PLAYING THE SPACE YOU’RE IN – Acting Workshop with Colin Hurley
Location:
Mike's Badhuistheater
Acting Workshop
Playing the Space You’re In
A workshop with Colin Hurley
| Date | Sunday 20 September 2026 |
| Time | 15:00 |
| Venue | Mike’s Badhuistheater, Amsterdam |
About the Workshop
‘Receive’ rather than ‘transmit’.
Given a little encouragement, Colin has found that actors can work out how to play a space very quickly, if we’re on ‘receive’ rather than ‘transmit’. Gently and playfully, we’ll just notice the space we’re in, and become ‘masters’ of it.
We’ll canter through a series of light-spirited, enjoyable exercises, playing with Circles of Concentration, proximity, eye-contact, and ‘walking the angles’.
We will be on our feet a lot of the time, but nothing risky or too energetic. There will be time for discussion, but it will be specifically reflecting on our experience and discoveries while playing on our feet, rather than general theorising.
From Recent Workshops
“Colin’s teaching was engaging, thoughtful and inspiring throughout.”
“Colin demonstrates exceptional expertise in his field. He creates an inspiring learning environment through his kindness, humility and clear passion.”
About Colin Hurley
Colin has been a professional actor since 1981, mostly theatre, lots of Shakespeare, most recently with Shakespeare’s Globe, the Royal Shakespeare Company, and The Factory Theatre Company, who specialise in pop-up, stripped-back performances of Shakespeare’s plays in unconventional playing spaces.
Over the last 25 years he has led hundreds of workshops and dozens of courses at Shakespeare’s Globe, and teaches regularly on the Shakespeare Summer School, Semester and MA Classical Acting courses at LAMDA.
See you there!
Also with Colin — Saturday 19 September
Colin performs his solo show Lear’s Shadow the evening before the workshop — 19 September at 20:00.
Mike’s Badhuistheater · Amsterdam
Published: July 28, 2026
