Actor Collective

21/05/2025

🎭 Join us for our very first Summer Acting Course🎭

For any questions or to register, please contact us at: [email protected]

19/10/2024

What Acting Can Teach Us About Truth with Darren Cheek

🌱 Saturday 23 November 1.30pm to 5.30pm
🌱 The Signal Box Community Centre, Cambridge CB2 8DB
🌱 £40 (£25 concessions)

Come join us for an engaging workshop exploring the intersection of acting and truth. Discover how the art of acting can deepen our understanding of authenticity, vulnerability, and honesty in our daily lives. Whether you're a performer, therapist or just curious, this event promises to be thought-provoking and inspiring.

Truth lies at the heart of healthy human living – but also at the heart of great acting practice. In this workshop, Damn Cheek Artistic Director Darren Cheek offers the chance to explore the interplay between those two arenas, and so appreciate both more fully.

Darren has been a professional actor, writer and director for over 20 years – and for 14 of those years he’s also been a practising psychotherapist. He continues to be enthralled, inspired and fascinated by just how closely therapeutic theories of ‘healthy, authentic, actualised’ living coexist with performance theories and practices of ‘great, real, true‘ acting.

Actor Collective is the kind and friendly community in Cambridge where actors learn from the best, connect and grow together. Events run once a month and feature an expert speaker, talking about acting and leading activities. All this is bookended by relaxed, friendly socialising and networking. Come along to hear people's stories and learn about the variety of forms acting can take.

Darren ran a very popular event for us in December 2023 and is returning to run a longer, four-hour workshop to dive deeper into the topic.

No acting experience necessary.

Come learn how the art of acting can help us discover deeper truths about ourselves and those around us

17/05/2024

Come and learn the fundamentals of the technique taught by Sanford Meisner to some of Hollywood's biggest stars over the course of 60 years.

Living truthfully under imaginary circumstances’ was Sanford Meisner’s definition of acting. Meisner based his technique on three principles: repetition, emotional preparation, and improvisation (authenticity). In this workshop we will focus on how the technique develops listening skills, instinctive responses, and keeping the focus on our scene partner rather than ourselves.

Martin trained as an actor at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, graduating with a distinction from the 3-year BA Acting course. He went on to work extensively in TV, film, theatre and radio. Having studied a variety of methods and techniques at Central, he always returns to the simplicity of the Meisner Technique in both his own process, and how he prefers to teach.

Actor Collective is the kind and friendly community in Cambridge where actors learn from the best, connect and grow together. Events run once a month and feature an expert speaker, talking about acting and leading activities. All this is bookended by relaxed, friendly socialising and networking. Come along to hear people's stories and learn about the variety of forms acting can take.

All actors are welcome, whether amateur or professional, experienced or just starting out.

🌱 Thursday 23 May 7pm to 9pm
🌱 The Signal Box Community Centre, 82 Glenalmond Avenue, Cambridge CB2 8DB
🌱 Free (£0)

Come and learn the fundamentals of the technique taught by Sanford Meisner to some of Hollywoods biggest stars, over the course of 60 years. Martin trained as an Actor at

13/05/2024

Delighted to have Martin Maynard with Actor Collective for another exciting workshop. Come join!
https://www.meetup.com/actor-collective/events/300909618/

07/03/2024

Playback Theatre with Avner Karasik

🌱 Tuesday 19 March 7pm to 9pm
🌱 The Signal Box Community Centre, 82 Glenalmond Avenue, Cambridge CB2 8DB
🌱 Free (£0)

Welcome to the world of Playback Theatre, a unique form of improvisational theatre where our everyday stories – whether light or heartfelt, simple or significant – come to life and are magically recreated on stage.

In this workshop we will explore the core elements of Playback, such as storytelling, movement, communication, and various improv techniques, practice different playback formats, and, most importantly, have a great time!

Avner is a scientist and improviser who's been involved with Playback Theatre since 2014. He's been teaching Playback since 2021.

Actor Collective is the kind and friendly community in Cambridge where actors learn from the best, connect and grow together. Events run once a month and feature an expert speaker, talking about acting and leading activities. All this is bookended by relaxed, friendly socialising and networking. Come along to hear people's stories and learn about the variety of forms acting can take.

All actors are welcome, whether amateur or professional, experienced or just starting out.

Welcome to the world of Playback Theatre, a unique form of improvisational theatre where our everyday stories – whether light or heartfelt, simple or significant – come to

07/09/2023

Moving Space with David Hicks

🌱 Saturday 16 September 7pm to 9pm
🌱 Thrive Cafe, 5-7 Norfolk St, Cambridge CB1 2LD
🌱 Free (£0)

A movement based experiential workshop exploring space, stillness and interaction with others.

Originally trained in yoga in the 1970s, David has a life-long interest in music and somatic movement and its relationship to performance art, dance, mime and theatre. He trained in physical theatre and mime with Jacques Lecoq and Philippe Gaulier in Paris, and with many talented and wise individuals and musicians since those early days.

Actor Collective is the kind and friendly community in Cambridge where actors learn from the best, connect and grow together. Events run once a month and feature an expert speaker, talking about acting and leading activities. All this is bookended by relaxed, friendly socialising and networking. Come along to hear people's stories and learn about the variety of forms acting can take.

All actors are welcome, whether amateur or professional, experienced or just starting out.

**A movement based experiential workshop exploring space, stillness and interaction with others.** Originally trained in yoga in the 1970s, David has a life-long interest

09/07/2023

Theatre for Wellbeing
Free workshop at Thrive plant-based cafe, bistro & venue
Sat 15th July 7pm
Checkout this Meetup with Actor Collective Cambridge:

Do you feel like the world goes way too fast and that you can barely keep the pace? Would you like it all to stop for second so you can step out, take a good look, and actu

08/06/2023

Introduction to Improvisation with Jack Sullivan

🌱 Friday 23 June 7pm to 9pm
🌱 Thrive Cafe, 5-7 Norfolk St, Cambridge CB1 2LD
🌱 Free (£0)

Improvisation encourages you to live in the moment, work together and listen to each other, skills that can be applied in all walks of life. Learn how to be creative, spontaneous and co-operative on stage in an encouraging and pressure-free environment.

This is a group session for adults, where no previous improv experience is necessary. The aim of the session is to introduce you to the basics of improvisation: saying yes, listening and building on each others ideas, and how these skills can help you on stage and in life.

Jack Sullivan has been performing and coaching improvised comedy for six years. He currently runs a monthly improvised comedy show with Non-De-Script in Cambridge, as well as performing regularly with Cambridge Improv Factory and The Cambridge Impronauts.

Actor Collective is the kind and friendly community in Cambridge where actors learn from the best, connect and grow together.

Events run once a month and feature an expert speaker, talking about acting and leading activities. All this is bookended by relaxed, friendly socialising and networking. Come along to hear people's stories and learn about the variety of forms acting can take.

All actors are welcome, whether amateur or professional, experienced or just starting out.

Book your free place:

Improvisation encourages you to live in the moment, work together and listen to each other, skills that can be applied in all walks of life. Learn how to be creative, spont

20/04/2023

Puppets and You with Jo Bryant

🌱 Friday 28 April 7pm to 9pm
🌱 Thrive Cafe, 5-7 Norfolk St, Cambridge CB1 2LD
🌱 Free (£0)

Can a puppet serve as a personal muse and source of creative inspiration, hand in hand with performance? Join Jo Bryant to find out the answer to this question while experimenting with various techniques to bring a puppet to life.

This is a group session for adults, where no previous puppetry experience is needed (but always welcome) and the session aim is to interact at a level that suits you on the day. The best bit is that you can take your new puppet pal home with you at the end of the night.

Jo Bryant runs The Hands-On Company (thehands-oncompany.co.uk) where interactive puppetry and drama are at the heart of brightening up people’s day.

Actor Collective is the kind and friendly community in Cambridge where actors learn from the best, connect and grow together.

Events run once a month and feature an expert speaker, talking about acting and leading activities. All this is bookended by relaxed, friendly socialising and networking. Come along to hear people's stories and learn about the variety of forms acting can take.

All actors are welcome, whether amateur or professional, experienced or just starting out.

Book your free place:
https://www.meetup.com/actor-collective/events/292663456/

Can a puppet serve as a personal muse and source of creative inspiration, hand in hand with performance? Join Jo Bryant to find out the answer to this question while experi

04/02/2023

Our next meetup is here! Friday 10th February 🎭
Checkout this Meetup with Actor Collective Cambridge: Checkout this Meetup with Actor Collective Cambridge:

Actor and director Rosina Piovani shares the theories and practices of physical theatre experts Jacques Lecoq and Yoshi Oida. Jacques Lecoq was a French stage actor and ac

22/01/2023

Actor Collective is the kind and friendly community in Cambridge where actors learn from the best, connect and grow together.

Events run once a month and feature an expert speaker, talking about acting and sometimes leading activities. All this is bookended by relaxed, friendly socialising and networking. Come along to hear people's stories and learn about the variety of forms acting can take.

All actors are welcome, whether amateur or professional.

Feel free to suggest new speakers - including yourself!