Director Michael Blakemore has expressed concerns that younger actors are neglecting training in traditional acting skills, such as projection.

Speaking at a rehearsal for the UK premiere of Cy Coleman’s musical The Life, starring Sharon D Clarke, Blakemore said: “A lot of the old Olivier-type skills are being neglected now, like voice and projection. All the things that Maggie Smith and Judi Dench can do so well, they’re not being passed on.”

The Life opens at Southwark Playhouse, London, on March 25.

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