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Invaluable training provides YEARS of experience in just a few weeks AND results in AWARD-WINNING performances that get call backs and rave reviews
Go from amateur plays to professional TV, film and stage!

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This process has been acclaimed by award-winning actors for decades, but most aspiring actors rarely attempt to approach the roles they play with it.
Because it is intense.

But it is also the way that gets the most desirable results.

When aspiring actors get up in front of a director, most are thinking, “Am I doing a good job? I wonder what he thinks. What’s my next line? OMG!”

And that pulls away from the effectiveness of the lines being authentically spoken which pulls the director (and the audience) out of resonance with the performance.

THAT is the fastest way to lose roles and callbacks.

But when aspiring actors (and those who have any inkling that they would love to act) train in this process, those fears that creep up on stage practically disappear.

When they are trained in this process that award-winning actors use, they become more confident and are able to LASER FOCUS on the lines and the situations that they are portraying.

In fact, it is utterly fair and accurate to say, they BECOME the characters they play, dissolving the lines between reality and acting.

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By working with Louise in group classes and 1-1 sessions for over two years now, I only have praise for the way she nurtures and cares about your talent. Louise pushes and teaches you in a way you to learn to think for yourself as an actor, never telling you how to perform but instead finding ways to help you unlock sides of your talent you hadn’t yet discovered. She had guided and helped me prepare for some of my toughest performances, and the skills she has passed on to me are ones I believe I will use throughout my whole career. StandBy is acting’s hidden gem.
Evie Ward-Drummond
When I first came to Standby I was very frustrated and nearly gave up on my career, but after meeting with Louise and training with her, I found my confidence; she helped to discover my gifts as an actress. The training has been superb, this enabled me to get an agent and get cast in two shorts films. I have learnt so much from StandBy and the support system is amazing I cannot fault it at all! Love it.
Zainab Adeyemi
If anyone in Sheffield or London has dreams of getting into film or theatre, StandBy gets my vote as the best place to start.
Stephen Graham
AL CAPONE, Boardwalk Empire
I highly recommend StandBy! Louise is professional, empathetic, encouraging and there’s nothing she doesn’t know about Method Acting… Not to mention one of the best actresses I have ever met. I studied acting at The Lee Strasberg Film and Theatre Institute in New York and Louise is as good as any of the teachers there. I travel up from London and I always walk away inspired, motivated and very very satisfied.
Jessica – Jane Stafford
The Real Hustle & WINNER of best supporting actress Los Angeles Movie Awards
Since training with StandBy I have gone on to land paid work on a regular basis, join spotlight, land an agent, work all over the country and meet the top casting directors in the industry. It is great training at StandBy learning a technique that the best actors ever have used and to be able to express a story in the most authentic way.
Luke Goddard
WINNER - Best Male Lead at Sydney Film Festival, Lockwood and Co - Netflix

What would your life and your career become if you trained in a performance process that made you lose your doubt, lose your fears, and lose yourself to become the character you’ve been asked to play?

That process is called method acting and it results in directors calling you back, audiences giving you rave reviews, and your career being launched into a space that you thought would take YEARS to reach.

Welcome to The StandBy Method Acting Programme. This is London’s and Sheffield’s premier method acting training programme.

Here, you learn:
  • How to stand on stage and command a performance that impresses even the most demanding directors
  • How to silence the voices in your head that make you question your abilities and your choice to be an actor to start with
  • How to safely become one with the characters that you are slated to portray so that you can give your absolute best performances
  • How to lose the nerves that keep blacking out the lines you know you’ve memorised
  • How to research the roles you’re about to play so you can be completely authentic in your delivery
  • And more
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The StandBy Method Acting Training Programme is THE alternative to drama school and it’s affordable enough for anyone to take one.

At only £500 (London), £400 (for Sheffield) with payment plans available, this course is designed to be just a sacrifice enough, if you have the desire to be on the stage or screen, without causing you to have to take on extra jobs to pay for it. But when you’re done? The rewards can change your life.
I WANT TO BE ON STAGE AND SCREEN!
The 10-Week Modules are so beneficial in terms of building up your acting tools! Since training at StandBy my acting has definitely gone up a level, I'm more dedicated to achieving my goals as well. I highly recommend the training (precisely why I keep coming back as well).
Chantelle Rance

Imagine having the support you need to help you bring out your true love of acting. What will you be able to accomplish when you are the one that the directors call back, time and time again?

 

And it doesn’t matter if you have known you’ve wanted to act since you were 7 or if this is something that has just recently come on you. This training programme is for all levels of experience, as well as for ANYONE who has dreamt of standing in front of the camera or on stage at any point in their lives.

 

Using the process that has won Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro and Daniel Day-Lewis awards for best acting performances, you, too, can stand on stage or screen with confidence in yourself, in your abilities, and in the roles you play.

 

Without the costly investment of drama school.

 

I know because since graduating from  drama school, I’ve been able to train aspiring actors who have gone on to win callbacks, gushing reviews, TV roles and even industry awards. Repeatedly.

 

Because I have managed to trim the fat from what the drama schools teach and distill the process of method acting into a series of modules that can be taught over a span of ten weeks (per module), not dragged out over the course of years, just so you can pay for the schools’ fancy facilities.

Say no to drama school technique and pricey fees.

Say yes to creating your dreams of success on the stage and the screen by mastering THE method that the Oscar-Award winning actors swear by.

In ten weeks, you could have a foundation you need to:

  • Overcome the thoughts that make you second guess every line you’re speaking on stage or in front of the camera
  • Release the idea that you are not the actor that deserves to be on that stage or screen (because you are!)
  • Begin getting more and more callbacks to play the roles you WANT to play
  • Learn how to navigate the thought patterns and behaviors that stop you from throwing yourself completely into the role you’re playing
  • Begin to master the most immersive method acting approach available so you can lose those second and third jobs sooner, rather than later
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The breakdown of the massive value embedded in this slight investment is:

  • 36 hours of method acting training delivered weekly with homework assignments to help you reinforce the lessons you learn in class (One of the things that every one of my students tell everyone is that I will push you to achieve your dreams…you don’t walk out of class on Wednesday and then that’s it until next Wednesday)
  • Weekly assessment to gauge how well you’re absorbing the material
  • Individual tutorials (x2) where we set BIG goals in the beginning and then assess them in our second session and at the end to see how far you’ve come
  • Access to private membership area to enrich your experience and give you a boost you can’t get anywhere else with video tutorials to master the exclusive bonus Actors Journal you’re gifted, so you can become well-versed in the character building process easily
  • Online support group where you have DAILY access to me or your tutor, along with support from students who are traveling the same road and working for the same goals
  • Individual weekly critique that offers you critical feedback to help you hone YOUR process
  • Actors Journal that, if I’m completely honest, past and current students RAVE about having with them as they undertake this journey to help them stay focused and pushing forward with becoming one with each character
  • Line learning tool kit to make learning the lines that you’re going to bring to life as easy as possible
  • End of programme performance that you’ll perform in class to be assessed, given feedback and passed on to the next level, if you have mastered the techniques taught within your 10-week programme
  • Development overview
As you may have noticed, I put everything I can into helping you develop your skill of “becoming” on stage or screen…maybe even more so than what most of the leading drama schools offer. Because I have skin in the game. Because I am as invested in your success as you are.
I WANT TO LEARN TO IMMERSE MYSELF IN MY ROLES
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Your group training feels like a 1:1. Before StandBy Method Acting Studio my acting was quite stiff. The training helped me improve a lot and helped me find my own style as an actor.
Zane Alsaroori - Everyone's Talking About Jamie
When I first came to Standby I was very frustrated and nearly gave up on my career, but after meeting with Louise and training with her, I found my confidence; she helped to discover my gifts as an actress. The training has been superb, this enabled me to get an agent and get cast in two shorts films. I have learnt so much from StandBy and the support system is amazing I cannot fault it at all! Love it.
Zainab Adeyemi
If anyone in Sheffield or London has dreams of getting into film or theatre, StandBy gets my vote as the best place to start.
Stephen Graham
AL CAPONE, Boardwalk Empire
I can honestly say that I have tried lots of different classes and have learnt more in an incredibly short space of time with Louise than I have ever learnt before - and the reason for this is that Louise so encouragingly gives you the tools you need to progress. It’s all so measurable and it all makes brilliant sense. And it’s honestly so exciting to see yourself improving and to feel the excitement from everyone else in the group and in class..
Elizabeth Mann
Actress
Since training with StandBy I have gone on to land paid work on a regular basis, join spotlight, land an agent, work all over the country and meet the top casting directors in the industry. It is great training at StandBy learning a technique that the best actors ever have used and to be able to express a story in the most authentic way.
Luke Goddard
WINNER - Best Male Lead at Sydney Film Festival, Lockwood and Co - Netflix

WHY?

In case you’re wondering who this crazy woman is that is practically GIVING everything away, I am Louise O’Leary and I founded the StandBy Method Acting Studio back in 2010 when I saw how many aspiring actors were giving up on their dreams because they couldn’t afford fancy drama school fees.

And frankly, I couldn’t take it. So I started the StandBy Method Acting Studio to keep dreams alive and dreamers achieving them.

You see, I started in drama school at The Arden School of Theatre in Manchester. But when it was over, I had to, then, fork out more money to continue my training because I hadn’t received the tools I needed to improve the negative feedback I’d gotten on my performances, including travelling all the way across the pond to the mecca of Method Acting – The Actor’s Studio.

Don’t get me wrong, I was good. I mean, I got in to drama school, right? But once I was there, I began looking at everyone around me and thinking, “Am I as good as she is?” “Oh, wow, she nailed that scene, there’s no way I can pull that off.” Or “I wonder if they can even understand my accent” (thanks to my then-much-thicker Yorkshire accent).

So, because I was always thinking, I was rarely IN character, even if I was.

I decided to practice the method acting techniques I DIDN’T learn in drama school (that came after, when I invested in a coach who GOT me and was able to help me hone my skills and talents) because, for me, method acting is the best way to psychologically and emotionally pull yourself INTO the roles you’re playing.

So StandBy is not only the most affordable studio for the most profound method acting techniques in the UK, it’s also the most recommended by professional actors.
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METHOD ACTING IN A NUTSHELL

Method acting is a controversial method of learning to step into the emotional and psychological states of the characters that the actors are portraying.

And StandBy Method Acting Studio focuses on the safety of doing this so that you, as the actor, never put yourself in harm’s way as you learn the depth of the characters you are about to take on. We also work on anchoring methods to help you navigate the emotional waters that can arise when you take on especially taxing roles.

The reason the method is so popular is because it is the most profound way to uncover the nuances of your character so that when you step on stage or in front of the camera, you almost become that character, removing your own doubts, fears, and nagging voices that interrupt scene after scene.

And it takes time and effort to be able to master what comes up when you approach acting the method. Not as much time as drama schools want you to believe, however.

The StandBy Method Acting Studio is designed to give you only the meat that you need in order to become the best on the stage or screen, so that you transform as quickly and as affordably as possible. If you are an aspiring actor or have those dreams in the back of your mind of becoming an actor, but have yet to act on them because you think you’ve passed your prime or you’re too inexperienced, or or or…

I encourage you to check out what you can accomplish with the StandBy Method Acting Programme.
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F.A.Q.

How to know if the training is what you need

You have found yourself dreaming of being on stage or on camera at any time in your life

You are already an aspiring actor who wants to take their career to the next level…FAST

You are a professional actor already, but would like to be the one who makes the people swoon and beg you to be in their works

 

 

You want to only want to come to class and do none of the homework that success will require of you

You are averse to certain types of roles and do not have the emotional or psychological ability to step into those roles

You do not see the value in training over education

 

 

While I do (lovingly) boast that this is THE premier acting studio in London, Sheffield and online, I also have to tell you, it’s not easy to get in. And it sort of has to be that way in order to maintain the quality of the training…and your results. 

For the whole program, there are 16 modules. Each module is 10 weeks and depends on passing the previous module.

Level 1  – 10 week method Acting Programme for adults

Module 1  – Unlocking imagination

Module 2 – Offering gifts

Module 3 – Script analysis; the need, the motivation, the action

Module 4 – Building a believable character

 

Level 2 – 10 week method acting programme for adults

Module 1 – The Animal Exercise

Module 2 – Objects of attention

Module 3 – Sense Memory 

Module 4 – Affective memory 

 

Level 3  – 10 week method acting programme for adults

Module 1  – Shakespeare 

Module 2 – The War Project 

Module 3 – TV 

Module 4 – Mastering the monologue 

 

Level 4  – 10 week method acting programme for adults

Module 1 – Audition technique

Module 2 – Tackling the play

Module 3 – Creating your own work

Module 4 – Mock production

6:00pm: Complete success sheet

6:10pm: The Chair Relaxation exercise

7:10pm: Creative concentration exercise

7:20pm: Sense Memory

7:30pm: Method Acting Exercises and workshop

8:45pm: Scene Presentation & feedback

9:20pm: Success sheet review

So, if you’ve read down this far and you want in, this is what happens:

  1. You click the button to audition below.
  2. Fill out the application form – yes, it’s a bit long…but necessary, and if you are accepted to audition, your application fee will be applied to your course investment, should you make it through.
  3. If you qualify after the initial 15 minute audition, I’ll call you in for a final group audition.
  4. When your group audition is over, if you have met the criteria for entry, I’ll let you know. Your audition fee is then deducted from the training investment and then you’ll start the next intake with us! (New students training begins every 13 weeks.) 

You are literally 4 steps away from possibly changing your life. And I am SO happy for you!

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