Group Coaching
Confidence | Ease |Voice | Acting | Between Habits & Beliefs
The Confident Actor: Building Confidence & Ease
Do you find that you are held back in your acting by lack of confidence or by tension or by both? Do you have a loud inner critic trashing everything you do? Do you find you become self conscious in auditions and even in classes in a way that stops you doing your best work. Do you suffer from nerves or performance anxiety?
Then join me for the six week course. You will learn tools to manage lack of confidence, nerves and anxiety, self consciousness and physical tension so that you can access confidence and ease even in the most difficult situations and feel free to create and play.
"Barbara is a passionate teacher and, as an actor new to the stage, there was no better person to be working with…She is an inspiring teacher, I continue to work with her, as I find her a hugely motivating force in my work." - Dan Radcliffe
Theatre Deli - 107, Leadenhall Street, EC3A 4AF
September 19 & 26
October 3, 10, 17, 31
2:15 PM - 4:45 PM
The Authentic Actor: Finding Your Voice
Do you find that your voice tires when performing? Do you find your voice strains when you have to scream or shout in rehearsals or performance? Do you find your voice lacks power or range? Do you feel your voice is restricted by tension in your jaw or throat?
Then join me for this six week course. You will gain a practical understanding of how the voice works so you can use all voice exercises safely. You will learn the basics of support, range and clarity in a way that retains your authenticity so that use your voice safely, powerfully and expressively.
I rate her as one of the best voice coaches I have come across .. Incisive .. Instinctive ..Specific ..and a great enabler ...I feel very lucky to know her and be able to work with her. -Clive Owen
‘What I love so much about Barbara's work is her understanding of the voice not only as a performance tool but as door to a person's culture, their upbringing and the story of who they are. She is the best of the best.’ -Cush Jumbo
Theatre Deli - 107, Leadenhall Street, EC3A 4AF
September 20 & 27
October 11 & 18
November 1 & 8
7:15 PM - 9:45 PM
The Skillful Actor: Building Your Actor’s Toolkit
Do you feel you have no clear way of working on a speech, scene or character whether for a self tape, live audition, rehearsals or filming? Or do you feel that you have so many ways of working that you now feel overwhelmed? Would you like a clear method which you can customise to build your own personal toolkit?
Then join me for this six week course. We will build key tools in relation to breaking down a speech or scene and making the text your own, finding subtextual shifts so that you can approach any text with confidence an begin to build a nuanced performance that is both deeply truthful and highly engaging.
Barbara's work starts with voice, passes through the physical and results in a character. Her teaching helps total performance - Jude Law
Theatre Deli - 107, Leadenhall Street, EC3A 4AF
November 7, 14, 21 & 28
December 5 & 14
2:15 PM - 4:45 PM
The Inner A-Lister: Clearing Limiting Habits & Beliefs
Do you feel that you are held back by limiting habits and beliefs? Do you feel hampered by anxiety and stress or by low mood and lack of motivation? Have you tried many ways to resolves these issues?
Then join me for this five week course. Working with the felt sensations in the body rather than at the level of thought or emotion you will learn how to rewire your nervous systems and begin to unwind limiting habits and beliefs so you can live from your true, expansive, present self rather than your past limited self.
I've been able to use my breath to let my body know that it's safe. Focusing on the 'good place' and using my breath to calm my nervous system has been a game changer in my life - Marged
The sessions enabled me to revisit long past emotional/traumatic incidents safely, so that I now viewed them from fresh and curiously more sensitive perspectives. Consequently, I have felt better able to move on with my life and embrace change - Peter
The sessions have really been transformative…They have helped guide my choices in terms of who I spend my time with and where I want my energy to be - Molly
The act of stillness and recognition of okay-ness has helped me find a general ease day to day - Anna