People
Co-teachers of some of the workshops and courses held during the year.
Sebastian Rad
Actor training: Mask, Meisner, Gestural Theatre
With ample experience in theater and audiovisual media, Sebastian trained intensively in Meisner Technique for two years at the Actors Temple in London. His research then continued through the path of gestural theater and he proceeded to study at Escuela Internacional Cabuia in Buenos Aires and at the LISPA-BerlÃn along with Thomas Pratki and Amy Russell. Now a days he is completing his Master Degree in Acting for Film at Escuela Universitaria de Artes TAI in Madrid.
His career in teaching has involved multiple courses in Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador and Madrid. He opened his own school and research center for actors in 2017, el Espacio Teatral Canning in Buenos Aires, which continues its operations to this day.
Jan Knightley
Actor Training:Â Movement, Voice, Viewpoints
Jan Knightley, an actor who began performing in punk rock bands in the 1970s and then studied for a bit with Christopher Fettes and Yat Malmgren at the original Drama Centre London. He has worked with Complicite, Volcano, Boilerhouse, Berkoff, Communicado, The RSC, The National, The Globe, Birmingham Rep, The Traverse, The Royal Lyceum in Edinburgh, Opera North, Leeds Playhouse… and The Folger, American Shakespeare Center and The Shakespeare Theater in the US (among many other companies over a 40 year acting career).
More recently Jan did an MA in Voice Studies at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London and has taught at RADA, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Mountview, Italia Conti, Guildford School of Acting, Performance Preparation Academy and Fourth Monkey Actor Training School (where he was Head of Movement and Voice). He is a Fitness Instructor and Personal Trainer and he likes dogs.
Lawrence O'Connor
Actor Training. Directing.