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Screen Academy

We believe our Screen Academy is one of the very few groups across the country that focuses solely on screen acting.

The Screen Academy meets on Sundays and is broken into the following groups:

Juniors Group 1 (9:30am until 12pm)

Juniors Group 2 (12pm until 2:30pm)

Uppers (9:30am until 12pm)

Seniors Group 1 (12pm until 2:30pm)

Seniors Group 2 (2:30pm until 5pm)

The Screen Academy undertakes many projects every year, both in-front and behind the camera. These projects include: Showreels, Silent Movies, Trailers, Competition Films and the Long Project – an opportunity for all actors in the Screen Academy to produce a feature film based on their own ideas and work, shot on location. Each year the Screen Academy Actors are invited to our ‘Red Carpet Event’ where they walk the red carpet surrounded by family and friends to watch the premiere of their film on the big screen.

Actors in the Screen Academy company also take part in a wide variety of workshops and masterclasses focussed both on pure acting, acting on camera and behind the scenes.

(Fees per 12 week term: £419)

Company led by:

  • Josh Cavendish

    Head of Screen Academy

    Josh Cavendish was an actor at YAC in Cambridge for 8 years, before training at East 15 Acting School. He has worked as an actor and fight performer on stage and screen, most notably working at the Royal Opera House on several productions. He now works as a professional fight choreographer for theatre and film.

  • Robyn Holdaway

    Senior Screen Director

    Robyn is a non-binary actor best known for their work as Layla in Netflix’s ‘Sex Education’. Their credits also include: AMC’s ‘Moonhaven’, BBC’s ‘Strike: Lethal White’, and various other stage and screen roles. Their audiobook work includes the award winning ‘Our Wives Under the Sea’, as well as critically acclaimed ‘Sistersong’, ‘How To Understand Your Gender’, and ‘Skin’. They are an active member of the LGBTQ community, and they are passionate about bringing this diversity into the mainstream both as an artist and as an activist. They have been teaching drama to all ages for over fourteen years, at various youth theatres and theatre schools across the country. As a private drama tutor Robyn has helped with auditions, skills development, and assisting their students to land places at Drama School. Robyn is committed to creating a safe and inclusive working environment, and helping each student to reach their full potential.

  • Sam Hunt

    Screen Academy Director 

    Sam trained at YAC as a teenager, and has been acting and making films ever since. During this time at YAC, he was cast as Kevin in ‘Man Down’, working for Channel 4 and Netflix, along with other short and student films. He later trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. His most recent theatre credits include A Few Good Men and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. His theatre company, Pelmear Theatre, produced and sold out the UK premiere of the play ‘The In-Between’ in London.

    Before becoming a director, Sam was an Assistant Screen Director, helping run classes, and directing films. He is excited to continue sharing his passion for filmmaking and screen acting with the next generation of actors.