Students from American actor James Longshore’s Acting in English classes in Bucharest will perform their end of course show on Tuesday, January 22. This batch of budding actors will be taking on a selection of scenes from iconic Hollywood films The Shining and Thelma and Louise. There will also be a nod to the winter season with an excerpt from Scrooged, the modern take on Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.

The Winter Wonderland show will get underway at 20:30, at La Scena, 55 Calea Calarasi , Bucharest.

The students in this 12 week course are rather an international bunch. Local actor Catalin Popa has already appeared in Shakespeare and Chekhov plays and is due to appear in a film Sapphire later this year. Gianna Tzermia is a Greek actress who has also studied acting in Paris, France and already has film roles under her belt. Also appearing will be Lubna Abu Quood from Jordan and the cast is completed by Nicolai Popescu, an acting student at University Hyperion. Oana Paun, Claudiu Oprea and Maria Movileanu will be making guest appearances.

Actor and dialogue coach James Longshore is originally from New York but now lives in Romania. He has been running acting classes for Romanian actors for over a year, focusing on acting in English, getting work and and film industry insider tips. He recently appeared in PROTv sitcom Tanti Florica.

Entry costs RON 20 on the door, find out more on the Acting in English Facebook page.

Read more about American actor James Longshore and his projects in Romania here.

Liam Lever, liam@romania-insider.com