Immediate Acting

Immediate Acting Technique is a uniquely designed action-based psycho-physical technique created to meet the needs of 21st century actors by incorporating both time-tested as well as new and innovative approaches to acting. This technique offers you, the professional actor, the ability to “deconstruct” the character so that you can "reconstruct" that same character in your own image. Using the Meisner Repetition Game as a base, this is accomplished through a carefully integrated balance of character research, text analysis, and impulse-driven improvisations, along with a variety of new and innovative rehearsal methods as we work through practical text-based monologues and scenes.

Unlike other approaches to acting, Immediate Acting Technique provides the professional actor with a unique way to immediately utilise and sustain the full range of physical, vocal, intellectual, and emotional aspects of the character through a specialised process of "active listening" followed by a "spontaneous and justified response." This comprehensive yet concise process allows the professional actor the ability to divest themselves of editors that hinder their performance, so they can access their creative impulses directly and without inhibition.

Principles of Immediate Acting are applicable to all manner of character types, from straight-forward and perhaps relatively formulaic characters, to more substantial characters of depth and complexity. Immediate Acting is ideal for all genres and formats, from classical to contemporary, from comedy to drama, whether on stage or on screen. As a psycho-physical technique it addresses both the psychological aspects of character as well as the physical/vocal aspects and offers the actor a distinctive way to incorporate both.

Immediate Acting is perfectly suited to the needs and conditions of today’s professional actor. It is flexible enough to integrate well with the various ways in which actors currently work, while also able to adapt to both long-term and short-term preparation timeframes, giving the professional actor the opportunity to create a genuine living, breathing character rooted in truth. This ultimately results in a performance of impact and authenticity that remains memorable to audiences long after the curtain closes.