WHO IS ACTING FOR ALL FOR?
Acting for All is for pretty much everyone! We introduce beginners to the basic skills of acting in a lively and enjoyable group. You don't need any previous experience of acting or performance. Just a basic experience of theatre-going, so you're familiar with 'what an actor does' on stage.
Please remember that acting can be physically and emotionally demanding, so you'll need to be prepared to stretch yourself a bit - in every way! But we build up to this very gently.
Anyone from overseas will need to be sufficiently fluent in English to speak and understand easily in improvised scenes.
Our weekly sessions consist of enjoyable drama games, improvisations and exercises. To begin with we mostly work together in large and small groups. Then as confidence grows we begin to work individually as well.
Please note that we do not generally perform scenes from plays or use written scripts until the Summer Term. Instead we use improvisation to develop the basic skills of liveliness and expressiveness.
You'll need to come along wearing comfortable, old clothes that you can move around in (although skirts and dresses are not recommended). And it's best to avoid wearing jewellery, breakable watches, and belts with buckles.
AUTUMN TERM
We organize our work to build progressively - so in the first term we work on the basic skills of improvisation, which is the foundation of good acting. The programme is flexible according to how we grow as a group, but the skills we are most likely to cover during the autumn are:
- getting to know each other as a group
- co-ordination and working with partners
- spontaneity and responding to imagination
WINTER TERM
The winter term is a continuation of work done in the autumn term - but newcomers are welcome to join the group at the start of January. We start by revising the work we did during the autumn, so new members can catch up quickly. Then we move on to the basic skills needed to create belief in scenes, covering the following topics:
- focus and concentration
- experiencing the moment
- creating an environment
Some weeks will include simple preparation to be done at home. This is purely voluntary but you'll be more able to join in each week, and you'll make better progress, if you take 10 minutes to prepare each week's work!
SUMMER TERM
The summer term is a continuation of work done in the winter term, with no revision - so newcomers are not accepted. The topics are:
- emotional expressiveness
- working with texts
- scenes for performance
This term we'll be working with short written texts for 3-4 weeks.
WHAT COMES AFTER ACTING FOR ALL?
After Acting for All, some group members may want to audition for The Questors' 2-year Student Group, to continue their acting development at a more advanced level. Others may want to try out acting classes with different organizations.
Day and Time:
Friday, 8.00 - 10.00pm
Fee for 2005/6:
£42 per term (£25 per term for UB40, Leisure Pass or NUS)
Applications are accepted on a first-come/first-served basis, so get your application in as soon as possible. (Once all the places have been filled, applications are placed on a waiting list for any vacancies in January.)
PLEASE NOTE
('the small print'):
- Acting for All is only open to Company Members of The Questors Theatre (so make sure your membership is up-to-date before applying).
- Questors actors, and members of the 2-year Questors student course are not accepted into the group.
- No applications will be accepted after 1st January 2005.
The Administrator
Acting For All
The Questors Theatre
Mattock Lane
London W5 5BQ
Alternatively you can cut-and-paste the form into an email, and send it to
alice@questors.org.uk
with the subject line
Acting for All
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