A private, blacked-out set at the Bonded Warehouse in St John's — five minutes from Deansgate, and a fraction of what the same reel costs in London.
Actors Reels films monologue showreels at KORD.Media in the Bonded Warehouse, 18 Lower Byrom Street, Manchester M3 4AP. Director-led sessions start at £195 for one monologue and £295 for up to three, with reels graded and delivered in 5-10 working days.
The Bonded Warehouse is a Victorian goods building in St John's, a couple of minutes behind Deansgate. We film in a private, blacked-out space inside it — not a shared corner of an open-plan office, and not a room you have to share with another shoot.
That privacy matters more than most actors expect. Nobody is walking past your eyeline, nobody is waiting for the room, and you are not performing a grief monologue while a podcast records next door. A calm set is a better take.
Deansgate-Castlefield Metrolink is a five-minute walk. Piccadilly to the studio is around fifteen minutes door to door.
Deansgate station is a five-minute walk; Manchester Victoria and Piccadilly are both a short tram or cab ride.
Paid parking on Lower Byrom Street and at the Great Northern car park, both within two minutes of the door.
Leeds, Liverpool, Sheffield and Preston are all inside about an hour by train. We schedule sessions so you can travel in and back the same day.
A comparable director-led monologue session in London routinely runs at two to three times our rate before you have paid for the train. The camera is not cheaper in Manchester and neither is the grade — the overhead is.
For actors based anywhere north of the Midlands, filming here also means you are not spending the morning of your shoot on a four-hour journey. You arrive warm, not wrecked. The full comparison is in Manchester vs London: what you actually pay.
What is included in each session is set out on sessions & pricing, and monologue showreels explains how to get the most out of the room. You can watch finished work on the reels gallery.
Most Greater Manchester actors are inside forty minutes of the studio door. There are journey notes for Salford, Stockport, Bolton, Oldham, Wigan and Warrington, and the rest of the region is on the North West.
Drama students and recent graduates get 15% off any session; see drama students. If you are planning your first reel, what a showreel costs in the UK is a good place to start.
Actors Reels films monologue showreels at KORD.Media in the Bonded Warehouse, 18 Lower Byrom Street, Manchester M3 4AP — two minutes from Deansgate and St Peter's Square. Sessions run from £195 for a single monologue and reels are delivered in 5-10 working days.
The Bonded Warehouse sits in St John's, behind Deansgate. Deansgate rail and Deansgate-Castlefield tram are a five-minute walk, Manchester Piccadilly is fifteen minutes by tram, and there is paid parking on Lower Byrom Street and at the Great Northern.
Constantly. Most of our actors travel in for the day from Leeds, Liverpool, Sheffield, Birmingham and further. Manchester is on the fast line from almost everywhere in the North, and the session plus travel still costs less than filming the same reel in London.
£195 for a 30-minute session with one monologue and £295 for an hour with up to three, including direction, colour grade, sound, edit and delivery. A comparable director-led session in London typically starts around £450.
Yes, paid parking on Lower Byrom Street and at the Great Northern car park, both within two minutes of the door. Public transport is usually easier: Deansgate station and Deansgate-Castlefield tram stop are a five-minute walk.
Yes. As well as showreels, self-tapes are recorded in the same studio, lit, framed and with clean sound, and reels can be cut from footage you already have. See self-tape & promo and showreel editing.
Book a session or just ask us a question — we're always happy to talk through your reel.
