Short Courses / Acting
Acting - Level 3
10 weeks
This course is a follow on from the Acting - Level 2 course.
Overview
Acting Level 3 is a scene-study intensive designed for students who have completed Levels 1 and 2. It challenges you to integrate all prior training and elevate your ability to deliver truthful, compelling performances via intensive practical, applied workshops led by The Lir Academy's Director of Short Courses, Roger Evans.
This 10-week course centres on intensive scene work, using contemporary scripts to challenge actors to integrate emotional truth, physical specificity, imaginative choices, and moment-to-moment spontaneity. Through continuous practical rehearsals, you will increase your ability to develop character depth, relational dynamics, and will gain new understanding of high-stakes storytelling. You will investigate how internal impulses shape external behaviour, how physical choices deepen the emotional world, and how ensemble awareness elevates the entire scene. You will gain a greater understanding of improvisation, and how you can use it to unlock freedom and boldness in your performance, while using enhanced physical approaches to sharpen your responsiveness and presence. T
The final weeks focus on rehearsing and presenting a polished, professional standard scene which reflects your growth across all levels of the programme including your ability to engage with given circumstances, working as an ensemble, developing a character, using physicality to deepen the emotional world, unlocking freedom and boldness through improv, analysing and understanding text and subtext and making bold, specific and fully integrated performance choices. Level 3 pushes actors toward a more sophisticated, connected, and confident performance style—helping you move from “understanding the tools” to embodying the craft.
Suitable For
This course is for students who have completed Acting Level 2 or equivalent intermediate training. Applicants should already be comfortable with:
- Working with objectives, actions, subtext, and character analysis.
- Physical and spatial awareness in performance.
- Building characters and relationships through improvisation.
- Integrating multiple approaches into cohesive scene work.
Tutor Profile click to
Roger Evans is the Director of Short Courses at The Lir Academy and a highly accomplished actor and educator. A graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, he also holds an MA in Actor Training and Coaching from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
Roger’s acting career spans major theatres including the Royal Court, The National Theatre, Shakespeare’s Globe, the Donmar Warehouse, the Almeida, the Bush Theatre, the Gate, as well as numerous venues across the UK, Europe, Asia, and the US. His screen work is equally extensive, with performances in film and television under acclaimed directors such as Kathy Burke, Joe Wright, Mike Leigh, and David Yates.
As the tutor for the Level 3 Acting class, Roger brings deep industry experience and a passion for actor development, creating a rigorous, supportive environment where students can expand their craft and grow as confident, imaginative performers.
