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DO YOU KNOW THIS FEELING?

  • You are a trained actor and KNOW you have what it takes but you often fall apart at the last hurdle…
  • You are headed to drama school and have no clue if you have pre­pared your pieces properly…
  • You are abso­lutely fine once you get the job but can’t seem to reach the same sense of free­dom in the cast­ing room…
  • Being out of work sends you into a depress­ive spin which only leads to bigger pres­sure when a rare audi­tion arrives…

LUCKILY — YOU NEED NEVER FEEL THAT WAY AGAIN!

Wel­come to The Actor Base

The Actor Base (from ICAT — the Inde­pend­ent Centre for Actor train­ing) is an out­stand­ing online resource and mem­ber­ship com­munity that provides first class video-on-demand and live train­ing 24/7 to actors inter­na­tion­ally includ­ing a rock solid, sys­tem­at­ic approach to audi­tion success. 

Join­ing us costs the equi­val­ent of just ONE COFFEE A WEEK!

‘Man alive - this is GOLD!'

‘Man alive — this is GOLD!’

Actor — Mitra Dijalili

THE ACTOR BASE ALLOWS YOU TO:

Devel­op true ‘OWNERSHIP’ —  the secret  ingredi­ent to every actors success 

Rid your­self of ‘the fear’, des­troy nerves and actu­ally ENJOY every audi­tion that comes your way

Receive first class advice and solid, prac­tic­al steps toward approach­ing ANY casting

Learn a world renowned approach to the craft of acting in your own time, wherever you are that allows you to make truth­ful con­nec­tion on demand! 

Build an industry respec­ted approach to play­ing Shakespeare that totally demys­ti­fies it 

 

Target spe­cif­ic areas of your skill­set with a vast lib­rary of train­ing videos   

 

Abol­ish ‘actor loneli­ness’ and grow as part of an inter­na­tion­al com­munity of like minded artists.

  

Pre­pare your drama school audi­tion like a boss and instantly place your­self above the rest!

WHAT MAKES THE ACTOR BASE SO GOOD? 

OUR EXPERTISE

ICAT is run by inter­na­tion­ally recog­nised artists who have and con­tin­ue to work with some of the greatest com­pan­ies in the world 

OUR METHODOLOGY

We stand on an industry respec­ted toolkit that is releas­ing hun­dreds of actors into real free­dom — built on the Stan­islavski based prin­ciples of legendary theatre dir­ect­or and ICAT Asso­ci­ate Mike Alfreds

 

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OUR COMMUNITY

Mem­bers bene­fit from the sup­port and encour­age­ment of the inter­na­tion­al com­munity that we have as they push each other to great­er suc­cess and con­fid­ence. A win for one is a win for all!

 

Are you an exper­i­enced actor with drive who act­ively wants to take their career for­ward with busi­ness strategy coach­ing and more?

Click to see our Green Room Premi­um Membership.

Coaches and asso­ci­ate artists include:

Dame Judi Dench — Patron

Judi Dench is one of the worlds most recog­nis­able actors. An Oscar winner for her role in Shakespeare in Love, she has worked in inter­na­tion­al film, theatre and tele­vi­sion since 1957 every­where from the RSC to the James Bond franchise. 

 

Simon Trinder

ICAT founder, award win­ning Royal Shakespeare com­pany actor

Joseph Millson

The Last King­dom, Casino Royale, Royal Shakespeare Com­pany and author of “Work …And Other Four Letter Words

Adjoa Andoh

(Bridger­ton, Dr Who, Invictus)

 

Jonathan Broadbent

Award win­ning Royal Shakespeare com­pany actor

 

Jeannette Nelson

Head of voice at the Nation­al Theatre and author of The Voice Exer­cise Book

 

Mike Alfreds

Inter­na­tion­ally renowned dir­ect­or and author of Dif­fer­ent Every Night

Sarah-Jane Potts

Inter­na­tion­ally respec­ted actor whose extens­ive screen work includes Zero Chill (Net­flix), Gra­ce­point (Fox), Holby (BBC) and the movie Kinky Boots.

 

‘The Actor Base sound too good to be true??? Well I can assure you not only is it true but it WORKS!!! And it’s the best investment I have made into my career. Thanks to the continuous workshops on 'ownership', extensive monologue library and absolute golden nuggets of insight that they lend so freely - I’ve managed to not only land my first cinema release movie role as a principle member BUT have also been shortlisted for several and won a place at a major British drama school'

‘The Actor Base sound too good to be true??? Well I can assure you not only is it true but it WORKS!!! And it’s the best investment I have made into my career. Thanks to the continuous workshops on ‘ownership’, extensive monologue library and absolute golden nuggets of insight that they lend so freely — I’ve managed to not only land my first cinema release movie role as a principle member BUT have also been shortlisted for several and won a place at a major British drama school’

Actor — Libby Walker

3 ways to learn at The Actor Base

Described as a ‘treas­ure trove of actor train­ing’, The Actor Base con­tains a vast lib­rary of train­ing videos and online courses that are both prac­tic­al and superbly delivered. Cov­er­ing every area of the actors craft, you can tap into first class coach­ing on voice, move­ment, action­ing, Shakespeare and of course  — audi­tion tech­nique. Sup­por­ted by per­son­al self-tape feed­back, down­load­able doc­u­ments, cheat sheets, mono­logue lib­rary and eBooks, The Actor Base is a one stop shop that allows you to grow on a daily basis, wherever you are.

With a weekly live group coach­ing ses­sion (the Coffee Morn­ing) and reg­u­lar free classes, we thrive on direct con­tact with our mem­bers. We also offer extra classes with out­stand­ing prac­ti­tion­ers that can be pur­chased with The Actor Base 10% discount. 

Why not take advant­age of our one to one coach­ing ses­sions if you want that extra edge on the day?

We provide short courses and mas­ter­classes in studio (mostly UK) through­out the year includ­ing our super pop­u­lar Action Week­end, Owning Shakespeare Boot­camp and the Owning Shakespeare Intens­ive (all at 10% dis­count to members).

VIDEO ON DEMAND COURSES AND RESOURCES

Described as a ‘treas­ure trove of actor train­ing’, The Actor Base con­tains a vast lib­rary of train­ing videos and online courses that are both prac­tic­al and superbly delivered. Cov­er­ing every area of the actors craft, you can tap into first class coach­ing on voice, move­ment, action­ing, Shakespeare and of course  — audi­tion tech­nique. Sup­por­ted by per­son­al self-tape feed­back, down­load­able doc­u­ments, cheat sheets, mono­logue lib­rary and eBooks, The Actor Base is a one stop shop that allows you to grow on a daily basis, wherever you are.

Check out just two of our courses in the videos below:

 

LIVE ONLINE COACHING

With a weekly live group coach­ing ses­sion (the Coffee Morn­ing) and reg­u­lar free classes, we thrive on direct con­tact with our mem­bers. We also offer extra classes with out­stand­ing prac­ti­tion­ers that can be pur­chased with The Actor Base 10% discount.

Why not take advant­age of our one to one coach­ing ses­sions if you want that extra edge on the day?

IN-STUDIO TRAINING

We provide short courses and mas­ter­classes in studio (mostly UK) through­out the year includ­ing our super pop­u­lar Action Week­end, Owning Shakespeare Boot­camp and the Owning Shakespeare Intens­ive (all at 10% dis­count to members).

WHY NOT HEAR WHAT SOME OF OUR MEMBERS HAVE TO SAY…

Actor Bryony Reynolds

Emmy nominee Loren Kinsella

West End actor Simon Shorten

THE ACTOR BASE MEMBERS GET ACCESS TO…

VIDEO-ON-DEMAND COURSES INCLUDING

The Gameplan: 12 unit teaching including regular Self-Tape Challengeswith personal feedback and support

  • Owning Shakespeare (found in The Gameplan)
  • The Com­plete Actors’ Toolkit (found in The Gameplan)
  • The Audi­tion Key (found in The Gameplan)
  • The 7 Day Artist
  • Owning Drama School
  • Owning Self-Tapes
  • The Pro-Act Challenge
  • Video Train­ing Library
  • iChat lib­rary (industry interviews)
  • Mas­ter­class library

WRITTEN RESOURCES

  • Expand­ing eBook library
  • Mono­logue library
  • PDF Cheat sheets

AN ENERGISED COMMUNITY

  • Weekly Coffee Morning
  • Access to ‘The Hub’ where you can chat, ask ques­tions share ideas and seek train­ing and self tape buddies

LIVE TRAINING

  • Weekly Coffee Morning
  • Reg­u­lar free online group ses­sions on all areas of the craft
  • Paid for online ses­sions with an exclus­ive 10% discount
  • In Studio oppor­tun­it­ies through­out the year

AND MORE!

‘Just wanted to let you know that I just got confirmed for a commercial. First screen acting job in 2.5 years. It’s almost like this ‘ownership’ thing…works?! :D’

‘Just wanted to let you know that I just got confirmed for a commercial. First screen acting job in 2.5 years. It’s almost like this ‘ownership’ thing…works?! :D’

Actor — Leonie Schliesing

'I can’t thank you enough. After that free session on Audition Technique I went straight to the National Theatre for a casting, literally within three hours. Applied everything you talked about and... I got the job!’

‘I can’t thank you enough. After that free session on Audition Technique I went straight to the National Theatre for a casting, literally within three hours. Applied everything you talked about and… I got the job!’

Actor — Simon Shorten

GET ACCESS TO THE ACTOR BASE NOW!

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Who The Actor Base is for…

 

  • Actors at ANY stage of their career who want to deepen their under­stand­ing of the craft and stand on a solid, reli­able toolkit
  • Actors who want to elim­in­ate the fear and not waste ANY audi­tion opportunity 
  • Actors who want to know that they can bring out truth­ful rela­tion­ship on demand whatever the cir­cum­stances and win those roles!
  • Anyone pre­par­ing for drama school auditions
  • Those who are pre­pared to dig into the resources and put in the work!

Who The Actor Base is NOT for…

 

  • Anyone who is solely inter­ested in fame
  • Actors who are expect­ing a quick fix solution
  • Those who are not pre­pared to turn up to ses­sions, get involved with the com­munity or get stuck into the material
  • Anyone expect­ing guar­an­teed res­ults. This stuff abso­lutely works for us and the mem­bers who are repeatedly land­ing roles and oppor­tun­it­ies by apply­ing the train­ing but under­stand­ably, we cannot guar­an­tee an out­come for you as an indi­vidu­al. No one can!

THIS IS JUST SOME OF WHAT MEMBERS ARE SAYING ABOUT US…

‘I just shot my first feature - it’s a cinema release and guess what, the director has cast me in his next movie. ICAT I couldn’t have done this without you'

‘I just shot my first feature — it’s a cinema release and guess what, the director has cast me in his next movie. ICAT I couldn’t have done this without you’

Yasmin Grav­itas

'Many belated thanks for introducing us to Head of RSC casting: Hannah Miller over the weekend. I have to say, I achieved a personal breakthrough and I’m really happy with what my process has turned into as I now feel completely in control of it. '

‘Many belated thanks for introducing us to Head of RSC casting: Hannah Miller over the weekend. I have to say, I achieved a personal breakthrough and I’m really happy with what my process has turned into as I now feel completely in control of it. ’

Scott John Cooper

‘Not only did (this training) massively help with nerves at my last audition, but here's the big payoff... I was really happy with my performance, so much so that I'm not experiencing that usual weight while I wait to hear back. If I get to do it again on set that will be awesome, but I don't NEED to if that makes sense. Obviously I need to earn a living but we all know we audition far more than we get jobs so this feeling is a game changer!

‘Not only did (this training) massively help with nerves at my last audition, but here’s the big payoff… I was really happy with my performance, so much so that I’m not experiencing that usual weight while I wait to hear back. If I get to do it again on set that will be awesome, but I don’t NEED to if that makes sense. Obviously I need to earn a living but we all know we audition far more than we get jobs so this feeling is a game changer!

Allis­on Saxton

'I just got my first TV job! I listened to The Audition Key, had the meeting and, I guess it worked!'

‘I just got my first TV job! I listened to The Audition Key, had the meeting and, I guess it worked!’

Chloé Delan­ney

'I feel like I have been given the key to a brand new sports car and access to Silverstone!'

‘I feel like I have been given the key to a brand new sports car and access to Silverstone!’

Lizi Bower­man

GET ACCESS TO THE ACTOR BASE NOW!

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£16/per month
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PAY ANNUALLY

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