About our Classes
1. What do they do in class?
2. Do you teach speech?
3. Do all students get a chance to perform?
4. How will drama benefit my child? What will they learn?
5. Do you have trial classes where students and parents can watch?
6. Do you have open classes?
7. Do the students take exams?
8. How many students in a class?

What do they do in class?
Please click on to the relevent course link below to find out more about what goes on in class. Courses available are:
Tiny Tots Theatre Workshop
Drama Classes (Juniors)
Drama Classes (Intermediate)
Senior Theatre Workshop
Musical Theatre Classes
Gospel Choir Class
Adult Classes
Yoga Classes
Speech Therapy
Art Classes

Do you teach speech?
Yes and No! We do not drill the students with speech exercises in order to permanently alter accents or diminish dialect. However, to be a performer, a student needs to be able to have a versatile and expressive voice and clear speech. As the student gains experience, and takes on more demanding roles, voice training becomes an increasingly important element of training.

Do all students get a chance to perform?
All students in the drama programme from Tiny Tots upwards get the chance to perform. The third term in our year (April to June) is a performance term. Each class will select a piece of work from the previous two terms and produce it as a performance piece.
The Senior Theatre workshop students also have separate performance projects.

How will drama benefit my child? What will they learn?
Drama is of value to everyone, not only to those who wish to become performers. It improves and develops confidence, awareness, expression, concentration, problem solving, motivation and promotes the use of unique thinking styles.
It also teaches the valuable skills needed for work and leisure: interaction with others, creativity, spontaneity, flexibility, adaptability and good judgement.
Social bonding is also promoted, as cooperation is essential to many activities in drama, music and movement.

Do you have trial classes where students and parents may watch?
No. Drama, is NOT a spectator sport, unless the students have been properly prepared for performance. We aim to create a safe environment in which students feel secure enough to push the boundaries of their own percieved capabilities. If people watch the class, then this safety is destroyed and progress is halted.

Do you have open classes?
Once a year, we have "Performance Week", usually in June. This is when parents can come to see their children perform selected material from the year's work. This is annual rather than termly as rehearsals take time and we do not wish to abandon the creative process by having to rush the production of a performance piece.

Do the students take exams?
Yes, those students who attend regular drama classes and musical theatre classes may enter examinations with New Era Academy, London and/or Trinity Guildhall London.

How many students in a class?
All Drama classes have a maximum of 18. Musical theatre classes have a maximum of 10. Yoga and Art Classes have a maximum of 15. As the Gospel Choir Class is an ensemble class - numbers will depend upon performance requirements.