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Course details
This course is designed to deepen your understanding of truthful performance, focusing on authenticity, presence and genuine human connection.
You will be guided beyond surface-level technique to explore how truthful acting emerges through listening, impulse and moment-to-moment response.
Through structured exercises, improvisation, text work and scene exploration, you will develop greater emotional confidence and clarity of intention in making bold yet grounded choices. Key areas include active listening, reacting honestly, vocal nuance, physical awareness and connecting inner impulses to outward expression.
Creativity is a central pillar of this course. You are encouraged to experiment and take creative risks while developing your own expressive voice. Within a supportive and inclusive environment, the course fosters curiosity, collaboration and reflective practice, allowing you to apply technique organically rather than mechanically.
Suitable for those who have some basic acting experience, this course offers a dynamic next step toward deeper performance, creative confidence and embodied communication both on and off stage.
About the trainer
Jum Rubin
Jum Rubin is a theatre director, acting coach and teacher. With her MA (Distinction) in Theatre Directing from Middlesex University she has worked internationally in countries such as Thailand, Romania, UK, Canada, Japan, China, Chile and Cambodia.
Jum conducts workshops and contributes to the development of theatre and drama education globally. She has taught and directed at Drama Conservatoires in the UK such as East15 Acting School and Drama Studio London. She was head of the drama department at Whitmore High School in London. Her students successfully went on to study at top drama schools and universities including Rada, Guildhall, East15, Leeds University and Goldsmiths.
Her production of Romeo and Juliet was invited to the International Shakespeare Festival in Romania in 2024. Additionally, her work based on the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding at the National University of Theatre and Film in Romania won an award in 2022.
Application information
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Anyone with some experience in performing and/or acting looking to develop their skills in acting further.
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