Acting Beginners Level

Name: Acting Beginners Level
Start: 2026-09-14T15:30:00.000Z
End: 2026-11-23T18:00:00.000Z
Location: GEST Theatre

Next class:

Monday14 September17:30

GEST Theatre

1/10
Monday14 September17:30 – 19:00
2/10
Monday21 September17:30 – 19:00
3/10
Monday28 September17:30 – 19:00
4/10
Monday5 October17:30 – 19:00
5/10
Monday12 October17:30 – 19:00
6/10
Monday19 October17:30 – 19:00
8/10
Monday2 November17:30 – 19:00
9/10
Monday9 November17:30 – 19:00
10/10
Monday16 November17:30 – 19:00
7/10
Monday23 November17:30 – 19:00

Class description

Adult Acting for Beginners at GEST

An exciting opportunity to learn and develop basic acting skills including improvisation, character work and general acting techniques in a friendly and supportive environment. There are around 18 people in each class, and this course is best suited for drama beginners or those with little to no experience. An ideal place to practice conversational English in a new and creative environment. The course is made up of 10 sessions.

No session week 44.

If you have any special requirements or needs, please let us know before the course starts so we can prepare accordingly.

“Life changing” -student

"Great opportunity and rewarding. Value for money"- student

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By booking the course, you agree to our Terms of Conditions and Code of conduct.

Teachers

Gary Whitaker

Gary is an actor, director and Joint Artistic Director of GEST. His theatre credits include leading roles in London's West End, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Court, Royal Exchange, West Yorkshire Playhouse, National Theatre Studio and Out of Joint. His film credits include the multi award-winning The Arbor, Melancholia, The Red Riding Trilogy, The Gathering. TV credits include Wire in the Blood, Vincent, Waterloo Road, Sunday, In Deep, The Vice and three series of The First of the Summer Wine for the BBC. For Swedish TV Sommar 85, Fallet, Isprinsessan and 183 Dagar. He is the voice of Magnus Fink in the Netflix series Rescue Riders. His international directing experience includes The Young Vic London, The Contact Theatre Manchester, The Pleasance Theatre Edinburgh and Folkteatern Gothenburg. He has directed many of GEST's productions including Expectations, winner of the Edinburgh Fringe Review Award for Outstanding Theatre.