Actors Lab

Discover your truth - Respond organically - Deepen your understanding

Actors Lab is an advanced acting module offered at Darlo Drama.

Actor's Lab introduce's you to a more truthful and personalised way of connecting to your work as an actor.

Classes begin with studio based exercises aimed at; creating openness and availability, identifying blocks, releasing control, finding and creating energy and opening the senses to a full and rich connection to your work. Later classes involve an in-depth rehearsal period of a scene. Here you work in detail on; analyzing a script, interpreting punctuation and language, connecting personally to the world of the scene and listening and responding organically, truthfully and simply.

The final weeks of the course involve greater one on one time with your director, as the group is split to allow for detailed personal notes and guidance on your individual process. Your tutor is a dedicated director and acting coach, with extensive experience working with students and professional actors alike.

Actor’s Lab is a must for actors looking to develop rigor and reliability in their process. Actors Lab attracts a broad cross section of experience in its students with scenes and scene partners chosen carefully to ensure your individual development.

Minimum level of experience: Graduates of Darlo Drama Level Three or similar training and experience elsewhere.

Focus

Identifying blocks, connecting to your environment, creating energy between actor and stimulus, surrendering control in the work, working organically, creating life from a script, finding ease in the work & creating a full reality in the theatre.

Teacher

Glen Hamilton delivers Actors Lab. now in its tenth year at Darlo. Glen is a highly experienced teacher who brings a nurturing, insightful and encouraging approach to developing the actor's craft. Actors Lab is our most popular studio based advsnced acting course.