Help The Aged Actor - Keeping Us In The Profession 2 Lawrence O'Connor, 26 January 2013 We discussed ways of keeping actors connected to their profession after a number of years, including: - Writing/creating their own work - Looking for new environments/people to connect with i.e. stand-up comedy/comedy improv - Forming a company of experienced actors who can be available to different people/organisations and offer a ‘menu’ of skills with a set of prices i.e. a role-playing service, research and development with writers/directors/theatre companies for future productions etc. - No more work for free! - Funded continued training, so actors don't have to continually pay be stay involved in the profession Questions raised: - Why can't older actors play younger parts? - How can older actors become more involved in physical theatre? Observations: - Creative people become more creative (and more attractive as artists) when they are working - Culture is often very youth-orientated, but consumers of culture are often older people, and even younger audiences don't necessarily just want to watch plays about young people Tags: R&D, role-playing, actors, Actors, continued training, physical theatre, older audiences, r&d, research and development