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Notes from the rehearsal room
Practical guides to the craft of acting — and to theatre in Bengaluru — from ADC, a theatre company in Koramangala.
Theatre in Bengaluru
How to Start Theatre in Bangalore: A Beginner’s Guide to Bengaluru’s Stages
Bengaluru has one of India’s liveliest theatre scenes — in Kannada, English, Hindi and more. Here is how to go from audience member to actor: where to watch, where to learn and how to get on stage.
29 October 2026 · 5 min read
Acting technique
Stanislavski’s System: A Practical Guide for Beginner Actors
Almost every acting class you will ever take borrows from Konstantin Stanislavski. Here is what his system actually asks of an actor — and a twenty-minute way to use it on a real scene.
29 October 2026 · 6 min read
Acting technique
The Meisner Technique: The Repetition Exercise, Step by Step
Sanford Meisner’s repetition exercise looks absurdly simple: two people repeating a sentence back and forth. Done properly, it is one of the fastest ways to stop “acting” and start listening.
29 October 2026 · 5 min read
Indian performance
Navarasa for Actors: Training the Nine Emotions of the Natyashastra
Two thousand years before acting schools, the Natyashastra described how a performer moves an audience. Navarasa — the nine rasas — is still one of the best emotional workouts an actor can do.
29 October 2026 · 5 min read
Voice
Voice and Diction for the Stage: A 15-Minute Daily Warm-Up
On stage there is no microphone to rescue you. This fifteen-minute routine — breath, resonance, diction and projection — is how actors get heard at the back of the hall without shouting.
29 October 2026 · 4 min read
Auditions
How to Prepare a Monologue for an Audition, Step by Step
A good audition monologue is chosen well, prepared like a scene and performed for one imaginary person. Here is the whole process, from the bookshelf to the room.
29 October 2026 · 5 min read
Performance
Stage Fright: Why It Happens and 9 Techniques That Actually Help
Almost every performer gets nervous; the ones who look calm have simply learnt what to do with it. Here’s what stage fright is, and nine techniques that work in a rehearsal room and on opening night.
29 October 2026 · 5 min read