July 2025

Workshop Updates

Manchester & London

George and I have been enjoying the summer break—but of course, we are missing being in the room with you all. We're gearing up for our September return, with Isher Sahota leading sessions in both cities. We joined him on Saturday in London for the first ever table read of a new film script he is directing, alongside a brilliant group of actors, writers, casting directors, agents, and other creatives.

It’s the very script we’ll be workshopping in September—and trust me, it’s a cracker. All I can say for now is it’s a revenge thriller. Just a heads up: everyone attending will need to sign an NDA beforehand.

Both Manchester and London are now sold out. If you would like to join the waiting list, let us know below. We normally do have some cancellations so chances are you will get a place if you get in quick.

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*MANCHESTER 13th/14th September 2025 - SOLD OUT - WAITING LIST ONLY*

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*LONDON 20th/21st September 2025 - SOLD OUT - WAITING LIST ONLY*

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Our October guests and content will be announced soon, so stay tuned and get in early if you would like to join us.

Book October Workshop

Online

Our online course begins on next Wednesday. We will be working from  a script from one of my favorite ever TV series, with one of the best screen performances I have ever seen. Can’t wait to wax lyrical and work with the 12 actors booked on. Get those non-verbal reactions polished and ready!

*Screen Actor’s Toolkit 6th/13th/20th/27th August 2025 -  SOLD OUT - WAITING LIST ONLY*

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My Ideas

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I have been reading and learning a lot about the advances of AI. My view is you have to move with the times. Get to grips with it as much as you can. Use it to your advantage. Don’t get left behind. Would love to discuss - let me know your experiences and how you are feeling about it all.

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The industry has been turbulent for a long time. Trust me when I say not a lot of actors out there are working regularly right now. Try not to panic. Get comfortable with life and keep your eye in. Read, watch, stay in touch, keep up to date with what is going on. You don’t want to look back on this time with regret at being too concerned with the future. Stay present.

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If you want to build new habits, download the Streaks app. Best £5.99 I have ever spent.

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Insights

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“Nevertheless for the thousandth time Sam was shocked by the extent of an actor’s nakedness. Richard was revealing things about himself that had nothing to do with the play. It seemed too soon after breakfast. As he acted, he had gone first a waxy pallor; then a deep flushing had overcome his neck and ears. With the text out of his hands for the first time his movements traced out a graph of painful inhibition. He was a sufficiently experienced actor to hide most of his discomfort, but there was an irreducible minimum of insecurity against which he had no protection, and never would have, particularly under the gaze of people like other actors who understood it.”

Next Season by Michael Blakemore

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Keith Johnstone on contrariness:

“At about the age of nine I decided never to believe anything because it was convenient. I began reversing every statement to see if the opposite was also true. This is so much a habit with me that I hardly notice I’m doing it any more. As soon as you put a ‘not’ into an assertion, a whole range of other possibilities opens out - especially in drama, where everything is supposition anyway.”

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Brad DeLong on making books your friends:

“Treat your books as people, not objects.”

CMA Actor Spotlight

It was a pleasure to read alongside London regular Matthew Williams at Isher’s script read on Saturday. Talented man!

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Wishing the best of luck to London regular Kerri Jacobs, whose fringe show is having its London preview at LMA Stratford tomorrow at 5pm.  Fragments of Fatigue will be on at Edinburgh Fringe 21st-23rd August, at The Space On The Mile (space one). It is a show about narcolepsy from a perspective you have never seen before! Tickets here.

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Another London regular, another brilliant fringe show - Owen Welsh plays a Scouse Liverpool fan in new play Checkmate at the Camden Fringe. Last show is tomorrow at 5pm. Get your tickets here.

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HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to Manchester regular Terri Donovan who won a Special Commendation award at the Bruntwood Prize. We are so proud of you, Terri!

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— Majid