Exciting new workshops at GFCA Paris with leading international coaches
ABOUT THE WORKSHOPS
Workshops at the Giles Foreman Centre for Acting Paris are designed as short, high-impact training experiences for actors looking to develop specific skills or deepen their practice.
Training takes place in a rigorous and professional environment, with an emphasis on practical work, exploration, and immediate application.
Workshops vary in focus, offering actors the opportunity to challenge themselves, expand their range, and engage with new approaches.
Explore workshops at GFCA PARIS… new workshops are released regularly
The English Code Workshop
accent | clarity | intention | delivery with Lindsay Richardson
Soften or shift your accent in English with this 3-day course taught by Lindsay Richardson. If you are an experienced actor, looking to refine your skills, this supportive and informative workshop will give you the skills you need to perfect your English clarity, prepare for auditions or showcases, or jumpstart your path to international acting work.
Lindsay Richardson is a native UK-English voice and singing coach. She has taught voice and audition technique at the Giles Foreman Centre for Acting in London since 2012, and is known for precise, encouraging coaching that turns technical sound-work into confident, natural performance.
What you’ll explore:
Principles of voice: anglo vowels, consonants, ‘music’ and intent
Connection, subtext, spontaneity, and vocal confidence
Scene work focussing on nuance, dynamic range and flexibility
Monologue & scene preparation for performance or audition
Key Details:
Tuesday 8 - Thursday 10 September | 21 Hours total
English Instruction
Small Group, Max 15 participants
GFCA Paris, 7 Rue Alexandre Parodi, 75010 Paris
10h – 17h45h | 390€
Advanced Scene Work in French
with Theo Bomhard
Optimise and accelerate your scene preparation process so you’re audition ready in record time.
This class is designed for experienced actors to help you hone the skills to be flexible, precise, and confident in responding to any direction. No superfluous fluff – just straightforward techniques to take you from over-planning to acting from instinct.
Theo von Bomhard is Head of Acting at GFCA Paris. Trained at Drama Studio London and by Jack Waltzer (lifelong Member of the Actors Studio) for over 15 years, he also holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Performance Teaching from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama as well as a Certificate for Teaching in Higher Education from Harvard. He is known for coaching that is exacting, generous, and focused on truthful, screen-ready performance.
What You’ll explore:
• Immediate approach to text and instant reactivity even from cold reading
• Break down and explore a scene to extract a maximum of information
• Adapt to your partner and to directions, moment to moment
• Boost your creativity and benefit fully from your partners’ creativity
• Putting together a scene from first reading to presentation
Key Details:
Monday 14 - Thursday 17th September | 28 hours total
French Instruction
Small Group, Max 12 participants
GFCA Paris, 7 Rue Alexandre Parodi, 75010 Paris
10h – 17h00 | 450€
An Actor’s Playground: A Movement-Based Approach to Character
with Liana Nyquist
Learn the movement approach that trained Michael Fassbender, Tom Hardy, Emilia Clarke, and countless others. This 3-day hands-on, playful movement workshop takes you through celebrated movement specialist Liana Nyquist’s 5-part approach to develop physical instinct and the truth of their character, all through movement. It is open to actors at any stage who are looking to develop their movement awareness.
Liana Nyquist studied at the Drama Centre London and then became the assistant to the founder of the Drama Centre Dr Yat Malmgren, in the Laban analysis of character movement. As a Movement Director in the theatre she has extensive experience working with numerous directors in a varied repertoire: classical, contemporary, farce and beyond. As a Movement Specialist, she coaches actors in both TV and Film. Liana is a lecturer at CSM, College of Arts and Design, University of the Arts, lecturing across the MA and BA courses. She is Head of Movement at the Drama Centre.
What you’ll explore:
Letting space become an active partner in your performance
How to uncover your character’s essential identity through rhythm and motion
The intrinsic interplay between mind, space, and body
Connecting physical exploration to emotional life of your character
Translating movement work into scene and character choices
Key Details:
Saturday 10th - Monday 12th October | 16 hours total
English Instruction
Small Group, Max 10 15 participants
GFCA Paris, 7 Rue Alexandre Parodi, 75010 Paris
10h – 17h00 | 420€
A Sneak Peek into Liana's Coaching
Audition Theory: An Intensive Workshop
with Leigh Kilton-Smith, Los Angeles-Based on-set acting coach to the stars
Prepare for auditions like top Hollywood stars. This is a rare opportunity for actors at any stage of their career to train with Hollywood on-set coach Leigh Kilton-Smith–acting coach of Jennifer Aniston, Gerard Butler, Sam Rockwell, and countless others– in her original six-step Audition Theory process — the art of auditioning without losing your creativity, your self-esteem, or your apartment.
Leigh Kilton-Smith is a Los Angeles-based on-set acting coach with 35 years of experience, including work on Aladdin, Queen & Slim, and White Boy Rick and directors such as Guy Ritchie, Alfanso Cuarón, . She has spent her career translating hard-won, on-set experience into practical, usable skills for actors, working closely with directors, writers and producers as well as actors themselves.
What you’ll explore:
• Understanding what's actually being asked of you in an audition
• Locating where energy and creativity get lost between preparation and the room
• Bringing your own life and experience into audition material
• Maintaining self-esteem and creative ownership through rejection and rescheduling
• Applying the six-step Audition Theory method to real material
• Leaving with a repeatable process for every future audition
Key Details:
5 days: Wednesday 21 - Sunday 25th October | 35 hours total
English Instruction
Small Group, Max 15 participants
GFCA Paris, 7 Rue Alexandre Parodi, 75010 Paris
10h – 18h00 | 35 hours total
695 € Private
Scene Work: Let the Story Emerge
with Leigh Kilton-Smith, Los Angeles-Based on-set acting coach
Study scenes like Jennifer Anniston, Gerard Butler, and Sam Rockwell. This four-day scene study intensive with celebrated Hollywood on-set coach Leigh Kilton-Smith is for actors who want to deepen their scene work through presence, listening, and genuine connection with a partner – rather than performance for its own sake. Doing a "great scene" isn’t the goal–it’s knowing yourself better as an artist through being present, a fantastic listener, trusting connection, and letting a great story emerge — the scene work is just the means.
Leigh Kilton-Smith is a Los Angeles-based on-set acting coach with 35 years of experience, including work on Aladdin, Queen & Slim, and White Boy Rick and directors such as Guy Ritchie, Alfanso Cuarón, . She has spent her career translating hard-won, on-set experience into practical, usable skills for actors, working closely with directors, writers and producers as well as actors themselves.
What you’ll explore:
• Being fully present in a scene rather than performing it
• Listening as an active, creative act, not a pause before your line
• Trusting connection with your scene partner
• Allowing a genuine story to be told through you, not manufactured
Key Details:
4 days: Tuesday 27th - Friday 30th October | 28 Hours total
English Instruction
Small Group, Max 15 participants
GFCA Paris, 7 Rue Alexandre Parodi, 75010 Paris
10h – 17h00 | 28 hours total
620 € Private
It’s All in the Pitch: A 7-day Pitching Intensive
with Dana Fainaru, BAFTA-winning writer and executive producer
How do you pitch your idea to get it made? It’s not as simple as having a good idea, it’s being able to sell that idea. BAFTA-winning writer Dana Fainru shows you how it’s done in this 7-day intensive workshop. You’ll learn the art of building the pitch – from concept, logline, story and deck – followed by three days of live rehearsal, including a first full pitch round with structured peer and tutor feedback. The experience will culminate in a mock-pitch round to the group or invited guests, revised and delivered a second time. And you’ll walk away with next steps to take your story from idea to reality.
Dana Fainaru is a BAFTA-winning writer and executive producer, and a graduate of the BBC Writers' Academy and Drama Centre London. She was Lead Writer on Casualty and a core writer on Holby City for the BBC, winning a BAFTA for Casualty in 2021, the Writers' Guild Award for Best Episode of Continuing Drama, and the MIND Mental Health in Media Award. Her recent work includes Vikings: Valhalla (Netflix/MGM) and The Last Tsars (Netflix), alongside Death in Paradise, Call the Midwife and Riviera; she is currently executive producer and co-writer on Significant Other (ITVX) and series 2 of The Buccaneers (Apple TV).
What you’ll explore:
• The purpose and principles of an effective script pitch
• Writing a compelling logline and synopsis
• How to structure and confidently deliver a professional pitch to any audience
• Responding effectively to feedback and questions
Key Details:
7 days: wednesday 18th - tuesday 24th of November
10h-18h daily | 50 Hours total
English Instruction
Small Group, Max 15 participants
Laptop required
GFCA Paris, 7 Rue Alexandre Parodi, 75010 Paris
820€ private funding | 3000€ AFDAS | 1500€ | France Travail
with Melanie Reiff, a voice coach based in Paris. With a Masters of Music Education and Vocal Pedagogy from the University of Colorado, she has 15 years of experience of vocal coaching for both singers and actors, specialising in helping speakers achieve clarity and ease in English to support their acting in international markets.
Course Description:
Do you want to act in English but struggle to sound natural in the language? This 2-day workshop is designed to get you actively practicing pronunciation, rhythm, and flow in a professional, supportive, and fun environment, so you leave with practical exercises for your actor's toolbox. It's for actors and performers with some experience working in English who want to soften their accent, improve their clarity, and learn the nuance of acting in English to prepare for auditions, showcases, or international performing.
What You'll Explore
Morning Day 1: Foundations Understand how the breath, articulators, and vocal tract work together to create sounds. Practice tricky Anglo-vowels, consonants, and "tonic accent" through practical exercises that train your muscles to speak English more naturally.
Afternoon Day 1: Intonation and Flow Building on the morning session, learn how intonation and connected speech impact the rhythm of English and improve clarity and understanding. Focus on how changes in word stress impact meaning. Apply these ideas to simple text and scenes.
Day 2: Applications Review of the exercises from the first day, complete with a vocal workout routine you can use in your daily practice. Prepare and present scenes or monologues with individual coaching and feedback.
Skills You'll Gain
Ear training to help you recognize nuanced differences in certain sounds, and practical tools to train your muscles to create those sounds
Clarity and confidence in your articulation
Understanding of rhythm in English and ability to discern how intonation and stress impact meaning for an actor
Recognition of your strengths and weaknesses and personalized tips to help you keep progressing after the course
Key Details
Dates November 28–29
Price 250 (currency not specified — confirm)
