Screen Acting Workshops

Vicky offers Screen Acting Workshops throughout the year, typically spanning two days over weekends. For those seeking a deeper dive, she also conducts an extensive Masterclass with evening sessions over several weeks. These workshops are invaluable for actors, writers, and directors eager to develop character, acquire authentic screen acting skills, and maintain their craft between projects.

2026 -Term 1
Screen Acting Workshops

Auckland - Weekend Workshops | $350

Sat & Sun, February 21&22
10am - 5pm

Sat & Sun, April 18&19
10am - 5pm

Wellington - Weekend Workshops | $350

Sat & Sun, March 28&29
10am - 5pm

Sat & Sun, April 25&26
10am - 5pm

Focused relational pair work, cold reading, memorised scene study, and on-camera practice.


All sessions are taped and reviewed for craft analysis and actor self-reflection.

Screen Acting Workshops
Information

This program is designed for actors to master the art of creating believable characters and emotionally connected relationships on screen. Through paired script work, participants explore the Art of Relating, which enhances creative choices and trains actors to bring their instincts to life on screen.

Participants benefit from strengthening and recharging their acting skills, removing blocks, deepening emotional connections, and improving sight-reading abilities.

Ideal for actors preparing for auditions or roles, the program also suits writers and directors interested in exploring acting techniques to develop character and enrich storytelling, while gaining tools to better communicate with actors. All participants engage in acting exercises.

A typical schedule is as follows.

  • Saturday’s Schedule:
    10am - 10.15am - Introduction
    10.15am - 1.15pm - *Chair work and review
    1.15pm - 2pm - Lunch
    2pm - 5pm - Shooting scenes and review

  • Sundays Schedule:
    10am - 10.15am - Reflections
    10.15am - 1.15pm - Couch work, cold read and review
    1.15pm - 2pm - Lunch
    2pm - 5pm - Shooting scenes and review

*Chair work is an actor’s gym technique, which uses the script to explore connectivity between actors and develop emotional muscle

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2026 -Term 1
Screen Acting Masterclass Intensive

Wellington | 2 - 26 March | $495 (Equity discount available)

Tuesdays & Thursdays – 6:30–9:30 pm
4-Week Masterclass Intensive
(2 classes x 4 weeks) 

2026 -Term 2
Screen Acting Masterclass Intensive

Wellington | 2 - 25 September | $495 (Equity discount available)

Tuesday & Thursday - 6.30pm - 9.30pm

This second cycle is designed as a deepening spiral for returning actors—building on relational, emotional, and technical foundations laid earlier in the year.


Chair Work: instinctive, text-in-hand, relational listening
Couch Work: memorised, relationally embodied, emotionally cumulative

“Acting is surrender—reading the emotional pulse of the other actor and

responding without artifice, to reveal something you didn’t know you were holding.”

Places are limited. Returning actors receive priority.

Screen Acting
Masterclass Intensive

This twice weekly, four-week masterclass trains actors to create believable characters and emotionally connected relationships on screen.

Working in pairs with scripts, actors learn the Art of Relating, which maximises creative choices and trains actor to bring their emotional instincts to the screen.   

  • Strengthen and recharge the acting muscles

  • Identify and remove blocks

  • Deepen emotional connection with partner & script

  • Improve sight-reading skills

Suitable for: 

  • Actors seeking to be on form for auditions and screen roles

  • Writers wanting to deepen character and develop a story from the ‘inside out’

  • Directors seeking to better communicate with actors

All participants work as actors. All work is filmed and reviewed.

**Actors must attend both classes per week.

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Mondays, April 6–27 | 7pm–9pm NZT


A rigorous lab for audition architecture, emotional clarity, and camera truth.
Group critique, craft shaping, and reshoot each week.

Call or email Vicky for more info: vicky.y@xtra.co.nz | 027 233 4333

Online Audition LAB
(4 weeks)

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Wellington or Auckland TBC

For drama school submissions, festival readings, auditions, and showreel monologues.
Text, breath, impulse, and camera connection—moving from performed speech to lived encounter.

Call or email Vicky for more info: vicky.y@xtra.co.nz | 027 233 4333

Monologue Intensive
(Date TBC)

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  • “Vicky encouraged us to become more courageous with our choices, while remaining truthful to them and the scene. She’s an animated, passionate, and skilled teacher with great intuition and drive to always discover and learn more about what she can bring to her work and the actor”

    Sara Wiseman | Actor

  • “The class had a lovely vibe. It was apparent that everybody felt seen, and included, and valued right from the get-go. I learned a lot from the classes. I felt in a safe space to learn, and try things. There was great attention paid on a personal level to each person so they could grow and work on what they needed to.”

    Adam Slocombe | Masterclass Attendee

  • “I really enjoyed the focus on connectivity and emotion, I felt that the constant reminder of “What is the other person feeling” really helped to get myself out of my own head and put my focus on the other person in the scene. Starting the weekly lessons with sight reading also really helped me to develop that skill and really put it to use to reap the rewards that it carries.”

    Ryan Holtham | Masterclass Attendee

Two people sitting facing each other in a room with a camera setup, a monitor displaying a video call above them. A person is sitting and observing from behind, with cluttered cables on the floor.
A film crew setting up in a room, with two people displayed on a monitor, likely rehearsing or filming a scene. Equipment and cables are visible, and crew members are seated and standing around, some holding scripts.
A group of people gathered in an indoor setting, some are seated while others stand. A large television displays two people on a video call. A guitar leans against the wall, and various lighting equipment is set up. The room has a relaxed atmosphere,
A group of nine people posing together indoors, with some sitting and others standing behind them, all smiling and casually dressed.
A group of people sitting in a living room with a television showing two individuals. The room has framed art on the walls, potted plants, and a table with snacks and papers. Various chairs and sofas are arranged, and there is video recording equipme
Group of people in a room watching a presentation with cameras and a screen.

“Growing up in a family with two languages, I learned to read the subtextual subtleties of behaviour when I couldn’t understand the words. At a young age, I learned that how a person feels and behaves reveals more about who they are than what they say.”

Vicky Yiannoutsos

About

Vicky Yiannoutsos has worked for over 40 years in the film industry as an acting coach, editor, director and producer. She trained at the Jeremiah Comey Acting Studios in Los Angeles and has run two Auckland studios. She has taught at Toi Whakaari in Wellington, Auckland University, UCOL, TAPAC, The Actors Programme in Auckland and Relativity Film School in Los Angeles. Vicky led the screen acting program at Unitec for eight years and worked extensively with actor, writer and director teams, developing collaborative actor-driven working models to create films. She has co-taught industry workshops in Aotearoa/ New Zealand with LA-based acting coach Jeremiah Comey. Vicky splits her year between New Zealand and Greece and is currently teaching and developing projects out of Manchester Tce Studios, home to Vix Pix Productions Ltd, in Melrose, Wellington.

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