What our students are saying. 


NATALIE HUGHES

Bryan is a wonderful teacher and training in the Meisner technique has been a complete game changer for me. Can not recommend these classes highly enough

Scott Hume

Bryan’s Meisner classes took my acting to the next level! I was eased into the technique at a steady pace in a really supportive environment. I can’t recommend him enough!

William Brand

Taking Eva Pope and Bryan Oliver’s Meisner class has made a profound difference to my career. Within a few weeks of starting class, I was shooting a series called Crossing Lines with William Fichtner.  I noticed how much easier it was for me to be present and in flow than it had been before I started Meisner, and what a powerful connection I had with Bill Fichtner, unlike anything I’d experienced before.

It has also made a huge difference to my experience of casting interviews.  I don’t get nervous anymore, and am fully present throughout the whole process.  My hit rate since starting Meisner dramatically improved; I get far more offers than I used to.

Anyone who has experienced Eva and Bryan’s training will not be surprised with these results. Rather than describe how these breakthroughs are achieved, I would encourage you to come and experience them for yourself.

Mike Archer

Eva and Bryan's teaching is heartfelt and welcoming, guiding you through both the technique and the emotional experience. Here you can fully embrace who you are. Once you trust and embrace the technique, you cease to act and begin to truthfully live in imaginary circumstance.

Sara Matin

I'm not exaggerating when I say that doing Meisner with The Actors Gateway completely changed me as an actor, for the better. I felt as though my full potential as an actor was being reached- something I did not feel happened at drama school. It is just such an incredibly safe space to be vulnerable, and for me, knowing I was safe allowed me to do my best work. Bryan's feedback is always constructive and he gives you the confidence to push yourself and progress. It's worth mentioning that these classes are also just an absolute joy. I quite simply wouldn't be the actor I am today without The Actors Gateway.

Simon Wan

Having begun my journey as an actor not so long ago I had spent the last few months attending all the classes that I could get on, find and indeed afford, but something with most of them just didn't click. A mixture of teacher, participant and attitude all contributed to this feeling. After gritting my teeth and knuckling down for as long as I could, part of me felt that selling all my belongings and moving to London had been a bad move. This was until I discovered The Actors Gateway. 

Having been offered the opportunity to try out a session with Eva and Bryan, I did what most people do these days and clicked around on the web, finding out a little knowledge before I began. I found that most of the reviews on Meisner as a technique read as so utterly gushing, alarm bells rang once again and I thought this can't be as they describe. Phrases like 'life changing', 'mind bending', and 'the greatest tool an actor can have', seemed, well all a bit, well, 'toss'. Yet, as it was my last shot at finding a class before having to re-evaluate my impulsive quest to become an actor I turned up, note pad in hand and with a open mind.

From the very first instance, just meeting both Eva and Bryan, something just felt right. The way I was greeted and the warmth of these two teachers was a world away from what I had been used to. Soon after the air kisses, the rest of the group arrived. A mixture of experienced actors, young actors, new actors, screen actors and stage actors all turned up. Some had studied before, some, like me were totally new, yet all were prepared to throw away any ideas they had above their station and trust our new Teachers to begin our journey with us, together.

Now, Meisner is very hard to explain, and I won't even begin, but a 7 minute demonstration from Eva and Bryan on the power of using Meisner technique and where we all can be if we trust, listen and open up, actually did blow my mind. What I saw was two people, through the medium of repeats unlock a narrative that was so real and intense, I sat with my mouth open and just thought, 'YES! this is for me, this is where I want my skills to develop, this is how good I want to be."

There are no punches pulled in this class, no feelings left locked away, and no ego's to contend with. This is as real as it gets and I for one fucking love it. This has 'changed my life', this has 'blown my mind' and when the time is right and when I'm ready I will have 'the greatest tools an actor can have".