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Acting Coaching

What is LAMDA?​

LAMDA is The London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art. It is one of the UK’s oldest and most respected awarding organisations. They have been offering practical examinations in communication and performance subjects since the 1880’s. LAMDA qualifications have helped hundreds of thousands of candidates of all ages and abilities to develop lifelong skills.​

100% LAMDA exam pass rate since 2009

Since 2009, I have maintained a 100% LAMDA pass rate. This includes 161 Distinctions and 151 Merits. I care passionately about the arts being accessible to everyone and loves passing on my knowledge and skills to the next generation of actors, teachers and performers.

Drama skills can be used for any profession that you choose. Being confident, articulate and professional will be of great help for many years to come.

The benefits of LAMDA

LAMDA examinations are designed to equip learners, whatever their age or aspirations, with a range of skills that will serve them throughout life. LAMDA exams can be taken from the age of five years and are designed to suit learners of all abilities. Being able to speak confidently in public and communicate clearly are important skills for later life.

The main benefits of taking LAMDA exams are:

• Increased confidence and self-esteem

• Improved reading levels

• Expand vocabulary and improved self-expression

• Develop good verbal and non-verbal communication skills.

• Speak confidently in public

• Unlock the imagination

• Develop an appreciation of literature and drama

Taking LAMDA examinations demonstrates not only that students have met rigorous assessment criteria in a particular discipline, but also that they have grown as individuals through participating in a worthwhile activity that is respected as a global standard.

LAMDA exam coaching in schools

The LAMDA examination syllabus can be easily incorporated into the existing curriculum and students attend these drama classes just as they would a music lesson, either during break time, lunchtime, after school or in place of regular classes.

LAMDA exams cover a range of disciplines:

  • Acting

  • Devising Drama

  • Musical Theatre

  • Poetry

  • Reading for Performance

  • Shakespeare

  • Speaking in Public

  • Speaking Verse and Prose

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It takes approximately 11 weeks to prepare for a LAMDA exam Entry level to grade 3, with higher grades 4 to 8 taking longer over 2 terms.

These lessons can be 35, 45 or 60 minutes either paired or solo.

An external examiner from LAMDA will visit the school for the final exams.

I have taught LAMDA in schools across Surrey and Berkshire and I am very proud of my 100% LAMDA pass rate.

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