I have never acted before, can I join?

Yes. No audition. Commitment only is required. I will train you to become an actor.

Can I just watch? I'm too anxious.

It depends. I will ask you further questions so I understand where you are at with wanting to act. Usually everyone joins in, no observers. But not everyone is able to do that initially. Let's talk!

Why do we have to wear all black?

Your attire is as important as what is inside. Plain blacks help to clear away your daily life issues, domestic and working roles and assist you to enter the space as a body wanting to train. Wearing this attire is like a canvas by which you can be who you want to be in the acting space. Leave troubles outside and be an actor for 1.5 hours every week.

Why don't you charge more for the yearly membership?

Because there is no classical acting training in this region and yet we have many theatre companies on the Coast undertaking productions. In this demographic wages are low and many are unemployed. I'm not into training only those who can afford exorbitant fees. Acting shouldn't discriminate.

Do you do productions?

Yes, but you do have to train with us otherwise we are like all other companies on offer. Training is key.

What do we do in session?

We work on Viewpoints, a toolkit for actors, and rehearse. We also have other challenges too. Most recently every member had to sing to the rest of the ensemble with a rehearsed song to a backing track. This term they are devising a stand up comedy routine. By doing these challenges I can find hidden talents - that even you might not know you have. Describing everything we do in session would take too long here, come for a trial session : )

I just want to be an actor. I don't need training, done it for ages and won amateur acting awards.

Here's the harsh truth;

You need to train. Or you will always be an amateur doing acting for a hobby. Many of us can act but can you hold an audience in the palm of your hand and have absolute total control over them.

Do you know how to analyse a play, your character, and physically and mentally and totally become that character.

Are you familiar and practiced in backstage/onstage theatre etiquette.

Can you control your nerves backstage or think in two minds onstage, yours and that of the character, when something goes wrong.

Can you have an audience still thinking about your performance in 5 years time.

Can you become someone else, so totally and completely that you take several weeks to climb back into your own life.

If you answered yes to all of these questions and you have had no training at all I dare you to come to a trial....