Short Acting Course, Professional Training: 5 Weeks

Learn the acting technique of the professionals for career development and personal growth

A 5 week short course in Meisner Technique. Course comprises of 1 x 3 hour weekly classes. (Total 30 hours of training)

This course is a perfect opportunity to challenge yourself and discover your emotional truth. Each week in the course we'll work through exercises and tasks designed to progressively get you out of your comfort zone. You will learn practical acting skills that you can begin to apply almost immediately in your acting - as well as your everyday - life.

The classes will be fun, at times exhilarating and at times even deeply affecting.

All welcome, you don't need to have any acting previous experience. In fact the less experience the better!

What is the Meisner Method:

A technique used by professional actors to enable them to give intense, captivating, truthful performance on stage and film.

Who was Sanford Meisner:

A famous method trained actor and teacher who developed his own technique designed to more practically and effectively elicit powerful and truthful performances.

Many of Hollywood's most famous actors have trained in the Meisner Technique. It is regarded in the industry as 'the technique that works'.

Here is a small list of well known and successful Meisner actors, some of which Meisner himself trained:

Sandra Bullock, David Duchovny, Tina Fey, James Franco, Michelle Pfeiffer, Naomi Watts, Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin, Jim Carey, Christoph Waltz, James Gandolfini, Jon Voight, Dylan McDermott, Eileen Fulton, James Caan, Steve McQueen, Gregory Peck, Eli Wallach, Diane Keaton, Robert Duvall, Lee Grant, Peter Falk, Jeff Goldblum, Grace Kelly, and Sydney Pollack.


Who would benefit from the classes:

1. Actors interested in pursuing professional career in acting.

2. Almost anyone interested in really discovering and challenging themselves.

A little about your instructor: Fay Beck trained in the Meisner Technique in Sydney with teachers that trained with Sanford Meisner. She graduated top of her class in 2006. Since graduating she taught the craft privately in Sydney before her recent move to London where she has begun to take the course to the next level. She discovered Meisner during her early undergraduate days whilst studying Psychology at the University of Sydney. She has since developed this weekly programme and created the Actors Door Studio to bring Meisner to would-be professional actors as well as to any individual interested in re-connecting with their instinctive self. Her professional and academic knowledge of Psychology informs her unique approach to Meisner Technique. She is a filmmaker and writer and has a passion for teaching Meisner.




PREPARE YOURSELF TO BE CHALLENGED!

The Meisner Technique is full method acting training program designed for people who want to pursue acting professionally. In each acting class you will be challenged; progressively invited to venture outside of your comfort zone. You need to allow yourself to embrace the technique with an open mind and open heart. If you do, the technique has the power to really transform you not only as an actor, but also as an individual. Find out about what you can expect from acting classes at the Actor’s Door Studio.

WHY STUDY IT HERE:

Meisner classes at the Actors Door Studio are unique.