The Orlando James Shakespeare Group Workshop is a group verse session that interrogates technique, opens up understanding, and builds confidence.

Perfect for professionals and students alike, this workshop focuses on the three pillars of The Orlando James Method ( Outward Attention | Imaginative Embodiment | Clarity of thought through technique).

This method has helped many actors rid themselves of the fear of performing Shakespeare, has led to various roles, has even helped a PHD researcher realise their theories through practice.

It is an insightful and refreshingly simple approach.

[ 2.5 hour Group workshop 6people+ ]

Priced depending on number of students - starting at £350

[ The Orlando James Shakespeare Workshop Handbook ]

Orlando will see you on a one-to-one basis, working with his verse process, and preparing you for an audition. Designed to reduce nerves, open up material, and to send you forward with a set of practices and a confidence in sharing your work.

• 90 minute session

• In-person or online

• Includes student handbook for reference

Perfect for; Drama School Auditions, Stage School Auditions, Performing Arts College Auditions, NYT Auditions, Professional Audition Prep for specific Roles.

Orlando will see you on a one-to-one basis, working with his verse process, and preparing you for an audition.

An in-depth preparation course, that enables a rigorous attention to the text, an opportunity to explore different speech options and to discuss audition technique.

• 3 × 60 minute sessions

• in person or online

• includes mock audition

• includes a pre-audition warm up checklist

• includes student handbook for reference

Designed to reduce nerves, open up material, and to send you forward with a set of practices and a confidence in sharing your work.

 I work with secondary schools to deepen students’ understanding of Shakespeare through practical, performance-based workshops that directly support curriculum outcomes at KS3 and KS4.

‘Inside Shakespeare’ offers structured, curriculum-aligned Shakespeare workshops that raise attainment, improve confidence, and support written exam performance through embodied learning.

My workshops are structured around assessment objectives.

GCSE Focus Areas

• AO1: Maintain a critical style

• AO2: Analyse writer’s methods

• AO3: Show contextual understanding

This ensures that performance work translates directly into improved written responses.

Students leave with:

• Clearer quotation recall

• Stronger conceptual understanding

• Greater confidence tackling unseen extracts

• A practical go-to method to take into exams

I have over a decade of experience performing Shakespare on some of the world’s great stages. I am passionate about rewriting the expectations of Shakespeare in education. 

I think engaging young people with the power and joy of Shakespeare’s work, and not letting it live purely academically, will increase performance across the board.

I provide:

• Professional actor expertise

• Deep understanding of verse and rhetoric

• Curriculum-aligned structure

• Exam-aware delivery

• Practical strategies teachers can reuse

Students gain:

• Embodied understanding of Shakespeare’s language

• Greater willingness to read aloud

• A sense of enjoyment in the work

• Improved analytical vocabulary

• Increased exam confidence

Teachers gain:

• Reinforcement of curriculum aims

• Raised engagement

• Reduced explanation burden around complex scenes

• Concrete progress in written outcomes

Please email - insideshakespeare@gmail.com for more information about schools workshops.

I am interesting in developing and nurturing talent in aspiring actors. Some of the greatest lessons I have learned have been through mentorship relationships.

If you are interested in long-term and ongoing guidance and development, we can draw up a progress plan that involves regular meet-ups and sessions at a discounted rate. This commitment to a career broadening path starts with The Inside Shakespeare Methodology, but can grow and evolve depending on your needs and drive.