The Acting Studio
Lessons taught by Amanda Fairclough and guest industry professionals.Bespoke intermediate and advanced acting workshops from 11 years and upwards.
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Extremely excited to have as our guest teacher on THURSDAY NOV 7th, the poet and spoken word artist
ZAVIER COYNE.
From spoken word and conscious rap, to poetry and guided meditation, to hip hop and indie-soul, to creative lecturing and public speaking, to psychology and neuroscience, ZAVIER’s lyricism draws from many angles.Creating at this rare intersection of disciplines, ZAVIER explores the boundaries of what spoken word can be and where it is shown.Performing for the first time in 2023, ZAVIER has already performed amongst the likes of Wim Hof, Afriquoi, Fearne Cotton, Dr. Vandana Shiva and Nick Mulvey. His performances have extended beyond UK festivals and into educational organisations, multi-billion pound companies and wellbeing retreats.Regardless of where he performs, socially conscious lyricism and site-specific engagements creatively captivate and educate the audience. He creates and conducts experiences, rather than performances, blurring the lines between performing and creative facilitation. With material specific to each space and its audience, enabling a deeper response to the environment.
We are pleased to welcome as our guest teacher on THURS OCT 17th, the newly graduated: FRANK WILSON CAINES:
Frank is an ex-student of the Acting Studio who went on to train at The Manchester School of Theatre (@mst_acting )BA Acting, graduating this year. He recently performed in A Night of New Work With Simon Stephen’s at the Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre.
We are pleased to have as our guest teacher for THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 12th, the actor/performance artist DAISY FAIRCLOUGH :
Daisy trained at Tring Park School for the Performing Arts in Tring, Herts from the age of 11 years, before successfully auditioning for the 2016 National Youth Theatre Rep Company. After leaving REP Company and securing representation with one of the UK's top agents INDEPENDENT TALENT, her professional credits include:
THEATRE: Faust x 2 : (The Watermill Theatre Newbury) The House They Grew Up In: (Chichester Festival Theatre) Ergo Sum: (The Barbican Theatre London) The Emperor's New Clothes 'Little Angel Theatre/ Monstro Theatre' co-production of a children's puppet show, visiting theatres such as, Theartre Royal Bury-St-Edmunds, The Mill Arts Centre Banbury , The Lyric Hammersmith , The Lowry ManchesterTV: 'Doctors'- BBC- 'Strike Series'- BBC- 'Living the Dream'- -Sky TV- 'Homegrown'- Channel 4- 'The Dark Tower' Pilot (Stephen King) Amazon Prime FILM 'Just Charlie' - Seahorse Productions-'Night Out'- Unit 9 Films- 'Finding Dad' We are Mad Women
Having now moved away from 'main stream acting' and more into avant-garde physical theatre and european clowning, Daisy has been developing and writing her own work and was recently awarded a DYCP (Develop your Creative Practice ) grant from Arts Council England, and a JERWOOD FOUNDATION GRANT for R&D (Research and Development) and having recently trained at Ecole Phillipe Gaulier in Paris, she has just been accepted onto a second year of training at the prestigious: Ecole Internationale De Theatre Jacques Lecoq in Avignon France https://www.ecole-jacqueslecoq.com/
We are very pleased to have ex-student ARCHIE POOLE back with us on THURSDAY JULY 25th as our guest teacher!
Archie has just completed his first year of a BA Acting course at the ROYAL CENTRAL SCHOOL OF SPEECH AND DRAMA (RCSSD) and he will share with us some useful techniques etc, that he has learnt over the last year.
So proud of the following students who after many rounds of auditions, have been offered places at 3 of the top Drama schools in the UK!
MADDY BAISH : The Guildhall School of Music and Drama
DANISH LATIF: The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA)
BERNICE THOMAS: Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
'We're delighted to have back as our guest teacher on THURSDAY JUNE 27th, Actor and ex-student MICHAEL JAMES :
Michael recently appeared in Masters of the Air for Apple TV+. Other TV credits include: Andor (Disney+) Our Girl (BBC) Knightfall (A+E Studios). Film credits include: Official Secrets (eOne) Living (Lionsgate). Theatre Credits include: The Busy World is Hushed (Finborough) and The Last Days of Troy (Globe)
He was also the winner of the 2015 Gyearbuor Asante Prize for Acting from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.
We are thrilled to have as our guest teacher on THURSDAY MAY 23 the musical theatre actor HANNAH FAIRCLOUGH
Hannah trained at ARTS ED TRING (now: Tring Park) and on leaving school at 18, went straight into the international tour of MAMMA MIA, which went to such countries as: New Zealand, Malaysia, Shanghai and Greece.
Other THEATRE CREDITS INCLUDE:
SWING/ DANCE CAPTAIN IN AIN'T TOO PROUD (PRINCE EDWARDS THEATRE) ENSEMBLE/1ST COVER BULDA IN FROZEN (THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE); ENSEMBLE/1ST COVER LORNA/1ST COVER LOUISE IN THE BOY IN THE DRESS (THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE THEATRE, STRATFORD UPON AVON); ENSEMBLE /ONSTAGE SWING IN EVITA (REGENTS PARK OPEN AIR THEATRE); SWING /1ST COVER VANESSA /2ND COVER PAM IN STRICTLY BALLROOM (THE PICCADILLY THEATRE); DYING SWAN/DANCE CAPTAIN/RESIDENT DIRECTOR IN THE LORAX (THE OLD VIC AND ROYAL ALEXANDRA THEATRE, TORONTO CANADA); SINGER/DANCER IN COLORMAGIC (2ENTERTAIN NORWAY); OFF STAGE SWING/COVER LITTLE INEZ/DYNAMITES IN HAIRSPRAY (UK TOUR); LOUISE/COVER ODA MAE BROWN IN GHOST THE MUSICAL (THE ENGLISH THEATRE, FRANKFURT GERMANY); SWING IN THE BODYGUARD (THE ADELPHI THEATRE); HATTIE IN SOUL SISTER (THE SAVOY THEATRE AND UK TOUR); ALI IN MAMMA MIA (THE PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE); JACK IN MOTHER GOOSE (LEAMINGTON SPA THEATRE) SWING AND ENSEMBLE IN MAMMA MIA (INTERNATIONAL TOUR).Television credits include: Prince Andrew The Musical (Channel 4)
Hollywood Action Film
We are happy to have student, Zac Ladkin back who has recently returned from 5 weeks of filming on a major Hollywood action film set in the John Wick universe. He had a blast! Zac will be portraying the role of ‘Garner’ as well as doing much of his own action and stunts.
The Trials: Nottingham Playhouse (in partnership with the Donmar Warehouse) We are extremely proud of two of our students: BERNICE THOMAS and FINLEY RAMOWSKI who successfully auditioned for The Trials By Dawn King, and will be performing in the production at The Nottingham Playhouse from AUG 14th-16th
The National Youth Theatre: Congratulations to: JOE KLYMAN, TRAVIS DIXON, IVAN BIRYUSHEV and FINLEY RAMOWSKI who have all been offered places with THE NATIONAL YOUTH THEATRE and to POLLY GOODMAN and ALISHA ZEB, who have been given reserved places.