Acting Classes in Central London

Caravanserai Productions & Acting Studio, London:
The Caravanserai is a training organisation for actors providing regular and master classes for both professionals and beginners. We are located in Ladbroke Grove in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in central London.We provide acting workshops around the UK and the world and a range of Theatre in Education projects. We also utilise all of our experience and expertise to provide a range of leading communications and creativity workshops for business. The Caravanserai is also a co-operative production house designed to create opportunities for actors, directors, writers and filmmakers who are at the beginning of their careers to work alongside experienced professionals in all of those disciplines. We tend to concentrate on realistic acting and the methodological approach to actor training. The work is heavily influenced by the developments of the founders of the Drama Centre London. The work is also influenced by Stanislavski

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* To provide members with an opportunity to learn how to create and manage a production company. They are responsible for fundraising, educational programs, co-operative creative planning and publicity etc.

* To produce high-level short films which will be entered into festivals worldwide. This will provide the actors with an opportunity to learn how to act on film, to be seen by the industry and to make show reels.

* To produce several theatre pieces each year. This will provide a London showcase for both the students and professional actors. For the younger actors it is a golden opportunity to develop themselves by being constantly challenged with new roles, London audiences, and different theatrical genres. The repertoire will comprise of new writing and large scale classical and European pieces which actors are often unable to attempt unless they are fortunate enough to play with the main national companies. Eventually we will attempt to tour some of these pieces.

* To provide experienced professionals with the chance to experiment with their work in an open creative environment, free from the restraints of having to think commercially.

* To create an educational wing where we invite great teachers of acting from around the world to give a variety of workshops for professionals.

* To provide workshops for schools and colleges and people who are new to acting.

* To offer high impact role-play and business theatre to the corporate world. This provides the actors with knowledge of how to use their skills to create alternative income streams and facilitate social change.

We tend to concentrate on realistic acting and the methodological approach to actor training. The work is heavily influenced by the developments of the founders of the Drama Centre London; Christopher Fettes and Yat Malmgren, and the acting teacher there between 1982 and 2004 - Reuven Adiv - under whom current Caravanserai Director – Giles Foreman trained. The work is also influenced by Stanislavski and the great American innovators of the Method – Lee Strasberg, Sanford Meisner, Stella Adler and Uta Hagen.

Courses:
We provide acting workshops for students, amateurs and professionals in London and around the UK and the world. Courses include beginner courses, ongoing development for professionals, in front of camera training, vocal training, movement and improvisation. We also organise a range of Theatre in Education projects.