Actor’s Gyms are a space for actors at all stages of experience to explore, play and grow.
These workshops use published plays as a foundation to dive into new skills, explore some text and work your acting muscle in a supportive environment.
Copies of the script will be circulated with attendees 48 hours before each session.
Location: Cardiff (Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama)
Director: Alice Eklund
Sign-up deadline: Wednesday 3 February, 5pm
Text: TBC
Alice Eklund is a Wales-based Director, Dramaturg and Creative Practitioner specialising in new musicals, actor-musician work and contemporary new writing, often with a bold bilingual (Welsh/English) edge. A Welsh-speaking, queer and disabled artist, she is passionate about developing ambitious, punchy work that balances intensity while keeping people at its heart, championing access, representation and unheard voices. Her practice centres on people-first processes, with a focus on women-led, queer-led and disabled-led stories. She has collaborated with organisations including Sherman Theatre, Theatr Cymru, Theatr Clwyd and Wales Millennium Centre and was the inaugural Literary Associate at the Sherman Theatre. She has been a visiting lecturer and director at RWCMD and Trinity Laban, and has served on industry panels, including BEAM, as a Welsh representative. She has also judged the Stiles + Drewe New Song Prize.
Director Credits: The Last Five Years (Porters Theatre); Ceridwen (Y Cwmni, Urdd Gobaith Cymru); Christmas On Broadway (RWCMD); Anthem (Wales Millennium Centre); Red Riding Hood/Yr Hugan Fach Goch, Iphigenia yn Sblot, The Periodicals, Bratiaith, See for Yourself, Sherman TEN (Sherman Theatre)
Co-Director Credits: Maryland (Sherman Theatre)
Associate Director Credits: Private Jones, Marshall Pailet (Hugo Six/Thomas Hopkins Productions); Balloon Girl, Hannah McPake (Sherman Theatre); Parti Priodas, Steffan Donnelly (Theatr Cymru); Huw Fyw, Steffan Donnelly (Theatr Cymru / Welsh Tour); Alice: Return to Wonderland, Hannah McPake (Sherman Theatre); Dan Y Wenallt/Under Milk Wood, Emma Baggott (National Youth Theatre Wales); Es And Flo, Susie McKenna (Wales Millennium Centre/The Kiln); Tales Of The Brothers Grimm, Joe Murphy (Sherman Theatre)
Assistant Director credits: Hansel and/a Gretel, Joe Murphy (Sherman Theatre); A Night In The Clink, Bridget Keehan (Sherman Theatre/Papertrail); HELA, The Awkward Years, Dan Jones (The Other Room)
