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Nigel Rideout's First Steps Towards an Acting Career

20 December 2006
VS/PN/2006/002

Voicesource publishes the Third Edition of ‘First Steps Towards an Acting Career’.

Originally published by Penguin in 1991 and again by A & C Black in 1995, Voicesource Publishing brings this seminal title into the 21st Century with a new Third Edition. The Third Edition contains a fully revised directory of theatre training that lists information on courses available for those considering a career in acting, alongside information on funding bodies, universities, careers and other useful performing arts organisations. Prunella Scales has contributed a chapter and Dame Judi Dench writes the foreword. This is an ideal book for all students of drama and theatre, with solid guidance and instruction on how to prepare for a career in acting.

Additional Resources

First Steps Towards an Acting Career
Nigel Rideout | ISBN 978-1-905090-06-8 | 12.99 | Paperback 152 pages | Third Edition

About the Author

Actor, teacher, director and writer, Nigel Rideout has been involved in professional theatre, film and television for the past 45 years in the UK, USA and Australia. In 1981, Nigel created the now highly successful theatre department at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), where he has continued to teach more than 500 alumni in theatre, musical theatre, dance and broadcasting courses. Prior to WAAPA, Nigel was the Director of Studies and Deputy Principal of LAMDA (London Academy of Dramatic Art) for seven years. He has been Head of Theatre at the Central School of Speech and Drama and Head of Voice at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London.

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