BTB First Day Back

Ten qualities that make a good director:

1. Lenience
2. Compassion
3. Always have an Idea
4. Passion
5. Knowing when to speak
6. Giving space when it is needed, and taking the space away
7. Keep actors on their toes
8. Have a sense of direction
9. Know how to handle mistakes
10. The wisdom to know when people are ready for changes and when they are not

Ten things that are important within the relationship of an Actor and a Director:

1. Not to humiliate the actor in front of a cast
2. Know that the actor has a life
3. Don't push the actor when they are getting into their role
4. Know their role, better than then (to an extent)
5. Know that the director has plans of their own
6. Don't be greedy/selfish (give the actor some space to grow)
7. Not everything can be the actor/director's perfect picture
8. Actors should think of the Directors as the 'God' of the world of the play
9. Actors need to be able to sacrifice the things that they believe in for the sake of the Director's vision
10. Actors have to know when to laugh things off, especially when in disagreement with the Director.