment you can of it!

Personally, the reason why I’d stay with MSFT Management for years to come is that I know I’ll never find someone who cares about me as much as Lennie does or invest as much time and energy into getting me where I want to be.

I’ve grown so much since I signed with Lennie, I’ve learnt to be patient, listen and take on board as much as you can, even when you take a knock back in this career turn it on it’s head an look at it in a positive way and so well I’ve learnt how to not behave in that situation so now I’m going to behave in a different way one which is professional but still conveys your personality and positive energy and makes you likeable so people will want to work with you again in the future.

In this industry, our reputation is so important so just think about how you’d like to be treated and treat others the same.

Thanks for reading my post.”

For more information about Alex Forman please visit our website

www.msftmanagement.com or email agent@msftmanagement.com

[shaneaur]

@amici_dtc @wolfamici @turtlekeyarts @alikingturtlekey AMICI'S One World - Wealth of the Common People Lyric Theatre Hammersmith London 29 June - 2 July TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE Link https://lyric.co.uk/shows/amicis-one-world-wealth-of-the-common-people/ @lyrichammersmith #travelphotography #portraitphotography #canonphotography #photographicseries #Travel #theatretour #theatre #Theatre @theatre_weekly @peopleoftheatre @everytheatre @theatrefanofficial #london🇬🇧 #londontheatrecompany #theatrephotigraphy @adobe @canonuk @royalphotographicsociety #canon #canonphoto #Adobe https://www.instagram.com/p/CevO_ihr68l/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[azizdogdu]

#madamextour #paris #legrandrexparis #madonna #tour #madamex #rex #theatretour #madonnatour (Le Grand Rex Paris) https://www.instagram.com/p/B86oJblAtjg/?igshid=z47dsfz6po3e

[stagehand-ish]

I’ve started applying to tours but I’ve never toured before, any advice or places I should apply?

[southdevonplayers-theatreco]

We have an urgent call-out for amazing Volunteers to help with various aspects of our projects and running - It is a lively, friendly, inclusive & multigenerational theatre company which has a strong tradition of safe and inclusive spaces, which creates productions locally which have national and international reach - but we are chronically short handed behind the scenes. Depending on the specific tasks, involvement can be from home or with us locally, and the time commitment is entirely what you are able to do.

If you would be interested in discussing please get in contact #volunteer #volunteering m

#team #gratitude #performingarts #devontheatre #devontheatre #brixhamtheatre #devon #torbay #theater #acting #stage #rehearsal #britishtheatre #regionaltheatre #touringtheatre #theatrearts #brixhamdevon #livingthedream #supporttheatre #create #stagecrew #theatretour

[iestynnicely]

Old Bird, Old Poster @morningtonmedia @olivernelken @get_repost @dancersandballet #dance #ballet #posterdesign #poster #posters #tour #touring #theatre #theatretour #drag #russia #russian

[letodietrich]

The set coming together nicely. Having a fantastic time in rehearsals with this lot. #robinhood #merrychristmas #merrymen #panto #theatre #show #fun #work #drama #dramageeks #sheriffofnottingham #backstage #set #tour #theatretour #rehearsals #actor #actorslife https://www.instagram.com/p/B5n_lSxJfkx/?igshid=fyv2a8dzebt4

[bobbysmale]

Hey found a full page advertisement for The Dream Catchers, they are play Alberta dates from August 6-13. This is the show I designed sound for in Charlottetown, I'm hoping to catch up with them before they cross the Rocky Mountains. #dreamcatcher #theatre #touring #theatretour #sounddesign #theatresound #theatredesign #theatresounddesign #thedreamcatchers

[shaneaur]

@amici_dtc @wolfamici @turtlekeyarts @alikingturtlekey AMICI'S One World - Wealth of the Common People Lyric Theatre Hammersmith London 29 June - 2 July TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE Link https://lyric.co.uk/shows/amicis-one-world-wealth-of-the-common-people/ @lyrichammersmith #travelphotography #portraitphotography #canonphotography #photographicseries #Travel #theatretour #theatre #Theatre @theatre_weekly @peopleoftheatre @everytheatre @theatrefanofficial #london🇬🇧 #londontheatrecompany #theatrephotigraphy @adobe @canonuk @royalphotographicsociety #canon #canonphoto #Adobe https://www.instagram.com/p/CevO_ihr68l/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[phantomprojects]

#jargiethesciencegirl speaking to her #littlescientists yesterday in #murietta 🤗 #sciencerocks #staycurious #scienceforkids #phantomprojects #theatrecompany #theatretour #educationaltheatre #lathtr #artseducation #lamirada #california #fieldtrips (at Murrieta, California)