How it works
MODULE ONE
MODULE 1 lasts ten weeks and will focus on developing your technique and actor's toolbox. You will explore different techniques, delve into some text work and end the term performing to your fellow coursemates.
MODULE 1 start dates: September, January, April, according to demand.
MODULE TWO
During MODULE 2, you will continue exploring and expanding your toolbox, culminating in a short performance to an invited audience.
MODULE 2 start dates: January and April, according to demand. You must have completed MODULE 1 in the respective Level in order to participate.
MODULE THREE
The focus of MODULE 3 will be rehearsals for our community end-of-year showcase.
MODULE 3 start dates: April. You must have completed MODULE 2 in the respective Level in order to participate.
Your Teachers
Jacey Schult - Advanced
Jacey Schult is an American actress who has been working professionally for the last six years. Jacey just moved to Belgium and is very excited to join The Bridge for their PLAY workshops. Previous credits include The Classic Theatre of Maryland’s: Macbeth (Lady Macbeth), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Titania/Hippolyta), Jane Eyre (Blanche Ingram/Bertha Mason/Ensemble), Murphy’s Creek Theatre’s: The Moors (Huldey), and Black Box Performing Arts Center’s: The Tempest (Trinculo). Jacey also worked with Pickles by Emerald Isle Theatre Company for two seasons. She traveled around France and Belgium bringing English language theatre to schools and holding workshops. She can’t wait to get started and meet the Advanced Acting students!
Petar Leventić - Intermediate
Petar Leventić graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. In 2004, he became a permanent member of the Zagreb Youth Theater. As an actor, he has participated in over sixty theatre productions, playing roles in a wide range of plays, from classical to contemporary. He has been part of many authors' projects and has also performed in musicals and dance productions. He has collaborated with some of the most prominent European theatre directors, including Árpád Schilling, Oliver Frljić, Rene Medvešek, Janusz Kica, and many others.
Desi Krsteva - Elementary
Desi graduated from the Theatre Department of New Bulgarian University. She is experienced in many different acting techniques, such as Stanislavski,
Meisner, Laban, Practical Aesthetics, the Chekhov Approach, Method Acting, Brechtian
Method, Meyerhold, and physical theatre.
Michelle Scott - Beginner
Michelle trained at the University of Cape Town. She has had a joyous career on stage and screen, with highlights including playing Mrs de Kok in the 2013 film Long Walk to Freedom, and getting to walk the red carpet at Cannes after playing Elena in the award-winning South African film, Skoonheid (Beauty).
Lucy Harwood - Beginner
Lucy trained in acting as Arts Educational London and National Youth Music Theatre. Credits include: The Tempest (Waterloo Theatre); The Snow Queen (Leicester Square Theatre); Hobson’s Choice (UK Tour); Songs For a New World (The Bridewell Theatre); West End Live; Jason Robert Brown in Concert (Shaftesbury Theatre); Antigone (ArtsEd)
She has many years of experience teaching drama to children and teens. She also has a BA in History from University of Birmingham, an MA in Rhetoric and Argumentation from University of Amsterdam (Distinction) and a Cambridge Certificate of Teaching English as a Foreign Language.
She brings all this experience to try and instil a love of language, story building, imagination and confidence in her students.