act up was founded in 1999 by Gemma Lloyd and was joined in 2010 by Martin Edwards.

We are an independent organisation specialising in communication and acting training. We run short, part-time courses and bespoke, on-site training for people in business. Bar Gemma Lloyd, everyone else involved in act up are very much working, established actors or industry practitioners. 

All of our courses run regularly throughout the year, based in London: they are open to anyone over the age of 18. Among those attending are participants who travel from as close as the next street, right across London, or as far afield as Birmingham, Sheffield and Exeter.

Our main philosophy with all our training is to show every participant a good time.  You should always enjoy what you're doing if you really want to learn something new and develop yourself.   Each time we run a course, it is always very different as the core of the work is created around the participants, so no one course is ever the same.  The actors and act up do however have a structured outline for each course;  the environment is designed and then it's up to the participants to be brave and throw themselves in.  No one has ever regretted the decision.

For details of our courses, please click on either 'acting courses' or 'communication training'. We offer a variety of different courses and it is important for you, and us, that you enrol on the course that is best suited to your requirements. If you require further information or would like to seek advice at any point, please contact Gemma Lloyd at act up.