Agency Auditions

Dear All,

I am delighted to announce that Daisy and Dukes, the children's agency in London that manages Windmill Young Actor Anna Simmonds, has given an open invitation to all Windmill Young Actors.

Take a look at the following information to see if you want to attend.

Update 08.10.12

Dear All,

What a fantastic start to the term!

We’ve had a number of new students join us this term and there’s a real feeling that Windmill Young Actors is flourishing and moving forward.

Saturday 1^st December

This has now been confirmed as our first showcase of the year. It will be in the Windmill Theatre. Rehearsals will be in the theatre all day from 09.30 and we will look to open doors to audience around 18.15. More details to follow nearer the time.

Tanushka

Earlier this year, Tanushka directed a fantastic play about the life of Khalil Gibran who wrote ‘The Prophet’. The play is called ‘Rest Upon the Wind’ and from Sunday she will be taking it on tour to the Middle East. Therefore, please contact Ben with any queries on the usual email and phone number.

Thursdays

The advanced class on a Thursdays for 13 – 16 year olds has started excellently and we are lucky to have an extremely focused and committed group. We hope that it will become the natural ‘next step’ for the young actors from Saturday. Tanushka will be leading this Thursday (4^th) before heading off and Ben will be leading the remaining three before half term.

Headshots and Professional Work

We’ve had a number of queries about professional work for the students and it has always been something that we look to support wherever possible. The route for young actors is to get one or two fantastic headshots and then approach child agencies with a CV and portfolio. Ben is in the process of building a relationship with Michelle at Daisy and Dukes (a London agency). D&D are auditioning in November and we will pass on the information to any interested students and parents when we have it.

Next term, we are hoping to organise a Saturday afternoon for all students who wish to get some professional headshots done. Please let us know if your child would like to get them done so that we have an idea of numbers. We will try and do as many as possible in one afternoon to save on costs.

That’s it for now folks. Thanks again for all of your continued support of Windmill Young Actors. As always, do feel very welcome to pass on any thoughts or feedback on the club.

Best Wishes,

Tanushka and Ben

Windmill Young Actors in Music Video

As the August clouds loomed ominously, Ben Murray-Watson, co-director of Windmill Young Actors, the community acting group hosted by Blatchington Mill, set out to play the lead role in a new music video for the band, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. However, he wasn’t alone. The story required a number of young actors and therefore the call went out to parents of Windmill Young Actors that here was an opportunity to come and act in a professional film. The story was of a man who had a magnetic body. He awakes to find himself alone on the sea front, a 50p coin stuck to his hand and his keys jumping mysteriously into his palm. As he walks off it’s not just the inanimate objects that cling to him but casual passers-by who turn and follow him as he walks.

Both Ben and business partner, Tanushka Marah, who run Windmill Young Actors, work professionally in theatre and film and are always looking for opportunities to work with their students. Ben said, “Because we run workshops as we run professional rehearsals, we know that our students will be a great asset to any production as they are both focused and able to take direction extremely well. Not only that but they are all fantastically talented!”

The music video can be seen at http://genero.tv/watch-video/33693/

Windmill Young Actors 8 – 12 year olds meet on Saturdays during term time from 09.45 – 11.45 and 12.00 – 14.00 and the 13 – 16 year olds meet on Thursdays from 18.00 – 20.00

For more information on Windmill Young Actors, contact info@windmillyoungactors.com

Windmill Young Actors Going Social

Dear All,

You can now follow us on Facebook and Twitter for all of the latest information, updates, offers and discounts along with photos and videos of our work.

https://www.facebook.com/windmillyoungactors

Twitter: @WYActors