Acting for Beginners – Thursdays

Acting For Beginners

Only 15 places.

We are holding a £10 taster evening on the 19th September for anybody unsure about signing up for the full course. Click here for more details. Feeling nervous? Don’t be! Check out our blog about first day nerves and the challenges of starting something new.

Are you interested in finding out more about what it takes to be an actor: what goes on in the rehearsal room; how you take a script from page to stage and the techniques an actor uses to be able to recreate a performance in eight shows a week?

Our Beginners Acting Course offers an introduction to acting in a friendly and supportive atmosphere. Ideal for those in the early stages of their performing career with little or no acting experience, this beginner’s acting course provides the chance to explore acting techniques in a playful, accessible and practical way.

Whether you are an aspiring performer; wish to revitalise your creativity; or simply want to try something new and build self-confidence, you will find this course active, fun and rewarding.

Sounds like something you want to explore? Visit our booking page by clicking here.

We are so confident that you will love this course that we are offering you a Win Win offer! If you do not enjoy your first class, let us know within 24 hours and you will receive a full refund minus the cost of the first class.

Cultivate Your Acting Skills

What the course offers you:

• • Acting Tips for beginners
  • Interact with and learn from other actors
  • Develop your scene building skills
  • An interactive acting class

Priceless Acting Tips For Beginners

Explore the fundamentals of acting in this practical course, designed for people with little or no experience of acting. Increase your confidence and discover your potential in a safe and supportive environment filled to the brim with practical acting tips for beginners and tricks.

We firmly believe in the value of Acting and Drama Courses for developing life skills, irrespective of whether you want to pursue acting in a sustained way.

Acting tips for beginners and techniques are transferable to your working and social life, enhancing communication – learning about yourself and how you relate to others – building confidence and developing your imagination and creativity.

Our acting courses are planned to offer a progression through the levels of Beginners, Improvers to Advanced. You will receive guidance from your acting coach but in general, we recommend that students take each level twice, with different teachers, before progressing to the next level. You will not repeat any content and will be challenged with new skills and acting techniques.

Once you have completed a term, you may feel ready to join our Ensemble Company or even audition for our resident Acting Company!

If you do not enjoy your first class, let us know within 24 hours and you will receive a full refund minus the cost of the first class.

Direct debit payment plans are available, email satc@afperformingarts.com for more details and to set up and someone will get back to you within 48hrs to arrange.

(Subject to Minor Changes)

Specific skills you will learn this term include: Improv – how to let a story flow, Listening & observation – how to engage these skills as an actor, Connection – how to connect with a partner.

• WEEK ONE – Fun & games – the importance of ‘play’
• WEEK TWO –Improv – learning to say yes
• WEEK THREE –Improv – how to work with others
• WEEK FOUR– Improv – how to let a story flow
• WEEK FIVE  – Improv – how to work alone
• WEEK SIX-Listening – taking the focus off you – Meisner technique
• WEEK SEVEN – Listening & observation – Meisner technique
• WEEK EIGHT-Being present – Meisner technique
• WEEK NINE-Connection – Meisner technique
• WEEK TEN– Practise what you have learned – with text
• WEEK ELEVEN– Practise what you have learned – with text

If you do not enjoy your first class, let us know within 24 hours and you will receive a full refund minus the cost of the first class.