XR Lab
Certificate Program

Weekend Acting Course

Learn Acting Through Weekend-Only Professional Training

The Weekend Acting Course is designed for aspiring actors, students, creators, and working professionals who wish to develop acting skills through practical, industry-oriented training. Conducted exclusively on weekends, the programme focuses on performance techniques, character building, camera acting, and confidence development.

Duration: 3 Months | 12 Weeks

Academic Engagement:
3 Hours / Day | 2 Days / Week

Studio-based training & live productions

Paid apprenticeship & professional portfolio development

Program Vision

The programme aims to make professional acting training accessible and flexible while providing learners with the confidence, discipline, and performance skills required for stage, screen, and digital media

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Weekend Learning Format

Professional acting training designed around busy schedules.

Practical Performance Experience

Hands-on scene work, exercises, and performance-based learning.

Camera Readiness

Understand the fundamentals of acting for film, television, OTT, and digital content.

Industry Exposure

Learn techniques and practices used by working actors and performers.

Program Overview

Certificate Course

Weekend Acting Course

Duration

3 Months (12 Weeks)

Fee

β‚Ή15,000

Learning Mode

Practical & Studio-Based

Course Curriculum

Month 1

The Actor's Instrument

Week 1: The Body – The Actor's First Instrument

To help students understand their body as the primary tool of performance and develop awareness, control, flexibility, and expressiveness.

Understanding and Controlling the Body and Physical Expression

Discussion: Actor's instrument, body awareness, emotions manifest, everyday movement and stage movement,Tension vs Relaxation,Physical habits and mannerisms,Body communication.

Practical Work: warm-up, Body scanning exercises, posture, Alignment and balance exercises, Walking in space, Isolation , Tempo and Leading-center , rhythm exercises , Physical storytelling .

Week 2: Voice and Speech – The Actor's Audible Instrument

To develop awareness of breath, voice production, articulation, and vocal expression while reinforcing the physical awareness developed in Week 1.

Revision and Introduction to Voice , Speech and Vocal Expression

Revision : Body warm-up and isolation ,Alignment and posture , Walking in space , Silent character studies

Discussion: Important of Voice , Relationship between body, breath, and voice. , Difference between speaking and performing speech. , Common vocal habits and limitations, Clarity versus loudness , Articulation and diction , The importance of language in performance

Practical Work: Breath support and awareness exercises , Diaphragmatic breathing, Humming and resonance exercises, Vocal warm-ups, Jaw, tongue, lip, Projection exercises, Tongue twisters, Resonance work, Reading prose and poetry aloud

Week 3: Introduction to Improvisation – Responding in the Moment.

To help students apply body and voice techniques learned in previous weeks while developing spontaneity, imagination, listening skills, and stage co1nfidence.

Revision : Body awareness and movement exercises , Alignment and posture , Breath control and voice warm-ups , Articulation and projection exercises

Discussion: What is improvisation? , Why is improvisation important for actors? , The difference between planning and responding , Trust, acceptance, and presence on stage.

Practical Work: "Yes, And..." exercises, Word association games, Status and relationship exercises, Movement-based improvisations, Vocal improvisations using sounds and emotions

Week 4: Advanced Improvisation – Creating Character and Story

To strengthen improvisational skills by introducing character, conflict, relationships, and storytelling through body and voice.

Revision : Body movement exercises, Voice and speech exercises, Basic improvisation principles, Listening and responding exercises

Discussion: Creating character through physicality, Creating character through voice, Understanding objectives and conflict, Storytelling without a script.

Practical Work: Character walks, Voice transformation exercises, Improvised scenes with given circumstances, Emotion and status improvisations, Character-to-character interactions

What You Will Learn

Theatre and film actor

Acting Fundamentals

Actor director collaboration

Voice & Speech Training

Screenwriting and storytelling

Body Language & Movement

Film production assistant director

Improvisation Techniques

Theatre design and dramaturgy

Character Development

Motion capture performance

Script Interpretation

XR immersive experience

Acting for Camera

Creative entrepreneur ensemble

Audition Preparation

Graduate Transformation

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Before IICS

Starting point

  • Passion for acting or performance

  • Raw emotional expression

  • Limited understanding of staging, direction or production

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After IICS

Industry Ready

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    Professionally trained actor–director

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    Strong foundation in acting, writing, direction and production

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    Ability to lead rehearsals, performances and creative teams

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    Portfolio across stage, screen, digital and immersive media

Admission Enquiry

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