ACT NOW! DRAMA COMPANY
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Website: http://www.actnowdramaco.com
Location: LONDON
Members: 44
Latest Activity: Jan 1
The Act Now! Drama Company was established by actor/director David Hunt in September 2007 with the aim of exploring diverse acting genres and applying the exploration to professional performance. Rehearsals and classes are geared towards people who have had some experience of drama training and want to pursue the craft to a higher level. All of the original intake had trained and worked in performance to varying degrees.
Sessions consist of 10 x 3 hour acting classes and rehearsals running one evening a week between 7.00pm-10.00pm, plus additional weekend workshops. The rehearsals result in a performance relating to a genre subject studied over the 10 weeks. Rehearsals take place at Mycenae House, Blackheath and cover voice, movement, scene and text exploration, improvisation, directing etc.
The genre subject enables all members to be working on the same topic so that they can build their knowledge on a specific performance related area and also add selected works by the writer to their repertoire of audition speeches or dialogues. There are also devising classes not always connected to the genre subject. Subjects covered so far are Federico Garcia Lorca, August Strindberg, Alan Ayckbourn, Henrik Ibsen, Noel Coward, William Shakespeare. and Greek Theatre.
There are also occasional Saturday Workshops running at Wigmore Hall, Union Chapel, Islington and St Gabriel's Hall, Pimlico which cover voice, devising and genre subjects including Steven Berkoff, Restoration Theatre and Shakespeare Scene Study.
In January 2008 the Act Now! Drama Company performed their first production The Tragedy of Federico Garcia Lorca to a full house at The Broadway Theatre Studio, Catford. Their second production Mind Games - looking at the works of August Strindberg and Alan Ayckbourn - was also performed at The Broadway Theatre Studio in April 2008.
The company premiered their new comedy play That Happy Feeling! written by David Hunt, in September 2008 at the Broadway. The show ran for a week with great public response. This was followed by The Passion of Henrik Ibsen and in January 2009 Coward's Way, looking at the comedy scenes, monologues and songs of Sir Noel Coward.
The companies production of Sophocles’ Greek tragedy Electra ran very sucessfully in March 2009 at The Courtyard, London. Due to popular interest That Happy Feeling! is also scheduled for reprisal at a central venue in mid-2009.
Something Wicked This Way Comes - Shakespeare's villains & villainesses completed a successful run at The Greenwich Playhouse from July 7th - 12th.
More info to follow.
Sessions consist of 10 x 3 hour acting classes and rehearsals running one evening a week between 7.00pm-10.00pm, plus additional weekend workshops. The rehearsals result in a performance relating to a genre subject studied over the 10 weeks. Rehearsals take place at Mycenae House, Blackheath and cover voice, movement, scene and text exploration, improvisation, directing etc.
The genre subject enables all members to be working on the same topic so that they can build their knowledge on a specific performance related area and also add selected works by the writer to their repertoire of audition speeches or dialogues. There are also devising classes not always connected to the genre subject. Subjects covered so far are Federico Garcia Lorca, August Strindberg, Alan Ayckbourn, Henrik Ibsen, Noel Coward, William Shakespeare. and Greek Theatre.
There are also occasional Saturday Workshops running at Wigmore Hall, Union Chapel, Islington and St Gabriel's Hall, Pimlico which cover voice, devising and genre subjects including Steven Berkoff, Restoration Theatre and Shakespeare Scene Study.
In January 2008 the Act Now! Drama Company performed their first production The Tragedy of Federico Garcia Lorca to a full house at The Broadway Theatre Studio, Catford. Their second production Mind Games - looking at the works of August Strindberg and Alan Ayckbourn - was also performed at The Broadway Theatre Studio in April 2008.
The company premiered their new comedy play That Happy Feeling! written by David Hunt, in September 2008 at the Broadway. The show ran for a week with great public response. This was followed by The Passion of Henrik Ibsen and in January 2009 Coward's Way, looking at the comedy scenes, monologues and songs of Sir Noel Coward.
The companies production of Sophocles’ Greek tragedy Electra ran very sucessfully in March 2009 at The Courtyard, London. Due to popular interest That Happy Feeling! is also scheduled for reprisal at a central venue in mid-2009.
Something Wicked This Way Comes - Shakespeare's villains & villainesses completed a successful run at The Greenwich Playhouse from July 7th - 12th.
More info to follow.
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Comment by David Hunt on July 10, 2009 at 12:09pm -
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Act Now! Drama Company - The Greenwich Playhouse 2009) Directed by David Hunt
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Comment by David Hunt on July 10, 2009 at 12:07pm
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Comment by David Hunt on July 9, 2009 at 1:19am
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Comment by Johanna Evans on July 6, 2009 at 11:51am - How do I register for the auditions for your company?
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Comment by David Hunt on July 1, 2009 at 7:35am
- DOCKLANDS NEWS COVER SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES - See WICKED BARD RE-MIX at: http://www.docklands24.co.uk/content/docklands/whatson/story.aspx?brand=Docklands&category=whatsontheatre&tBrand=docklands&tCategory=zwhatson&itemid=WeED30%20Jun%202009%2012%3A28%3A12%3A513
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Comment by Stephen Atkins on June 28, 2009 at 8:00pm -
Hi David Hunt and the Act Now! Theatre Company.
I just Joined.
I will be in England in August teahing a Viewpoints Workshop at the Battersea Arts Centre. Is it appropriate for me to send some information to your group? (Aug 3-8, so I don't think it conflicts)
I am running a workshop series here in Canada as well, where we tryto get an ovrseas trainer here for a 1-2 week intensive. Any of your group coming to Canada in the future?
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Comment by David Hunt on June 7, 2009 at 1:11pm
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ACT NOW! CASTING AUDITION WORKSHOP - Shaftsbury Avenue Sat June 13th
Casting workshop running from 10.00am – 1.30pm (approx – sometimes has gone over due to Q & A session at the end).
PRICE: £25.
Applicants will be set a specific audition brief, notified the week before about the production that they will be auditioned for. Applicants must supply their CV & Photo. Casting Director/Producer David Bingham will put each applicant through the audition process and at the end of the auditions give them feedback on their performance etc.
Be prepared to sight read and have at least 2 audition speeches at the ready. Certain candidates may be asked to sing and will also be expected to deliver speech to camera.
Applicants may only take place by confirming with the ACT NOW! Drama Company by Tuesday June 9th 2009. CV's & Headshots can be emailed to address above.
DAVID BINGHAM
David Bingham was originally a professional actor who appeared as both Jon Pertwee and Colin Baker's assistant Jason in the tour of DR WHO - THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE and also appeared in BLOOD BROTHERS in the West End etc. He worked as Associate Producer and Casting Director for Bill Kenwright Limited for 7 years and now works for Simpson-Fox Associates who were involved as producers on such films as Atonement, Closer, Notes On A Scandal, The Hours, Iris and Al Pacino's new movie Salomaybe? etc as well as representing many directors, producers and designers involved in theatre and film.
He also works as a casting consultant for a number of film/theatre production companies.
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Comment by David Hunt on May 21, 2009 at 3:03pm
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David Puckridge as edmund with Heather Rimington, Sheryl Miles & Jess Leavins as the Witches in rehearsal for Something Wicked This Way omes - May 2009
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Comment by David Hunt on May 17, 2009 at 7:33pm
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Act Now! Drama Company present SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES at The Greenwich Playhouse from July 7th - 12th.
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Comment by David Hunt on April 28, 2009 at 11:23pm
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ACT NOW! DRAMA COMPANY PRESENT A NEW ACTING COURSE
Act Now! Drama Company present a new exciting 10 week acting course taught by professional actor/director/tutor David Hunt exploring Improvisation, voice, movement, script, stage craft and devising exercises.
David Hunt trained at The Webber-Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. He has worked extensively as an actor in the West End, on tour and on TV and Radio. He has directed many productions in London venues and around the country and has worked as a tutor at Rose Bruford College and Dramascope Studios etc.
Classes commence on May 14th 2009 at Mycenae House, 90, Mycenae Road, Blackheath.
Time: 7.30pm - 10.00pm on Thursday evenings
Price £250 for 10 weeks. Fees can be paid in instalments.
Places subject to auditions.
If you are interested contact:
actnow@live.co.uk
for more details
Auditions take place in a West End location on Saturday May 2nd and Saturday May 9th between 10.00am - 2.00pm
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