Notes From An Odin Actress

<p>'As an actress I sit speak run sweat and simultaneously I represent someone who sits speaks runs and sweats. As an actress I am both myself and the character I am playing. I exist in the concreteness of the performance and at the same time I need to be alive in the minds and senses of the spectators. How can I speak of this double reality?' - Julia Varley.</p> <p></p> <p>This is a book about the experience of being an actress from a professional and female perspective. Julia Varley has been a member of Odin Teatret for over thirty years and <em>Notes from an Odin Actress</em> is a personal account of her work with Eugenio Barba and this world-renowned theatre company.</p> <p></p> <p>This is a unique window onto the in-depth exercises and day-to-day processes of an Odin member. It is a journal to enlighten anyone interested in the performances the discoveries and the hard physical work that accompany a life in theatre</p>