Working With Directors - Micheal Oakley

How much preparation should an actor do before rehearsals? How brave can an actor be in the rehearsal room? What choices does a director expect the actor to make and are they allowed to make them? What happens when an actor and director disagree? This workshop looks at the relationship between actor and director in the rehearsal room and beyond. It starts with how a director gets a play onstage in the first place, how the company is assembled and an exploration of the working relationships which are forged for performers both inside and outside the rehearsal room.

About Workshop Leader:

Michael Oakley (He/Him) is an award winning theatre director productions include Gin Craze! (Royal & Derngate); Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing (PSwDB, Shakespeare’s Globe). Wuthering Heights (Lamplighter); NOF*CKSGIVEN (Vaults Festival); Infamous, About Leo (Jermyn Street); Private Lives, As You Like It (OSC); William Wordsworth (Theatre by the Lake/ETT); A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur (Print Room at the Coronet); The Invisible (Bush Theatre); The Life and Times of Fanny Hill (Bristol Old Vic/Lamplighter); Variation on a Theme (Finborough Theatre); Playhouse Creatures (Chichester Festival Theatre); The Changeling (Southwark Playhouse); Edward II (BAC). Wilderness (LAMDA); Citysong, The Seagull, The Threepenny Opera, All My Sons, The Country Wife (East15 Acting School); Julius Caesar, Cymbeline (LIPA). Michael was Trainee Director in Residence at Chichester and a recipient of the prestigious JMK Award for young directors.

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This event is held in Spotlight's new spaces at 16 Garrick Street. The rooms are accessible from street level with a lift from the ground floor to the 3rd floor.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Spotlight, 16 Garrick Street, London, United Kingdom