Date: April 23rd
Location: Actors' Guild Hub at Spotlight, 7 Leicester Place, London, WC2H 7RJ
Time: 18.00 - 21.00

Royal Shakespeare Company Director and Cheek by Jowl Associate Director Owen Horsley, leads a workshop for professional actors during which you will work on a Classical Speech of your choice.

Do you have a classical speech that you are keen to work on? A speech that you can't seem to unlock? A speech that you need to freshen up?

In this Speech Surgery workshop with Royal Shakespeare Company Director Owen Horsley you can do just that. Come prepared with a speech that is learnt and within a safe and ensemble led environment unlock, re-imagine and have fun exploring a classical speech through exercises and techniques that build confidence. 

Owen trained at Drama Centre London.

Owen's directing credits include Maydays by David Edgar (RSC) Salome by Oscar Wilde (RSC) The Famous Victories of Henry V (RSC), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Garsington Opera), Henry V (Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre), The Picture of Dorian Gray (Watermill Theatre) and Don Giovanni (LaMaMa, New York)

Owen was Associate Director on the RSC King and Country Tour and worked with Artistic Director Gregory Doran on Richard II and Henry IV Part 1 and 2 and Henry V from 2013-16.

Owen is also an Associate Director for Cheek by Jowl. He was Assistant Director to Declan Donnellan on The Changeling (2006) Cymbeline (2007), Troilus and Cressida (2008), Macbeth (2009-11) and ‘Tis Pity she’s a Whore (2011-13) becoming Associate Director in 2010. Owen Co-Directed the 2013 Tour of Tis Pity.

 Other directing credits include Alls Well That Ends Well (Stella Adler), The Two Noble Kinsmen (RWCMD) Outside on the Street (Edinburgh Fringe and Arcola) Antony and Cleopatra, Lysistrata, As you Like it (Guildhall School of Music and Drama), Edward II (St Andrew's Crypt), In Bed With Messalina (Courtyard Theatre) See What I See (St Clements Mental Hospital) and The Duchess of Malfi (Southwark Playhouse and UK Tour).

Owen created Bard City in 2016, which offers Shakespeare training in New York as well as presenting innovative versions of his plays. Recent work includes A one-man Hamlet with Ben Schnetzer at Classic Stage Company, New York.

Owen works extensively Internationally. He has led workshops in Spain, Italy, Luxembourg, USA, China and France. Owen’s first Spanish production, The Malcontent, opened at the Almagro Festival in August 2011 before transferring to Madrid.

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