6-month Screen Acting Part Time

Ireland’s most popular Screen Acting Part Time course is back for another term. Year on year it’s popularity increases due to the success of our graduates securing work on major Film and TV productions. This is afterall our ultimate aim.. giving you the tools to find and secure work within the industry.

The Six Month Screen Acting part time course is designed for those actors either starting out in the Film & TV Industry who are looking to get a better understanding of both the theoretical and practical elements of screen acting and for those with some experience but are looking to take their craft to the next level.  Run over 2 nights a week for 6 months, this intensive part-time course will delve into a variety of areas to teach actors the essential tools of screen acting and the chance to explore their potential.
Some of the topics covered include:

• Voice
• Character
• Combat
• Improvisation
• Self-Taping
• Audition Technique
• Movement
• Script Analysis and Interpretation
• Finding the Moment
• Ownership
• Alexander Technique

The philosophy, technique, and method for the Screen Acting part time course is overseen by Acting Coach, Voice Coach and Alexander Technique teacher Gerry Grennell whose clients have included Johnny Depp, Bruce Willis, Heath Ledger, Tom Cruise, Natalie Portman, Meryl Streep, Annie Hathaway, Oscar Isaac, Orlando Bloom, Marlon Brando, Sean Penn, Michael Gambon, and Heather Graham.

Using similar methods that form the basis of the main Programme for Screen Acting, participants will learn the basics of working with the camera and owning their environment. Sessions with experienced professionals,  access to shooting and screening facilities, coupled with practical hands-on training all contribute to pushing the actor to maximise their potential.

Main tutors on the course will include regular tutors on the Programme for Screen Acting including Acting Coach Gerry Grennell, Filmmaker Shimmy Marcus (Soulboy, Rhinos), Jay Cosgrave (Stunts), Deirdre Crean (Alexander Technique), Sarah Hone (Character), Kev O’Farrell (Camera), Lydia McGuinness (Scene Work), Helena Walsh (Voice), Mary Kate O’Flanagan (Script) and guests from the Film & TV industry.

This course is a fully immersive and holistic experience and participants may also avail of the full Bow Street facilities during their time on the course which includes Rehearsal Studios, Spotlight Casting Studio, Green Screen Studio, Media Room, Canteen and Common Room. Bow Street will become your home for the 6 months where you can shoot multiple self tapes, access our scenes library, and socialise with fellow students across all our courses where the conversation always leads to screen acting, new techniques, and the best place to get a coffee in the neighbourhood! 

The success of recent graduates from Bow Street is unparalleled and marks Bow Street out as the most in demand casting resource for Casting Directors. Jim Sheridan cast 20 Bow Street actors on his latest film ‘The Secret Scripture’ and recent graduates can be seen in recent productions like Cathy Brady’s ‘Can’t Cope Wont Cope’, ‘Striking Out” for RTÉ, ‘Vikings’, and multiple features including ‘A Date for Mad Mary’, ‘Cardboard Gangsters’, ‘Black 47’ and ‘Michael Inside’.

Employment of our graduates is our ultimate aim, and the hands-on practical nature of all our training prepares students for the real world of Film and TV.