Shakespeare Workout: Prepping for a Role

SHAKESPEARE WORKOUT: PREPPING FOR A ROLE

Join stage and screen actor Oliver Alvin-Wilson (Troilus & Cressida, Shakespeare’s Globe; Curfew, Paramount+) as he breaks down his process for preparing for various acting challenges.

Focusing on three Shakespeare characters Oliver has played, including Othello & Hector, this practical workshop will give you tools to get rehearsal ready for any process. How do you adjust your preparation to take into account the director’s style? How do you prepare specifically enough while maintaining a flexibility in your choices?

Through guided exercises, scene work and discussion, we will examine how preparation, research, and imaginative play combine in professional practice. By the end of the session you’ll have developed strategies for approaching any Shakespeare play with clarity and creativity.

---

Oliver’s theatre credits include: Troilus & Cressida (Shakespeare’s Globe), Dr Strangelove (West End), Now, I See (Stratford East), Disruption (Park Theatre); All of Us (National Theatre); Henry VI Rebellion/War of the Roses (RSC); Samskara (The Yard Theatre); The Doctor (Almeida Theatre); The Twilight Zone (Ambassadors Theatre); Nine Night (Trafalgar Studios); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Young Vic Theatre); The Red Barn (National Theatre); Othello (Stratford Gatehouse Theatre); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Propeller Theatre Company); The Merchant of Venice (Propeller Theatre Company); Antigone Adapted by Roy Williams (Royal Stratford East Theatre); Henry V (Propeller Theatre Company) and more. His film and TV credits include: Harkness (Orchard Films); Wonder Woman 1984 (Warner Bros); The Huntsman (Universal Pictures); Curfew (Vertigo for Paramount+); The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power (Amazon) and more.