Acting Technique, Theory, and Audition Preparation

Alongside my tutoring work, I am a professional playwright and theatre critic. I have studied theatre at the University of York, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and I am a member of the Soho Theatre Writers Group. My plays have been staged at the Edinburgh Fringe, York Theatre Royal and across Fringe venues in London. With my A/AS-Level Drama support classes, we will examine and explore the history behind a number of the key texts on the specifications for OCR, Pearson and EDUQAS: Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen Accidental Death of an Anarchist by Dario Fo Saved by Edward Bond In classes, we will look at the context in which these plays were written, the cultural impact they had and how to use this in essays to demonstrate your broader knowledge of the set texts. Aside from the plays themselves, it is important to understand the wider world of theatre. We will look at the plays of Samuel Beckett, Jean Genet and Theatre of the Absurd for Dario Fo. The history of Theatre censorship and the Royal Court Theatre is crucial to understanding Edward Bond's Saved. This class will give you the opportunity to explore these complex texts with a practising playwright, and the expanded knowledge of these plays will give you that edge when it comes to the exam.

In this class you'll learn how to move on stage, how to be confident with public speaking, how to use your creativity and your imagination to embody different characters. I've designed this class for it to mix necessary theatre technical skills such as placement, voices etc with fun acting activities ranging from improvisation to classical plays.It can also be adapted to any ages or level of acting. If the class is on webcam, I will design the class for it to be inventive and create a theme for each of the meetings.

Looking to sharpen your skills, nail your auditions, or prepare for drama school? Join me for expert-led acting training designed to give you the confidence, technique, and clarity you need to succeed. With a Drama Centre London background and extensive stage and screen experience as well as teaching across London Drama Schools, Sam specialises in: 🎭 Drama School Preparation – Master monologues, refine your technique, and gain the tools to stand out in auditions. 🎭 Audition Coaching – Learn how to make bold, specific choices and bring authenticity to every performance. 🎭 Character Development – Build compelling, layered characters through movement, text work, and emotional connection.

Speech and Drama lessons suitable for all ages and levels. Equally useful for the extrovert who wants an outlet for creative acting to the introvert who could benefit from learning tricks to looking confident even when feeling like jelly inside! Lessons can be taught as a one-to-one or in small groups

Ready to Shine Brighter? Do you ever feel like your voice isn't heard? Or maybe your presentations aren't quite hitting the mark? Or there are times when people say you are doing well but inside you are a bag of nerves and you long to feel good in the moment? Or are you a performer that needs to nail that script for the role? I can help. I work with accents and dialects as well as performance from the board-room to treading the boards, from classroom to casting. As a seasoned coach with 8 years of experience working with tech, theatre and business leaders at companies like GoCardless, Italia Conti, and Ocado, I know firsthand the challenges you face. What makes me different? Focussed on you: I understand the importance of expressing your unique voice no matter your industry. Proven Results: My clients have seen significant improvements in everything from conference calls to high-stakes presentations. A Holistic Approach: I combine acting techniques with communication psychology to give you a powerful edge. Flexible & Engaging: Whether it's in-person or virtual, I tailor my coaching to your specific needs. Let's elevate your communication together I offer personalised coaching packages to help you: Command the Room: Project confidence and authority. Captivate Your Audience: Master the art of storytelling and vocal power. Connect Deeply: Develop active listening and compelling communication skills.

Unlock your creativity and express yourself in our engaging online acting class! Designed for all levels, from beginners to experienced performers, this course offers a supportive environment where you can explore the fundamentals of acting, develop your skills, and gain confidence in front of the camera. Classes are tailored to each individual focusing on areas you wish to develop. Course Highlights: Participate in fun and dynamic exercises focusing on improvisation, scene study, and character development. Expert Instructor: Learn from an industry professional with years of experience in theatre. Flexible Schedule: Online classes that are made accessible to make it easy to fit into your busy life. Whether you want to pursue acting as a career or simply boost your self-expression and communication skills, this online acting class provides the tools and techniques you need to shine. Sign up today and step into the spotlight!

Are you ready to bring your acting and writing to life in ways you never imagined? Whether you’re an actor looking to deepen your performance skills or a playwright aiming to craft powerful narratives, I offer coaching that is tailored to your individual creative journey. I am Joy, a director, writer, and musician with a passion for storytelling that explores themes of Black Femininity and postcolonial imagination. Originally from Dallas, Texas, and currently based in London, my work has been featured in The Irish Times and The Sunday Times as part of their “Ones to Watch in 2024” list. As a director and playwright, I’ve received recognition from prestigious bodies including the Verity Bargate Award, Theatre503 International Playwriting Award, and the Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts from Harvard University. Having honed my craft through experiences such as being a Director SEED at Rough Magic Theatre and a writer under Enda Walsh’s mentorship for Theatre For One, I bring a wealth of expertise and artistic vision to my coaching sessions. Whether you're working on character development, stage presence, script analysis, or developing original plays, I create a space where you can grow as both an artist and a storyteller. My coaching is deeply rooted in real-world industry experience, informed by my directing work with actors, as well as my work as a writer for theatre and film. Together, we’ll explore your craft with the intention of unlocking the authentic, dynamic performance or powerful, evocative writing that is uniquely yours. Whether you're just beginning your creative journey or you're an experienced artist looking to push the boundaries of your work, I offer guidance that is personalised, nurturing, and challenging. I’ll help you sharpen your technique, discover new approaches to storytelling, and find the confidence to truly bring your artistic voice to the stage or page.

These sessions allow the development of skills and knowledge of the trade, with the game facing the camera, familiarization with the audiovisual environment and the camera tool, in the art of acting. Your inventiveness and your uniqueness being at the center of your training, it is a question of dwelling on the objective criteria, such as the voice, the use of the body, the relationship with the partner, the capacity to occupy the space. But it is also the singularity and the commitment that are decisive. The objective of this training is to be able to: - Analyze and dissect a text - Create, develop and embody a character - Understand the artistic and technical writings of a film or a play - Create, cultivate and develop one's artistic identity and singularity (...) Through simulations and role-playing, the association between theory and practice makes it possible to achieve its objectives. PLACES : - Locations: Geneva - Lausanne - Friborg - Neuchâtel - Montreux - Basel - Sion - Sierre - Morges - Bienne. But currently and until further notice, only by videoconference in accordance with national recommendations on Covid. These sessions, for which you have asked me, also seem to be perfectly unanimous since they arouse a certain enthusiasm (and a certain enthusiasm). Indeed, they have the advantage of face-to-face sessions (ex: quality of the interaction), without its disadvantages (ex: loss of travel time) with additional advantages (ex: the entire session transcribed in writing on the chat). That is why, at your request, I continue to offer this option. - As other people do regularly, you can also please your loved ones by offering gift vouchers available all year round. THE TRAINER From a Grande Ecole post-preparatory class in France & Ivy League University in the United States, our teacher has specialized and has worked for more than 14 years in the field, in international establishments, intervening in forums and conferences. CONTACT / PROGRAM A la carte program: evaluated and adapted to each need.

Classes for anyone from beginner level to advanced. - Acting for children/ adults - Drama school preparation - Audition preparation - Selftape help - Confidence building - Social skills practice I am an experienced drama tutor with over 8 years of experience. I have worked with young people and adults in multiple settings. Working with drama techniques for mental health, confidence, and of course acting training. I am a professional actor who trained at East 15 Acting School.

✓ Improvisation is the art of composing within the framework of a role play, without being overplayed so as not to lose credibility, by taking pleasure and appearing convinced (because communication does not consist, for example, of having confidence, but of appearing confident). It helps with a wide range of skills (imagination, emotional faculties, physical expressiveness, vocal projection, clarity of speech, interpretation, improvisation, observation, emulation, stage combat...) to make public speaking, communication , the theatricalization enhanced by the stage space and the play of the actor - improviser. ✓ Your inventiveness, singularity, commitment and signature being at the center of this training, it is about giving you the techniques to improvise, create, stage, while showing confidence and conviction to your interlocutors, in the private sphere or of the professional. ✓ So how can you also confront your shyness or lack of (relative) self-confidence by surpassing yourself by moving forward? ➤ Express yourself with your body, your emotions, your ideas to mobilize your abilities and your creative energy ➤ Explore your path to personal expression in complete freedom and security by overcoming your fears of expressing yourself in public ➤ Activate flexibility of mind, particularly by practicing active listening ➤ Develop your creativity and imagination while overcoming your shyness, developing your speaking, listening and responding skills ➤ Anchor lasting resources such as letting go, leaving one's comfort zone thanks to a caring framework and personalized modules/exercises In application: For example, awareness raising and introduction to the Art of Storytelling have several objectives: Storytelling in public, Composing a repertoire of stories, Organizing a collective show, Games and bringing emotions into play (...). These theoretical training and practical training sessions (story structure, voice, memory, diction, management of stage fright, etc.). It is a question of going through the history of the tale (origin, different styles of tale, difference between tale and story), the art of telling (work on the voice, the body, the imagination), the tale and the child (importance of the story for the overall development of the child, resource of the imagination, difference between reading and telling) ...: in short, the intention of this course is to make you want even more, to better tell stories Open to all those interested in the story (parents, teachers, animators, educators ...), these sessions can also be offered to the person of your choice. With the program, for this example of storytelling art in particular: ✓ Explore and experience the art of storytelling and discover its hidden sides ✓ Express yourself with your body, your emotions, your ideas, play with situations (...) ✓ Mobilize your capacities and creative energy ✓ Open interior spaces of reverie ✓ Explore your path of personal expression in complete freedom and security ✓ Overcome your fear of public speaking ✓ Make room for your imagination, Develop your creativity ✓ Activate flexibility of mind, Practice active listening ✓ Cooperate, create, play down The art of storytelling therefore allows you to develop your creativity and imagination, because you are both a director and an actor. It also allows you to overcome shyness and develop speaking, listening and responding skills. Each person evolves at their own pace and uses their sense of creativity. Objective: to anchor sustainable resources such as letting go, creativity, presence or self-confidence. In short, this artistic discipline will accompany you in your personal development and will help you get out of your comfort zone thanks to a benevolent environment and playful exercises. THE TRAINER With training from a Grande Ecole post-European preparatory class & an Ivy League university in the United States, our teacher has specialized and has worked for more than 18 years in the field, in international establishments, speaking in forums and conferences. ➤ PLACE, TIMETABLE, PRICES ✓ Locations: Geneva-Lausanne-Fribourg-Zurich-Neuchâtel-Lugano-Montreux-Basel-Neuchâtel-Bern-Lucerne-Brussels-Luxembourg-Paris-Lyon. But currently, these sessions continue to be offered by videoconference in the current context and in accordance with general demand which is almost unanimous on this subject. ✓ Indeed, apart from the classic advantages of videoconferencing (time saving related to travel & their unforeseen events, eco-responsibility, increased schedule flexibility, etc.), the quality of the session & the interaction remain identical. In addition, the entire exchange, notes and recommendations are immediately transcribed on the dedicated chat. ✓ To support us among ourselves & to be pleasant to you in this sustainable / particular period and in a spirit of solidarity, the fees are temporarily reduced and will not increase after the start of our sessions. ✓ Languages: French/English. ✓ The progress following these private sessions is perceptible from 1 to 2 sessions (*2024 study). ✓ As other people do regularly, you can also please your loved ones by offering gift vouchers available all year round. CONTACT / PROGRAM ✓ A la carte program: evaluated and adapted to each need.

My lessons are primarily for adults. You can be needing a coach for an audition or a full production, maybe you want to find that spark again by trying a different method, or you might want to try acting out, great! I can adjust to whatever you need. My lessons are at least an hour or more. I have a vocal/light physical warm-up that I like to do at the beginning of subsequent lessons. I remember one of my first teachers saying "An actor should be a blank canvas." And this made sense at first. So I went up on our small stage to do a monologue and it was terrible. My teacher said, "Kamil, you didn't really do anything." "Well, yeah? I am a blank canvas" As a neurodiverse person, I am overanalytical, literal, incredibly anxious and have difficulty speaking with full confidence. However, my Master's level education from Bristol Old Vic Theatre School has given me a toolkit where I can work towards placing my self-doubt and uncertainty behind 'The Work.' The Work is the hours you've spent in the text, the pencil markings in the script, the crinkled pages from taking it in and out of your backpack. It's the objective truth that you can rely on when your self-awareness doesn't want you to be the character, when you can feel an audience member looking at you, when the person behind the camera laughs at something you didn't inherently think was funny. It's your character's lifesaver. For those that may require more structure when they receive text, I can help you deconstruct that overwhelming building into its key components. Whether it's from a play you've been newly cast in, a voiceover script you can't wrap your head around, or just a simple self-tape, we can work to break down text that lets BE that blank canvas on the day, but you know what paints you've used, what strokes you can utilise, you know the feel of the paintbrush from all the canvases you've practised on. Also, it's a good way to memorise lines. And that's just a nice bonus.

Are you afraid of speaking in public? You are shy? Let's make a difference and find the security you were looking for! Learn with a bilingual (English-Spanish) teacher with 12 years of experience! We have personalized classes at home, at your home or virtual of: - Theater - Musical theatre - Acting - Puppets - Body expression - vocal expression - public domain Schedules: Monday to Friday 7am to 7pm Saturdays 9am-5pm You can also take your classes online. All values are per person. All ages and levels, don't wait any longer! You can see more of my experience at lindapena.com and about my company at charmingarteyentretenimiento.com

Voice acting, particularly for video games, is a highly sought after career, and requires dedication and luck as well as talent. If you are interested in working in this area of performance, I can provide guidance, coaching and a wealth of industry knowledge to help you up your game. We can work on: - acting for audio technique - audition technique and what to look for in a casting breakdown - developing demo reels - working in different genres - setting up your own home studio - resilience - looking after your voice Or feel free to message me with what you'd like to work on and we can discuss whether I'm the right fit for you as a tutor! As a director, I have worked across stage, and short films, but my main area of work is audio - including audio dramas but particularly video games. My approach is collaborative and actor-led, finding truthful performance with a strong technical base. Also an actor and stage combatant, I bring a wide range of experiences as a performer to support directing and teaching. I have previously taught Acting for Video Games short courses.

Want to improve your confidence, knowledge & experience as a performer, writer or public speaker? Interested in theatre & the performing arts? Then lets learn together! I've been working in the theatre industry for a decade & have performed in shows at Shakespeare' Globe, Almeida Theatre & Arcola theatre among others. I also work as a writer, facilitator & teacher, supporting a wide range of artists from cool kids in school who want to explore a passion for acting to early career creatives looking to further delop their skill set. Previous facilitation includes Masterclass for Theatre Royal Haymarket, Mousetrap Youth Theatre Company & Arcola Youth Theatre. I'm flexible & can tailor classes to specific students providing a unique & bespoke experience so every student can get the most out of our time together. Happy to answer any questions you might have & to create a bespoke learning plan for you.

Discover the magic of drama! This course is designed to help students of all levels explore their creativity and boost their confidence through acting exercises, improvisation, and character work. Whether you're looking to refine your acting skills, improve public speaking, or simply enjoy the fun of performing, this class provides a supportive and engaging environment to grow. Learn to embody characters, deliver compelling monologues, and master the art of storytelling.