Date: May 15th
Location: Spotlight, 3rd Floor, 16 Garrick Street, London WC2E 9BA
Time: 6.30-9.30pm

Workshop Description:

Too often, we focus on acting only when we have lines and switch off when the other actor is talking. If the best acting comes when an audience can see change and discovery, then the ability of a performer to show this without speaking is the mark of a good actor.

We will use a variety of exercises to focus on how we can listen to and engage with the other actor when we have no dialogue. We will learn the difference between “showing” and “telling,” explore the idea of screen acting being “less is more,” and understand how the reaction shot is often the most important in film and television.

You will get an insight into how much potential you have as a storyteller when the script gives you no words. A practical guide to making those moments compelling and truthful. The capacity to communicate narrative and show your character’s journey without using the text of a script.

Bio:

Finlay Robertson has been working in film and television for the last twenty-five years. Most recent work includes upcoming shows The Bombing Of Pan Am 103 (BBC/Netflix), The Stolen Girl (Disney) and Maigret (PBS). As a teacher he has taught at several drama schools and worked 1:1 with BAFTA-winners Mawaan Rizwan and Kat Sadler as well as Ambika Mod and Xelia Mendes-Jones.

http://finlayrobertson.info/teaching

“Finlay absolutely changed the game for me ... I attribute so much of the actor I am

today to his teaching.”

AMBIKA MOD

"His teaching style is always adapted to suit my specific needs. It's like therapy, but

more fun and fictional.”

MAWAAN RIZWAN