January Acting Class With Denise Evans

5, 12, 19 & 26 January

Let's look at the basics of good acting together; presence, awareness, listening, responding in the moment, freeness to move in the body, ability to be neutral, ability to play, ensemble. We might explore these areas with specific exercises, with masks, with games. This is before we even look at text and the voice. You will not be asked to be contortionists. The aim is to have fun together, looking to improve the skills you already have, and hopefully discover something new along the way.

 About Denise:

Denise Evans has been performing professionally in physical and ensemble theatre since 1982 with various companies, some of whom she founded or managed as well as performed with. She has acted in productions all over the world, including Japan, Hong Kong, USA, Scandinavia, Greece, Cypress, Albania and most of Europe. She has played in tiny theatres at the Edinburgh Festival and huge outdoor amphitheatres. Amongst many productions, she played Jocasta ‘In The Dark’ in Tom Morris’s production of Oedipus at BAC and Medea for Tanushka Marah’s Company Collisions, touring Britain and internationally. Most recently she played Marjery Kempe in ‘Talking to Marjery’ at Brighton Fringe 2025, and Madame in ‘Pen of My Aunt’ as part of the Five Shorts at NVT. She is also a theatre director, and until recently taught and directed performance skills at The Miskin Theatre in Dartford and for Brighton and Lewes’s Third Space (formerly Windmill Young Actors. Denise has a PGCE teaching qualification and is also a qualified boxing coach and a judge for England Boxing.

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Finding and developing a character with Emmie Spencer

2, 16 & 23 February

There is no Acing Class on Monday 9 February

Join us for a three-part workshop series during February to deepen your craft and expand your creative range.
In this class, you’ll explore the essential tools actors use to bring characters to life. From discovering a character’s core motivations to shaping their physical and emotional world.
This series is designed for actors of all levels who want to make bolder choices and create characters with authenticity and depth.
Come ready to explore, play, and bring your characters to life.

Emmie Spencer is a Brighton-based actor and director. Her directing work includes The Seal Girl (Broken Silence Theatre x Unzipped Theatre, Brighton Fringe 2023), Moving Slowly (Different Theatre), You (New Venture Theatre), and End of Term Vomit (Broken Silence x Pistachio Theatre at Theatre503). As an actor she’s appeared everywhere from the RSC stage to a Kasabian music video. She loves working with actors to uncover truthful, believable characters that feel like real human beings.

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