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What does it mean to be a part of Russell Actors? 
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  • Fun weekly stage and screen acting skills sessions lead by professional actors and directors
  • Be part of our annual performance festivals!
  • Opportunity to join ​The Young Actors Company Film, Theatre & Television Agency
  • Summer shows- rehearse in a week and perform in London and Gloucestershire!
  • Group theatre trips
  • Meet a talented group of like-minded people!

          Through the year, we explore a range of acting techniques and skills. It is like a condensed version of drama school! This                 includes improvisation, devising, character exercises, script work, monologues, physical theatre, screen acting and even                   more! 

Where do we do it? 

In the heart of Kensington!
Easy to get to by tube or bus. We are just off Kensington Church St in a brilliant centre. Once you reach Vicarage Gate, look out for the big blue clock.
Some sessions are downstairs in the room on the left as you enter, and some are upstairs in the big hall where a lot of West End shows rehearse!
​ADDRESS: St Mary Abbots Centre, Vicarage Gate, W8 4HN

When do we do it?

Thursday Evenings  5.00-6.30pm and 6.30pm-8.30pm
Autumn term: 13th Sept- 13th Dec (No sessions on 25th Oct or 1st Nov)
Spring term: 10th Jan- 21st March (No session on 14th February) 
Summer term: 18th April - 11th July (No session on 30th May) 

How much does it cost?

Juniors: £205 per term
Seniors: £269 per term​

(We have a few scholarship places available. Please let us know if you'd like to audition for one of these.) 


Who runs it?

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Sherina Russell- Director 
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Having trained at LAMDA (The London Academy
of Music and Dramatic Art), Sherina had a variety of acting jobs, including touring the UK with the West End production of The 39 Steps. She also produced a play for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and presented a documentary. She very quickly discovered her passion for teaching, collaborating, and sharing the wonders of theatre with young people. Sherina has run her own group for 11 years and set up Russell Actors in London 6 years ago. She also teaches and mentors privately around London.

“Over the past 11 years of directing and creating unique projects, I have had the pleasure of seeing numerous children grow into confident young adults, many of whom have gone on to study at Britain’s top universities and drama schools. Through drama they have the opportunity to develop their creativity; ability to communicate their ideas; articulation and projection; spatial and physical awareness; time-management; vocabulary; comedy timing and sense of compassion. Students often feel inspired to research the topic we are focusing on; drama definitely nurtures the inquisitive mind. Perhaps most importantly of all – they love it! I feel incredibly fortunate to do what I do, with young people that inspire me and make me laugh!” 


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Martyn Russell
Martyn is a professional photographer who specialises in actors' headshots, weddings and other events. He is also a teacher of English and Drama. Martyn co-founded Russell Actors with Sherina.  

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Sarah Chapleo
After attending The Young Actors Company, Sarah studied Drama and English at Queen Mary University of London. She now works as a freelance Theatre Director, is a member of The National Theatre's Young Studio and is Associate Director at Theatre N16. Recent credits: Your Ever Loving (Underbelly Cowgate), Christmas (Theatre N16), Uncovered (Southwark Playhouse) and Above (The Park Theatre).

Robbie Taylor Hunt
After attending The Young Actors Company where Sherina was the leader, Robbie studied at Cambridge University. Recent directing credits include: Consent (assistant directing, Sonia Friedman Productions, West End) Tribes and Othello (ADC Theatre), Fight Director for The Taming of the Shrew (venues across America) and Assistant Director for Measure for Measure (Cambridge Arts Theatre, dir. Tom Littler).  
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The Agency

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All Russell Actors are offered the chance to be a part of The Young Actors Company agency. You will have the opportunity to join Spotlight where almost all of the major auditions are advertised and then the YAC agency will put you forward for the relevant roles.

What does it mean to be on the books?

 1.  Your own detailed web page on the Young Actors Agency (password protected) website
 2.  A selection of your headshots which will be taken by our photographer
 3.  Individual CVs prepared and updated throughout the year

Through this agency actors have appeared as lead roles, supporting characters and background artists in over 500 productions on stage and screen. Some of the television and film productions include:
  • EastEnders (BBC)
  • Waterloo Road (BBC )
  • Sadie J (CBBC )
  • Grantchester (ITV)
  • The Interceptor (BBC)
  • Fury (Feature film starring Brad Pit)

The agency's alumni include:
  • Himesh Patel (Tamwar Masood, EastEnders)
  • Zebb Dempster (Leo Fitzgerald, Waterloo Road)
  • Alan Hall (Rico, Sadie J.)
  • Ben Lynn (Pietro, The Malcontent, 2014 + Iarbus, Dido, Queen of Carthage; both at The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare’s Globe, London).
  • Dominic Thorburn (Alan Dangle, One Man Two Guvnors, The Adelphi Theatre, London 2014;  Angus, Macbeth with Kenneth Branagh in Manchester and New York)
  • Stuart Wilde (John Webster, Shakespeare in Love, Noel Coward Theatre, London)
  • Leanne Jones (Tracy Turnblad, Hairspray, Shaftsbury Theatre – winner of the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical)
  • Henry Kingsmill (Karl in The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas)
  • Zac Davies (Jemmy Button in Creation)
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