Adult Acting

The Court Theatre's Adult Acting programme is here to guide and support you to find your creative voice. Learn the fundamental skills needed to captivate an audience or hone your skills to a higher level of professional practice in our inspirational new performance spaces at The Court in the City.

Online enrolment for Term 4 will open soon. Please email education@courttheatre.org.nz for queries or to go on a waitlist.

OPEN ADULT ACTING

6pm – 7:30pm  
Term 4: 7th October - 25th November
Price: $185 
Age: 18+
Teaching Artist: Tobin Smith

Open Adult Acting is for those who are looking to develop acting skills in a fun, relaxed and encouraging environment.

In Term 4 students will focus on fundamental acting skills before jumping up and having a go at performing. Students will work on monologues, choosing their own monologue from film, television, stage or anything that resonates. The class will play around with ideas and be encouraged to give and receive feedback.

A fantastic break from the usual 9-5, Open Adult Acting is for newcomers keen to jump into acting or those that may feel out of practice and want a fun and supportive environment to reengage.

Teaching Artist Tobin Smith grew up in Christchurch with a love of the performing arts taking part in kapa haka, choir, film, and local theatre. Tobin moved to London to study at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts and worked for 6 years in film and theatre in the United Kingdom before returning to New Zealand to be with family and friends. Tobin’s methodology to teaching and learning is to approach acting from a place of relaxation and ease.

ADVANCED ADULT ACTING

7:30pm – 9:30pm  
Term 4: 7th October - 25th November
Price: $195
Age: 18+  
Teaching Artist: Alison James

Ever wonder how an actor created an iconic role? Are you curious about how to transform your character research from theory to embodiment? Through a series of laboratory exercises you will expand your toolkit to unlock the world of your character. Working on a selected text, in group and individual experiments in improvisation, music, journaling and art, you will develop a process that is rigorous, organic and that empowers you to build the imaginary world of your character. You will become more confident in your ability to collaborate and to incorporate direction, just as your character learns from lived experience. Advanced Acting will take your craft to greater professional fluency and inspiration for any role you wish to inhabit.

Advanced Adult Acting will be led by Alison James, actor, director and voice over artist in theatre, commercials, television and film in the UK, Germany, Vancouver. To New Zealand audiences she is known for her role as Tiffany Pratt-Warner-Marinovich on the nightly serial, ‘Shortland Street’. For the last 16 years, she taught at the Vancouver Film School in her role as Senior Instructor in Acting, Camera and Curriculum