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Nick J Field
PRINCIPAL & STUDIO PRODUCER / COURSE LEADER PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMA

Nick is the Principal of ACS and the studio's Producer. He also teaches and directs on the full and part-time acting programmes at Acting Coach Scotland. Nick also specialises in coaching for monologue auditions, and has been a judge for the World Monologue Games.

He had a successful career in business and management prior to training at East 15 Acting School. As an actor he has toured theatres in Scotland and England, as well as appearing on BBC radio and television.

Prior to joining ACS, Nick produced work for theatre companies in London and Edinburgh, and was previously the Senior Production Coordinator for the National Theatre of Scotland.

Nick has also led workshops in the UK and overseas, has worked with companies to improve creativity and abolish self censorship and is a passionate believer in the ‘Yes And..’ philosophy.

Callan MacCormick
FULL-TIME & PART-TIME COURSE COACH

Callan is a freelance drama specialist working throughout Scotland since 1994 on projects involving educational training, historical interpretation, business training and theatre production management. Her background is in directing children's theatre and SQA Acting and Musical Theatre productions as well as writing and presenting heritage theatre.

At the start of 2022, Callan joined the team at ACS to work on the STAGES programme and is delighted to now also be working with Full-Time students and taking on SQA coordination duties.

In addition to her work at ACS, Callan is also a lecturer at Glasgow Academy of Musical Theatre Arts, the creative production manager and script developer of pantomime at the Alhambra theatre in Dunfermline and works throughout the year for Illuminate UK on the drama training team for Historic Environment Scotland and their myriad of exciting projects all over the country, where she manages projects in both film and presentation, writes scripts, and sometimes is still persuaded to participate in a presenting role.

Calum Moore
FULL-TIME & PART-TIME COURSE COACH

Calum Moore is a Glasgow-based writer, director and theatre-maker.

He is a graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (MA Classic & Contemporary Text: Directing) and Stirling University (BA Hons in Creative Writing, 1st Class).

As a director, he creates work that is energetic, collaborative and truth-pursing; with experience in both developing new writing and adapting pre-existing texts.

As a writer, he is keen to explore what makes us vulnerable and, in turn, what makes us strong - with an emphasis on momentum and rhythm in language.

As a teacher he champions two central principles – active listening and believing in your own truth.

After previous experience with devising and delivering the acting curriculums for Acting Out Drama School and ISSFT, he is currently working with ACS to deliver lessons for the Foundation Acting and Professional in Stage and Screen Diploma courses.

Miranda Halloran
MOVEMENT COACH / STAGES 1-3 COACH

Miranda Halloran is originally from Brooklyn, New York and moved to Glasgow to get her MA at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

Her artistic background consists of devised theatre, absurdist theatre, and feminist Shakespearean performance. Her collaboration solo piece with Bad Neighbour Theatre Company, Dickinson’s Room, an interactive absurdist show based on the poems and letters of Emily Dickinson, performed at the Edinburgh and Adelaide Fringe Festivals to rave reviews.

She was also one of the main teachers for seven years at the Deena Levy Theatre Studio in New York City where she taught Broadway, Film, and theatre making actors (as well as many curious soon to be actors). In 2016, she was flown out to Budapest to help facilitate an acting workshop for heads of advertisement companies.

She trained in the Grotowski Method and is the resident movement coach at Acting Coach Scotland.

Frankie Regalia
FULL-TIME COURSE COACH

Frankie Regalia is an award-winning playwright, director, and theatremaker from California and based in Glasgow, Scotland. Her work has toured the UK and internationally. She was a founding member of theatre and production company Sweaty Palms Productions.

She has an MFA in theatre directing from East 15 Acting School and an MA in dramaturgy & writing for performance from Goldsmiths College.

Jake Norton

ACTING COACH

Jake studied at Liverpool John Moore’s University, BA Hons Drama, and then trained in physical theatre at Hope Street, Liverpool. He is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy having gained an FHEA from Rose Bruford.

Jake has acted in theatre, television, film, and radio since 2001, throughout the UK, Sweden, Mexico and Zambia, earning over 70 credits. His television credits include Coronation Street, Emmerdale, The Bill, and Hollyoaks.

From 2012 Jake was a drama school lecturer and theatre director at Liverpool John Moore’s university adapting and directing Ivanov, Perfume, Jamaica Inn, and Madame Tellier’s Establishment. From 2013 he lectured and directed at The Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts directing Rent, Made in Dagenham and Cabaret. Then from 2019 at The MGA Academy of Performing Arts, Edinburgh, he lectured and directed Tipping the Velvet becoming head of department for The Online School.

Jake coproduced and directed The Seven Acts of Mercy at the Liverpool Arts Theatre in 2019. In 2022 he co-directed the theatrical immersive version of his mother Dianne Jackson’s classic film The Snowman.

Jake has written and directed for children’s immersive theatre several times. He has co-written a new play Sober Companion with the actor Joe McGann they hope to tour the play across the UK in 2024/25.

Rob Myles

STAGE COMBAT COACH

Rob is a multi-award-winning director and actor specialising in Shakespeare, Stage & Screen Combat, Innovation and Digital Theatre. After acting in more than 30 roles in Shakespeare's best-loved plays, Rob directed all 36 First Folio shows before he was 36 years old. He is the creator of the Shakespeare Deck and the Owning Shakespeare podcast. His book, Innovation & Digital Theatre, is forthcoming with Routledge. His work with creative technologies includes the interactive "Illuminated Text" for Stratford Festival in Ontario, Canada and work with Theatre Royal Bath on Embodied Projection.

Rob has given talks at Harvard University, King's College London and many more, as well as teaching Shakespeare at East 15, University of West of Scotland, and internationally. Rob is a Certified Teacher with the British Academy of Stage & Screen Combat - the first and best stage combat teaching institution in the UK - and an Action Designer for both film & theatre. To date he has worked with over 700 actors and creatives from more than 60 countries on 6 of the 7 continents. Rob is of working class origins, is neurodivergent, and a parent to an incredible toddler.

Robin Hellier
DRAMATIC COMBAT COACH

Robin is a Fight and Intimacy Director for stage and screen, a certified Teacher with the British Academy of Dramatic Combat, and a Fight / Special Action performer.

Originally from Perth, he trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (MA Acting, Classical and Contemporary Text), then toured across Scotland in physical theatre shows with Company of Wolves and Blood of the Young.

He currently teaches Dramatic Combat at several drama schools in London, coordinates on Fight and Intimacy projects and runs professional training courses across the UK. Recent directing credits include working with Bard in the Botanics, Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh and Pitlochry Festival Theatre.

Haley Hartle
STUDIO ADMINISTRATOR

Haley has been with ACS since 2017 and the Stage 1 course is the extent of her acting experience, with the exception of one line in her fourth grade play.

She grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and is a graduate of Purdue University in the US, Surrey University, UK and holds a Masters degree. Before arriving at ACS, Haley worked in the hospitality and tourism sector.

Usually in the studio in the afternoons, Haley has a flexible schedule to best take care of the team and can easily be contacted by email to answer any questions you may have about our training.