Level 2 Acting Course in Canterbury

  • For those who have had previous acting experience or training
  • For all ages over 18

Typically includes:

  • Experiment with various acting techniques to deepen your craft and confidence
  • Learn personal warm-up routines for vocal and physical preparedness.
  • Introduction to Monologues
  • Devise your own scene from an actor’s perspective
  • Develop independence in rehearsing, auditioning, and character-building.
  • Explore Uta Hagen, Ken Rea, animal studies, monologues, physical theatre, and Shakespeare

Course details:

Start DateW/C 5th May 2025

Duration10 week course (10 sessions + 1 showcase)

Day/TimeOne evening per week, 7pm – 9.30pm

VenueCanterbury CollegeNew Dover Road, Canterbury, Kent CT1 3AJ

PriceOnly £445​​​​ (incl VAT) - Limited Places‌*Payment plans available

Summary:

The Level 2 course focuses on building independence in performance. You’ll develop techniques for rehearsals, auditions, and character work, creating a personalized toolkit for practice outside class.

You’ll explore various acting styles and practitioners like Uta Hagen and Ken Rea, working with monologues, physical theatre, and classical texts. The course encourages reflection, feedback, and by the end, you’ll confidently apply your skills in performance.

The course concludes with an informal showcase, where you’ll present short scenes in small groups. This final sharing helps manage nerves and celebrates your progress with the TAL community.

Meet the Core Tutor

Isabelle Defaut

Isabelle Defaut is a theatre director and playwright.

She trained at the Webber Douglas Academy, London and worked as an actor for 15 years before retraining as a theatre director with the Studio Theater in Washington DC.

She completed her Masters in Theatre Making at the University of Kent in 2020, specialising in verbatim theatre.

Isabelle has been teaching acting for 30 years. She loves sharing her passion for storytelling with students who are keen to step out of their comfort zone and explore what makes a character do and say the things they do.

Isabelle has been teaching with The Actors Lounge in Canterbury since the start in 2022. She adores how TAL brings together actors who have trained before with those who are trying it out for the first time. She believes that powerful combination is what makes the The Actors Lounge so special.

Isabelle is Artistic Director of Portrait Theatre, Resident Theatre Company at the University of Kent and she is a member of the Marlowe Theatre’s Writers’ Room.


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