The Suzuki Method of Actor Training was developed by the Suzuki Company of Toga (SCOT) under the direction of Tadashi Suzuki. This training has been designed to regain the perceptive abilities of the actor's body on stage in order to powerfully enter any theatrical situation. In practical terms, the Suzuki Method is comprised of a variety of exercises that challenge the body's centre of gravity by presenting a series of physical obstacles. This allows the actor to invoke their full creative potential within a given structure. By heightening the actor's awareness of their own physical habits, limitations and energies, the body becomes open to exploring emotion and truth.

Combining principles of traditional Japanese theatre with the risk taking of the modern avant-garde, this rigorous discipline begins with the lower body and feet, resulting in a greater awareness of the entire body, breath and voice. Simon Woods first trained in this method  in 1992 and has focused, through practical research, on adapting this training to make it accessible to Australian actors.

"Theatre in Australia and in the West in general has been based on ideas. We have a long tradition of philosophical questioning of human nature, and a strong written tradition. In Asia, stories are told via dance, the song, the body. I think what Australian artists can learn from this kind of influence concerns a revitalisation of the performers body."
(Simon Woods, Utopia 1996)