The Actors Forge: SimWorks

Placing Professional Performers into Corporate Role‑Play and Simulation Training Across the North East and United Kingdom

Real people. Real pressure. Better-prepared teams.

SimWorks provides professionally trained actors who bring high-stakes scenarios to life — for healthcare, emergency services, corporate learning and public sector training across the UK.

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Scenario-Based Simulation

Immersive, realistic scenarios delivered by trained actors, on-site, at our studio, or live-streamed.

Assessment & OSCE Support

Consistent, standardised actor performances for exams, assessments and accreditation.

Debrief & Feedback

Structured, actor-informed feedback that sharpens reflection and embeds learning.

Bespoke Scenario Design

Scripts and improvisation frameworks built around your specific learning objectives.

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Professionally Trained Actors

Professionally Trained Workforce

Vetted. DBS-checked. A minimum of two years' studio training. Every SimWorks actor is drawn from years of professional studio practice, based in Central Newcastle.

  • “The professionalism and skill of the actors was beyond what I could have hoped for. They brought so much more out of the scenario than was written on paper.”

    Kaye Walsh — Lead Nurse, Congenital Heart Disease Network, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • “Lucy brought authenticity, emotional intelligence, and professional discipline that significantly elevated the training experience.”

    Dr Louise Swan, Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine & Anaesthetics, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS FT

  • "The training provided by Simworks helped me reflect on how I communicate with families."

    Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • "The actors were amazing, and the debriefing such a help."

    Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • "I'm now more aware of how to act in difficult conversations with patients and families alike."

    Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • "An excellent experience for me as an Actor. The openness of the participant was something we could really work with."

    Danny Matthews - SimWorks Actor

  • “The simulation made me reflect myself. It made me think how to properly communicate with the family.”

    Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Staff Nurse