How to become an actor?
Geoffrey Colman discusses drama schools as he continues his series of Essays on acting.
Geoffrey Colman asks what students learn in drama schools, as he continues his series of Essays on acting.
Geoffrey is an acting coach, educator, broadcaster and former professor of acting at the Royal Central School of Speech of Drama, and in this series of Essays he takes listeners inside the rehearsal rooms and onto the stages of his professional life to address key questions about acting.
In this second Essay Geoffrey asks what students learn in drama schools. Taking us inside the rehearsal rooms and drama school auditions of his professional life, he'll show how the history of acting tuition continues to inform practice today. But he also reveals how recent movements have upended some of that received wisdom, and challenged the intensely personal way in which graduates are assessed.
Producer: Giles Edwards
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