Develop Your Career: Performance

7 tips for performance careers

Most artists balance a variety of part-time roles to provide extra income. Image: Diego Andres Spano, clown.
Working in performance does not always provide a constant income. Most artists balance a variety of part-time roles and should always consider sources of future income.

Tai couldn't find a group of actors to perform improvisations, so he started one.

How to start a theatre group

Tai Ling is the acting Artistic Director for the Improsarios, a theatre group who specialise in creating improvised plays. He spoke about starting up a theatrical enterprise.

Augustina Seymour is an actress with a lot of experience of tours abroad.

Advice for touring actors

Actors go where the work is. Whether theatrical tours or shooting on location, acting is a job that often takes you away from home. Working away can be tough, and it's worth knowing what to expect.

The Circus Space took the unusual step of seeking long-term corporate support from UBS bank.

Business support for artists

The Circus Space is a performance skills training organisation. Early on, they took the unusual step of seeking long-term corporate support from UBS bank.

Performance Career Profiles

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