Acting: scenes to performance (intensive)

About this course

Participants select scenes from modern plays and develop them through practical text analysis, character work, exploratory improvisation and detailed rehearsal. The process moves from an initial reading towards an off-book performance for an invited audience. Teaching combines large- and small-group sessions with pair and solo work, alongside independent rehearsal and line learning between classes.

What you'll learn

• Analyse dramatic text using scene objectives and given circumstances
• Apply textual analysis to practical acting choices
• Develop and sustain a character within a scene
• Rehearse scenes independently and with other performers
• Perform selected scenes for an audience

Is this course right for you?

This course is intended for Improver-level actors with substantial previous training, including at least one beginners’ and one improvers’ acting course. Participants should be able to analyse a scene and rehearse independently. The course involves group, paired and solo work, learning lines to deadlines, full attendance and punctuality.

• Requires commitment to learning lines between classes
• Includes group discussion and following written and verbal instructions
• Scenes are developed towards a final performance

Before you go

• Scenes will be provided; participants may also bring their own scene suggestions.