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A Life Outdoors

May 26, 2011, Debbie Bridge Acting, Busking, Opera, singing, Theatre, , 1

Just a hint there Covent Garden opera, I’m just a few steps away, you could have a new operatic star!

Brighton, Canada, Much Ado About Nothing, Seacole, Shakespeare, St. Anne's Well Gardens, Theatre Under the Stars, Ursula, Vancouver

A time of firsts…

March 14, 2011, Debbie Bridge Busking, Cabaret, Life Balance, music, Opera, Radio, singing, , 0

My life is full of topsy-turvy and really this is the way I like it. In the past few weeks I’ve done a radio show interview on Radio Free Brighton with Phil Baker – 40 mins of me talking about me – never done that before. I’m used to being on the other side of […]

American Actors UK, Busking, Free Radio Brighton, London Underground, Phil Baker

I always wanted to fly…

February 5, 2011, Debbie Bridge Acting, Business, Busking, Life Balance, Opera, Singers, singing, Theatre, , 0

One of my favourites I have heard is: “She’s actually really good!” when people walk by.

American Actors UK, At Night in Praha, Busking, Chairman, Covent Garden, London Underground, Steve Capra

CABARET – WHAT IS IT?

July 26, 2010, Debbie Bridge burlesque, Cabaret, music, Opera, Singers, singing, Theatre, , 1

One things for sure, whatever this art form is, the audiences love it and keep coming back 3 or 4 times!

Glam Jam, Halfway to Heaven, Kym Suttle, Lady Imelda, London, More or Lesque, Tristan Bates

Ack, it’s all too much!

May 22, 2010, Debbie Bridge Business, Busking, Life Balance, music, Singers, Talks, Theatre, , 1

Just when I thought there would be nothing , there’s too much!

Acting, admin, Show Reels, Singer, Softening your gaze, time management, work life balance

Agents – What makes a good Agent?

April 5, 2010, Debbie Bridge Acting, Agent, Business, music, Opera, Theatre, , 0

Just recently I decided to let go of my agent.

Agent, Representation

Acting Singer vs. Singing Actor

February 20, 2010, Debbie Bridge Acting, music, Opera, Singers, singing, Theatre, , 0

Am I the acting singer or the singing actor?

Acting, Carol Churchill, Impulse Theatre Company, London, Meisner, Scott Williams, Singer, Top Girls

Busking – Covent Garden Style The Elusive Part-Time Job

April 29, 2009, Debbie Bridge Business, Busking, music, Opera, Singers, singing, , 0

‘Busking!’, the title above alone may make most opera singers turn their noses up and straight out of the room.

Busking, Covent Garden, London, West End

Muscle Memory

January 23, 2009, Debbie Bridge Acting, Film, Theatre, , 0

I did an acting class at the Actors Centre in London and the teacher, Nikki Flacks, said memorising lines is just a muscular activity.

Actors Centre, dyslexia, Flanders Fields, learning lines, London, memorise, Niki Flacks

Impulse vs Emotion

November 29, 2008, Debbie Bridge Acting, Blog post, music, Theatre, , 0

At the moment, I’m lucky enough to be doing a Meisner acting course with the Impulse Theatre Company. Yes, I know…an opera singer doing acting lessons?! Can this really be? Well, all I can say, is this is a new age of singing. Anyway, we had a talk, recently, about the difference between an impulsive […]

Acting, emotions, impulses, Singer

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