

Emily Jenkins grew up in rehearsal rooms, watching actors and directors shape text into performance. After specialising in Shakespeare at university, she trained as a director at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.
In 2012 she joined Shakespeare's Globe as a text practitioner, coaching actors on main-house productions. She now serves on the Globe's higher education faculty.
As a writer-director, Emily has won two Scotsman Fringe Firsts and made her West End debut at the Theatre Royal Haymarket with Cookies. She coaches for stage, screen, and rehearsal rooms, from actors preparing for drama school to those working at RSC and West End level.
What sits underneath all of that is a specific way of working: practical, actor-first, and built to turn Shakespeare into playable action.
Everything in the studio is built around the same approach: a modern, actor-first way of working with Shakespeare that helps performers make the text playable, specific, and alive in the room.
The programmes differ in format and level. The method stays the same.
Every choice must become playable, not merely clever.
Verse work should deepen feeling, not flatten it into correctness.
The work has to hold in audition rooms, rehearsals, and self-tapes.
The text gives you clues, but performance still has to breathe.
The studio is built around three ways in: learn at your own pace, train in a coached room, or work directly with Emily on your material. Move between them as you need to.
High-polish recorded lessons on foundational Shakespeare technique: iambic pentameter, verse and prose, soliloquy, rhetoric, and more. Watch at your own pace, revisit as needed.
Monthly live teaching on a foundational topic, with Q&A. A low-commitment way into Emily's teaching.
Small, capped groups for actors and directors who want structured Shakespeare training in a real rehearsal-room environment. Built around clear outcomes, shared rigour, and Emily's method.
A live monthly session for actors bringing current audition or rehearsal material. Drop-in, coached, practical, and demanding.
Start with the library or a £10 live session. Train in a cohort or clinic. Or book bespoke 1:1 coaching for a live problem.
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