A unique adult acting course combining theatre training, voice, movement, breathwork and personal growth. Train. Perform. Transform.

ACTING OUT! – THE PATH TO EMOTIONAL FREEDOM

A One-Year Foundation Course in Transformational Theatre for Adults 18+

Acting Out! is more than an acting course. It is a year-long journey into performance, creativity, imagination and authentic self-expression through the unique practice of Transformational Theatre.

Created and led by Christina Artemis, Director and Founder of Artemis Performance Arts, the course draws upon more than 40 years of experience in theatre and the personal growth field, alongside Christina's experience creating and directing 14 original productions.

PROFESSIONAL ACTING TRAINING

Throughout the year, students will develop practical performance skills including:

• Acting techniques and monologues

• Voice, projection and vocal techniques

• Improvisation and characterisation

• Script study and group scene work

• Stagecraft

• Movement, physical expression and contemporary dance drama

• Storytelling

• Stanislavsky techniques

• Greek myths, masks and archetypes

• Breathing techniques for performance

• Conscious Connected Breathwork

The course is suitable for

adults who want to develop as performers, as well as those drawn to theatre as a way of building confidence, creativity and self-expression.

WHAT IS TRANSFORMATIONAL THEATRE?

Christina has developed an approach that brings together traditional acting, voice and movement training with Conscious Connected Breathwork, mythology, archetypes, imagination and personal exploration.

Acting asks us to step outside our everyday selves and experience the world through another character. By exploring different lives, emotions, relationships and situations within the safety and structure of theatre, we can develop not only as performers but as more imaginative, expressive and empathetic human beings.

Transformational Theatre uses this process deliberately.

Rather than simply learning lines and performing them, students are encouraged to explore the inner life of a character: their emotions, motivations, physicality, conflicts and desires. The aim is to create performances that feel truthful, connected and alive.

MYTHS & ARCHETYPES

Myths and archetypes form an important part of the Artemis approach.

Ancient stories contain characters and conflicts that reflect experiences found throughout human life – love, loss, power, fear, courage, identity, relationships and transformation.

Drawing upon ideas associated with Jungian psychology, students will explore archetypes as a tool for characterisation and imagination.

Working with myth also allows actors to investigate powerful emotions and human experiences through the world of a character or story, rather than simply through their own personal lives.

MOVEMENT & VOICE

An actor's body and voice are fundamental instruments of performance.

Movement work helps develop physical freedom, expression, flexibility and imagination. Students will explore how posture, movement, gesture and physical energy can completely change the creation of a character.

Voice training will develop projection, breath control, vocal strength, flexibility and confidence – skills that are valuable not only on stage but in public speaking, teaching, presentations and everyday communication.

CONSCIOUS CONNECTED BREATHWORK

Alongside traditional breathing techniques used for voice and projection, Artemis incorporates Conscious Connected Breathwork into its training.

Christina has studied and taught breathwork and personal development practices extensively for more than 40 years.

Within the acting process, breathwork is used to encourage relaxation, energy, imagination, emotional connection and greater freedom of expression. It can help performers become more aware of physical and emotional tension and develop the confidence to explore a wider range of feelings within character work.

TRAIN. PERFORM. TRANSFORM.

At the heart of Acting Out! is the belief that theatre can be transformative.

Course Structure:

Workshop 1 - Relationships:

By understanding our personal relationships& getting to know family patterns, you will learn how to apply this into scenes & bring authentic dialogue alive.

Workshop 2 - Myths and Archetypes:

These characters live within us ; you will learn how to identify traits that help with characters we are playing; often giving us as actors the starting point for characterisation.

Workshop 3 - Stage Craft:

You will learn how to use the stage creatively through stage directions given by the play writer and director: technical terms; use of entrances & exits; following script directions ; blocking moves in your script and starting to look at background influences.

Workshop 4 Vocal techniques & intercostal diaphragmatic breathing:

You will learn this specific breath technique training the body to be able to sustain long phrases. Traditional technique to enable voice to be able to be heard at th

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