How to become an outstanding actor: tips from Kenneth Rea, teacher to the stars

The mentor to some of Britain's top performers believes the best acting comes from a childhood sense of playfulness - and is fraught with danger There's a famous yarn about Laurence Olivier leaving the stage in anguish after a barnstorming performance. Don't you know you were brilliant, asked a colleague. Of course, said Olivier - "but I don't know why". Defining the core of outstanding performance and learning how to pass it on - it's a slippery quest to which New Zealand-born acting teacher Ke...