The Reel Scene is an acting school based in London
Try a Taster Acting Workshop!
Meet the team and learn all about The Reel Scene! Join one of our regular 3-hour acting workshops in London.
Taught by a professional actor and an agent from RS Talent, followed by a Q&A session.
NEW! The Reel Scene Online Acting Course
12 weeks of online workshops covering basic acting techniques, scene study, auditioning / self-taping, career development and more!
Taught by working industry professionals!
Includes access to The Actors Gym!
What In-Person Acting Courses Do We Offer?
London Acting Courses at The Reel Scene
1 Year Acting Course
Audition Required: Yes
Your acting career starts here! Everything you need to become a professional screen actor. Learn from known actors/directors and shoot scenes for your showreel every month!
£9,950.00 (Finance available)
Next Course Dates: Mar 2024 - Feb 2025
Acting Training Course (Level 1)
Audition Required: No
Develop your acting skills with our structured 3-month part-time acting course. Covering the essentials of acting & audition technique with a variety of industry coaches.
£599.00
Next Level 1 Course Starts: 10th Jan 2024
The Event - One Week Intensive Acting Course
Audition Required: Yes
Intensive screen acting training with multiple tutors.
Dramatic & comedy showreel footage. Professional Headshots.
Final dramatic performance for directors & agents.
£2,999.00
Next Course Date: 20 - 25 January 2024
Asa Butterfield 3-Day Acting Masterclass
Audition Required: Yes
Hands-on acting workshop with film and Netflix star Asa Butterfield (Sex Education, Hugo). Workshops, improvisations and scene work! Come away with a professionally shot scene!
£1,499.00
Next Course Date: Announced Soon
Hone your audition skills • Perfect your self-tapes
Check out The Actors Gym, our online training platform...
The Actors Gym
Online Training Plartform
The Actors Gym is our online acting training platform!
Previously £34.99
Discounted quarterly and annual plans available!
- Learn to act from home!
- Open to actors of all skill levels
- Open to actors anywhere in the world
- TWO self-tape challenges every month with personal scores!
- Q&As, videos and scene study workshops with actors like Asa Butterfield (Sex Education on Netflix), William Moseley, Shobu Kapoor, David Schaal, Bill Ward, Kevin McNally (Pirates of the Caribbean) and many more!
- All classes recorded!
- Learn at your own pace!
- Self-tape certificate, headshot reviews, Discord server, quizzes, film club, private groups and more!
Previously £34.99
Discounted quarterly and annual plans available!
NEW! The Reel Scene Online Acting Course
12 weeks of online workshops covering basic acting techniques, scene study, auditioning / self-taping, career development and more!
Taught by working industry professionals!
Includes access to The Actors Gym!
When do your courses run?
Our acting courses run throughout the year and are taught by working actors, directors, agents and producers. Most courses run in the evenings and on weekends and are held in London.
In addition to actor training, we also offer acting career advice, professional acting headshots, film/TV audition and self-tape training, showreel footage, ongoing community and graduate support.
We offer casting / acting agency representation via our affiliated agency RS Talent.
Looking to develop your own project? Talk to the team at Reel Scene Productions
Frequently Asked Questions
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Our tutors all currently work in the film and television industry. As well as our acting coaches, including Asa Butterfield (Sex Education), William Moseley(Chronicles of Narnia), David Schaal (The Office, The Inbetweeners), Steve North (Doctor Who, Londons Burning, Eastenders), Kevin McNally (Pirates of the Caribbean) and Meisner coach Skye Hallam (RADA-trained actress, appeared in The Crown) we have many more acting coaches from all areas of the industry! Learn more about the acting coaches at The Reel Scene.
We accept payment by PayPal, credit card and bank transfer. We’re FCA-approved. Normally, you’ll need to pay in advance, directly to The Reel Scene. You can arrange this by contacting us.
Learning to become an actor is like any other skill – you need training and practise! Rather than the drama school approach, The Reel Scene offer practical acting courses from recognised working acting professionals like Asa Butterfield to get you up to speed fast! The Reel Scene can also help you with getting an agent, networking and professional headshots. Why not kickstart your acting career with an Acting Taster Workshop?
Take a look through our acting courses and find the one that suits you! If you can’t attend acting classes in person, why not check out The Actors Gym to take part in our range of online acting classes?
If you have any questions you can contact The Reel Scene using details below! Tell us about yourself, your acting experience and what you hope to gain from studying acting with us. One of our team will be in touch to discuss the next steps with you.
Many of our courses and workshops include filmed exercises and scenes, such as The Event, The Asa Butterfield Masterclass and The Screen Acting Year Course. We are one of the few professional acting courses who shoot scenes with our actors every month as part of our Screen Acting Year Course. We want to get you in front of the camera as often as possible, after all, that’s what acting is about! You’ll shoot scenes to practise the particular skills you’ve learned, and these scenes will be edited by our in-house professional editor Lucas Young (Television New Zealand, Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King). These scenes are crucial for you to learn about framing, continuity, performance, the effects of lighting and directing and much more. You’ll receive the scenes as files you can use as part of your showreel.
Our Screen Acting Year Course and 6-day Event both come with headshots! Not only will we schedule a professional headshot shoot for you with an agency like Pure Headshots, but we will also teach you how to get the best out of your headshots and what casting directors look for in headshots.
Yes, we work with BuyLine to provide a range of finance options – please contact us for details.
Our tutors all currently work in the film and television industry. As well as our acting coaches, including Asa Butterfield (Sex Education), William Moseley(Chronicles of Narnia), David Schaal (The Office, The Inbetweeners), Steve North (Doctor Who, Londons Burning, Eastenders) and Meisner coach Skye Hallam (RADA-trained actress, appeared in The Crown) we have many more acting coaches from all areas of the industry! Learn more about the acting coaches at The Reel Scene.
A good agent will only sign an actor once they’ve had a chance to see them work, to see how they work with other actors and crew, and have reviewed their showreel and headshots. Agents from RS Talent regularly attend workshops and classes (we are always looking for new talent) and may recommend further training if you show promise. That’s why it’s great to come to these workshops, meet people, make friends and make yourself known! Most of our graduates leave our courses and gain representation (98% in 2019).
We welcome actors of all ages and levels of experience! If you’re under 16, you’ll need the approval of your parent or guardian, but we welcome parents to come along and watch the classes. Some of our courses may require you to be 18 or older (such as The Event) for example, we hold our showcase in theatres and we have hired pubs for location shoots where alcohol may be served.
We accept payment by PayPal, credit card and bank transfer. We’re FCA-approved. Normally, you’ll need to pay in advance, directly to The Reel Scene. You can arrange this by contacting us.
We are also a Talent Agency!
The RS Talent Agency in London works with top UK production companies in Film, TV and Commercials.
Many of the graduates from Reel Scene courses go on to be represented by RS Talent.
Try a Taster Acting Workshop!
Meet the team and learn all about The Reel Scene! Join one of our regular 3-hour acting workshops in London.
Taught by a professional actor and an agent from RS Talent, followed by a Q&A session.
Taught by a professional actor and an agent from RS Talent, followed by a Q&A session.
ONLY £35!
Who Are The Tutors?
Asa Butterfield
Sex Education – Netflix, Hugo, Ender's Game
Kevin McNally
Pirates of the Caribbean, Doctor Who, Downton Abbey
David Schaal
The Inbetweeners, The Office
Steve North
Doctor Who, Londons Burning
Frank Harper
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, St George's Day
Ali Bastian
Doctors, Hollyoaks
Shobu Kapoor
Bend it Like Beckham, Citizen Khan
Other specialist coaches include Naomi Joy-Todd (voice and accent coach, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Star Wars: Episode IX, Chernobyl), Robin Berry (motion capture actor, The Jungle Book Origins, Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle), Skye Hallam (Meisner coach and actress – The Crown, The Alienist), Debbie Howard (BBC Director, Doctors), Nancy Bishop and Luke Brady (Casting Directors), Lucas Young (post production, Lord of the Rings) and many more…
Our partners
Many of our graduates, coaches and industry professionals have been involved with productions from the following agencies:
Who Can Enrol at The Reel Scene?
We accept actors of all ages and experience levels!
Our classes have a great mix of actors from many different countries, backgrounds, ages and skills levels.
The minimum student age is 16 unless arrangements are made with parents/guardians. As with the film and TV industry, actors of all ages will be working together and we try to replicate this in our safe and supportive classroom environment.
Some classes have limited places and we may require an audition self-tape as part of your application.
Graduate Success Stories
Gabi Marcelo
Young RS Talent actor Gabi Marcelo featured in "Lady of Heaven"
Roger Ajogbe
Reel Scene Graduate Roger Ajogbe appears in Netflix's The Sandman
Lindsey Price in Curfew
Graduate Lindsey Price landed a role in Curfew
Reel Scene actors in Comedy Feature Film
Many of our actors landed roles in the upcoming coming feature film "The Bystanders"
Marcelo Cartade
Young RS Talent actor Marcelo Cartade appears in Heart of Stone
Kurt Deed
Reel Scene graduate Kurt Deed appears in "Bloods" on Sky
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Reviews of The Reel Scene
As a veteran of dozens of feature film and television projects, I have been privileged to work with some amazing people over the years, and Alex and the team at The Reel Scene are first rate.
3 days of Asa’s masterclass is one of my best experiences in London!! The most remarkable part was I’ve made plenty of talented friends which is really precious for me. On a scale of one to ten... can I say 12?
I did the 6 Day Intensive and the Asa Butterfield Masterclass and the things I have been able to take away with me in a few days in comparison to what I studied for 3 years has been completely INVALUABLE! These guys are invested in YOU as a person and a performer.
I did the 6 Day Intensive and the Asa Butterfield Masterclass and the things I have been able to take away with me in a few days in comparison to what I studied for 3 years has been completely INVALUABLE! These guys are invested in YOU as a person and a performer.
My aim was to kick-start a professional acting career and this was the perfect way to do that. I would highly recommend anyone who wants to hone their acting skills, learn new ones and get exposure to the industry to sign up to The Event! Well done Alex, Nicola, Jen and team!
Mark SkrebelsThe Event Graduate
I did the 3 month course and I absolutely loved it! The course was very insightful and the teachers have a wealth of experience which really enhanced our skills. I would highly recommend the 3 month course. I'm also now looking to take up another course with the school.
I've had the most incredible experience with The Reel Scene. Just finished the One Year Course and I know I will definitely be doing other courses/workshops. Everyone is so friendly and supportive and they give the most intense teaching, I've learnt so much and had so many real experiences. ❤️
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