Acting Spanish TheatreCourse description

The courses are intended for practising and improving acting techniques or for acting in English, with Jorge de Juan and Andy Dickinson, directors of the Spanish Theatre Company. Their open and monthly courses, starting in January, in Instituto Cervantes London, are subsidised by the company.

The monthly courses taught by Jorge de Juan and Andy Dickinson are for trained actors, with a course for beginners in Spanish. In both they work monologues and scenes from classic, modern and contemporary Spanish and Latin American plays.

“Breathing for Acting” forms the foundation of their work, using the text as the point ofdeparture. Searching for the emotion and the character through something as physical as the breath and working on different texts, as soon as the student enters the class, they cater for the necessities of each actor or actress.

Andy Dickinson teaches his acting in English classes through scenes and monologues. The actors work on their pronunciation and prepare for the company’s dramatised readings or productions (which may be in English); or for the castings which many go to. The language level is that of many Spanish actors who have moved to London. Jorge de Juan usually attends Andy’s classes, and works on some of the scenes.

The dynamic is one of constant training that leads to a solid foundation in the case ofbeginners, and a continual professional practise for those with more experience. Every three months showcases are produced to share the students’ work with the general public.

Several students have been in the first and second Dramatised Reading which were performed in Southwark Playhouse to ‘Sold Out’ audiences. This is one of the attractions of the course: the most outstanding students may participate in STC’s readings and productions.

Dates7 - 8, 14 - 15, 21 - 22, 28 - 1 (March) February (courses run on a monthly basis)

Days, times and feesA) Group class in English Saturdays 10 – 12. 30pm £125B) Group class in Spanish Saturdays 1 – 3.30pm £125C) Group class in Spanish Sundays 10 – 12. 30pm £125

Discount (20%) for A + B £200

Maximum 12 students per class

Enrolmentcultlon1@cervantes.es

Jorge De Juan

The Acting in Spanish course will be taught by Jorge de Juan, Artistic Director of the Spanish Theatre Company. Jorge is a Spanish actor, producer, and director. He graduated at RESAD in Madrid and has a Diploma in Direction and Production from the British Theatre Association, London.

His more than 30 films and television series (with 14 leading roles) have led to him having strong audiovisual experience, as much with Spanish directors as foreign. He has played the lead in 12 of the more than 20 plays that he has appeared in; and he has directed and produced a number of theatre productions as well as films for the cinema.

Winner of the Best Actor Francisco Rabal film prize for The Best of Times, and the Turia Prize for his protagonist role in the theatre play The Women in Black. He was Sir IanMcKellen’s assistant on ‘Acting Shakespeare’ in the Teatro Español, Madrid. He trained with Clifford Williams, Ron Daniels, and Michael McCallion in England.

Andy Dickinson

Andy is a director, producer, translator, novelist and TEFL qualified teacher. He has a First Class BA Hons in English Literature, a PGDip in Theatre/Playwriting, and an MA in Creative Writing.

In May this year he directed ‘Scottish Widows’ by the Olivier Award Winning playwright, Grae Cleugh, which was published by Oberon in November. Besides, he has directed an episode of his own sitcom in development ‘Warthogs’, and one of his own monologues ‘Larisa’. He is the translator of the play ‘I am Don Quixote of La Mancha’ by José Ramón Fernández. He published his novel ‘The Thinker’ at the end of 2012.

Andy Dickinson is a Producer and Director of the Spanish Theatre Company.

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