Do you want to be an actor? Have you always wanted to explore what it's like to be on stage? Have you enjoyed acting in the past, but feel out of touch with your own experience and talent? Our acting classes offer you a creative journey from an introduction to the basics of acting to deeper investigations of who you are as an actor, and an awareness of a theatre world that requires many different responses from its performers. This includes various acting methods, improvisation, movement, voice, developing a character, working with texts – from the classics to the contemporary repertoire - and the ability to create truth on stage (stage reality). The classes all involve physical activity and are also text-based. To take them, you therefore need a good level of literacy and the ability to participate thoroughly in movement work. Classes draw on approaches to acting by major exponents of the art ranging from Stanislavsky, Brecht and Grotowski to Uta Hagen. The level of class you take initially depends on your previous experience. For progression from one level to another in these classes, you should have successfully completed the previous level, or be able to demonstrate an appropriate level of experience and ability. As with all our credit bearing classes, progression is based on tutor assessment.