Do you want to get out of your head?
Are you looking for a reliable, practical acting technique?
Are you looking for a deeply joyful, authentic process that allows you to become fully present in your body and responsive to your partner?
Do you want to revive the love you have for your craft with one of the industry’s leading teachers?
Our part-time, year-long Meisner training follows a modular format that allows the actor to sign up for one, two, or all three modules at the outset – or to pick up subsequent modules later if their circumstances change.
The course is designed to give you all the information you need during one weekday session plus the Saturday session. You are, however, welcome to attend all three sessions each week. Our focus is on offering you high quality information rather than the quantity of time we take to do it, so classes may run longer or shorter on occasion.
We offer entry points in January and October each year. The training is flexible to accommodate the unpredictable nature of an actor's career and personal life; you can defer modules after starting the program to align with new projects, roles, or necessary breaks, ensuring a balance between professional commitments and your learning journey.
Instructor
Length
24 weeks
8 weeks per module
Sessions
2 – 3 per week
Time
Dates
See below for specific session dates and times
Begins
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Ends
Thursday, July 25, 2024
Location
London
UK
Venue
Calder Bookshop & Theatre
51 The Cut, London SE1
Cost
£3,100 – £3,400
Refer to payment options below.
Please ensure you read our payments and refunds policy carefully before applying.
Living Truthfully covers our Meisner-rooted Technique, giving you a deep and experiential grounding in its analysis and exercises, focusing on those which bring you into 'the moment.'
24 sessions over 8 weeks
The Given Set of Circumstances takes the Technique forward into work with 'the givens' of performance, including investing in the realities of doing — the heart of any actor's work.
24 sessions over 8 weeks
Students must have completed Module 1
A State of Aliveness takes your work into text, from the first reading and text analysis, through to rehearsal techniques, culminating in a performance of scenes for an invited audience.
24 sessions over 8 weeks
Students must have completed Modules 1 & 2
Living Truthfully covers our Meisner-rooted Technique, giving you a deep and experiential grounding in its analysis and exercises, focusing on those which bring you into 'the moment.'
6 sessions over 6 weeks
The Given Set of Circumstances takes the Technique forward into work with 'the givens' of performance, including investing in the realities of doing — the heart of any actor's work.
6 sessions over 6 weeks
Students must have completed Module 1
A State of Aliveness takes your work into text, from the first reading and text analysis, through to rehearsal techniques, culminating in a performance of scenes for an invited audience.
6 sessions over 6 weeks
Students must have completed Modules 1 & 2
Option
1
£250 deposit
to secure your place
+
£2,850
due two weeks before the course
Total
Per module
£3,100
£250 off full price
£250 off full price
Option
1
£250 deposit
to secure your place
+
12x monthly payments of £258.30
4x payments per module
Total
Per module
£3,350
£50 off full price
£50 off full price
Option
1
£250 deposit
for first module only
+
£1,050 per module
due two weeks before each module
Total
Per module
£1,050
Total course price: £3,400
Total course price: £3,400
24 sessions over 8 weeks
January 10, 2025
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March 1, 2025
24 sessions over 8 weeks
Students must have completed Module 1
April 3, 2025
—
May 31, 2025
24 sessions over 8 weeks
Students must have completed Modules 1 & 2
April 4, 2025
—
May 31, 2025
24 sessions over 8 weeks
Students must have completed Modules 1 & 2
October 1, 2025
—
November 29, 2025
Note: No classes will run October 22 - 25
24 sessions over 8 weeks
October 1, 2025
—
November 29, 2025
Note: No classes will run October 22 - 25
We schedule informal chats to get to know prospective students, helping us understand your background and interests. Simply fill out the questionnaire below, and our administrator, Erica Chestnut will set up a casual conversation with Scott.
After this chat, an offer letter will be sent, detailing all dates, expectations, and payment options to register your place.
Please read through our terms and conditions before applying.
Existing students can apply at the link below.
There are 3 sessions in total - an afternoon and evening session on a weekday, and a Saturday class. New information is introduced on the Saturday. We suggest attending all 3 to get the most out of the training, but understand that is not always possible, in which case you could attend one of the single weekday sessions (3.30pm or 6pm) and the Saturday. It is not advised to miss the Saturday session.
Once you have signed up and paid your deposit, you have access to all three modules at a time that suits you. Whilst most people tend to do their 3 modules one after the other, occasionally an actor may book a job, or life happens, and you need to put it on hold. Let us know that you need to defer, and when you would like to jump back in, and we will find a place for you.
We use Wise for our international payments, and can accept payments by card and/or in Euros and US and Australian dollars as well as sterling. Contact us if you wish to pay in another currency. Read more about paying by credit card with Wise.
The course is divided into three modules of eight weeks each. The course is designed to give you all the information you need during one weekday session plus the Saturday session. You are, however, welcome to attend both weekday sessions depending on your availability. Our focus is on offering you high quality information rather than the quantity of time we take to do it, so classes may run longer or shorter on occasion.
The course is designed and taught by Impulse Artistic Director Scott Williams with occasional substitution, principally by Trine Garrett, Jacqui-Lee Pryce or Michael Gilhooley.
Class sizes vary from year to year but are unlikely to consist of more than 20 people. Between eight and 15 has been the average over the 20 years we’ve been running the course.
Because the Technique is experiential, classes are practical and are, we believe, unique in the amount of personal tuition and feedback you’ll receive.
The majority of students will begin with Module 1, Living Truthfully. Even if you’ve done an introductory course with us, or elsewhere, it can only give you a flavour of what the Technique can deliver.
Students who have already have a significant body of experience with The Impulse Company may begin with either Module 2 – The Given Set of Circumstances – or Module 3 – A State of Aliveness, using it as a showcase opportunity, with Scott’s agreement.
We use Wise for our international payments, and can accept payments by card and/or in Euros and US and Australian dollars as well as sterling. Contact us if you wish to pay in another currency. Read more about paying by credit card with Wise.
Class sizes vary from year to year but are unlikely to consist of more than 20 people. Between eight and 15 has been the average over the 20 years we’ve been running the course.
Because the Technique is experiential, classes are practical and are, we believe, unique in the amount of personal tuition and feedback you’ll receive.
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Scott Williams' teaching completely transformed and liberated me as an actor. Prior to working with Scott I had trained with many different teachers and many different techniques. Nothing came close to the clarity and power of Scott's work. Much of what I had learnt, prior to Scott, left me confused and unsure as an actor, incapable of approaching a role with confidence. Scott's work was like a cloud being lifted on the whole 'mystery' around acting and I could finally see 'the wood for the trees'! I walked away with a very sound technique, and as a result of that, a confidence in my talent which, up until that point, had always been very shaky at best. I developed a real trust in my instincts, an ability to bravely release myself into the work, to explore and discover. Before Scott, I had heard time and again 'be in the moment' yet no one could effectively explain what that actually meant, and more importantly how, as an actor, I could achieve that. If you get the opportunity to learn under Scott Williams, jump at the chance! It will be the best ever investment in your craft.
Matt Minto
Actor
The Bad Seed, Shortland Street, The Blue Rose
