Acting classes for beginners and those who want to improve their technique.

From 42 C$ /h

I am an actress trained in both Meisner and Stanislavski's techniques. I believe that anyone can act when given the correct tools. In this class, you will learn how to construct a performance using technique, repetition, and personal experience. Let's have some fun and learn how to act!

Extra information

Pen and paper required.

Location

Online from South Africa

About Me

▪ While I identify myself as a creative person, I am also logically minded, and approach any problem with a rational perspective.
▪ I thrive working under pressure and find I produce my best work when given many tasks to accomplish.
▪ Responsible, reliable, and tenacious. Enthusiastic, with a strong ability to problem solve.
▪ I enjoy almost any form of work and thrive on acquiring new skills.
▪ I am good with children of all ages.
▪ Excellent people skills, interacting with people of all ages.
▪ Incredibly organised and focussed.
▪ Works very well under pressure.
▪ I always strive for perfection in everything I do.
▪ Proficient language skills, ranging from verbal communication to outstanding writing skills.
▪ Incredible organisation skills — essentially the perfect secretary or PA.
▪ Highly developed creative skills.
▪ Trained singer and actress.
▪ Exceptionally good at tutoring.
▪ I am a keen traveller, from road trips across South Africa to travelling overseas to Europe, and North America.
▪ Learning new skills is incredibly important to me.
▪ I am in all entirety a singer. I have been trained by South Africa’s top vocal
coach, Adele Strombeck, and continue working to improve my craft.
▪ I like to be up to date on current affairs and read most forms of written media, from magazines to newspapers and literary journals.
▪ I am a sociable person and enjoy interacting with people of all ages and backgrounds.
▪ I absolutely love musical theatre and will take any opportunity to participate in it.
▪ I am extremely hard working and love to learn new skills and acquire academic knowledge.
▪ A hobby of mine is studying. There is nothing more fulfilling to me than learning something I didn’t know before.
▪ I love cooking and baking and have done several courses in each.

Education

South African Hellenic Educational and Technical Institute – SAHETI School (2010-2017):
Matric results 2017:
Saheti is part of the Independent Education Board
English: 90% achieving in the top 1% of IEB schools.
Mathematical Literacy: 95% achieving in the top 1% of IEB schools. History: 91% achieving in the top 1% of IEB schools.
Life Orientation: 93% achieving in the top 1% of IEB schools. Drama: 89%.
Consumer Studies: 82%.
Advanced Programme English: 78%.
Afrikaans: 73%.
Hellenic Studies (Greek): 88% (externally examined).
School achievements:
In grades 10, 11, and 12 I achieved in the top 10 in my grade academically. I also received the top award for obtaining the highest mark (A and above) in Drama, Consumer Studies, and Mathematical Literacy in grades 10, 11 and 12. In matric, I received the runner up award for obtaining the second-highest mark (A and above) in History. In grades 10, 11, and 12 I obtained 7 distinctions.
I received full colours for academics and performing arts as well as half colours for drama and choir.
At grade 7 and grade 8 level I competed in the National Eisteddfod and made it to the semi-finals.
Throughout high school, I was in the cheerleading squad and was a captain in grade 11.
At grade 9 level I played Rizzo in the school's production of Grease.
At grade 10 level I played the lead in the school's house plays. The play came second and competed at the Feda festival where I was nominated for best makeup.
In grade 10 I also played Rusty in the school's production of Footloose.
In grade 11 I directed and wrote a house play and won best supporting actress, best actor, most promising actress, best script, the adjudicator's award, and best overall production. My play went to the Feda festival where it was nominated for best actor, best actress, best supporting actress, best script, best production, and best makeup and costumes.

Waterfront Theatre School (2018-2020):
I am currently in my final year of studying a musical theatre course at the Waterfront Theatre School.
My modules include jazz, tap, modern, ballet, vocal training, drama, improvisation, television presenting, emotional and acting technique, context, and musical theatre technique.
When I graduate from the intensive training course, I will receive an internationally recognised Trinity college diploma.
My goal is ultimately to be a successful musical theatre performer on the West End in London.

Experience / Qualifications

Vocal Coaching (2016):
I am currently training under Adele Strombeck - “South Africa’s leading vocal coach” as her apprentice.
I have been teaching singing to students for the last 3 years and will take over from Adele when she retires.

Tutoring:
I have been a registered tutor with Entropic Tutors since 2018.
I have tutored students ranging from grade 1-12 level in all subjects. Throughout 2017 I tutored a matric student in history once a week. He achieved an 80% in his final exam and increase by 15% from 2016-2017.
In 2019 I tutored another matric student in history and he attained 93% for his final exam.
I tutored a little girl in grade 5 in all her subjects and helped her go from a D average to an A average in just 7 months.
I currently tutor 8 matric students in preparation for their final exams as well as a grade 5 boy in maths.
I also wrote and sold a history textbook to IEB schools in Johannesburg.

Makeup Course (2015-2016):
In 2016 I completed an online makeup course.
I am fully capable of applying and teaching stage makeup, wedding makeup, everyday makeup, prosthetic makeup.
I can also do facials and body waxes.

Age

Teenagers (13-17 years old)

Adults (18-64 years old)

Seniors (65+ years old)

Student level

Beginner

Duration

60 minutes

The class is taught in

English

Skills

Acting

Reviews

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New York

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Singing technique and repertoire for all ages and abilities.

42 C$ /h

I am a singer, actress, and dancer as well as a singing teacher for all levels. I completed my training at the Waterfront Theatre College. I am also the apprentice of Adele Strombeck who has been named 'South Africa's Leading Vocal Coach.' I have the ability to teach vocal technique in all styles, to all ages and at all levels of proficiency. I have been teaching for 4 years and absolutely love seeing the growth in my students. With my help, your voice will transform in no time!

Makeup lessons for all ages, skills, and abilities

22 C$ /h

This is a makeup masterclass that will help you elevate your makeup skills to a new level. I cater to all levels so whether you're a professional or just starting out, this class is perfect for you. We will cover basic skills and specialise in wedding makeup, stage makeup or whatever you choose.

Marek

4.81

(21)

Singers, singers, a professional coach to help you perform on stage or prepare for a casting, contest or recording. . Also for the staging of shows: song, theater, sketches. Use the services of a professional to progress quickly. Help and advice for creating texts and compositions. For young people and adults.
Internships at home (all of Switzerland, neighboring France, Paris) or at home in St. Croix (Switzerland) in a very pleasant working environment.

Dirk

4.81

(21)

Badass Intensive Acting studios is one of the only organizations in the Benelux to provide acting lessons for the camera. All experience levels and ages are welcome. Now that the corona measures have loosened up, we can also teach both online and live in Antwerp, Brussels, Ghent and Leuven!

With this you register yourself for a trial lesson, after which you can also follow the entire course.

More info

* For all possible experience levels
* All major acting techniques (Adler, Chekhov, Hagen, Practical Aesthetics, Stanislavski, Strasberg, proprietary REPEAT and Hollywood Actor's Showcase unique approach)
* Emphasis on self-development and modeling your own approach
* Acting for film and TV + improv
* Support and help with resumes, castings, networks, showcases, showreels and more

About our partnership with Hollywood

Hollywood Actor's Showcase and Richie's Acting Workshop is one of the best-known, most influential acting schools in the United States. After 30 years of training for aspiring actors and Hollywood stars (including Scarlett Johansson and Drew Barrymore), she teamed up with Belgium's Badass Intensive Acting Studios last year to expand European. The goal is simple: to bring the authentic energy of Hollywood to Europe, so that even people who cannot afford to move to America themselves can receive the same education.

There are not many acting courses that focus on acting in front of the camera. After all, most schools teach you — implicitly or explicitly — theater techniques and while the art of acting itself remains central, it should be clear that acting for TV and film requires slightly different skills, as it usually involves subtler, smaller expressions and movements. . Film connoisseurs therefore know that the camera tends to notice the smallest emotion.

The most minuscule micro-expressions, the least obvious 'subtext' and the most layered interpretations are visible on both the large and the small screen.

In Belgium, Badass PR's Intensive Acting Courses have long been one of the few acting classes that deal exclusively with acting in front of the camera, supplemented with improvisation.

During the lessons, all the important acting techniques are discussed, including those of Adler, Chekhov, Hagen, Meisner, Practical Aesthetics, Stanislavski and Strasberg, but the goal remains the same: to forget technique in a sense and to act as naturally as you breathe. Badass Intensive Acting Studios' own technology, REPEAT, has also been developed for this.

Ever since author / coach / editor / PR consultant Dirk started teaching acting classes more than 10 years ago, he has tried to offer his students as many opportunities as he could. That went by trial and error: sometimes he failed to get something off the ground, at other times he succeeded in his objectives. Those of his students range from developing more self-confidence to becoming more sociable and getting more opportunities to star in a play, a movie or a TV series. One of the best decisions: partnering with the Hollywood Actors' Studios of Larry, Bobbie and Richie Chance - three of the most famous acting coaches in the film world.

Badass Intensive Acting has been organizing workshops in Los Angeles and Las Vegas for years now to enable its students to learn from the most prestigious instructors, talent agents and casting directors that Los Angeles has on offer. For example, the collaboration with Hollywood Actor's Showcase and Richie's Acting workshop has already paid off.

Of course it depends on many factors whether you can achieve success as an actor — a great deal of luck and a lot of dedication are usually very important — but the students at the Chances can certainly say that they are as prepared as they can be. From improv lessons to working with scripts and intensely emotional lessons, the courses cover the entire spectrum of what the film world needs.

Since August 2019, Badass Intensive Acting Studios and Hollywood Actor's Showcase in Belgium have been flying under a banner. In Belgium, the Chances now work exclusively with Badass Intensive Acting Studios (now 'Powered by Hollywood Actor's Showcase'). The participating students not only receive a discount on the international workshops, but can also enjoy many other benefits.

With your course fee you can participate in any of our courses whenever you want. This way you can not only learn to act, but also taste our courses in debate and presentation techniques (our TV course), communication, singing, improvisation, 'physical acting', lie detection, hypnosis, directing, or writing! Of course, the following applies: the more you follow 1 particular course, the faster you progress.

Also don't forget that you can collect points with an UitPas! Early bird discounts are also available for all our workshops. So be quick.

The acting course is continuous. So you can choose which lessons you participate in and which you do not.

Cami

4.81

(21)

These sessions allow the development of skills and knowledge of the trade, with the game facing the camera, familiarization with the audiovisual environment and the camera tool, in the art of acting.

Your inventiveness and your uniqueness being at the center of your training, it is a question of dwelling on the objective criteria, such as the voice, the use of the body, the relationship with the partner, the capacity to occupy the space. But it is also the singularity and the commitment that are decisive.

The objective of this training is to be able to:

- Analyze and dissect a text
- Create, develop and embody a character
- Understand the artistic and technical writings of a film or a play
- Create, cultivate and develop one's artistic identity and singularity

(...)

Through simulations and role-playing, the association between theory and practice makes it possible to achieve its objectives.

PLACES :
- Locations: Geneva - Lausanne - Friborg - Neuchâtel - Montreux - Basel - Sion - Sierre - Morges - Bienne. But currently and until further notice, only by videoconference in accordance with national recommendations on Covid.

These sessions, for which you have asked me, also seem to be perfectly unanimous since they arouse a certain enthusiasm (and a certain enthusiasm). Indeed, they have the advantage of face-to-face sessions (ex: quality of the interaction), without its disadvantages (ex: loss of travel time) with additional advantages (ex: the entire session transcribed in writing on the chat). That is why, at your request, I continue to offer this option.
- As other people do regularly, you can also please your loved ones by offering gift vouchers available all year round.

THE TRAINER
From a Grande Ecole post-preparatory class in France & Ivy League University in the United States, our teacher has specialized and has worked for more than 14 years in the field, in international establishments, intervening in forums and conferences.

CONTACT / PROGRAM
A la carte program: evaluated and adapted to each need.

Lawrence

4.81

(21)

I'm a former New York City voice teacher/coach, professional singer and an award winning composer who has relocated to Berlin. I've taught with the most reputable children's musical theatre organizations in NYC with students of all ages as well as private students and I've worked with Broadway stars such as Laura Osnes, Karen Mason and Ron Bohmer, who have also recorded my music, and I'm excited to bring my 20 yrs of teaching experience to Berlin! I teach songwriting as well, if that is something you're interested in.

I'm a classically trained singer who performed with the San Francisco Opera and other companies both in opera and musical theatre for many years. Though I specialize now in musical theatre, I am happy and comfortable teaching you to sing in whatever style you prefer. The basics are the same! In our lessons, we will work on breath, correct vowel pronunciation, placement, diction, etc... as well as getting rid of the tension and habits that keep us from singing freely and beautifully. We will also work on the musical and dramatic aspects of the material we choose together, so that you will feel comfortable at an audition or a performance. And I keep lessons fun so that you can both learn and progress each week AND enjoy yourself!

Whether just starting out or a professional who needs help working on an audition or role, I can help you reach your goals!

Linda

4.81

(21)

Classes, choreography and staging! in person or virtually

Are you going home and want to do something special? Let's do it together, whether it's a dance, a performance, or whatever you want—alone, with your partner, family, bridesmaids, or whoever you want. There are two options: I'll teach you how to dance the genre you're going to dance plus the choreography, or I'll just teach you the choreography. It's up to you.

The cost of creating choreographies depends on their duration (in addition to the cost of the class and/or rehearsal).

All ages and levels, don't wait any longer!

Vanessa

4.81

(21)

My name is Vanessa and I am an actress, teacher and producer currently based in London, United Kingdom.

As well as training and performing within the Theatre industry since 2011, I have also taught art disciplines such as acting, singing and dance and dance fitness from the ages of 3 upwards. Some of my performance credits include, Motown The Musical, Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Hairspray and Legally Blonde and currently Stranger Things: The First Shadow.

For those that have a keen passion for entering into the Theatre industry, I am able to use my experience to offer professional training across all disciplines and help equip them with tools needed to thrive as a performer.

Similarly, for those that enjoy the arts as an extra curricular hobby/space to express themselves creatively, I take pride in holding a creative self space to help my students to unlock self confidence, self belief and their broader imagination as well as strengthening skills such as teamwork, singing, dancing and acting.

I am able to hold online classes and work to an international timezone to reach all my students and for those based in London and prefer face to face lessons, I'm able to rent studios or arrange home visits where requested.

If you have big goals within the theatre industry or if it's a hobby that you'd like to venture into or pick back up again, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Vanessa :)

Marta

4.81

(21)

Voice is one of the most important channels of communication for human beings. Starting from breathing and vocal training we will explore together the potential of your voice in singing and speaking.

We will certainly start with breathing and training our body to connect body and voice.
Come on and join me!

Nicolas

4.81

(21)

A lesson is an occasion to meet (yourself) and develop our own sensitivity, artistic and personnal identity, inside a favorable, indulgent and caring atmosphere of creation, freedom and personnal fulfillment.

- Drama coaching : individual lesson (1h) based on learner's specific needs/objectives : communication skills (verbal and non verbal, tools for public speech, pronunciation accuracy, eloquence (speeches, oral presentations, lectures), reciting poetry/litterature, physical presence (lire or on stage), self-confidence.

- Vocal coaching/Re-education (vocal difficulties, functionning problems, vocal forcing, etc)/ speech therapy (posture, self-massages, breathing technique, tips about vocal health, discovery of vocal possibilities and functioning.

- Preparation to auditions/castings, interview, oral presentations and lectures, in professional or artistic context.

For all levels : children, teenagers, adults (FR/EN/DE).

Megan

4.81

(21)

I am a professional actor-musician, who is offering classes in acting, singing technique, and acting through song. I am a graduate of Manchester School of Theatre and have worked professional around the UK in plays, on screen, and in musical theatre. Whether you're looking to audition for drama school, a professional working actor wanting to brush up on their singing, or an amateur looking to do something creative for fun, I'm ready to tailor the classes to what you need. I teach very technically, but always bring the work back to the character, the story, and most importantly your enjoyment of it. Can offer classes in person (London) or online.

Moses

4.81

(21)

Under the guidance of a trained professional from the industry. Seasoned professionals and beginners can enhance their skills and boost their confidence on stage. These workshops promise to be an inspirational journey into the heart of theatre.

These workshops offers a dynamic and engaging environment where you will learn the fundamentals of acting, improvisation and scene work, and much more.

We will look at all aspects of character and performance from different practitioners, animal study and comedia de la te.

Isabella

4.81

(21)

Hi, I’m Isabella. I'm an actress trained internationally, with work experience across film, theatre, and TV. I’ve studied at places like IDSA in London, Stella Adler in LA, and Mulholland Academy in Amsterdam, and my training includes techniques like Chubbuck, Meisner, and more.

In our sessions, we’ll always start with where you’re at, whether you’re at the beginning of your acting journey or already stepping into auditions. I tailor everything to your needs, from scene work and character prep to building emotional range, sharpening your audition skills, or simply feeling more grounded and present in front of the camera or on stage.

Robin

4.81

(21)

Robin combines acting training with language development, body work, and artistic practice. The courses are aimed at all interested individuals – with or without prior experience – who wish to strengthen their expressiveness, presence, and vocal confidence.

The focus is on voice, articulation, breath, body awareness, and stagecraft. Through exercises in acting, improvisation, and presence training, language, expression, and personal impact are specifically fostered. This work is complemented by monologue work, mindfulness, and the development of individual scenic processes and stage presentations.

Sharbel

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Class Description

Public speaking is a skill that can open doors in every aspect of life, from school and university presentations to job interviews, business pitches, and everyday communication.

This interactive workshop uses practical acting techniques to help participants become confident, authentic, and engaging speakers. Rather than focusing on theory, students will learn by doing through theatre exercises, voice training, storytelling, improvisation, and presentation practice.

Participants will discover how to manage stage fright, project their voice with confidence, use effective body language, organize their ideas clearly, and connect with any audience. By the end of the workshop, each student will deliver a short speech and receive constructive, personalized feedback in a supportive environment.

No previous acting or public speaking experience is required—just a willingness to participate and grow.

Alex

4.81

(21)

Drama classes and couching lessons are for begginers who wants to explore acting, communication in front of camera, and be free in public speaking.
We can learn together how to provide your potencial and your mental work without fear.
If you like acting and reading this lessons are right for you.

Stewart

4.81

(21)

Have you always wanted to act but didn't know where to begin?
Whether you dream of acting in films, television, commercials, or simply want to become more confident in front of a camera, these personalised one-to-one lessons will help you build a strong foundation.
With over 20 years of acting, directing, and coaching experience, I will guide you through practical exercises designed to develop natural, believable performances. Lessons are tailored to your individual goals and experience level, whether you are a complete beginner or already have some acting experience.
During our lessons, you may learn:
• The fundamentals of screen acting
• Script and character analysis
• Emotional authenticity
• Voice and body language
• Camera awareness
• Scene preparation
• Building confidence in front of the camera
My teaching style is supportive, practical, and encouraging. I believe acting is a skill that anyone can develop with the right guidance, consistent practice, and constructive feedback.
Whether your goal is to pursue acting professionally or simply develop greater confidence and communication skills, I would be delighted to help you on your journey.