Hi everyone,

Huge well done for yesterday’s class — you all brought such brilliant energy to our first proper step into public speaking and confidence building.

🔁 What We Did:

• We started with our RAB RATS warm-up to ground the voice and breath.

• Then we explored setting clear…

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Hi everyone,

Thank you for such thoughtful work in last Thursday’s session — and for the effort and focus you’ve brought across the whole 8 weeks of accent training. You’ve now been introduced to a set of tools that you can return to again and again when building any new…

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This session, we worked through GenAm vowels and consonants, using practice sentences to refine placement and articulation.

Homework:

• Think about “ways in” to a speech system—how do we begin to find cues that help us quickly and authentically inhabit an accent?
• Consider how cultural context…

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Hey everyone,

Last week we spent time speaking and reading in RP, getting comfortable with its rhythm and articulation, before moving on to explore General American, our next speech system.

What We Covered:

✔️ RP Reading / Speaking Practice
✔️ Introduction to General American Default Placement – How…

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Hey everyone,

Just a quick update—tonight’s class will be starting half an hour later at 7:30 PM instead of the usual 7:00 PM. Please spread the word to anyone who might not see this!

Secondly, I’ve just logged in to the group page to see that I didn’t press ‘post’ on the…

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Hey everyone,

A huge thank you for another great session this week! We finally got the chance to start speaking in our accents (scary!!), and a difficult thing to do but well done for being brave and bold with it. I heard lots of great things in our speaking practice this week and I am excited to do…

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Hey everyone,

Exploring the KIT List & Comparing RP Variations

This week, we worked with the KIT List (Lexical Set) and compared our own vowel sounds with the IPA Chart. We learned how to identify our own vowel placements, how to map them onto phonetic symbols, and how to use the IPA website as a tool for decoding new accents.

We…

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Hey everyone,

A huge thank you for a fantastic session! It was great to see you all engaging with rhythm and stress patterns—this is such a fundamental part of accent work, and you’ve all made a brilliant start.

Recap: What We Covered on Rhythm

• We explored how rhythm and stress shape an…

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Hey everyone,

First off, sorry for the two-week delay in getting these materials up! Thanks for your patience—I really appreciate it. The good news is that we are now fully up and running, and I’m excited to share the first set of notes and resources with you.

What’s Available So Far?

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Sorry if I’m being daft, but I couldn’t find the group for the accents class, so I am posting this message here in hope that it reaches you. Unfortunately a new commitment on Thursdays in Feb, means I will miss ‘live’ classes this month. I will watch them on catch up and keep up with the homework as best I can – hopefully back…

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Hi everyone,

First off, I just want to say a huge thank you for an incredible 10 weeks of The Actor’s Toolkit! It’s been such a pleasure working with each of you, seeing your dedication, growth, and passion for the craft. You’ve all brought so much energy and enthusiasm to the sessions, and…

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Any last minute tapes, the deadline is in two hours time.

Number of uploads: 6

Number of uploads so far: 4

Total number of submissions: 1

Thank you so much for a great session this week everyone!

Let’s see what has stuck from the notes this week as we have a chance to put what we have learned to night into practice (materials for this weeks tape can be found below – sides attached)

If you have enjoyed…

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Thank you to those of did submit a tape for this week’s class, any tapes received after the deadline wont be included in the session on Thursday.

See you then!

Number of uploads: 4

Number of uploads: 2

Current number of submissions: 0

Please submit the self-tape for next week’s session by 6 pm Tuesday 14th January.

Please upload your file to this link: https://www.dropbox.com/request/oxg6Ztq0hiROdMtfAjRr

Sides attached below:

HADLEY

This piece is a monologue from A STAR IS BORN with a screenplay by Eric Roth…

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Actor’s Toolkit classes will be starting up again today after the festive break.

Due to low turnout in the final week of term in 2024, we will have to skip ahead in the lesson plan, so today’s session will be focusing on screen acting technique.

Please find attached the sides for tonight’s class from the film ‘Shame’ by Steve…

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I’m looking forward to finishing our animal studies exploration this evening. Please remember to have some space to move around in, bring your animal studies, and bring your questions for movement practitioner Mixalis Atristidou.

See you soon,

Benjamin

I wanted to share with you a 15-minute warm-up which can be carried out before a performance or an audition.

I request you take yourself through this warm-up before our final movement session this Thursday. We will complete our work on animal studies and then spend half an hour having a Q&A with movement practitioner…

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