Acting Academy
Sessions cost £15 Pay As You Go / £14 monthly / £13 for the term in advance.
Classes last 90 minutes, this allows for a vocal/body warm up and drama games to increase confidence, creativity and build resilience before the main activity. Each term students work towards a performance of some type. In the past this has been a comedy sketch show, a full length theatre show, monologue slam, a short film, a mini soap opera or anything that can show the students (and you) their progress and achievements. The curriculum is developed and written by Melanie Ash. Mel tends to be at each class weekly unless she has filming commitments in which case pupils follow the tailored curriculum under the expert guidance of our excellent Faye and 2 teaching assistants. Classes are fully accessible and we adapt to each individual pupils goals.
Musical Theatre
Sessions cost £20 Pay As You Go / £17 monthly / £15 for the term in advance.
Classes are 3 hours in total, allowing one hour for each discipline (singing, dance and drama). All musical theatre classes are taught by industry professionals and managed (and drama taught) by Melanie Ash. Classes are split into age groups for 3 – 5 years, 6 -12 years and 13-17 years. Class sizes are small allowing teachers to focus on pupils individuals goals and strengths.
Adult Acting Workshops
Sessions cost £20 pay weekly or £15 for the term in advance.
For aspiring actors 16 years plus. We have limited places in our adult classes and audition is by invite after your initial free trial. All adult students will be required to undertake a basic safeguarding check. We work to each students ambitions – whether that’s building confidence and providing a new hobby OR helping our adult actors pursue a professional career, produce excellent self tapes, attend castings and auditions for agents and industry professionals.
Drama Workshops
Sessions cost £5 on a pay as you go basis.
Workshops run for 1 hour with a strong emphasis on improving speech & diction, building resilience, confidence, making friends and having fun. These classes would suit children that don’t have any aspirations of becoming actors or performers and don’t want to take part in end of term shows or learn lines. Drama workshops cost £5 on a pay-as-you-go basis. We cannot offer free taster sessions for these workshops.
LAMDA exam preparation
£180 for the 10 week course plus the cost of exam.
Founded in 1861, LAMDA is the oldest drama school in the UK. The process of preparing for and succeeding in a LAMDA examination essentially helps learners, whatever their ages or aspirations, to develop a broad range of skills that will serve them throughout life. Meladrama have an enviable history of delivering consistently brilliant results! Last year 27 students trained for LAMDA acting exams – with 24 students gaining a ‘distinction’ (top mark) and a 100% pass rate over the last 15 years.
Private Classes, Online Acting Tuition & Self Tape Service
30 min sessions are £20 pay as you go or £16 for a block of 4 booked in advance.
We also offer private classes either face to face or online. We work with students that are auditioning for drama school, professional actors preparing for auditions and castings, professionals preparing for work presentations or speeches in the corporate sector and adults and children with speech difficulties and/or low confidence. We also offer ‘self tape’ services for professional actors.
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