SECOND NIGHT NERVES
Ready to go a little further? Four weeks of proper scene work for actors with some experience. Second Night Nerves picks up where First Night Nerves leaves off — and you don't need to have trained at Go On So before.
The details
- Dates
- Thursdays 19th November – 10th December 2026 (4 weeks)
- Time
- 7:00pm – 9:30pm each week
- Price
- €90 total
- Who it's for
- First Night Nerves graduates, returning actors, amateur performers, or anyone with some previous acting, drama or performance experience
Taught by actor & trainer Cheryl Walsh
What you'll do
- ✦Get properly stuck into the work: text, subtext, character, relationships, objectives, stakes — and what isn't being said
- ✦Learn how to break down a scene and make stronger, more specific choices
- ✦Work more independently and stay connected to your scene partner, rather than getting stuck in your own head
- ✦Rehearse contemporary scenes properly, take direction, try different choices — and discover how a scene changes when you stop trying to “perform” it
Beyond the foundations
Second Night Nerves is designed for anyone who's completed First Night Nerves or has some previous acting or performance experience and wants to get back in the room.
Over four weeks, we'll move beyond the foundations and get properly stuck into the work. You'll learn how to break down a scene, make stronger choices, work more independently and stay connected to your scene partner rather than getting stuck in your own head.
You'll work on contemporary scenes with a partner, rehearse them properly, take direction, try different choices and discover how a scene changes when you stop trying to “perform” it and start responding to what's actually happening.
It's a step up from First Night Nerves, but it's still Go On So: small numbers, a supportive room and no expectation that you arrive knowing everything.
4 weeks · Thursdays 19 November – 10 December 2026 · 7:00–9:30pm
Questions? We've got you.
- Do I have to have done First Night Nerves?
- It's the natural next step, but if you've some prior experience in drama, acting or performance you're very welcome too. You don't need to have trained at Go On So before.
- I'm a complete beginner. Is this for me?
- Probably not yet — start with First Night Nerves and come back to this one after.
- Will I need to learn lines?
- A little. You'll work on contemporary scenes with a partner, and you'll get the text in plenty of time to rehearse properly.
- What should I wear?
- Something you can move and sit on the floor in.
After the course
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