Welcome to Alyson’s Acting Tips

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I started out young in the film and TV industry, being cast in Dennis Fisher toy commercials at the age of 8-10 years. My mother enrolled me in dancing, ballet, tap, drama, singing, piano lessons and extremely busy after-school activities from the age of 4. But my main interest was acting and pursued in joining the West Riding Youth Theatre and Bradford Youth Players in my teens, which I enjoyed immensely. At the age of 18, I opened a performing arts school with my mother called Stage 84 and headed the drama department for 10 years, teaching speech and drama, Trinity Guild Hall exams and entering children for speech and drama festivals. During this time, I trained Amy Walsh, Kimberly Walsh, Sally Walsh, Lee Otway and many other students who successfully went on and had careers in the performing arts industry. In 1994, I opened my own school, Northern Film and Drama and the philosophy behind it was to make films and at the same time train children and teenagers to act in them. My first film, Victim, which was about school bullying won the Scarborough Film Festival for best newcomer and went on to be shown on Channel 4. My next film, Past Memoirs, with an appearance from Amy Walsh went on to Meridian TV. Many other films have followed. Becoming 8 was a final film selected for the London Short Film Festival. Julia Juliette, 2015, got to the final selection in the South Carolina Film Festival. My latest film is called Sweet Sam, and will be entered for numerous festival throughout the world. Other children trained by me to name a few include Jessica Barden (Mrs Radcliffe's Revolution, Coronation Street, The Lobster, Far From The Madding Crowd), Sam Jackson (Skins), Daniel Pearson (Vera, The Dumping Ground, Emmerdale) and most recent Colson Smith(Coronation Street). My teaching methods are completely the opposite to what you teach for the stage. They are loosely based on method acting, but with my own unique twist. I live for teaching and directing children and young teenagers, and enjoy seeing them grow into confident, talented young people of tomorrow. View all posts by admin