Classes

introduces children to the basic principles of acting in a light-hearted and accessible manner. It teaches the importance of concentration but uses a combination of games and exercises to encourage enjoyment and confidence in the children. The younger classes use play and role-play to explore the different ways we can communicate with others. The older classes move on to explore the techniques important to perform to an audience; engagement, empathy and clarity. In all classes, the children will gain confidence, make new friends and improve their ability to communicate.

classes focus, initially, on the individual; insisting on concentration, engagement and challenge in order to improve self-confidence and awareness. Students will realise that it is their responsibility to understand the commitment required to improve and enhance their skills. We then move on to explore the specific techniques of practitioners such as Laban and Stanislavski, improving speech, movement and posture. Students take personal responsibility for rising to the challenges offered, whilst always being encouraging of others.

classes are designed to help students combine the disciplines of acting, song and dance in order to communicate a story to an audience. Posture and presentation are crucial to the process and the students will explore elements of various dance forms and choreography as well as aspects of Estill voice technique. The 3 disciplines are not taught separately and, therefore, enable the students to develop the specific skills needed to perform musical theatre work effectively. In class, students will learn numbers from the West End and Broadway musical theatre repertoire.