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Text Work: Alan Moore’s Jerusalem with Simon Vance

Published December 17, 2019 | Last Updated November 4, 2021 Leave your thoughts »

Simon and Alan

The following is the text work session taken from the full episode with Simon. In this episode, Simon shares how he worked on a couple of different audiobook projects: first, dealing with a practically unreadable chapter in Alan Moore’s Jerusalem and then, a bit on The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth.  You’ll hear Simon discuss: The research […]

Filed Under: Podcast, Text Work Tagged With: audiobooks, england, jerusalem, narrator, research, text work, united kingdom

Ep #23: Simon Vance (1000+ Audiobooks: Millennium series, Sherlock Holmes, Jerusalem, The King’s Speech, The Tao of Pooh) on Feeding the Birds, Pushing Yourself, and Wanting More

Published December 10, 2019 | Last Updated November 22, 2020 Leave your thoughts »

I thought being an actor wasn’t for grown-up people, but it didn’t matter whether I considered it that—I discovered it was essential for my soul that I threw myself into this. — Simon Vance   If you’re looking for what it takes to be an actor long-term, over the course of your LIFE, then you’ve come […]

Filed Under: Episodes, Podcast Tagged With: audiobooks, auditions, awards, bay area, bbc, blind, brighton, california, film, london, los angeles, narrator, radio, san francisco, theatre, tv

Ep #16: Ray Porter (Oregon Shakespeare Festival, 300+ Audiobooks) on Delivering the Mail, Being Your Advocate, and Good-Natured Arrogance

explicit language So don't be surprised!

Published January 8, 2019 | Last Updated December 30, 2020 Leave your thoughts »

The biggest downfall of actors is when they start to get very pleased with themselves because they’re actors; having something else that will keep you a bit humble is a good thing. — Ray Porter   On the show today is Ray Porter, an actor who spent 18 seasons with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival playing all sorts […]

Filed Under: Episodes, Podcast Tagged With: audiobooks, calarts, cars, explicit, indiana, jacobean, narrator, oregon, shakespeare, text work, theatre, webster

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