#35 - Amanda Brennan - Tune Your Body, Train Your Mind

In this episode, I’m talking to Amanda Brennan, a coach and trainer of actors in Film, Television and Theatre. She runs an MA course in Screen Acting at Central School of Speech & Drama and is the author of two books, The Energetic Performer, published in 2016, and The Craft of Screen Acting, due out in 2024.  Amanda has also produced films that have been screened at the Raindance, Sundance and London Film Festivals.  She has most recently coached actors in TV shows like The Crown and Sex Education as well as forthcoming films like The Yellow Tie starring John Malkovich and Miranda Richardson.

In our conversation, Amanda discusses…

• What she learnt from standing in the rain for half an hour
• What she can tell from looking at someone’s feet…
• And why the training for actors can be applied to all of us /everyone to perform better under pressure.