A RECORD OF D J BAILEY'S ON-GOING TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
. 2020
'Coronovirus Basic Awareness on Productions' On-line learning and examination provided by ScreenSkills
'Be Silly!' Wellbeing Workshop with Emma Barclay (Actor) at The Actors' Forum (via Zoom)
- 2019
'Creating Character and Finding Emotional Truth in Complex Experience' Workshop with Nik Partridge (JMK Director Practitioner) at The Actors' Forum
- 2018
'Writing & Devising' Workshop with Beth Flintoff (Writer & Director) at The Actors' Forum
'Physical Theatre: Exploring the Slap' On-line course from the University of Leeds (via FutureLearn)
'Explore Filmmaking' On-line course from the National Film & Television School (via FutureLearn)
- 2017
'Acting / Writing / Devising' Workshop with Ian Wainwright (Producer, RSC) at The Actors' Lab*
'Improvisation' Workshop with Kevin Tomlinson of Kepow Theatre Company
'Regional Actors' Workshop with Andy Burden (Director, The Natural Theatre Company) at The Actors' Lab*
'Auditions' Workshop with Alison Solomon (Freelance Casting Director) at The Actors' Lab*
'Actioning' Workshop with Marina Caldarone (Theatre Director and Author of 'Actions: The Actors' Thesaurus') at The Actors' Lab*
- 2016
'Improvisation From Text' Workshop with Paul Milton (Creative Director at Cheltenham Everyman Theatre) at The Actors' Lab*
'Long Form Improvisation' Workshop with Rebecca MacMillan (Freelance Practicioner)
'Unlocking Text & Improvisation Techniques' Workshop with Laura Keefe (Freelance Theatre Director) at The Actors' Forum**
'Pinter and Devising' Workshop with Gari Jones (Director and Writer) at The Actors' Lab*
'Tennessee Williams' Workshop with Lisa Forrell (Freelance Theatre Director) at The Actors' Lab*
- 2015
Mindfulness' Eight session course on cultivating awareness. Run by Wiltshire NHS
'Devising' Workshop with Sophie Austin (Artistic Director at Teatro Vivo) at The Actors' Forum**
'Comic Character' Workshop with Sam Gibbs (Artistic Director at Autojeu Theatre) at Stroud Theatre Festival
'Technique' Workshop and Audition with Hal Chambers (Freelance Director) and Dani Davies (Principal at Reading Between The Lines Theatre Company) at The Actors' Forum**
'The Art Of Theatre' 10 week course with Kevin Tomlinson (Freelance Actor and Tutor) at The Old Fire Station, Oxford
- 2014
'Corporate Role-Play' Workshop with Sarah Perugia (Principal, Daylight Consultancy) at The Actors' Forum**
‘Improvisation’ Workshop with Kevin Tomlinson (Freelance Actor and Tutor) at The Actors' Forum**
'Improvisation in Rehearsal' Workshop with Nancy Meckler (Director) at The Actors' Forum**
'Casting and Auditioning' Workshop with Alison Solomon (Casting Director, Birmingham Repertory Theatre) at The Actors' Lab*
- 2013
'Sight Reading' Workshop with Paul Milton (Creative Director, Cheltenham Everyman Theatre) at The Actors' Lab*
'Contemporary Text' Workshop with Abigail Anderson (Freelance Director) at The Actors' Lab*
'Children's Theatre' Workshop with Phil Clark (Freelance Director) at The Actors' Lab*
'Creating Work' Discussion and Workshop with Beth Flintoff (Outreach Director) at The Actors' Forum**
'Auditions on Camera' Workshop with Sarah Hughes (Casting Director) at The Actors' Lab*
'Approaches to Stimulus' Workshop with Dominic Waldron (Actor and Tutor) at The Actors' Forum**
‘Screen Acting Masterclass’ with Mark McGann (Actor), Drama Direct, Bristol
'Singing for the Actor' Workshop with Pamela Rudge (Head of Music, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School) at The Actors' Lab*
'Devising' Workshop with Ian Wainwright (Producer, RSC) at The Actors' Lab*
'Characterisation' Workshop with Andy Burden (Freelance Director) at The Actors' Lab*
'Characterisation and Devising' Workshop with Jessica Swale (Director) at The Actors' Forum**
'Actioning' Workshop with John Adams (Freelance Director) at The Actors' Lab*
- 2012
‘Listening’ Workshop with Brendan Murray (Freelance Director and Playwright) at The Actors’ Lab*
‘Text Technique’ Workshop with Peter Leslie Wild (Freelance Radio Producer and Theatre Director) at The Actors’ Lab*
'Text in Rehearsal' Workshop with Andy Burden (Freelance Director) at The Actors' Lab*
'Actioning in Rehearsal' Workshop with John Adams (Freelance Director) at The Actors' Lab*
'Improvisation' Workshop with Heather Snaith (Actor) at The Actors' Forum**
'Text to Performance' Workshop with Gareth Machin (Artistic Director at Salisbury Playhouse) at The Actors' Lab*
'Circus and Tightrope' Workshop with Jem Maynard-Watts (Performer and Freelance Producer) at The Actors' Lab*
'Physical Voice' Workshop with Simon Ratcliffe (Head of Voice, Birmingham School of Acting) at The Actors' Lab*
'Theatre Without Text' Workshop with Douglas Rintoul (Freelance Director) at The Actors' Forum**
'Memory' Workshop with Paul Milton (outreach Director at Cheltenham Everyman Theatre) at The Actors' Lab*
'Devising' Workshop run by Clive Judd (Assistant Director, Watermill Theatre, Newbury) at The Actors' Forum**
'Devising with Writers' Workshop with Paul Milton (outreach Director at Cheltenham Everyman Theatre) at The Actors' Lab*
'Auditioning with an Accent' Workshop with Jacqui Crago (Voice Coach) at The Actors’ Lab*
'18th Century Text' Workshop with Abigail Anderson (Artistic Associate, Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds) at The Actors' Lab*
'Acting for Young Audiences' Workshop with Natalie Wilson (Artistic Director at The Theatre Centre, London) at The Actors' Lab*
‘Radio Acting’ Workshop with Peter Leslie Wild (Freelance Radio Producer, Director and Writer) at The Actors’ Lab*
- 2011
‘Voice’ Vocal Exercise Workshop run by Isobel Collyer (Freelance Voice Coach) at The Actors’ Forum**
‘An Agent Speaks’ Workshop with Richard Ireson (Principal at The Narrow Road Company, London and Manchester) at The Actors’ Lab*
‘Physical Acting : Movement and Characterisation’ Workshop with Paul Milton (Creative Director, Cheltenham Everyman Theatre) at The Actors’ Lab*
‘Casting For Commercials’ Workshop with Francesca Greene (Casting Director) at The Actors’ Lab*
‘Prepared Text’ Workshop with Jacqui Crago (Voice Coach) at The Actors’ Lab*
‘Improvisation Masterclass’ with Kevin Tomlinson (Freelance Actor and Tutor) arranged through Equity at The Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter
‘Professional Stage Acting Masterclass’ with Mark McGann (Actor) at the Theatre Royal, Bath
‘Musical Theatre’ Workshop with Alex Kraus-Williams (Freelance Musical Director) and Paul Milton (Creative Director, Cheltenham Everyman Theatre) at The Actors’ Lab*
‘Freeing Up Text’ Workshop with Andy Burden (Freelance Director, currently at The Tobacco Factory, Bristol) at The Actors’ Lab*
‘Radio Technique’ Practical Workshop with Sara Davies (Senior Producer for BBC Radio Drama, Bristol) arranged through Equity at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Christchurch Studios
‘Actors and Writers’ Workshop with Paul Milton (Outreach Director at Cheltenham Everyman Theatre) at The Actors’ Lab*
‘Devised Theatre’ Workshop with Gemma Bolwell (Artistic Director, Foulisfair Theatre Company) at The Parabola Arts Centre in Cheltenham
‘Improvisation’ Workshop with Kevin Tomlinson (Freelance Actor and Tutor) at The Actors’ Lab*
‘Voice and Text’ Workshop with Jacqui Crago (Voice Coach) at The Actors’ Lab*
‘Movement and Text’ Workshop with Andy Potter (Birmingham based Director) at The Actors’ Lab*
· 2010
‘Alan Ayckbourn’ Workshop with Director, Robin Herford at The Actors’ Lab*
‘Improvisation’ Workshop with Kevin Tomlinson (Freelance Actor and Tutor) at The Actors’ Lab*
‘Improvisation and Acting’ Weekend Workshop with Kevin Tomlinson (Freelance Actor and Tutor) arranged through Equity and The Actors’ Centre at Plymouth University
‘Improvisation’ Workshop with Greg Banks (Freelance Director / Playwright) at The Actors’ Lab*
‘Audition Technique’ Workshop with Orla O’Loughlin (Artistic Director, PentabusTheatre) at The Actors’ Lab*
‘Play Writing’ Workshop with Ade Morris (Director and Writer) at The Watermill Theatre
‘TV Acting II’ Workshop with Ella Kelly (Producer, BBC ‘Doctors’) at The Actors’ Lab*
‘Physical Theatre’ Workshop with Fiona Ross (Actor and Association Practitioner, Royal Shakespeare Company) at The Actors’ Lab*
‘Acting Skills’ Workshop with Ade Morris (Director and Writer) at The Watermill Theatre
‘Characterisation’ Workshop with Chris Garner (Stroud Theatre Company) at The Actors’ Lab*
‘Radio Drama: Microphone Technique’ Practical Workshop with Sara Davies (Senior Producer for BBC Radio Drama, Bristol) arranged through Equity at Bristol Old Vic
· 2009
‘TV Acting’ Workshop with Ella Kelly (Producer, BBC ‘Doctors’) at The Actors’ Lab*
‘Improvisation and Storytelling’ Workshop with Ola Animashawun (Director at the Royal Court Theatre, London) at The Actors’ Lab*
‘Ukulele Playing’ Workshop with Steven Sproat (freelance ukulele player and tutor) at The Actors’ Lab*
‘Basic Dance’ Workshop with Paul Milton (Outreach Director at Cheltenham Everyman Theatre) at The Actors’ Lab*
‘Circus Skills’ Workshop with Jem Maynard-Watts (Performer and Freelance Technical Producer) at The Actors’ Lab*
‘Modern Text’ Workshop with Jacqui Crago (Voice Coach) at The Actors’ Lab*
‘Monologues’ Workshop with Philip Wilson (Artistic Director, Salisbury Playhouse) at The Actors’ Lab*
‘Mask Work and Physical Theatre’ Workshop with Rachael Savage (Director, Vamos Theatre Company) at The Actors’ Lab*
‘Radio Drama’ Workshop with Peter Leslie Wild (Senior Producer for BBC Radio Drama, Birmingham) at The Actors’ Lab*
‘Singing’ Master Class with Steven Markwick (Freelance Musical Director) at The Actors’ Lab*
‘Intention’ Workshop with Ola Animashawun (Director at the Royal Court Theatre and Artistic Associate at Cheltenham Everyman Theatre) at The Actors’ Lab*
‘Warm Ups, Drama Games and Physical Theatre’ Workshop with Paul Milton (Outreach Director at Cheltenham Everyman Theatre) and Gemma Bolwell (Artistic Director, Foulisfair Theatre Company) at The Actors’ Lab*
‘Showcase Development’ Workshops (for ‘Savage / Love’) with Ian Wainwright (Director at the Bristol Old Vic) at The Actors' Lab*
· 2008
‘Text Work’ Workshop with Fiona Ross (Actor and Association Practitioner, Royal Shakespeare Company) at The Actors’ Lab*
‘Text’ Workshop with Jacqui Crago (Voice Coach) at The Actors’ Lab*
‘Contemporary Theatre’ Workshop with Fiona Ingram (Head of Education, Royal Shakespeare Company) at The Actors’ Lab*
‘Thinking Radio’ Workshop with Gordon Lamont (Director, BBC Radio) through The Actors’ Centre at Cheltenham
‘Expression Through Body Movement Alone’ Workshop with Russ Tunney (Director at the Nuffield Theatre) at The Actors’ Lab*
‘Improvisation’ Workshop with Anthony Biggs (Freelance Director) at The Actors’ Lab*
‘Physical Expression’ Workshop with Kate Saxon (Associate Director at Shared Experience Company) at The Actors’ Lab*
‘Breathing, Body and Lines’ Workshop with Jacqui Crago (Voice Coach) at The Actors’ Lab*
'Showcase Development’ Workshops (for ‘Two Night Stand’) with Kirstie Davis (Director at the Cheltenham Everyman) and Ian Wainwright (Director at the Bristol Old Vic) at Actors' Lab*
· 2007
‘Auditions and Screen Tests’ Workshops with Debbie McWilliams (Casting Director) at The Actors’ Lab*
‘Musical Performance’ Workshop with Andrew Friesner (Music Director) at The Actors’ Lab*
‘Accents’ Workshop with Jacqui Crago (Voice Coach) at The Actors’ Lab*
‘Casting and Auditions’ Workshop with Jesse Malone (Casting Director) at McGann-Malone
· 2003 - 2006
‘Performance in Theatre’ (four modules) and ‘Drama Writing’ (one module): three year part-time course resulting in ‘University Certificate in Performing Arts’ awarded by the University of Bath.
* The Actors’ Lab is a group of professional actors participating in Equity sponsored training and development at The Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
** The Actors’ Forum is a group of professional actors co-operating in training and development at The Watermill Theatre, Newbury