Practical information
Course given by artist-facilitator: Julie Tamiko Manning
Dates : Tuesdays, from January 27 to April 7 2026, 6:15 to 8:15pm (no classes on March 3)
Age required: Over 18 years old on the day of the activity
Prerequisite experience: Have completed Acting 1 or have equivalent experience
Price: $350.00 (taxes not included)
Language: This class is in English
Questions about the course? Contact us: courspublics@ent-nts.ca
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Class Description
In Acting 2, participants will engage in a deeper exploration of the skills acquired in Acting 1, all while continuing to experience the joy and fun in an open space focused on learning.
This course will use various theatre exercises and scene work to explore relationship to space and partners, text analysis and how to exist in a role vs. perform a role. The class will work towards a public outcome, using scenes from contemporary Canadian plays, which will be treated as part of the acting process as opposed to a “performance”.
Objectives
The objectives for this course are:
- to further develop basic skills of acting by
- delving into deeper listening with your acting partner(s)/ensemble
- making clear choices and looking at objective and super objective
- learning how to find clues on character and character narrative through
the text.
- to continue to develop a respect and rigour for the craft.
- to create confidence and the ability to work together as a creative team
- to have fun.
Artist-facilitator: Julie Tamiko Manning
Julie is an award-winning actor and theatre creator from Tiohtià:ke/Montreal. Recent acting credits include: Three Women of Swatow (Centaur Theatre), Thy Woman’s Weeds (Centaur Theatre), Ricki (Scapegoat Carnivale), Beyond the Sea (Hudson Village Theatre), Wildfire (Talisman), and From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea (Geordie Productions).
Her first play, Mixie and the Halfbreeds (with Adrienne Wong), about mixed identity in multiple universes, was commissioned as a CBC radio play, then adapted for the stage for Neworld Theatre in Vancouver. Her second play, The Tashme Project: The Living Archives (with Matt Miwa), a verbatim retelling of the Japanese Canadian internment experience, was presented at Centaur Theatre in 2018 before it went on to tour Canada. Her third play, Mizushōbai- The Water Trade, about Kiyoko Tanaka Goto, played to full audiences at the Segal Studio in October 2023, featuring an all-female, Japanese Canadian cast. Julie is currently collaborating with 5 Nikkei artists across Canada, adapting The Tashme Project into a graphic novel.
Julie is a community builder, a proud third generation (Sansei) Japanese Canadian and member of Montreal’s newest taiko group, Shima no Taiko.
