Practical, supportive & inspiring acting classes.
Whether you've never set foot on a stage or you're preparing for professional work, there's a class here for you.
Your Acting Journey
INTRODUCTION TO ACTING
Learn the fundamentals in a fun, supportive environment.
Saturdays 11:00am or 1:00pm · 8 weeks
Venue: Pitt St Theatre Building
78 Pitt St - Auckland
✓ Perfect for beginners
✓ No experience needed
Never acted before? Start here.
Eight weeks of practical, supportive acting classes for complete beginners. You'll learn the fundamentals — how to be present, how to listen, how to bring a character to life — in a room where nobody is judging you and everybody is starting from the same place.
No experience needed. No auditioning. No performing in front of strangers on day one.
LEVEL 1
Build confidence, explore characters and develop essential skills.
Sundays 5:30–8:30pm · 8 weeks
Venue: Cityside Baptist Church, 8 Mount Eden Road
✓ Build confidence and skills
✓ For Intro graduates
Build confidence, explore character, develop the essential skills.
Level 1 takes you beyond the fundamentals. Over eight weeks you'll work on scene study, character development, and the craft of making choices that land — with enough repetition to make it stick.
For: anyone who's completed Introduction to Acting, or has prior acting experience.
LEVEL 2
Develop your range, deepen your craft and take your skills further.
Tuesdays 6:30–9:30pm · 8 weeks Venue: Cityside Baptist Church, 8 Mount Eden Road
✓ Develop your range and craft
✓ For Level 1 graduates
Develop your range. Deepen your craft.
Eight weeks of more demanding material and more demanding work. Level 2 pushes into range, emotional truth, and the technical control to repeat a performance without losing it.
For: graduates of Level 1.
LEVEL 3
Advanced scene work and professional preparation.
Tuesdays 6:30–9:30pm · 8 weeks
Venue: Cityside Baptist Church, 8 Mount Eden Road
✓Advanced scene work and focus
✓ For Level 2 graduates
Advanced scene work and professional preparation.
The final level. Eight weeks of advanced scene work, sustained focus, and the practical business of preparing for professional auditions and self-tapes.
For: graduates of Level 2.
Not Sure Where You Fit?
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Start with Introduction to Acting. It assumes nothing.
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Yes → You're ready for Level 1. here
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Email Juliet at juiet.furness@gmail.com and she'll place you.
Still not sure?
Try a single class first.
One session. No commitment.
Find out if this is for you.
Auckland’s Highest-Rated Acting Coach
With over 100 five-star Google reviews and decades of international experience across New York, Los Angeles, and New Zealand, Juliet Furness is known for helping actors develop deeply authentic, impactful performances.