BYRON BAY

Experience how PEM can revolutionize your acting craft and learn our hallmark method for physical access to authentic emotion.  

Led by PEM Master Instructor Sarah Victoria, in this one-day workshop, you will be taught how to physically access all 6 key emotions within PEM: Aggression, Happiness, Grief, Lust, Fear and Revulsion. Learn to come in and out of intense emotional states quickly, safely and repeatably without needing to refer to traumatic memories or personal story. Our carefully developed, body-focused exercises will serve to open up your instrument and work through personal restrictions that may be limiting your full potential. PEM enables you to expand your emotional range and performance capability.  

Beyond the stage and screen, our holistic approach helps to reframe your understanding of emotions to not only refine your artistic skills, but also to improve your overall wellbeing.

This foundational workshop will provide a great jumping-off point for you to head into auditions and roles with new competence and access to new creative possibilities. 

Sarah Victoria is an actress, PEM Master Instructor and Director of Kalliso and PEM International. She has been a certified PEM Instructor since 2004 and trained directly with Stephan Perdekamp. She wrote her master’s thesis about PEM in 2004 and has been teaching for over 19 years. Sarah is on the board of directors of the PEM Center Hamburg as well as an actor in the PEM Ensemble Hamburg and the PEM International Ensemble.

Sarah has led PEM workshops all over the globe, as well as teaching masterclasses at major drama universities including at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Australia, at Babes-Bolyai-University in Romania and many more internationally.

Isabel Lucas has acted in numerous films and television projects in both Australia and the US.  She became known for her leading role, “Tasha”, in the successful Australian television series “Home & Away” and in 2004 received the Australian TV Week Logie Award for Best New Female Talent.  Her move to Hollywood saw her star in “Transformers – Revenge of the Fallen”, Terence Malick’s “Knight of Cups” opposite Christian Bale and Cate Blanchett, Erik Van Looy’s English-language remake of his own 2008 Belgian film “Loft”, and in numerous other films.  Her television credits include the Steven Spielberg HBO miniseries “The Pacific”, the Academy Award winning Documentary “The Cove”, the TV remake “Emerald City” directed by Tarsem Singh, and the CBS produced American series “MacGyver”. Amongst numerous further releases in Australia, another film to be released soon is the thriller, “Lunacy”, directed by New York-based Australian film maker, Daniel Askill, produced by Jamie Hilton, Daniel Askill and Isabel Lucas. Isabel is in pre-production for the role of Marie Curie in “Radiant”, with award-winning writer-director Annika Glac, and is also slated to appear in Franco di Chiera’s “Little Europe”. Isabel is also a keen animal rights supporter and has worked with many environmental organisations, and been part of several humanitarian, conservation campaigns.

Ready to elevate your acting skills and experience the transformative power of PEM? Learn something new, receive hands-on guidance and add some exciting new tools to your Actor’s Toolkit. Join us in unlocking your full potential as an actor – reserve your place today!

UPDATE: As of 8th March ’24, we are booked out! If you’d like to join our waitlist or register for future workshops in Byron Bay, please click below.