Mark Westbrook is a professional acting coach, writer and director based in Glasgow, Scotland. He was educated at the universities of Kent, Utrecht and Nottingham before his postgraduate director training at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and actor training at the Atlantic Theater Company’s Acting School in New York City. He worked as a professional director in Britain, Ireland and The Netherlands. He is currently the Studio Director and Senior Acting Coach at Acting Coach Scotland, Scotland’s only full-time private acting studio.
He has been teaching private acting classes in Scotland since 2001. Before this Mark worked as the Head of Acting at a Scottish conservatory and was a University Lecturer in Drama (Acting and Playwrighting) for four years. He has been the Studio Director/Senior Acting Coach at Acting Coach Scotland for the past three and a half years.
Mark Westbrook has directed many professional productions and more recently began writing professionally too. His first play ‘The Emotional Life of Furniture’ was produced at the Tron Theatre in Glasgow. In 2009, Mark received a £15,000 scholarship by Shed Productions, to train as a television fiction writer on Glasgow Caledonian University’s MA in TV Fiction Writing, for which Mark received a Masters Degree with Distinction. He recently worked on Shed’s TV show Being Victor and is represented by MacFarlane-Chard. He has regularly offered advice in the Short List magazine.
Mark is also writing a practical e-book on acting entitled ‘Truth in Action’ based on his popular blog, a daily acting resource for actors called The Acting Blog, which is a range of acting advice and tips for actors and other individuals in the creative industries. He has also recently finished the first draft of another eBook on acting Shakespeare Monologues for Auditions called Approaching Shakespeare.
Most recently, Mark has delivered a masterclass in ‘Acting for Animators’ at the Oscar/BAFTA/Emmy winning FRAMESTORE in London.
Mark regularly delivers 5-day acting masterclasses to actors in Sydney, Australia for Acting Coach Australia.
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