Our Acting classes have been tailored to help those in recovery who aspire to go on to explore a career in acting and the performing arts.
Our classes offer a range of skills and approaches at different levels, dependent on your prior experience with acting, and we hope that once you have explored one technique or approach you will broaden your skills in other areas that are of interest.
We offer classes live in London or Online for those who might be elsewhere in the world, and we try to keep our class sizes to between 10-14 to allow for maximum time to reflect on each technique approach and process how you might apply it in performance.
Our classes are also offered as a gateway to join our producing company, where CRAVE THEATRE performs full length productions to the public and to invited industry professionals. It is not compulsory to follow this route but you would be absolutely encouraged to do so once you have sufficient confidence and capability.
We are continually adding one off workshops in specific techniques but take a look at our core acting classes below:
These are our 4 core acting skills classes:
We engage with Psychophysical Acting Techniques in our intermediate level Stanislavski and Michael Chekhov's workshops. We also provide a Shakepeare fundamentals workshop for those wishing to learn or brush up on their classical verse speaking. And we have a basic level Meisner Technique workshop available for those interested in impulse and spontaneity without character.
We always work in relation to a given text where appropriate and at present we are using Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters and Shakespeare's King Lear as core plays.
These classes are similar to what one might encounter in Actor Training Conservatoires or Institutes through the country and are an ideal introduction to how one might apply typical acting techniques within a rehearsal setting.
Please read in more detail the nature of the classes below, and details of how and here to attend.
Michael Chekhov's acting technique emphasizes the use of imagination, physicality, and gesture to create deep and dynamic connections with a character.
It encourages tapping into universal archetypes and the character's internal life through external, expressive movements and by employing tools like the "psychological gesture," actors can embody the essence of a role and access emotions more fully.
The technique promotes a holistic integration of mind, body, and spirit in the actor's craft, resulting in performances that are free, truthful and imaginative.
Stanislavski's Active Analysis is a rehearsal technique that encourages actors to explore a play through physical actions and improvisation rather than relying on intellectual analysis. In this method, actors experiment with different objectives, obstacles and actions to discover the emotional and psychological truth of the characters.
Actors uncover deeper layers of meaning and build a more authentic connection to their roles by examining their personal response to the material. This makes it a dynamic and organic approach to understanding a play, helping actors to bring a sense of immediacy and life to performances
Shakespearean blank verse requires a mastery of the rhythm and structure of iambic pentameter. By balancing this poetic form with a naturalistic style of speech, the language feels spontaneous, emotionally truthful, and resonates with modern audiences.
We teach you essential tools for shaping the delivery, helping to maintain the verse's musicality while making the language clear and accessible.
These classes combines technical skill with creative interpretation to bring Shakespeare's words to life in a way that is both authentic and understandable.
The Meisner Technique focuses on fostering authentic, spontaneous reactions in actors by emphasizing truthful behaviour over scripted performance.
Central to this approach is the repetition exercise where actors gradually deepen their intuition and emotional responsiveness.
This method encourages actors to be fully present in the moment, reacting to their scene partner's behaviour rather than relying on preconceived ideas, thus stripping away self-consciousness and cultivating genuine interactions and emotional truth.
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