Clare Davidson MFA is an acting coach, voice coach and theatre director with a worldwide reputation. She has worked with, and trained, many stars including Sting, Orlando Bloom, Diana Rigg, Mark Rylance, Dudley Moore, Georgie Henley and Pierce Brosnan, directed in London’s West End and off-Broadway, and held academic positions in colleges and universities in America and the United Kingdom.

10 SESSION ACTING MASTERCLASS

SPRING 2024

An intensive course covering essential elements of an actor’s training. Text, scene work and improvisation are explored, along with physical and vocal exercises which develop the body and voice, enabling increased emotional and creative freedom. This consolidates an actor’s technique and increases confidence.

Suitable for all levels, from beginners to established professionals.

Next 10 session course is at Only Connect, 32 Cubitt Street, London WC1X 0LR

Classes run 15th Jan – 18th Mar 2024, on Mondays, 6.30pm to 10pm

From Script to Screen at Joldwynds

Join acting and voice coach Clare Davidson, and filmmaker Will Thomas Freeman for fully catered residential courses and filming projects at Joldwynds, a 1930’s grade 2 listed Art Deco house situated in the glorious Surrey hills.

Our coaching covers pre-take preparation, acting for the camera and immediate post-take analysis. Students will leave with an increased understanding of the art of film acting, personalised exercises for the voice and body, and videoed content for further study or use.
 
Location: Joldwynds, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking RH5 6NS

MASTERING SCREEN ESSENTIALS

Clare Davidson – Showreels
Clare Davidson and Will Freeman are offering 5 in-depth days exploring different aspects of acting for the screen.
Acting with:
1) The Close Up
2) Anger
3) Silence
4) The Extreme Wide
5) Intimacy
Days of the week not yet allocated.
Venue: 30 Highgate West Hill, N6 6NP
Max People: 8
To apply email: clare@claredavidson.co.uk

TESTIMONIALS

“She was an indispensible help to me.”

Sting

“Outstanding and unique in her field.”

Dudley Moore

“Her tact, knowledge and calmness in work was extraordinary.”

Dirk Bogarde

“Having known Clare Davidson for nearly 30 years I highly recommend her.”

Stephen Rea

“Clare’s experience is vast. She has coached me extensively and it is to her I owe much of my success.”

Jayne Brook

“She has always shown teaching of the highest calibre, and is now internationally acclaimed as a vocal and acting coach. We consider her unique in her field.”

Anthony Branch, Director Emeritus, British American Drama Academy (BADA), London, UK

“Recognising her outstanding communication skills she has earned a worldwide reputation as an acting and vocal coach and as such is unique in her field.”

Roger Croucher, ex-Principal LAMDA, London, UK

“Clare Davidson has organised and run many successful acting workshops at the Actor’s Centre in London.”

Paula Jacobs, ex-Director, The Actor's Centre, London, UK

“Her work as both director and teacher is held in high esteem by collegues and theatre practicioners in the UK, and her productions regularly receive critical acclaim.”

Suzan Dormer, on behalf of The Directors Guild of Great Britain, UK

“Her extraordinary abilities in her field, both for motion picture and the stage, place her among the top coaches in the western world.”

Douglas Seelig, Associate Producer and Editor, New Line Productions Inc, California, USA

“The result that she achieves with actors is truly remarkable. She has an extraordinary ability to help them express enormous intensity of feeling while they also achieve full believability in their acting… She also has an excellent command of Shakespearean text.”

Mary Corrigan, Professor of Theatre, University of California, San Diego, USA

Davidson has been my colleague at Oxford in the British American Academy Program and is a superb teacher; intuitive and articulate who brings great skill and compassion to her work.”

Michael Kahn, Artistic Director of the Shakespeare Theatre, Washington DC

“Her teaching of acting and of vocal production is based in a comprehensive understanding of the connection between the imagination and the physical expression in the actor’s creative process. This is a rare quality in an acting teacher.”

Earl R. Gister, Associate Dean Emeritus, Yale School of Drama, New Haven, Connecticut

“Clare is one of the bravest directors I’ve worked with. She is ever bold in rehearsals and encourages her actors to be bold as well. She has a wonderful way of drawing out the best from her cast by making them active participants in the creation of the piece. Some of my best and most fulfilling work as an actor has come under her direction. She holds a place of high esteem for me as both a director and mentor.”

Dan Flapper, Student College of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

“I have observed her work as a director in Norway and as a teacher in Santa Fe, New Mexico… bringing vision, experience and good humour to everything she does. She can enthuse both actors and students and is a terrific leader of teams. Her work around the world has given her a breadth of knowledge and experience that is rarely found.”

Luke Dixon, Director International Workshops Festival, London
“Working with Clare is both delightful and empowering. She goes way beyond just using techniques and quickly identified how I could unlock greater creativity and choices.”
Stephen Ashmore-Blakely