The Work
What if your restlessness wasn’t a flaw, but fuel? What if your spiraling thoughts, your deep sensitivity, your impulsive leaps, were exactly what makes you an exceptional actor?
The ‘Y’ Method
A neurodivergent approach to acting.
Have you ever struggled with the idea that acting is about breaking down a script piece by piece?
Have you ever sat with a script, analysing every beat, objective and action, only to feel disconnected, like you were outside the story and inside your head?
Contemporary approaches often turn performance into an intellectual exercise. But what if acting for the deeply sensitive wasn’t about dissecting words on a page? What if it was about sensing the nuance of a story, stepping into your intuition, and letting it guide you?
What if the sentiment “Shakespeare is meant to be performed, not read” applied to all plays? What if we could approach the performing arts as our ancestors did, letting go of rigid plot and character analysis, and instead embracing the flow of story synthesis?
What if, by simply surrendering to the empathy and intuition of your subconscious and immersing yourself in the given circumstances of the character, you could allow their impulses and instincts to grow naturally, and discover nuance and spontaneity? A performance that feels real rather than trying to be right. This is where true transformation begins.
This masterclass is about learning to trust that process. By merging The ‘Y’ Method with the Travis Technique, we’ll explore what it means to fully inhabit a character, tapping into authentic, unselfconscious performance that’s not forced, but in flow.
This is not traditional actor training. It’s a space where curiosity leads, not controlled pre-shaped ideas. Where your intuitive empathy isn’t a challenge to “manage” but a tool to harness, amplifying presence, spontaneity, and emotional truth.
The core of acting is to wonder into why, and surrender into flow. This is where the ‘Y’ Method begins not with technique, but with curiosity. Here, we don’t control the moment, we listen to it. We don’t act from the outside in, but from the inside out. Wonder becomes our compass. Flow becomes organic. And from this place, the actor doesn’t perform, they become.
Through The ‘Y’ Method, we move beyond scripts and structure to explore intuition, wonder, and connection. It’s acting from the inside out. No masking. No pretending. Just raw, responsive, deeply human work.
Foundational Techniques
Before we can break the rules, we need to understand them. The first phase of the work explores time-honoured techniques drawn from teachers like Meisner, Stanislavski, Adler, and Hagen. These approaches give actors a solid ground to stand on, structure, awareness, and the tools to begin listening truthfully.
But this isn’t about dogma. It’s about discovering what resonates, what awakens something real. We’ll explore repetition, given circumstances, objectives, and sensory work, not to perform them, but to feel what’s alive within them. This is the soil where everything else can grow.
The Travis Technique
When it’s time to step into rehearsing the performance, the Travis Technique sharpens the edge. Building on the openness of The ‘Y’ Method, this phase introduces emotional presence , drawing from memory not for pain, but for power.
You’ll learn how to spark emotion with precision, using rehearsed triggers that feel instinctive in the moment. It’s a way to honour the depth of your work without carrying the weight of personal history onstage.
This isn’t about acting out—it’s about acting through. Fully alive. Fully present. Every night.
The 'Y' Method
Once you’ve laid the groundwork, we begin to shift. The WHY Method isn’t about imposing a performance, it’s about uncovering one. Rooted in curiosity, intuition, and embodied listening, this approach invites you to meet the character through your own wonder, not through analysis.
Instead of forcing choices, we let the scene breathe. We follow the flickers, the impulses, the expectations, the moments that surprise even you. It’s less about control and more about connection. You’ll learn to trust the moment and surrender to you creativity.
THE ‘Y’ METHOD
In the depths of my own journey with a neurodivergent mind, I found an unconventional path to learning, one that revolved around understanding the profound essence of a character before anything else. It wasn't until I encountered Simon Sinek's book, "Starting with Why," that I unearthed the realisation that my innate approach aligned with his concept. In that moment, the seed of what would later become the ‘Y’ Method was planted.
The ‘Y’ Method isn’t just a technique, it’s a philosophy. One that invites you to uncover the deeper purpose behind every line you deliver.
This method guides you beyond surface performance and into a state of flow, where intuition, truth, and presence merge. Here, acting becomes less about effort and more about alignment. You think less about being ‘right’ and more about being ‘real’. You don’t perform the role; you become it.
With the ‘Y’ Method, you receive instant biofeedback. You’ll know, not by approval or applause, but by internal resonance, whether you’re in flow or forcing it. When you’re out of sync, you’ll feel it. And when you’re in it, you’ll drop effortlessly into authenticity.
This quiet knowing liberates you from the need for external validation. It fosters intuitive self-trust, grounding your work in purpose and making your presence, on stage or screen, compelling and real.
The Travis Technique
Alongside the WHY Method, this masterclass incorporates The Travis Technique, an approach that reframes how actors engage with text and character relationships. By using directorial insight and subconscious-driven performance, you will learn to construct a scene from the inside out, rather than imposing structure externally. You will gain an instinctive understanding of blocking and movement, guided by emotional truth rather than mechanics. You will break through habitual choices, allowing spontaneity and depth to emerge.
