Drama Classes - What do we do?

The most common question we get from parents is - what do you do in your classes? 

Well a lot is my answer and then I elaborate :)

The Helen O'Grady curriculum is international so we cant just teach anything - our lessons are structured, planned and full of juicy activities. 

The focus of the Academy is to get students communicating effectively - using their bodies, voices and facial expressions. Through specially designed speech activities we are able to teach the students how the voice works and how we can use the voice to be heard.

Confidence forms an integral part of life today, and without it, life is just that little bit harder to navigate. Through improvisations, scripts, plays, public speaking activities and monologues our students are able to practice being in the limelight - and this helps them gain greater confidence each and every week.

And then there's the students who want to act and perform - can you believe we cater for them too? Every single week students explore new plays, scenes, mimes, scenarios - through their explorations they are able to create and play with new characters without being judged or marked. The aim of our Academy is not to grade our students - our aim is to give them a safe platform from which they can have fun creating and trying out new roles. Drama does not have to be an activity that gets individuals competing against one another - its a wonderful activity where students can work together, gain from one another, learn from others and experience EMPATHY!

So in a not so small nutshell :) That's what we do!