EVERY TUESDAY * FROM 28th April to 7th July 2026
*Please note there is no session on Tuesday 26th May. The session on 7th July will be delivered offsite.
Acting Lab is a series of weekly acting classes for adults
The Lab is a fun, engaging and safe place to develop the performance skills you already have and discover new ones. Over the course of ten weeks we work together to develop confidence and technique by exploring script work, improvisation and different styles of theatre. Acting Lab provides a supportive and encouraging environment suitable for all, regardless of experience.
You will:
– Learn and refine acting technique.
– Develop key skills in listening, connecting, improvising and using your body and voice expressively.
– Experience being part of an ensemble; developing your theatrical sensitivity and ability to work collaboratively.
– Sharpen your understanding of what makes drama dramatic through script analysis, enhancing and illuminating your experience of theatre.
– Have a lot of fun.
Kate Pasco is a freelance director, theatre & movement maker and facilitator based in the South West. She has extensive experience in making and directing theatre for family audiences, with young people and within community groups. Kate currently works on a regular basis with Tobacco Factory Theatres, Bristol Old Vic, Travelling Light Theatre, National Theatre Connections, and The Egg theatre.
Recent directing credits include: Antarctica (As associate dir, Bristol Old Vic/Little Bulb 2025), Tea & Tales (Tobacco Factory Theatres, 2025), Not Now Bernard R&D (Roustabout Theatre, 2025), The Bradford Progress (community engagement dir, BD25 & Paraorchestra, 2025), The Bear (As associate dir, Waterside Arts 2024, & MAC 2022, Pins & Needles Productions), Spitfire Girls R&D (As assistant dir, National Theatre Studios, Tilted Wig 2024)
- RUNNING TIME1 hour 30 minutes
- AGE RECOMMENDATION18+
- TICKETS£145 | £115 (Pay what you choose)
- VENUESpielman Theatre
There is a 6pm session & an 8pm session. Please book whichever time slot is more suitable for you.
Pay What You Choose (PWYC)
By joining, you sign up for the whole term and can choose to pay £14.50 or £11.50 per session, which works out as £145 or £115 for the full term. The subsidised option is intended for those from low income households. We also have bursary places available for people facing financial difficulty. It is important to us that anyone who wants to take part can do so. If you would like to apply for a bursary place, please email getinvolved@tobaccofactorytheatres.com.
To sign up and pay for the full term up front, click the ‘Buy Tickets’ button above.
PLEASE NOTE when booking you will only see the first date of the sessions. By booking you are committing to all sessions as per the dates above. We are unable to offer refunds for places unless we have a waiting list for that particular class and are able to resell the place. For further information, please see our refund policy here.
