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📍@tibstreetstudio- 7th November - 10:00am - 6:00pm - £110 (Members £99)
Ready for Anything with TV/Film Director David Allain | Full Day Screen Acting Masterclass
**Very Small Group Size!
Workshop Format:
When we are ready for anything, unexpected challenges can be harnessed to create brilliant scenes. David Allain is a master of versatility. With directing credits including work for ITV, BBC, Channel 4, and Sky, David has collaborated with BAFTA-winning talent and untrained actors to tell powerful stories.
In this full-day workshop, David shares skills that actors can use within their process immediately. Using texts from his own projects, get a sense for what it is like working on set with David. Practical exercises will include acting from scripts, blocking, identifying a scene’s essence, adapting, and ways of collaborating with a director. Gain skills in this workshop to enhance your screen acting and successfully take on unexpected challenges.
Bio:
David Allain is an award-winning Scriptwriter and Director. His credits include TV, theatre, short films, and advertising for clients such as CNN, O2, THE GUARDIAN, and SKY ARTS. In 2023, three episodes of ‘The Bay’ directed by David were broadcast on ITV (this work then went onto win Best Debut Director, Scripted at the 2024 TV Foundation New Voices Awards). In 2021, David directed a BBC comedy pilot, ‘Bravo Two Charlies’, and directed 2nd Unit on ITV’s four-part crime drama ‘The Long Call’. His recent short film ‘Revelations’ stars Wil Johnson (‘House of the Dragon’) and Kola Bokinni (‘Ted Lasso’); it was a winner of the Directors UK x ARRI Challenge Alexa, and won awards on the festival circuit in the UK, USA, and Europe. More recently, David participated in the Edinburgh TV Festival’s Visionaries 2025. Fact or fiction, long or short, David makes compelling work that combines visual flair with emotive storytelling.
Option to Pay in 2 or 3 easy instalments (just email info@rollingacademy.co.uk to set up).
📍@tibstreetstudio- 7th November - 10:00am - 6:00pm - £110 (Members £99)
Ready for Anything with TV/Film Director David Allain | Full Day Screen Acting Masterclass
**Very Small Group Size!
Workshop Format:
When we are ready for anything, unexpected challenges can be harnessed to create brilliant scenes. David Allain is a master of versatility. With directing credits including work for ITV, BBC, Channel 4, and Sky, David has collaborated with BAFTA-winning talent and untrained actors to tell powerful stories.
In this full-day workshop, David shares skills that actors can use within their process immediately. Using texts from his own projects, get a sense for what it is like working on set with David. Practical exercises will include acting from scripts, blocking, identifying a scene’s essence, adapting, and ways of collaborating with a director. Gain skills in this workshop to enhance your screen acting and successfully take on unexpected challenges.
Bio:
David Allain is an award-winning Scriptwriter and Director. His credits include TV, theatre, short films, and advertising for clients such as CNN, O2, THE GUARDIAN, and SKY ARTS. In 2023, three episodes of ‘The Bay’ directed by David were broadcast on ITV (this work then went onto win Best Debut Director, Scripted at the 2024 TV Foundation New Voices Awards). In 2021, David directed a BBC comedy pilot, ‘Bravo Two Charlies’, and directed 2nd Unit on ITV’s four-part crime drama ‘The Long Call’. His recent short film ‘Revelations’ stars Wil Johnson (‘House of the Dragon’) and Kola Bokinni (‘Ted Lasso’); it was a winner of the Directors UK x ARRI Challenge Alexa, and won awards on the festival circuit in the UK, USA, and Europe. More recently, David participated in the Edinburgh TV Festival’s Visionaries 2025. Fact or fiction, long or short, David makes compelling work that combines visual flair with emotive storytelling.
Option to Pay in 2 or 3 easy instalments (just email info@rollingacademy.co.uk to set up).