Lawrence O'Connor Actor Training

Vanya
Andrew Scott's mesmerising and deeply moving performance is a masterclass in honesty on stage, living truthfully in the given imaginary circumstances, acting without acting and suiting the performance to the optics of the medium. Diligently prepared and with meticulously crafted specificity, every fibre of his being employed at the service of the piece.

This recording alone worth infinitely more than the £9.99 to subscribe to National Theatre at Home to watch it.

Vanya - National Theatre at Home | Watch Theatre Online Andrew Scott (Fleabag) brings multiple characters to life in Simon Stephens’ (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) radical new version of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya. Filmed live during its sold-out run in London’s West End. What is Vanya about? Hopes, dreams, and regr...

It was wonderful to spend time a few years ago with Lindsay for his interview and q&a at Guildford School of Acting after such a long time
He was incredibly kind and generous and a gracious interviewee.
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Posted • I believe that all great art holds the power to dissolve things: time, distance, difference, injustice, alienation, despair. I believe that all great art holds the power to mend things: join, comfort, inspire hope in fellowship, reconcile us to our selves. Art is good for my soul precisely because it reminds me that we have souls in the first place. We stand before a work of art and our spirit is lifted by it: amazing that someone is like us! We stand before a work of art and our spirit resists: amazing that someone is different!
—Tilda Swinton

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Proud to have been approved to become a member of International Acting Coaches Together - iACT.
Those of us that train and coach actors who put their trust in us to be of service to their work and to hold a safe space in which they can explore freely, need to be accountable and our work subject to peer oversight. I am happy to be held accountable to iACT's standards of conduct and ethics.
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very cool press portrait pics, as well as production photography - check out Sian's site here:

PRESS/PORTRAITS — SIÂN O'CONNOR - PHOTOGRAPHY

And then onto SERIES THREE!
As well as co-starring in WHITE LOTUS!!
As well as co-starring in THE SPLIT UP!!
Such well-deserved credits for the actor of diligent skill and full heart that is Shalini Peiris that any production is lucky to have and to whom I am proud to be known as their acting trainer and coach.

Very pleasant day on location filming a music video with T directed by Sergio Argot for Late Bloomer - a track on the forthcoming The Long Version's album to be released March 19th

2025 was an amazing year for the phenomenal actor that is Shalini Peiris who I have had the honour to know as her acting trainer for some years now.
Co-starring roles in three major TV series, undertaken with diligence, care and skill.
When people come to me to train, I don't and can't promise industry success. In 'the industry', I am just a schmuk, a never-has-been. But, I have been around for a long, long time (my first, paid, role on a professional stage was in 1975), have been unrelentingly dedicated to the craft of acting in one way or another throughout, and have experienced and have learned a thing or two along the way.
What I do promise is that, by training with me and employing the training in their work, with diligence and care, such as Shalini is such a great example of, they will become an actor that people will want to work with and that they will experience the pricelessness of being able to work reliably at depth, at the service of scene, character, director or production and that that the freedom that results is not only beneficial and necessary in the world, but also makes the work generative and enjoyable - 'fun', even. Who knew??
I think there is a phrase that goes something like: 'someone who dedicates themselves to a craft will never have to work a day in their life'.
Because of her dedication to her practice, that extends way beyond the camera lens or training room, into volunteering and practical support of those experiencing oppression and deprivation, working with Shalini never feels like work. And finally, the truth of the situation emerges: It is 'The Industry' that needs actors like this, not the other way round.

Guillermo del Toro tells young directors they should not listen when “people tell you art is not important,” because that is “always a prelude to fascism.” https://variety.com/2026/film/news/guillermo-del-toro-art-not-important-prelude-to-fascism-1236623278/

“Be kind, be involved, believe in your art,” he said. “At a time when people tell you art is not important, that is always a prelude to fascism. They think they can debase everything that makes us a little better, a little more human. And that, in my book, and in my life, includes monsters.”