Adult Acting Course - Level II - Intermediate (part-time)

8-WEEK INTERMEDIATE ACTING COURSE - LEVEL II (part-time)

Dates: Saturday mornings starting 11 April 2026 (10am - 12.15pm)
Venue:Tayside Deaf Hub, 23 Brown Street, Dundee DD1 5EF
Fee: £165.00 (+ Eventbrite fee), special concessionary rate of £145 (+Eventbrite fee) available for those for whom cost would be a barrier and Equity members

So you've done a beginners/foundation course - what's next?

In The Acting Lab's Intermediate Level course you will learn, practise and utilise reliable, professional techniques to take you confidently from the first reading of a script through to performance. By using script analysis and developing objectives, needs and actions you can breathe life into any character and become a self-sufficient, authentic actor.

As this is a higher level course, you will go deeper in your focus and expand your mindset. As an actor, you need to follow your impulses, be fully alive and go moment to moment.

Class exercises will include: structured improvisation, character analysis; individual, pair and group work; an introduction to Lecoq movement techniques to discover new ways to physicalise characters. We will continue the work begun in the beginners course on areas such as voice-work, listening skills, spatial awareness, relaxation and stage presence.

You will have the chance to work with various partners on simple scripted scenes then do more in-depth work with a chosen partner by developing a scene from a theatre play or film script, or do a monologue if you prefer to work on your own.

There will be an exciting opportunity to perform scenes for each other in the last class.
NB: Homework and preparation for classes will be assigned every week.

Who is this for?

Students who have completed a previous Acting course with The Acting Lab (either group or 1:1), or other relevant experience or training (contact us to check if suitable).

Learn to Act, Speak and Live with Confidence!

The Acting Lab has been running high quality acting courses in Dundee since 2015. We use a blend of professional techniques and practices from British theatre and American film acting training to develop a solid foundation for acting with truth, emotion, imagination and spontaneity. The classes are fun and challenging and take place in a structured and supportive environment. (Age 16+)

Tutor: An experienced actor, director and teacher, Elaine Newton graduated from RSAMD in Glasgow (now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland). She also trained in film acting in Los Angeles and at the Bilingual Acting Workshop in Paris, using American models for naturalistic acting. In addition, she has trained in London, Paris, Rotterdam and Glasgow with renowned practitioners including Mike Alfreds, Scott Williams, Amy Werba, Nadine George, Jo Estill. She has trained in Improv with the world-leading Second City Improv Chicago, Free Association in London and The Improfessionals in Paris. After teaching acting, voice and movement in Paris and Strasbourg, she established The Acting Lab in her hometown of Dundee ten years ago – a space for innovative actor training. Her international training has given her the knowledge base and breadth of experience to provide students with support and inspiration along with structured, practical acting skills and professional techniques from which great confidence can be gained and transferred to any aspect of life.

Elaine also teaches Improv Courses, Speaking with Confidence workshops and voice coaching. She also offers One-to-One Coaching for acting and for public speaking (working both in person and on Zoom).

Testimonials for The Acting Lab

"I recommend this to anyone: a journey that makes you look inside your mind, your body, your heart and whatever you find you take it out and offer it to the world. It is amazing, therapeutic, cathartic. It heals, it makes you laugh, can make you cry...it's like a rollercoaster! And Elaine takes your hand and guides you with expertise." (Maria Cavaliere)

"Provocative, exciting, fulfilling – the time just flies!" (Bill Dewar)

"A very fun, diverse, confidence-building, creative and warm experience working with Elaine and a bunch of interesting people for eight weeks!" (Lydia Cole)

"A fun and enjoyable class with serious depth." (Ed Broughton)

"I urge everyone to give this course a go. I did the beginners and found as soon as I was done, I wanted to do more" (Eddie Anderson)

"I cannot overestimate how much this class helped me. Both with general confidence and with giving me a safe place to explore this interest I've had for years." (Calum Laverock)

"Elaine positively radiates good energy, and creates an atmosphere where every single person feels valued." (Gordon J Millar, Edinburgh)

"Elaine is simply excellent at what she does, putting all participants at ease immediately, building confidence, and inspiring us to create new things, and share experiences... Her classes are always a truly uplifting, multi-sensory experience." (Chris Jannetta)

Contact the organiser with any questions: www.actinglab.co.uk