Giles Foreman takes participants through a thorough 2 day process on developing layered, three dimensional, realistic characters and scenes. Students will learn the extraordinary script analysis process of Christopher Fettes the founder of the Drama Centre London, they will be introduced to the character analysis work of Yat Malmgren, inner and outer life, how to subtly play the subtext, how to become completely organic and connected to impulse, to use oneself and ones own experiences and emotional resources to bring truth and organic reality to a scene, triggers and sense memory work.

We will team you up with a scene partner and suggest a scene for you to work on. Then connect you with your partner to work on the scene and character prior to the workshop.

For now, registration is open to FEST members ONLY. Non-FEST members will be able to register after 22 September (see bottom of page).

Venues will be:

(Saturday) October 12 – TBC

(Sunday) October 13 – Kulturhaus Frankfurt (Pfingstweidstr.2, 60316 Frankfurt)

About Giles Foreman:

Giles Foreman is one of the leading acting coaches in the UK, US and throughout Europe and is a specialist in the Methodological approach to acting and notably in the Yat Malm-gren/ Laban technique known as Character Analysis or Movement Psychology.

Giles started as an actor having trained at the Drama Centre London. He has worked as an acting coach at the Drama Centre, London, United Performers Academy, Tokyo, Insti-tute for Actors in Mallorca, Deutsche Schauspiel Akademie, Berlin, The Forum for Film-schauspiel, Berlin, Creative Education, The City Lit, NODA, Stage Center – Jerusalem, Is-rael, the Pula International Festival of Theatre, Croatia, the International Festival of Making Theater, Athens, Greece, Fabrika, Athens, Trixter and Eicar in Paris, for FOCAL in Switzer-land, GFCA in Luxembourg, at the Centro del Actor in Madrid, First Take Schauspielschule in Koln, and Munich’s Acting Atelier, the Academy of Arts in Cairo, The Tbilisi International Festival of Theatre, Georgia. He is a specialist in realism for stage and screen and also the ‘Movement Psychology’ work of Yat Malmgren introducing the work to a new generation of actors in Zurich, Berlin, Vienna, Paris, Munich, Madrid, Rome, Cairo, New York and Los Angeles.

He has run workshops all over the world and is a world renowned coach for movies and TV series (See filmography below).

He was a founder member of EuroCircles – a company created to promote pan European cultural exchange and has produced a variety of pieces from around Europe, notably Lorca’s ‘In Five Years Time’, directed by the Spanish director Marta Momblant-Ribas (Crit-ics Choice – Time Out and The Guardian), and an installation/performance event ‘The Krankenhaus’ from Berlin. He worked with Visiting Arts (British Council) and the Gate to bring Tbilisi’s Basement Theatre to the Gate’s ‘East Meets West’ season.

Giles Foreman trained as an actor himself at the Drama Centre, London under the renowned Christopher Fettes, Yat Malmgren and Reuven Adiv. An academy that produced a host of Internationally celebrated actors including Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Simon Callow, Penelope Wilton, Anne Marie Duff, Paul Bettany, Michael Fassbender, Geraldine James, Tom Hardy and many others.

Giles himself studied alongside Helen McRory, Tara Fitzgerald, Anastasia Hille, Colin Tier-ney, John Sim, Sean Harris, Anne Marie Duff among others. As a member of the teaching staff at Drama Centre London he taught during a period that produced many renowned actors notably, Michael Fassbender and Tom Hardy. He has coached and or directed huge numbers of actors over the years. To name a few: Santiago Cabrera, Gwendoline Christie, Ryan Gage, Stephen Wright, Ruta Gedmintas, Jaime Murray, Morven Christie, Daniel Sharman, Alex Gonzalez, Lily Cole, Aura Garrido, Alba Gonzalez, Carla Juri, Delia Meyer, Suki Waterhouse, Joel Bassman, Michael Neuenschwander, Merlin Leonhardt, Tonia Soti-ropoulou, Catrinel Marlon, Alessandra Balazs, Aleksy Komorowski, Alice Spisa, Michael Clifford, Pol Monen, Max Hubacher, Andreja Pejic, Elaine Hendrix, Juan Antonio and Miya-vi, Nina Hoss, Rafferty Law, and Lucas Gage.

As an actor, his theatre credits include: Double Tongue (Border Crossings), Don Quixote (Gate Theatre), The Island (Eurocircles Tour – Georgia, Germany), A Language of Love (GIFT Festival, BAC), Shivah (Royal National Theatre), An Ideal Husband (Peter Hall Company – Haymarket Theatre, Merlin, The Broken Heart (Arts Threshold), Aubrey Beardsley in Beardsley (Stage One) and Boffi in Pirandello’s As You Desire Me (New End). T.V credits include Bonekickers, Warwalks, The Bill, 100 per cent and his film work in-cludes Trigger Tiger, Napanee, The Cave, Summer Suite, Red Wolf and The Changeling.

His directing work includes: Medea by Euripides, Festen, by David Edgar (GFCA) Britanni-cus by Jean Racine (The Bridewell) The Visit by Dürrenmatt (Bridewell) , Tartuffe by Mo-liere. Blood Wedding by Lorca, After the Fall by Arthur Miller, Six Characters in Search of An Author by Pirandello (GFCA) Trojan Women, by Seneca (Teatro Technis)Electra by So-hocles (Teatro Technis)Demons by Lars Noren, (GFCA) Virginia Woolf – Between a Rock and a Wave (Vienna), Comme Il Vous Plaira (GFCA Paris), The Oresteia (Teatro Technis), The Bacchae (Teatro Technis), Amphitryon by John Dryden (Teatro Technis), Don Juan by Moliere (GFCA), The Phoenician Women (Teatro Technis) Oedipus Rex (Arcola Theatre) The Merchant of Venice (Chelsea Theatre) Richard III (Courtyard Theatre), Electra (Teatro Technics) Macbeth, The Other Side of the Wall (Tristan Bates Theatre), Hilda by Marie Ndiaye (Pentameters Theatre and the Edinburgh Festival for the Caravanserai), The Wall – a piece Giles created and directed after a two year process in which he visited the Saha-rawi Refugee Camps in the Southern Algerian Saharan desert (performed as part of the Sandblast Festival Nov 2007), The Tempest (Central School of Speech and Drama), Dr Faustus (The Caravanserai at the Bridewell Theatre), Trenches (Pentameters). He co-wrote and directed Kicking Oscar’s Corpse (Man in the Moon – a true story dealing with human rights in Syria – the idea arising from a journalistic trip), ‘Joan of Arc’, ‘The Mayor of Zalamea’, ‘Britannicus’, ‘A Month in the Country’, ‘Six Characters in Search of an Author’, ‘As You Like It’ (Drama Centre, London), ‘Party Time’ (Landor Theatre), ‘The Suspicious Truth’ by Juan Ruiz de Alarcon (Garage Theatre) and ‘Armenia – A Thousand Branches’ (Hellenic Centre).

Giles has also directed two short films. Job’s Dinner starring Maureen Lipman and Oleander.

He produced the 2017 Oscar nominated La Femme et La TGV and cast Jane Birkin in the title role.

In 2005 he founded Caravanserai Productions and Acting Studio alongside a group of advanced students and is the current Director. In 2012 he created the Giles Foreman Centre for Acting in the heart of the UK film and TV industry in Soho, London. www.giles-foreman. com. In 2015 another centre opened in Paris. www.gfcaparis.com . Many notable young actors have graduated from the GFCA including, Ella Rumpf (Freud, Tokyo Vice, Tiger Girl, Raw) Samuel Arnold (Emily in Paris), Nicola Perot (Genius, Haven Above Sky, Immortality) Conor Berry (Schemers) , Basil Eidenbenz (The Witcher, The Favourite), Lu-jza Richter (Phantom Thread, Vikings) , Leo Hatton, Leonardo Salierni, Narayan Hecter, Nino Furuhata, Anita Gabay and Elena Delia.

He has recently been awarded a Special Prize at the 2023 Swiss Film Awards in recogni-tion of his contribution to the Swiss Industry and is now a member of the Swiss Film Acad-emy. He was also awarded a special honorary prize in Cairo earlier in 2023 for his contri-bution to the Egyptian industry.

Giles Foreman Filmography

2023 The Empress season 2 Various

2023 Sisters Dir Lisa Brühlmann

2023 Kafka. Dir David Schalke

2023 Early Birds Dir Michael Steiner

2023 Black Bird, Black Bird, Black Berry Dir Elene Naveriani

2022 Silver Dir Helene Hufnagel

2022 Criminal Dir Marvin Kren

2021 Tär Dir Todd Field 2021 The Girl Before Dir: Lisa Brühlmann

2021 Cleo Dir: Viviane Andereggen

2021 The Empress Dir. Katrin Gebbe/Florian Cossen

2021 L’Ambassadeur Dir: Laurent Negre

2021 Neumatt Dir: Pierre Monnard/Sabine Boss

2021 Tomorrow You’ll be Dead Dir Michael Steiner

2021 Un Histoire Provisoire Dir: Romed Wyder

2020 Wet Sand Dir: Elene Naveriani

2019 Open Season Dir: Sabine Boss

2019 Mare Dir: Andrea Staka

2019 Killing Eve Dir: Lisa Bruhlmann (nominated for Emmy)

2019 Moscow Einfach Dir: Mischa Lewinsky

2019 This Other Me Dir: Giga Agladze

2019 Frieden Dir: Michael Schaerer

2019 Freud Dir: Marvin Kren

2019 Adventures of a Mathematician Dir: Thor Klein

2019 Pelican Blood Dir: Katrin Gebbe (Venice and Toronto Film Festival)

2018 My Wondrous Journey into the Arms of a Shiksa Dir: Michael Steiner

2018 Bruno Manser Dir: Niklaus Hilber 2017 Two for Joy Dir: Tom Beard

2017 Vier Blocks Second Season Dir: Marvin Kren 2016 La Femme et le TGV Dir: Timo Von Gunten (Nominated for an Oscar)

2016 Blue My Mind Dir Lisa Bruhlmann (Winner of many festi-vals worldwide)

2016 Vier Blocks Dir: Marvin Kren (winner world series award and German TV prize)

2016 Lina Dir Michael Shearer

2015 Berlin Eins Dir Marvin Kren

2015 L’arme du Tigre Dir Francois Yang

2015 Oleander Dir Giles Foreman

2015 Der Verdacht Dir Sabine Boss

2014 Schutzlos (Tatort Luzern) Dir Manuel Hendry

2014 Job’s Dinner Dir: Giles Foreman

2013 LilEng Dir Hong Khaou

2013 Ziellos Dir: Nicklaus Hilbery

2013 Tatort (Luzern – ongoing)

2013 Achtung FerEg Charlie Dir: Charlie Rihs

2013 Der Kreis Dir. Stefan Hauptman

2013 Autour de Luisa –feature Dir: Olga Bailliff

2012 Sperm- short Dir: Nicola Quilter

2012 Feuchtgebiete- feature Dir: David Wendt

2012 The StaEon- feature Dir: Mervin Kren

2012 Dawn- feature Dir: Romed Wyder

2012 Das Missen Masakker-feature Dir: Michael Steiner

2011 Romeos- feature Dir: Sabine Bernardi

2011 X Men-First Class- feature Dir: Ma[hew Vaughn

2011 Immortals- feature Dir: Tarsem Singh

2010 Sennentuntschi -feature Dir: Michael Steiner

2010 Ruhestrorung- TV Movie Dir Robert Ralston

2010 Hugo Koble[- feature Dir: Daniel Von Aarburg

2006 Swiss Grounding- feature Dir: Michael Steiner

2006 Trigger Tiger-feature Dir: Salome Machaidze

1998 The Changeling- feature Dir: Marcus Thomson

In Development as a Producer: www.gilesforemanfilms.com

Feature Films

Trespassers – feature

The Kelpie’s Pearls- feature

T.V Series

John Dee La Protegee

Gouverneur Morris