Immersive Acting School

Butterfly Theatre Collective and Immersive LDN bring you the industry’s very first bespoke Immersive Acting School!

Butterfly have teamed up with Immersive LDN and are combining their expertise and experience in all aspects of Immersive Theatre to offer a brand new series of Immersive Acting Courses - sure to be an industry game changer!

There are 3 part-time courses on offer

Foundation Immersive Acting Course (for non-professional actors)

Specialist Immersive Acting Course (for graduate level professional actors)

Intensive Immersive Acting Course (for experienced immersive professional actors)

Course dates 2023

Foundation Immersive Acting Course Dates to be announced

Specialist Immersive Acting Course Monday 23rd January - Wednesday 25th January 2023 | 10.00am - 18.00pm

Intensive Immersive Acting Course Dates to be announced

The course will be held at the brand new arts space - Kingswood Arts!
Now offered as pay-half-now-pay-half-later!

Benefits of the Specialist Course

– Becoming part of the Hartshorn-Hook and Butterfly Theatre communities

– Free tickets to Peaky Blinders – The Rise at the Camden Garrison!

– Meet industry guests during the course including specialised workshops

– All graduates spotlight profiles will be seen for upcoming HHE & Butterfly productions

– Access to ongoing weekly Gonsalves Method drop in evening classes

– Invites to Hartshorn/Hook and Butterfly open dress rehearsals

 

Develop Your Craft

These courses will empower professionally trained, conventional theatre actors to develop their craft and their own process within the world of immersive theatre, as well as giving an opportunity for newcomers to the industry to get a taste of immersive acting, in a functioning west end immersive theatre venue.

All courses are part-time and built on a new method of actor training The Gonsalves Method which is rooted in the Meisner Acting Technique and has been developed exclusively over 10 years by Aileen Gonsalves and Butterfly’s immersive industry professionals. This process will enable you to create truly alive, connected, moment to moment and authentically immersive theatre.

Coming Soon to South Dulwich

IAS is delighted to be joining Hartshorn-Hook’s new venture into Kingswood Arts. This wonderful estate in the Middle of Dulwich is the perfect venue for Butterfly Theatre’s Immersive Acting School to stretch its wings.

We are excited to be holding IAS here in January.

Kingswood House, Seeley Drive, Southwark, SE21 8QN

Monday January 23rd - Wednesday January 25th 2023.

10am-6pm

£295 + booking fee

  • “Immersive theatre is the new way of doing theatre and is more popular now than ever before. From Punchdrunk to The Great Gatsby, more and more companies are creating immersive productions and are constantly developing new ideas and better ways of immersing audiences into storytelling.

    Immersive theatre comes with added risks that differ from conventional theatre, due to the increased proximity and interaction with the space and the audience. It requires skilled, brave, reliable and open minded actors. For this reason, immersive companies look for immersive experienced actors when casting their shows. This training will give you all the skills you need in order to be a great immersive actor, will enable you to build on skills you already possess and gain confidence to use them in this new fast-growing area of theatre.”

    — Aileen Gonsalves, Chief Artistic Director, Butterfly Theatre Collective

  • “We are so excited to be partnering with Aileen and Butterfly on this unique new venture. When we launched Immersive LDN in 2019, it was the first West End venue dedicated to developing and staging theatre-led immersive experiences, and we think it’s the perfect environment for the new and existing generations of immersive acting talent to hone their craft. We can’t wait to welcome them in, and to support them in their professional development and future careers.”

    — Louis Hartshorn and Brian Hook, Olivier Award-winning producers, Immersive LDN

BUTTERFLY IAS TEAM

  • AILEEN GONSALVES

    CO-FOUNDER | COURSE SUPERVISOR | CURRICULUM COORDINATOR | COURSE LEAD

  • HAYLEY CUSICK

    CO-FOUNDER | CO-PRODUCER | CURRICULUM COORDINATOR | COURSE LEAD

  • CAROLINE COLOMEI

    CURRICULUM COORDINATOR | COURSE LEAD

  • SOPHIE RICKMAN

    CURRICULUM COORDINATOR | COURSE LEAD

  • CARLA - MARIE METCALFE

    PRODUCTION SUPPORT

 

Immersive LDN is led by Olivier Award-winning producers Louis Hartshorn and Brian Hook, and together with Immersive Everywhere are the companies behind one of the world’s most successful immersive productions: The Great Gatsby as well as Peaky Blinders - The Rise and Doctor Who: Time Fracture.

 
 

Butterfly have been specialising in immersive theatre for over a decade, with a focus on truthful, authentic and moment to moment performance. We perform live, site-responsive theatre shows in a host of unusual, extraordinary and beautiful locations across the UK, Europe and beyond.