Andrew Whyment

This intensive screen acting Boot Camp will give you clarity, confidence and craft. Across five half-day sessions, you’ll train inside a tightly structured, practical programme that teaches screen acting technique for auditions, self-tapes and professional sets. In a generous and supportive environment, you’ll rehearse scenes off camera, put work down on tape between sessions and receive direct, practical feedback on what’s working and what can be improved. Each day builds a different part of your working toolkit, so by the end of the week you’re not just more confident, you’re ready to work. Day 1 - Textual Analysis Learn practical approaches to breaking down screen material, uncovering what is on the page and how to bring it to life with clarity and precision. Day 2 - Screen Duologues Work in pairs on duologues appropriate to your casting, exploring connection, listening and truthful exchange on screen. Day 3 - Non-Verbal Scenes Discover the power of what is unsaid. Through target work, sharpen your confidence in action-led, non-verbal scenes. Day 4 - Preparing To Shoot Prepare scenes as you would for a professional shoot, refining choices, adjusting for camera and learning how to arrive on set ready to do your best work. Day 5 - Mock Casting Auditions Put everything into practice in a mock casting audition, working in person with a professional casting director who will provide feedback. You will leave with a sharper craft, greater confidence and a clearer understanding of how to work effectively on screen. How To Act is an acting studio led by Acting Coach Andrew Whyment - Masters Of The Air (Apple TV), Jerk (BBC), My Father’s Shadow (Element Pictures) - for professionals who want to develop their craft and sharpen their approach to screen acting. Classes are open to actors at all stages, whether preparing for auditions, building a showreel or stepping onto set for the first time. To participate you must be over eighteen and have at least one professional acting credit. Classes are limited to twelve actors. All bookings are non-refundable and non-transferable.

Sunday was something else. My first marathon - 4h14m - and the hardest thing I’ve ever asked my body to do. I’ve done half marathons before and nothing compares to a race day crowd, but the London Marathon is another level. A carnival of the very best of humanity: steel drummers pushing me on at Cutty Sark, the man beside me carrying a 25kg fridge for his late mother, The Weather Girls blasting me down Rainbow Row, and the guy dressed as a chicken who got me moving again on Embankment when I slowed to a walk. London at its best. What a privilege to be part of it. Thank you to all my brilliant friends and family who got me round - your messages and cheers made all the difference. If you’re even half tempted to enter the ballot - do it. You’ll regret it, and then you won’t.

My Father’s Shadow hits cinemas today. I had the pleasure of working as Acting Coach to two phenomenal young actors @egbobrothers alongside @tobyclarke170708 in 2024. It was such an honour to be a part of @akinoladaviesjr and @kingxdavies beautiful debut feature with @sopedirisu bringing his magic @element_pictures @wearefatherland . We became a family making this film in Lagos, Nigeria over two months. I'm forever grateful for the wonderful friends I made and to have been made to feel so welcome in that extraordinary city. 1. First day. 2. Fairground days. 3. Moody days. 4. Action days. 5. Honorary camera team days. 6. Boogie nights. 7. Sweaty days. 8. Chaotic days. 9. Wrap day.

Andrew is an Acting Coach for Stage and Screen. He trained in theatre and has directed Stage professionally for over fifteen years. He works regularly with leading drama schools including the Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama and the Guildhall School Of Music & Drama, teaches at organisations including ALT. and Open Door and trains young performers at the National Youth Theatre. He has worked as an on set coach on major film and television projects, including the Emmy-nominated Masters Of The Air (Apple TV), collaborating with Cary Joji Fukunaga, the BAFTA-nominated Jerk (BBC), rehearsing the series regulars, and the Cannes-acclaimed My Father’s Shadow (Element Pictures), where he coached the lead child actors across a two-month shoot in Lagos, Nigeria. Whether casting, rehearsing or shooting, his approach is practical, playful and actor-led. He tailors his work to each performer’s needs, focused on getting the best out of everyone he works with, whatever their experience. He has a particular specialism in working with first-time actors, including models, dancers, musicians, children and street-cast performers. He coaches privately, preparing actors for auditions/roles and providing one-to-one training. Previous coaching clients include Anthony Boyle, Austin Butler, Ava Max, Barry Keoghan, Edward Bluemel, Ellis Howard, Isabella Laughland, Mary Beth Barone, Mary Malone and Seamus McLean Ross. His acting class, How To Act, helps professional actors develop their craft and sharpen their approach to screen acting.

Falling Falling Falling Falling Writer | Simon Longman Director | Andrew Whyment Designer | Ruizhi Naomi Zhang Lighting Designer | Olivia Burlingame Sound Designer | Amy Tinniswood Composers | Kieran Alford, Max Dickinson Movement Director | Michael White Voice Director | Alice White Movement Director | Michael White Production Manager | Dave Roxburgh Stage Manager | Elizabeth Stuckey Deputy Stage Manager | Mia Hunter Assistant Stage Manager | Charlie Hills Design Communicator | Dominic Shah Design Assistant | Yifei Deng Costume Assistant | Xinyue Thea Gou Scenic Assistants | Cerys Arrowsmith, Dominic Shah, Isabel Minnion Craggs, Will Dean Scenic Construction | Archie Adams, Reka Johns, Harry Lewis, Bea Massey, Katherine Towl Technical Swing | Dougie Williams Technicians | Alexander Prim, Amy Keogh Actors | Alyson Handley, Chris Odulele, Iona Champain, Maddie Frutig, Mya Pennicott, Rosie Boore, Sam Hyrkin, Sonny Ashbourne-Serkis 📷 @jorge_lizalde

Borders Of Paradise Writer | Sharman Macdonald Director | Andrew Whyment Designer | Damien Stanton Lighting Designer | Brooke Sangster Sound Designer | Ace Turner Movement Director | Chi-San Howard Associate Movement Director | Alexandra McCauley Intimacy Director | Corina Andrian Fight Director | Tom Osborne Voice Director | Anne Whitaker Producer | Rebecca Lyle Assistant Producer | Bobby Harding Production Manager | Torrin Gieler Stage Manager | Indianah Raymond Deputy Stage Manager | Izzy Barton Assistant Stage Manager | Phoenix Morgan Production Electrician | Ben Birkwood Deputy Production Electrician | Paige Fernandez Production Sound Engineer | Amelia Hill Deputy Production Sound Engineer | Lucia Cohen Production Carpenter | Bastie Colclough Deputy Production Carpenters | Ashlyn Fray, Abigail Quelch Actors | Alex Keenan, Cathal Sheehan, Joshua McCoy, Kathleen Irvine, Sean O'Byrne, Taran Jones, Zak Shetewi 📷 @zoebirkbeckphotography

Watching brilliant people act, all day long, everyday… 🎭 📷 @srtaylorphotography

Holibobs on 35mm… 📷 @phoebe.pryor

Crashed my bike in Amsterdam, they gave me a residence card… 🤣🇳🇱 📷 @phoebe.pryor

Closing out the year in the City Of Angels… 📷 @netscags

Lost Village, you’re a forest of dreams. Bottomless magic with the most wonderful humans. 1. Tent dancing. 2. Morning shaking. 3. Core memory making. #lostvillagefestival

Thank you @tomblyth and @loewe for the dreamiest weekend in Paris. 📷 @jonathanjacobs_ 🪮 @eastendwellst