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Peter Messaline

Canada

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Career advice for high-school students and beginning performers. Canadian tax advice for artists of all sorts. Research resources for those looking for performance-related answers.

Experience in the area

I am a Canadian performer, tax preparer and writer.
I have supported myself as an arts entrepreneur for thirty-five years.
I am the most-published writer in the business of being a Canadian artist.
I have written on arts tax matters and prepared performer taxes for fifteen years.

Publications

CAEA Newsletter
ACTRA Branchline
The Agents Book
Actor's Survival Kit
Tax Kit 2000+
Making It (Federal government career management for culture workers)

Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:

Almost all actors, worldwide, rely on a regular job to pay their bills.

Something controversial or provocative about this subject

Very few actors know how to turn their vocation into a living.

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Recent Answers from Peter Messaline

2012-01-31 Training/Education:

What little I can see about Humber doesn't look wonderful, and that's not good news even if it's because their publicity isn't good. Certainly the level of performance is pathetic, and the camerawork is

2012-01-31 Training/Education:

I think that college courses would not be very useful. You have been living in the world and learning much that is given to drama students while they grow up after high school! What you need, as I judge

2011-02-23 I am confused!:

I shall try to give you the answer you want, rather than dealing with your questions bit by bit. If I'm off, do follow up - with little questions I can look at in detail. Acting is the subject of the

2011-02-17 Auditions help:

Look at the plays performed by London theatres over ten years ago. Any play you recognise is likely to be published, and knowing about the first production will be a point in your favour. This site

2011-02-06 Booking jobs:

If you are in a professional production now, you already have the best set of resources. Get to know your cast members and listen for their experience. What are people around you doing? 'limited

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