I have always had a deep passion and curiosity for the art and craft of acting and what it means to be an actor.

 

I have trained extensively in The Stanislavsky System, Strasberg’s Method & The Meisner Technique. I have acted for 20 years and have been teaching acting for 8 years.

 

It all started at The Birmingham Repertory Theatre where I apprenticed as a young actor. I then studied drama at Middlesex University School of Performing Arts and acting at The Royal Scottish Academy of Drama. After working for a number of years in West End, Off-West End, Repertory & Touring Theatre, I travelled to New York & Los Angeles inbetween Film & TV work to continue my studies. I finally ended-up at The Actors Temple where I discovered Meisner. It enabled me to create depth and a fuller sense of truth in my work. I finally had a reliable technique that was truly practicable, flexible and consistent, which I could use on any genre in any medium.

 

My acting credits can be viewed at Spotlight however, career highlights have been working alongside Sam Rockwell (Moon), Helena Bonham Carter (Wings Of The Dove), Ray Winstone (Five Seconds To Spare), Neil Pearson (Fever Pitch). 

 

I continue to act and more recently have begun to write, produce & direct my own material. My Directorial debut ‘Healthy’ won “Best Short - Honourable Mention” at Asians On Film Festival, Los Angeles. And my debut as Writer & Producer “A Bit Older And A Little Bit Taller” won ‘Best Short Film’ awards at the following International Film Festivals: WorldFest-Houston, Barcelona & Indie Spirit Colorado.

 

COURSE INFORMATION

 

INTRODUCTION WEEK COURSE

 

The Introduction Course offers an immediate and profound insight into my work which is deeply rooted in and has developed from Sanford Meisner's Acting Technique.

You will be introduced to the foundational work: Attention, Listening & Answering, Moment to Moment Contact, Truthful Connection. By exercising these elements practically you will begin to confront the obstacles that get in the way of achieving greater emotional depth. You will begin to learn to be more truthful, instinctive and expressive in your behaviour on the stage.

 

 

MEISNER FOUR WEEK COURSE

 

You will have to have done the Introduction course to be eligible for this course.

It is an intense journey that builds on the work done in the Introduction Course by working progressively through the following elements:

 

Reality of Doing

Imaginary Circumstances

Improvisation

Script Analysis

Scene Work

 

You will learn to access your emotional life more fully, to improvise truthfully under imaginary circumstances, learn what questions to ask when working on a script and finally to bring all this together through the richness of your personal response to a scene.

Both courses will be emotionally, mentally & physically very intense but also nurturing & compassionate as I provide the necessary tools to enable you to achieve real change in your work and to enable you to start to express yourself with more fullness & with more truth.