Theatre Acting

Harshita Guha | Theatre Actor | The British School

What is Theatre Acting?

There are many nuances of a Career in Theatre Acting. Understanding Why one wants to choose a Career in Theatre Acting is phenomenally more important than figuring out How to get into Theatre Acting. While anyone can have an opinion on what Theatre Acting entails; only a real professional can really explain it.

With 11 years & 5 months of professional experience, Theatre Actor Harshita Guha understands Theatre Acting. According to Theatre Actor Harshita Guha, Theatre Acting is:

Theatre acting is live acting where no performance is ever repeated. A theatre actor learns many methods and procedures before he or she gets to perform in a play.

How Theatre Actor Harshita Guha got into Theatre Acting?

After completing my post graduation in Theatre. I was trained under Duende School of Physical ensemble theatre U K. After that, I have done many performances in Delhi as a live theatre actor under many theatre companies such as Prastan Delhi. I directed Childrens theatre for Hindi Academy, Govt of India and worked with three Delhi based International schools.

Theatre Actor Harshita Guha's Talk on Theatre Acting

Starts with what is:
1)	Theatre Acting

Next, it covers Education. It was a welcome change to see the Talk touch upon Education as theoretical knowledge needed to excel at Theatre Acting, and not merely as Qualifications needed to enter Theatre Acting. It discusses following headings for Education in Theatre Acting:
2)	Theatre
3)	Reading Plays & Books
4)	Sociology
5)	Psychology

Then, the Talk focuses on the most important component that is Skills. 90% success in Theatre Acting depends on Skills. It is crucial to understand these. It defines Skills in terms of following items for Theatre Acting:
6)	Professional Theatre Training
7)	Communication
8)	Improvisation
9)	Observation
10)	Creativity
11)	Teamwork
12)	Interpersonal

Theatre Acting has an interesting list of Positives. The Talk goes through this list of Positives of Theatre Acting:
13)	Social Impact
14)	Continuos Learning
15)	Culturally Rich
16)	Associated with live shows

Challenges are the other side of Positives and Theatre Acting is no exception:
17)	Sustainability
18)	Lack of Awareness
19)	Lack of Thatre Education

In the final section of the Talk, Harshita Guha talks about How a day goes in a Career in:
20)	Theatre Acting

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