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Tahlia Norrish

The Actors Dojo

About Tahlia Norrish

Tahlia Norrish is an Australian-British actor, writer and MPhil candidate at the University of Queensland's School of Sport Sciences. After graduating from Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts and Rose Bruford College, Tahlia founded the Actor's Dojo — an online space empowering actors to empower themselves

Recent Articles

Enter the film room: what athletes’ video study methods can teach actors

Opinion

Examining a game post-match is a tried-and-tested method used by athletes to improve their performance – and has huge potential to help actors in the same way

Seeing double – why having an alter ego could help actors

Opinion

Athletes are using alter egos to push through mental and physical barriers. Tahlia Norrish wonders if this technique could be used by actors

Could martial arts help actors handle the emotional toll of a role?

Opinion

Tahlia Norrish examines what actors could learn from the training practice of martial arts – could it help performers leave the tragedy on the stage?

Mind games – how sports psychology could improve your acting

Opinion

How could sports psychology improve your acting? Actor and writer Tahlia Norrish says mental rehearsal can fuel actors’ performances in the same way it does athletes

Off the subs’ bench – what understudies can learn from sports

Opinion

The techniques used by sports’ benchwarmers can help theatre’s under-appreciated understudies to sharpen their talents and get ready for that big moment, says Tahlia Norrish