Acting – An Introduction (Stage 1)

This introductory course will encourage you to learn from your peers and tutor, whilst introducing you to key theoretical and practical aspects of acting. Combined, this’ll allow you to explore your capabilities and realise your potential in a friendly and supportive environment.

Your tutor, Charmaine K, teaches from her experience working as an actor, writer, director, and producer. She's worked with a variety of aspiring actors, including children, students, professionals, and beginners to develop their acting skills and works in a fun, accessible and approachable way.

You'll be guided through different acting techniques for theatre, television and film and will also receive advice on the realities of being a working actor and how the industry works.

Throughout the course you'll be introduced to a variety of physical techniques to help build your confidence and express yourself freely; these are essential skills to shape instinctual and playful actors who are able to be completely ‘in the moment’ during performance.

You'll work on monologues and group scenes that allow you to put you newly learned skills into practice and develop yourself as a performer for future theatre or acting projects.

• The psychology and emotional life of everyday characters by using skills you may already possess but may not consciously put into practice 
• The essential preparation techniques to ‘be’ a character not ‘act’ a character 
• The fundamental elements in character development and the essential information required in credible acting 
• How the industry works including acting, casting, scriptwriting, directing and producing 
• Practice your skills through a variety of monologues and scenes

• Possess a comprehensive understanding of creating and portraying believable characters
• Understand the fundamental elements of character developments
• Have developed empathy and a greater understanding of human behaviour
• Understand how the industry works, including acting, casting, scriptwriting, directing and producing
• Have increased confidence in your own skills and feel inspired
• Have boosted creativity and imagination
• Be encouraged to experiment and explore your ideas, remembering that there's no right or wrong way to be creative
• Possess the foundations to continue creating beyond this course

All students with 100% course attendance will be issued with an official AUB Short Course certificate of attendance. To request your certificate contact the short courses team: shortcourses@aub.ac.uk or call 01202 363222.

After this course, you could:

• Continue to harness your creativity and develop your skills further; explore our full range of Acting, Performance and Dance short courses
• Broaden your creative horizons and try your hand at a range of disciplines; explore our full range of evening and weekend courses
• Join a local amateur dramatics society, improv or drama group to put your acting skills into practice
• Continue to develop your skills at home as a hobby

• You'll study at a leading specialist university – we know what we're doing when it comes to providing unparalleled courses
• Our tutors are industry professionals, so you'll learn from the best
• We cater for all abilities and have no formal entry requirements for this course, so there's nothing holding you back
• You'll learn in a safe and encouraging environment where there's no right or wrong way to be creative
• You'll learn 'by doing' and always feel fully included and supported

• Benefit from our incredible campus and its industry-standard studios, and use state-of-the-art equipment and software to unleash your creativity