MELBOURNE
PEM Intro Workshop Series
Learn our globally-acclaimed method in the heart of St Kilda with this exciting new workshop series held on the first and last Sunday of each month.
WORKSHOPS
Intro Workshop 1
Intro Workshop 2
DATE
First & Last Sunday each month
Next dates: May 5 & 26
TIME
10AM-2:30pm
Includes 30min break
LOCATION
Melbourne Actors Guild, 137A Acland St, St Kilda VIC 3182
PRICE
$185 AUD
Per Workshop
THE WORKSHOPS
Experience how PEM can revolutionize your acting craft and learn our hallmark method for physical access to authentic emotion with our new two-part workshop series.
Workshop 1: You will be taught how to physically access the first 3 key emotions within PEM: Aggression, Happiness and Grief.
Workshop 2: You will be taught how to physically access the last 3 key emotions within PEM: Lust, Fear and Revulsion.
In both workshops, 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.
These foundational workshops will provide a great jumping-off point for you to head into auditions and roles with new competence and access to new creative possibilities.
WHAT WE’LL COVER
- Tools and exercises to open up the body and expand emotional range
- Move past personal limitations and restrictions that are inhibiting your full potential
- Access subtle emotional expressions for close-ups and film work
- Access big emotional expression for theatre and intense film scenes
- Develop your emotional intelligence and wellbeing
ABOUT PEM
PEM™ is a groundbreaking acting method that provides actors with a direct, effortless and safe access to authentic emotions on a purely physical basis, without using personal experiences or emotional memory. Addressing unconscious trigger centers in the nervous system, PEM™ (Perdekamp Emotional Method) was created by German director and playwright Stephan Perdekamp to provide actors with a reliable craft and to take care of their well-being. PEM™ is taught at prestigious acting studios and universities internationally and is becoming reputed as an essential part of the actor’s toolbox.
PEM™ is also a comprehensive acting method, where all disciplines of acting training (body work, breathing, voice, speech, character work, emotional work, scene work, improvisation, acrobatics, dance, singing, stunt) are taught based on the same technical principles.
There are currently two PEM™ Centres across the globe, one in Hamburg, Germany and another in Australia with Kalliso. Classes are available online for actors in any location, and we hold international workshop tours each year.
YOUR WORKSHOP INSTRUCTORS
ENNA BLAKE
PEM Certified Instructor
Enna Blake is an actor, musician, and Certified PEM Instructor based in Melbourne, Australia. Since 2019, she has trained with PEM Master Instructor Sarah Victoria and PEM Founder Stephan Perdekamp and became certified to teach PEM in September 2022. Enna has assisted teaching PEM workshops at NIDA and the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, and has held in-person workshops in Melbourne and San Francisco. As an actor, Enna has played supporting and lead roles in independent short and feature films such as ‘Land of Honey’ (2019) and ‘The Library Boys (2022) which won Comedy Vanguard Feature at Austin Film Festival. She has also starred in music videos such as ‘Loose Ends’ by Illy ft G Flip (2020) and released her own EP ‘Under Dusk’ with singer/songwriter Harrison Storm in 2022. Enna is currently a proud member of the Melbourne PEM Production Group and teaches PEM at Melbourne Actors Guild, and to actors internationally online.
SAMUEL ROWE
PEM Certified Instructor
Samuel Rowe is an actor and PEM Certified Instructor based in Melbourne, Australia. Samuel has worked in professional theatres in Melbourne following his graduate degree in Acting from the Victorian College of the Arts (2018) and since 2019, has trained in PEM with Stephan Perdekamp and PEM Master Instructor Sarah Victoria. Samuel has assisted workshops at prestigious acting schools including the National Institute of Drama (NIDA), and since his certification in 2021 has coached actors in PEM from all over the world. Samuel has taught in-person PEM term classes at Film & TV Studio International in Melbourne, and will be holding classes with actors at Melbourne Actors Guild in 2024. With a great interest in fostering emotional development, Samuel is looking forward to sharing PEM with more people worldwide.
TAKE YOUR CRAFT TO NEW DEPTHS
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!
WORKSHOPS
Intro Workshop 1
Intro Workshop 2
DATE
First & Last Sunday each month
Next dates: May 5 & 26
TIME
10AM-2:30pm
Includes 30min break
LOCATION
Melbourne Actors Guild, 137A Acland St, St Kilda VIC 3182
PRICE
$185 AUD
Per Workshop
CAN’T MAKE IT TO THE WORKSHOP? WORK WITH US ONLINE.
30MIN 1:1 TRYOUT SESSION (ONLINE)
2HR FREE TEASER CLASS (ONLINE)
PEM BASICS TERM CLASSES (ONLINE)
Jess Bush
Australian Actress, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
“With PEM, you’re authentically able to reach a full-bodied emotional place very quickly, so you’re able to become wholly invested in a scene without a lot of mental preparation.”