GFCA Publishing
Coaches
Barbara Fischer
Barbara Fischer specialises in the combination of the methodological approach to acting, with the groundbreaking technique of Movement Psychology. She is based in Zürich, Switzerland, and works as a teacher and coach all over Europe. She has taught a great number of actors and introduced directors to the challenges of acting, in weekly classes and workshops. In recent years Barbara has taught in Paris, London, Berlin, Munich and Madrid as well as all over Switzerland.
Barbara owes her craft to the master teachers of Drama Centre London: Christopher Fettes and Reuven Adiv; and the second generation including Giles Foreman, with whom she has been teaching for many years; together they co-founded Caravanserai Productions & Acting Studio in London in 2005. Since 2012 the studio has been based in Soho as Giles Foreman Centre For Acting, and has established itself as an internationally leading place for the teaching of Method acting.
Barbara increasingly works with individual directors, supporting them in their analysis and development of scripts. She has coached many actors in their preparation for castings and roles: among others Carla Juri, Matthias Hungerbühler, Delia Mayer, Oriana Schrage, Michael Neuenschwander for “Dällebach Kari“ (Xavier Koller, 2011), “Fossil” (Alex Walker, 2014), “Dead Fucking Last“ (Walter Feistle, 2012), “Das Missen Massaker” (Michael Steiner, 2012), Tatort (2014), “Vaterjagd” (Rahel Grunder, 2014), “Der Bestatter” (2014), “Finsteres Glück” (2015).
Barbara regularly works as a voiceover artist and on staged readings; in the last few years, together with Siri Hustvedt, Shirin Ebadi, Dame Ruth Rendell, Donna Leon, Alice Schwarzer and Andrea Levy.
Janet Amsden
JANET trained in the Art and Science of Movement at Nonington College of Physical Education for three years, before going to Drama Centre. She then became Yat’s movement assistant before leaving for a career as an actress which has spanned forty years in theatre, radio, film and TV and is still ongoing. She has also directed over fifty plays, ranging from the Soho Community Panto through drama school projects and graduating plays, to The Winters Tale for Manchester Youth Theatre at the Library Theatre (Best Special Entertainment Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards 1998). Also, Jazz Goes to the Movies and Guitars Galore – music concerts at Taplow Court, for UNICEF.
Lindsay Richardson
LINDSAY is a professional singer and actor, who trained classically at Trinity College of Music, London and in musical theatre at City Lit. She has performed as a soloist at many of Britain’s major venues and festivals, recorded both on CD and DVD, toured and performed across Europe. Radio broadcasts include Radio 3′s In Tune, Danish Radio, and Radio 4′s Woman’s Hour. She has directed opera; and devised, coached and staged modern musical drama for school pupils. She provides performance workshops for choirs and theatre groups, vocal coaching for singers and actors, and for private individuals as well as those in public life.
Lindsay worked closely with Christopher Fettes during a 3-year period, in order to design a visual concept for the book that would support the intellectual content, to provide clarity and consistency for the reader.