Who I Am and What I Do

I’ve always been obsessed with animals. As a kid, I had a talent for imitating their sounds and movements. The natural world was magic for me. At 18 I started training as an actor at Drama Centre London, I began coaching friends while I was there and I’ve been teaching and working as a professional actor ever since. Whether employed by a company or the artists themselves, I coach actors. I give them tools for better acting and living inspired by visits, soulfully, through the wild. 

I aim to challenge the way that we perceive that ‘serious acting’ should be learned and done. We use everything animal, physically and emotionally, as the tool to match up your mind with your body and find the beating heart of any piece or performer. I want actors to be physically alive, mentally present, truthful and dynamic. This work is not only for actors playing animals, or animal-humans or humans around animals. I will show you how to rewild and use the wilderness to help you be spiritually full whenever you’re acting, whatever you’re acting. I think that’s pretty f******g cool.

Feel free to contact me whether you’re an actor in or out of work, someone leading a project that could use an outside eye or are involved in training actors that would benefit from this work. Whatever your needs, I can help.

Max x