Level 3 Acting Course in Canterbury
- For those who have worked professionally, had previous substantial training or have progressed through previous courses at The Actor’s Lounge
- For all ages over 18
Typically includes:
- Specialised practitioners bringing a wealth of new techniques
- Revisiting and going deeper into known techniques
- Discovering yourself and your process
- Acquiring a broader range of skills to become a dynamic, multifaceted performer
- Playing diverse and challenging characters
- Learning to collaborate and support each other in group projects
- Developing techniques to enhance your stage presence, commanding attention and engaging audiences with magnetic energy
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:
Level 3 focuses on refining your acting skills and on "industry-readiness" with guidance from a supportive Core Tutor and visiting industry professionals. You’ll deepen your craft, build on established methods, and develop new skills in improvisation, voice work, preparing you for professional work. You'll learn effective audition techniques, receive advice about headshots and Spotlight profiles and get the chance to shoot your own showreel.
You’ll also tackle diverse, challenging roles, exploring various ages, genders, and emotions, all while honing advanced techniques in a relaxed, enjoyable environment aimed at achieving the "flow state" in performance.
The course also emphasises stage presence and charisma, helping you command attention and create memorable, engaging performances as well as help you make lasting impressions on casting directors and agents. You’ll also explore devising and writing original work and group projects will teach you collaboration, essential for success in professional environments. Additionally, you’ll continue refining vocal and movement techniques, expanding your ability to express emotions and stories physically and vocally.
The term ends with a showcase performance, where you’ll present scenes to peers, tutors, and family. This informal event celebrates your progress and you'll experience the strong sense of 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.
