getting started...

Basically, I havent got any acting experience, besides what I learnt in highschool many moons ago, and I really just want to get involved! So..I've been looking for a while now for an amature classes or workshops but cant seem to find any, or obviously just looking in the wrong places, that dont involve auditions, I just dont think I'm ready for that..yet.. If anyone can give me some direction as where to begin it would be greatly appreciated