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London | Riverside Studios | 16 April 2025, 19:00-21:00 (GMT)
Sound & Fury
A Free Pilot Session
Musical Theatre actors, have you ever felt like you were singing beautifully but had no idea where to ‘aim’ your performance? Or maybe wondered why watching someone who sings beautifully doesn't fully connect with the audience? Have you ever seen great but basically empty performances, even on the West End stage? If you answered yes to any of these questions, Sound & Fury is for you.
Learn four simple tools that you can apply immediately to flip the script on your success rate, whilst giving you an industry respected approach that will last you a lifetime. In this free pilot session, multi-award-winner and Royal Shakespeare Company's actor Simon Trinder, and renowned West End performer Joaquin Pedro Valdes teach how to basically stand out from practically everyone else in your field by making specific and genuine connection, providing you with a toolkit that you can use immediately on ANY song and ANY scene!
What Will You Learn?
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How to stand out from practically everyone else in your field by making specific and genuine connection.
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What acting actually is—and to be honest, it’s probably not what you think—by standing on ‘the equation’ that nobody seems to talk about.
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How to remove about 90% of your nerves and turn the remaining 10% into fuel that works in your favour, using a simple, immediately effective 3-step process.
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How to genuinely change the hearts of both the audience and your castmates through the toolkit of internationally renowned director Mike Alfreds.
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How to be ‘surprising’ with your performance no matter how many times you have done it, using Points Of Concentration.
“The standard of teaching is of the highest.”
Mike Alfreds — internationally renowned director
and author of Different Every Night.
“Terrific. Such a brilliant teacher.”
Jeannette Nelson — author and former Head of Voice at The National Theatre.
Your Coach
Simon Trinder is currently a regular Text Consultant at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, coaching actors on playing Shakespeare throughout the season.
In 2000 he was a recipient of the BBC Carleton Hobbs Radio Drama award, and began his career as part of the BBC Radio Repertory Company. Theatre includes Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream; and The Golden Ass at Shakespeare's Globe; plus productions with the Royal Court, Hampstead Theatre, Young Vic, Barbican, Birmingham Rep, Chichester Festival Theatre, Hamburg State Opera, and the Royal Exchange Manchester.
He has appeared in 13 plays for the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon, on the West End, and overseas.
Simon is the founder of the Independent Centre for Actor Training (ICAT) with patron Dame Judi Dench.
Your Coach
Joaquin Pedro Valdes is a critically acclaimed West End performer known for his work in musicals like Death Note (London Palladium), The Baker's Wife (Menier Chocolate Factory), Pacific Overtures (Menier Chocolate Factory), and Heathers (Theatre Royal Haymaker) among many others.
He has also originated roles in the London premieres of Then, Now & Next (Southwark Playhouse), Killing the Cat (Riverside Studios), A Song of Songs (Park Theatre), and House of Edgar (Seven Dials Playhouse).
He recently appeared in the european premiere of The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical at The Other Palace, and is also recently announced to join the world premiere cast of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, the Musical directed by Tony Award winner John Doyle, with music by Tony Award winner Steven Lutvak.
