Take your acting technique to the next level.
Rātā’s advanced teen acting classes are for students who are committed to learning and improving their craft in a challenging and supportive environment. In this class students will focus on a range of acting techniques for stage and screen.
- Screen Auditions – mock casting room experience.
- Analysing and annotating scripts
- Cold reads
- Reflection and Critique.
- Body and movement
- Voice
- The sensual actor (awakening our senses)
- Visualise the realness of an imagined environment without breaking character.
- Utilise the actors imagination – don’t lose sight of the internal.
- Bring real life details into every role.
- Focus on characters goals – what they want and why it matters.
- Create compelling, complex characters.
NB: These classes are for actors who’ve had some previous training. Please email first to see if these classes are right for you.
| Timing | Term 3 2026 The Acting Edge Advanced B with Jo Rogers 10 Sessions |
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| Location | Scots College Drama Rooms |
| Tutors | Jo Rogers |
| Target Market | Teens in Years 9–13 at College/High School |
| Price/Student (incl GST) | $290 for 10 sessions |
NB: In Term 3, we have an exciting opportunity to focus on creating films and filmic vignettes. At the end of term, we can enter the finished products into a friendly film Competition with BOPAS – The Bay of Plenty Actors Studio. The work will be judged by Actress Miriama McDowell. The top films will be seen by casting directors in the film industry, making it a fantastic showcase of our acting talent!
The Acting Edge Advanced A
The Acting Edge Advanced B
