Comedic Acting for Beginners
- Ages 18+
Join our workshop for adults (18+) and discover the Mischief Method—an exciting approach to comedic acting! Perfect for Beginners.
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Location
Dance Attic Rehearsal Studios
368 North End Road London SW6 1LY United KingdomRefund Policy
Agenda
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Introduction to Clown. Creating your own goes wrong
Harry Kershaw
About this event
Who is this workshop for? : Beginner Workshops are workshops open to anyone interested in developing their performance skills. There is no experience necessary and as such are open to anyone seriously wishing to improve or develop their craft. Beginner workshops are for participants aged 18 or over.
Location: LONDON
6 WEEK COURSE | 6 SESSIONS | 1 Session per week(3 hours)
Unleash your inner mischief-maker with our Comedic Acting for Beginners course! In this fun and dynamic class, led by a Mischief practitioner, you’ll discover the secrets of our signature comedic style. Using The Play That Goes Wrong as our guide, we’ll explore the art of clowning and learn how to incorporate these techniques, sharing with you how you can apply these principles not just to your performance but also your day to day life. Prepare for plenty of laughs and plenty of surprises!
Who should take this course?
This course is for amateur acting enthusiasts interested in learning the basics of clowning.
All participants must be 18 or over at the time of the first session.
If you’re a professional actor and are interested in joining one of our courses, then we would suggest you attend one of our professional courses
Course Location:
Dance Attic Studios, 368 North End Rd, London, SW6 1LY
Course Dates & Schedule:
The course will run every Tuesday evening (18:00- 21:00 )From June 3rd - 8th July, 2025.
Please see the full schedule below:
- Tuesday, June 3rd (18:00 -21:00)
- Tuesday, June 10th (18:00 -21:00)
- Tuesday, June 17th (18:00 -21:00)
- Tuesday, June 24th (18:00 -21:00)
- Tuesday, July 1st (18:00 -21:00)
- Tuesday, July 8th (18:00 -21:00)
About the Instructor
Harry is a founding member of Mischief Theatre and co-creator and regular performer in Olivier nominated ‘Mischief Movie Night’ with over a decade’s experience teaching at some of the UK’s leading drama schools, for schools and youth theatres and leading corporate workshops as well as leading Mischief’s improvisation workshops. Harry specialises in teaching improvisation and storytelling as well as clown.
Harry taught improvisation at LADMA between 2019-2023 and also teaches improvisation at Arts Ed and Associated Studios as well as the Cambridge Acting Academy. Harry has taught at Drama Studio London and for flair box and Scoot Theatre, west end stage tours and Just add milk. Harry also teaches corporate workshops in improvisation and creativity including recently for Boots.
Harry is a graduate of the RADA BA in acting and the LAMDA foundation course and has performed on the West End and Broadway and for NT live as well as having film and tv credits which include Wallander, Endeavour, Cuckoo and Skyfall.
Need More Information?
For any questions, check out our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) below. If you need further assistance, feel free to email us at workshops@mischiefcomedy.com, and a member of the Mischief Workshops team will get back to you as soon as possible.
Frequently asked questions
Beginner Workshops are workshops open to anyone interested in developing their performance skills. There is no experience necessary and as such are open to anyone seriously wishing to improve or develop their craft. Beginner workshops are for participants aged 18 or over.
We would advise all of the participants to bring a bottle of water with them. Any workshop specific resources will be provided by the workshop leader.
Clothes that your are happy and comfortable doing physical movement in.
This session is taking place at the wonderful Dance Attic, 368 North End Rd, London SW6 1LY
The cost of the 6 week course is £290 (Including additional fees from Eventbrite)
We are unable to offer pay as you go sessions, the course is run across a 6 week period and as such attendees should be prepared to commit to the full course before purchasing.
Not currently, for the time being all payments must be paid in full. However we're working on this for future courses.
We are able to offer full refunds (minus Eventbrite fee £21.03) on courses up until 30 days before the course start date. However after 30 days we are unfortunately unable to offer refunds.
Course credits are currently non transferrable. If you have cancelled your course 30 days prior to the start of the course then you can request a refund and reallocate those funds to a future course booking.
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