About Alice’s career in Television, Theatre, Film & Voice-Over

Alice Sykes began her acting career in the critically acclaimed BBC Crime Drama Criminal Justice alongside Maxine Peake in 2009. She also played ‘Sharon Baker’, the guest lead alongside Peter Kay in the BBC Two’s comedy series Cradle to Grave. Further appearances include, Lindsay Baxter in Sky One’s Mad Dogs, Sorcha Carmichael in ITV’s Vera, Rosie Harris in Midsomer Murders, Lisa in Press, Caitlin Laidlaw in Holby City, Alice in CBBC’s Postcode, Tess Hughes in the critically acclaimed Silent Witness, and as a guest lead Amber Kensit in Casualty on BBC One.

Most recently, you will have seen her in the recurring role of Claire in the hit ITV drama Unforgotten, and in 2023 as the guest lead, Lorna Pryce in Call The Midwife.

Alice’s theatre work began in Mark Haddon’s Polar Bears at ‘The Donmar Warehouse’. Then followed her taking the lead role of ‘Daisy’ in Melanie Spencer’s Responsible Other at ‘Hampstead Theatre’. After this performance, Alice then went onto play Samantha in ‘Alan Ayckbourn’s’ A Small Family Business at that most prestigious of venues, ‘The National Theatre’. In January 2019, Alice played the lead role of Cynthia, in In Lipstick at ‘The Pleasance Theatre, Islington’.

Starring alongside Greg Wise in ‘Scoop Films’ feature film, Alice plays Kath in After Louise. Sykes also played the title role in the highly acclaimed BBC Short film Flea. 

Alice now has an extensive voice reel after working with clients such as BBC, Apple, Etsy, BBH, NSPCC and has become a regular contributor to voicing Sky Sports.

Representation: The BWH Agency and Monster Voice

Coaching

PRIVATE LESSONS

Whether preparing for an audition or self tape, or you simply want to work on your craft; I’m offering one-to-one sessions in person or over ‘Zoom’, personalised to your needs.

  • Applying for Drama School – from Shakespeare to contemporary text, we will work together to find the ideal piece for your audition, working on the perfect performance, delivery of the text and how to stand out in the room.
  • Self Tape – having filmed endless amounts of self tapes in my career, I know what works. I can offer guidance on the perfect home set-up before we begin working on your scenes.
  • Olivier/ Hollywood Classes – if you simple want to work on your acting skills, I offer two styles of class. The Olivier class for acting on stage and the Hollywood class for acting on camera.

For all enquires, please head to the contact page

LAMDA CLASSES

Obtain your official LAMDA certificate, with private lessons.

Grades 1 through to 5 of LAMDA, we prepare two monologues to perform. One taken for the LAMDA Acting Anthology and one which we will source ourselves. We will stage both scenes, working on accents, performance and creating a contrast between the two.

Grade 6 through to 8 are our medals, bronze, silver and gold. These focus on our characters within the context of the play as a whole, so knowledge of the play text here is a must. We will stage two monologues for bronze and three monologues for silver and gold, focusing on the style and period in which the author was writing, looking at practitioners and focusing on our breathing techniques.

LAMDA Classes AT LPSB

Obtain your official LAMDA certificate.

I am now working closely with ‘Langley Park School for Boys’ offering one-to-one sessions from ages 11-18. These 20 minute classes will help develop your acting skills and we will work directly on exam monologues for you to pass your LAMDA exams.

In 2021 and 2022, all students who took their LAMDA examination received a ‘distinction’ – which is the highest grade possible. In 2023, with over 35 students of varying ability, it is incredible we have a 100% high merit/distinction rate at Langley Park.

Workshops

Helping your group develop their acting skills.

I offer group workshops for students studying drama at any level, and any other extra curricular drama club or organisation. All workshops can be adapted to suit your needs; including character development, Meisner technique, movement and production specific workshops.

Contact

Please drop me an email @ alicesykes.teaching@gmail.com

Please contact me to find out more about the classes I provide or to book a session with me.