Summary
A manual for showbiz survival from am dram to Hollywood and all that lies between…
Luvvies. Tyrannical directors. Useless agents. Less job security than an England football manager. Who’d be an actor?
Michael Simkins isn’t sure, even though he’s been one himself for over thirty years. Join him backstage as he examines that business called showbusiness, from am dram to Hollywood, and from Shakespeare to ads for flatulence pills.
In a career that started as a plump teena…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780091951290 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0091951291 |
| Author: | Michael Simkins |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | Ebury Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 15 June 2014 |
| Weight: | 346g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 135mm x 25mm |
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Readers at large will be rewarded with self-helpless laughter, generated by the absurdity and the blessedness of the job Simkins loves
Readers at large will be rewarded with self-helpless laughter, generated by the absurdity and the blessedness of the job Simkins loves * The Times *
As well as being an all-round actor, Simkins is a wonderfully knockabout writer, somehow managing to be world weary and full of joie de vivre at one and the same time * Mail on Sunday *
Hilarious … a masterclass in the perils of being a luvvie * Daily Mail *
One of Britain’s funniest writers * Daily Mail *
Readers at large will be rewarded with self-helpless laughter, generated by the absurdity and blessedness of the job Simkins loves * The Times *
Terrifyingly accurate * Tim Rice *
Hugely entertaining * Stephen Fry *
About The Author
Michael Simkins
Michael Simkins trained at RADA and has since appeared in more than 100 plays and musicals, from the National Theatre and the RSC to the fringe and the West End, as well as in the musicals Chicago and Mamma Mia. He’s made countless TV appearances, usually as policemen or unsuspecting husbands as well as turns on the silver screen in such films as Mike Leigh’s Topsy-Turvy and The Iron Lady. His first book, his memoir of breaking into the acting profession, has become required reading for drama students everywhere. He is also the author of Fatty Batter, Detour de France and The Last Flannelled Fool. He lives with his actress wife, Julia Deakin, in London.
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