Screen Acting Summer School
Screen Acting Summer School
This exciting practical course is your introduction to Screen Acting. You’ll explore a range of skills and the technical elements of screen acting, as well as experiencing LAMDA's state-of-the-art LED Volume.
This in-depth course runs for 10 days in August 2025 at LAMDA’s London campus.
Highlights
Learn from LAMDA’s expert screen tutors.
Explore key Screen Acting techniques and discover the technical skills required for working on set.
Experience LAMDA’s state-of-the-art, industry-level LED Volume.
Is this course for me?
Mixed Level Course
Age Requirement: 16-20
This course is aimed at young people who want to learn more about acting and the art of working on screen.
No experience is needed – a desire to collaborate, learn and have fun is all that is required.
Overview
Location
In-person at LAMDA
Age Requirement
16-20
Course Fee
£1,625
Application Fee
£21
Course Date
Monday 11 - Friday 22 August 2025
From 10am - 5:30pm each day (BST)
(excluding weekends)
Application Deadline
Friday 1 August 2025 at 3pm (BST)
About the course
This exhilarating summer school is your essential introduction to the craft of screen acting. Led by expert LAMDA tutors, you’ll explore fundamental screen acting techniques and ‘set skills’, as well as working to devise and self-shoot some scenes.
As an exciting addition to the course, you’ll also have the opportunity to work on LAMDA’s state-of-the-art LED Volume. LED Volumes are used in the making of projects like Disney+'s The Mandalorian, helping to visualise fantasy worlds and bring them to life for the screen.
What will I learn?
As part of the course, you will learn more about:
- Character development and screen-acting technique
- ‘Set Skills’ such as continuity and mark hitting
- Non-verbal acting and solo preparation skills
- Shooting scenes: duologue and group scenes
- Working on the LED Volume
The work covered in these skills classes will feed into multiple opportunities to work in front of the camera, and review the footage, allowing you to hone your craft by doing.
Is this course for me?
This course is designed for 16-20-year-olds who are interested in exploring Screen Acting. You may have done some performing or training before and are looking to learn more about acting for screen, or you may have no performance experience at all – either way, you’ll find the course fun and challenging. All we need from you is a desire to learn, explore and collaborate.
Please note, there are no digital assets to take away from this course.
No previous acting experience is required to partake in this course. This is a mixed level course, meaning participants will have a range of experiences.
Key Information
Need to ask a question? View our FAQs or contact our Short Courses Team.
You must be aged between 16-20 to take part in this course.
There are no entry requirements in the area of acting. However, we reserve the right to verify any qualifications you have highlighted in your application form.
The course is delivered through the medium of English. Non-native speakers of English should have a level of English approximately equivalent to IELTS 6.0.
You can apply for this course through us directly.
Course Fee: £1,625
Application Fee: £21
If you are offered a place on this course you will need to pay a deposit of 10% within five days of the date of your offer email to secure your place. You will then need to pay the remainder of the course fee within 21 days at the latest.
Please see below for information about our cancellation / refund policy.
