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This opportunity is heavily subsidised - 20 spots only available

Renowned actor and performance educator Antoinette Sampson returns for a new six-week acting intensive course. 

Get Crafty On Stage - How to Walk The Talk

During this six - week course we will be exploring the technical jargon and skills needed to confidently walk onto a stage and engage in the world of the play. This is an immersive and action-packed hour of learning theatrical terms, how to work with stage directions and how to make sure that you understand the power positions and places on a stage.

This six- week course further builds the fundamental foundations of a deeper understanding of the craft of acting for the theatre both physically and intellectually. Giving you a strong understanding of the world of theatre.

First hour:
Week 1: Theatre terms and definitions
Week 2: What are stage directions and when do we need to follow them?
Week 3: Theatrical skills and techniques for Stage Craft

Getting Real - Truth in Acting

Scene work and monologues

Second Hour:  Week 1, 2, 3,

Using short scenes, we will explore how to work on text in relation to the Stanislavsky method of acting. Learning action objective work and using our stagecraft skills to further tell the story of the character and the play.

You will also learn how to approach and work on a monologue, both to use in a play and for auditions.

All men and women will do the same monologue, (specific to their gender)

Weeks 4, 5, 6
During the last three weeks of the course we will concentrate on finding the dynamics and truth in the monologues, performing them for each other