On this course you will work on developing your own imagination and confidence through voice and physical presence in order to explore your acting potential. It also focuses on the practical skills to work with other people and to help encourage the creative potential for effective character and scene work. There will be a mixture of improvisation and play-text work, technique workshops and drama games.

The focus of this course is finding ways to develop and show character as an actor, whether this is a well-known character from a famous play, one from a lesser-known script, a character from your imagination, or someone you have observed who has inspired you. So where do you start...come and find out. The course will adopt a workshop style format and will consist of improvisation, script work and technical approaches supported by plays from Greek tragedy.

On this summer term course you will work on your existing skills of imagination, voice, body and space to develop scene and script work. The course will adopt a workshop style format and will consist of improvisation, script work and technical approaches supported by a scene selected from a range of chosen playwrights. You will continue to explore the practical skills to work with other people, to help build confidence and creative potential.

Using Zoom, the Acting Essentials Online course will introduce you to some of the core skills in acting and drama. A series of practical workshops will explore a range of topics including, movement and voice technique in the context of scene work, characterisation through analysis and discussion of scripts and how to develop improvisation technique. The sessions will be fun, inclusive and cater for those with experience as well as introducing you to WMC’s acting and drama courses.

WMCs termly Get Into Acting and Drama Saturday school will introduce you to the diverse world of the performing arts. A series of practical workshops will explore, using the voice creatively, performing on the stage and performing drama. The sessions will be fun, inclusive and help you get a taste for performing with and in-front of people. The course is suitable for beginners and those with some experience and will introduce you to WMCs acting and drama courses.

The L1 Award in Acting and Drama is a single term programme during which you will learn about different aspects of performing arts through a grounding in acting & drama. It will prepare you for further study in the subject, develop your study skills and may allow you to progress to our L2 certificate. The course provides an opportunity to get back into learning for individuals who want to develop greater options for career development and further education.

This Level 2 certificated course is a two term programme where you will learn about different aspects of performing arts through a grounding in acting & drama. The programme will prepare you for further study, employment or volunteering in a range of areas in the industry. You will work through a range of practical, vocational and theory projects covering, contemporary and classical script, character development, monologue, group scene and vocal and physical skills.

WMCs Performance Poetry course will introduce you to the techniques of performing the spoken word that is derived from your own creative writing. The course will look at how the written and spoken word differs, conventions of the spoken word, how to break the rules and how to find your own style. The sessions will be fun, inclusive and cater for those with experience as well as beginners. The course will also offer the opportunity to perform your creative work in front of an audience.

This course will introduce you to our L2 Certificate in Acting and Drama that typically runs in terms 2 and 3. It focuses on a range of practical, vocational and theory projects covering, contemporary and classical script, character development, monologue, group scene and vocal and physical skills.

WMCs Stand-Up Comedy course will introduce you to the techniques of creating and performing your own comedy material. The course will look at the practical aspects of stand up such as how to create material, developing performance skills and how to create your own comic persona. The sessions will be fun, inclusive and cater for those with experience as well as beginners. The course will also offer the opportunity to perform your creative work in front of an audience.