Welcome to the Actors Centre website, full of news and events and of course, the chance to book classes and theatre tickets online. We really welcome your feedback on what you’d like to see on the site to help you make the most of your membership.
Message from our Artistic Director
This Summer the Actors Centre is programming an exciting range of new workshops to enable you to expand your craft and inspire yourself with new challenges.
We are really excited to have Stanislavski expert Bella Merlin visiting us from her current base at the University of California and leading Voice and Singing coach Joan Melton, as well as another opportunity for you to work with some of our most promising young theatre directors including Lyndsey Turner of the Bush Theatre and Lorne Campbell of Greyscale.
Nick Bagnall returns with an in-depth look at the work of Samuel Beckett whilst Maria Aberg will explore the language and style of Horvath. Those looking to establish a solid technique in screen acting should check out Patrick Tucker, Laurence Moody and David Penn, and I can also highly recommend our excellent Audition and Casting classes led by leading Casting Directors Wendy Spon, Sarah Hughes and Emma Style.
We also have information on yet more of our supplementary projects, including -
BBC TALENT BOOST 2009
The Actors Centre’s dynamic and innovative programme dedicated to discovering and training fresh acting talent from minority and underrepresented backgrounds is back! This year Talent Boost 2009 will hit Cardiff, Leeds, Glasgow and Belfast to train and promote new and diverse screen actors.
To find out more, and download an application form, click BBC Talent Boost project.
RESIDENTIAL SUMMER COURSE
The Actors Centre in association with the Gulbenkian Theatre and the University of Kent in Canterbury is delighted to offer it's first residential Summer Course. Running on August 10th, 11th and 12th, Peter Searles will lead an intensive 3-day workshop on the craft of Contemporary/Stand-up Storytelling.
For more information and an application form click here.
AUDITION BOOTCAMP
An intense five-day course for those who are considering a career in acting and want to prepare and hone their audition technique.
The week will offer a range of workshops giving an invaluable grounding in vital skills required for auditions and ongoing training.
For more information and an application form click here.
EUROPEAN ACT
We are proud to announce a brand new initiative we are launching in conjunction with RADA and the International Institute of Performing Arts: European Actors Continuous Training will be the first ever international training certificate for professional actors.
Bringing together a host of dynamic teachers and coaches, sited in three great cultural capitals and designed to give the actor access to new international networks as well as the best in cutting edge skills development, European A.C.T will be one of the most ambitious and prestigious programmes we have ever run.
We have embarked on the third phase of our groundbreaking training for actors in the medium of film. We are building on the resounding success of the six short films we made last year, which showcased the extraordinary talent the Actors Centre has to offer the contemporary film industry. Follow the link to read more about Skillset Film Lab Take 3.
And if you want to find out more about the amazing story that brought the Actors Centre into being and its extraordinary development,check out the fascinating film we made to mark our 30th Anniversary, in which Julie Walters, Simon Callow and a host of other supporters talk about what the Actors Centre means to them. To read more about our 30th Birthday click here.
