List: Acting | Curated by Kay Elúvian | Medium

Apr 24, 2025

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Kay Elúvian

When the Curtain Falls: Saying Goodbye to “Terra Ignota”

On rejection, resilience, Carlyle Foster, and the roles that change us.

Mar 11

When the Curtain Falls: Saying Goodbye to “Terra Ignota”

Mar 11

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Seroxcat’s Salon

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Kay Elúvian

A Gordian Knot

How do you make life in The Arts workable for LGBTQ performers against the backdrop of an ascendant and aggressive Right?

Feb 22, 2024

An AI image of a tangle of rope in a pile.

Feb 22, 2024

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Kay Elúvian

Orson Welles and the unbridled Joy of Frozen Peas

For something to be funny, it must first be tragic: you need pathos, dignity and absurdity. At a remote farm in Lincolnshire, we got them.

Jan 15, 2024

A black and white photograph of Orson Welles. He is wearing a thick black coat and scarf and a wide-brimmed black hat. He is older, late 50s, with a greying beard. He is looking directly at the camera with a smouldering expression. The photo is signed by the actor.

Jan 15, 2024

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Kay Elúvian

Why Only the Rich Will Be Actors

Nobody tells you how expensive it is to be an actor. Even if you avoid the grifters and hucksters, it is not something most people can do!

Dec 8, 2023

Why Only the Rich Will Be Actors

Dec 8, 2023

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Kay Elúvian

I’m Not ‘Too Precious’ to Scream For You

Voiceover actors need warning when a project is likely to damage our voices and fair compensation if we accept the project.

Jan 11, 2022

An AI image of an anime character — they are frowning and carrying a sword.

Jan 11, 2022

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Kay Elúvian

Be Bold When Casting!

Push boundaries, cast outside the box and paint with the whole palette of genders and identities!

Dec 23, 2021

The Starry Night, by Van Gogh, is an oil painting depicting a vivid set of stars against a night sky with a small village underneath. It is noted for its Impressionist qualities — the lines are roughly drawn giving only a taste of the actual subject, rather than a detailed image — and for its vivid use of yellow and blue pigment.

Dec 23, 2021

Kay Elúvian

Kay Elúvian

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A queer, plus-size, trans voiceover actress writing about acting, politics, gender & sexual minorities and TV/films 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈

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