The Work in Action

Yesterday I saw a production of a play called Frost Nixon which starred Tony Award winning and Lessac trained actor, Frank Langella. The play was exceptional. The entire cast created a show that was superb to watch, all transitions were seamless, all characters fully formed and detailed and colourful. It was truly awe inspiring, after having completed the Lessac Summer Intensive so recently, to see Frank Langella utilising his Lessac training, probably completely unconsciously by now, with such phenomenal results.

When you train in any technique, especially early on, you are constantly asking questions, you should be constantly asking questions, and I found that my experience of the Lessac training was certainly like this. There are parts of the work that, because it is new to me and I have not yet fully grasped everything, I am curious to play further with, to explore the usefulness of these different elements in performance and also everyday. Seeing Frank Langella create a perfectly formed character, with all its natural imperfections and flaws, knowing of his Kinesensic training, made me realise just how valuable and extensively useful Lessac training can be.

Let it be understood that I never have at any stage doubted the usefulness of the method, from the very beginning of the training I felt an innate connection with the work, and as I have previously described, experienced changes within myself physically and emotionally that I have been in search of for a long time. But seeing a veteran actor, of the calibre of Mr Langella, put to use so fluidly and seamlessly the work which I have just been introduced to, has inspired me even more to pursue this line of training.

I feel that at this point in my career, it is vital for me to maintain my adventurous spirit, my need to seek new knowledge. I am truly excited at the prospect of continuing the Lessac Kinesensic training and feel like the universe is making this decision I have made even more concrete by placing in my life events such as Frost Nixon. This is a very exciting time for me and I look forward to being able to share this experience with my fellow Australian actors when I return from my overseas trip.