Liam - Acting tutor - London
1st lesson free
Liam - Acting tutor - London

One of our best tutors. Quality profile, experience in their field, verified qualifications and a great response time. Liam will be happy to arrange your first Acting lesson.

Liam

One of our best tutors. Quality profile, experience in their field, verified qualifications and a great response time. Liam will be happy to arrange your first Acting lesson.

  • Rate $103
  • Response 4h
  • Students

    Number of students Liam has accompanied since arriving at Superprof

    50+

    Number of students Liam has accompanied since arriving at Superprof

Liam - Acting tutor - London
  • 5 (17 reviews)

$103/hr

1st lesson free

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1st lesson free

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  • Acting
  • Improvisational theatre
  • Drama School Entrance
  • LAMDA Exams Preparation

Graduate from top London drama school and professional actor teaching Acting, Communication and Presentation Skills, Public Speaking, Accent reduction, and Elocution.

  • Acting
  • Improvisational theatre
  • Drama School Entrance
  • LAMDA Exams Preparation

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One of our best tutors. Quality profile, experience in their field, verified qualifications and a great response time. Liam will be happy to arrange your first Acting lesson.

About Liam

I graduated with a 1st from the BA honours degree course in acting from one of the top drama schools in the UK, Italia Conti. I am a professional actor who has worked on stage in theatre and on-screen with a wide range of texts, classical and contemporary.

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About the lesson

  • Advanced
  • Professional
  • Beginner
  • +1
  • levels :

    Advanced

    Professional

    Beginner

    Intermediate

  • English

All languages in which the lesson is available :

English

Book a free half hour consultation meeting here or read on for more: (concealed information) Hello! Whether you’re looking to go to drama school and find an agent or you’re a total beginner wondering if it’s even something you’d enjoy, I can give you the tools and guidance to developing your career or simply share with you the delights of acting. Learn how to read a script and bring a character to life, how to present yourself to the market, to agents, to castings, at auditions; headshots, showreels, your actors cv. Ideal for Drama school applicants, LAMDA exam preparation, hobbyists, amateurs looking to enhance their skills, professionals seeking the next steps in their career. Training includes: -How to build three dimensional characters based on the given text contemporary or classical, from Eastenders to Shakespeare. -The foundation of naturalistic acting created by Stanislavski and focusing particularly on his 7 questions, later developed further by Uta Hagen. -How to read and perform Shakespeare and the literary devices he uses. Metre, alliteration, caesura, the structure of verse and prose and how it relates to performance, antithesis and more. -The differences between screen acting and acting for the stage. -Vocal and physical mastery. Understanding and developing the actors toolkit: Breath, articulation, projection, enunciation, physicality, releasing tension. -Improvisation -Market awareness. To build a character it is best to be able to take yourself to a neutral state. A blank slate from which a new personality can arise. To do this you must learn to understand yourself and the things that make you 'you'. This will also be important later on for taking direction and for finding what castings will best suit you. This doesn’t mean you are pigeon-holing yourself and becoming type-cast. This will enable you to make characters that are unique to you, which is what casting directors are really after. Book your first free half hour intro session and we can set you off on the right path: (concealed information) Liam

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  • $103

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  • 5h: $479
  • 10h: $912

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  • $103/h

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The first lesson with Liam will allow you to get to know each other and discuss your needs for future lessons.

  • 30mins

Learn more about Liam

Learn more about Liam

  • When did you start practicing? How did this passion find you?

    My brother and I would watch movies over and over and do impressions of the characters. I enjoyed doing theatre at school so I went to drama school in London at Italia Conti for the 3 year BA in Acting. In-between acting jobs I wanted to do something other than tending a bar so I started teaching. Now I still do impressions but it's to help people change their voice.
  • Which artists or works affect you the most?

    Jim Carrey movies were usually top of my brother and I's list of favourites. All the big names like Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Marlon Brando. Ian Mckellen made me fall in love with Shakespeare which was a whole new challenge to my speaking skills.

    I also really like science, philosophy and psychology. Einstein, Stoic philosophy, Carl Jung aswell as modern practitioners. Alan Watts would be at my dinner table of top 5 guests along with Jesus, Muhammed Ali, Marcus Aurelius and Jim Carrey.
  • What are the qualities and skills required to succeed in this area?

    Practice all the time. Practice with intensity and laser like focus then the rest of the time you speak to anybody try to focus on one area of your voice eg: speak a little slower, or a little louder, or try to nail the ah "bath" vowel.

    You will only continue to do this however if it is something you truly and strongly desire to change in your life. In the words of Miyamoto Musashi "It may seem difficult at first but everything is difficult at first."
  • What is the most valuable advice you can give to help someone stay focused on creative projects?

    Don't lock yourself into one idea, one story, one concept. When things feel stale, change them. I like Stephen King's analogy of killing your darlings.
  • How would you describe your passion; how does it make you feel?

    When we are born we have no filter. We feel and express ourselves however we want to without giving it a second thought. People always say they miss the freedom of their childhood. When we grow up we learn to hide parts of ourselves that would endanger us. When I perform, whether it be acting or public speaking, I feel that freedom again.
  • What creative achievements are you particularly proud of?

    I've written and filmed the first few episodes of a children's story in the form of a poem. I've got another two parts written and working on the rest.
  • Have you ever been surprised by a student; by their ability or quick progression?

    Often. Sometimes we get through several lessons and we've tried a number of exercises and then do something as simple as changing where he holds his hands when he speaks and it creates a drastic transformation in the way he comes across. Or a student with a strong accent says something in a perfect RP accent and they seem like a different person.
  • Being a Superprof is an art! What is your secret?

    Listen to the students. Sometimes you feel you know exactly what they need to do. But if they can't connect with what you're telling them or they are resistant then maybe it's not right for them. Occasionally letting them lead may not seem like the best thing for them in the long term but if before you know it you can happen on something they're really benefiting from and then growth comes a lot quicker.
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