LOVELY LYTTELTON DRAMA CLASSES

Seeing how our drama programme has blossomed across Pretoria is just wonderful! Classes are expanding and Principal, Juliet, is developing the skills of her teaching team. The LYTTELTON class is well established in the luxurious venue at Forever Resorts. This studio runs on a Saturday afternoon from 14h00 to 16h00. Under the expert tuition of Larissa, our students thoroughly enjoyed their Mime to Music this afternoon!

Rand Park Drama Rocks!

Wow, Friday afternoons in Rand Park with the lovely Kerry Holbrook are rocking! Large classes, full of energy, happy students, high quality presentations and the obvious development of confidence and communication skills are all hallmarks of this vibrant studio. Youth Theatre is also incredibly popular in this area!


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Linton Grange Parent Day

Our students in Linton Grange put on a glorious show of the amazing speech and presentation skills they have developed! We are always so proud to see how comfortable our students are in what others may consider a very intimidating environment.

Building confidence, communication skills, creativity, self esteem and presentation skills is what it is all about!

Nasruddin Parent Presentation

Our Nasruddin Islamic School students really shone this evening in front of a large audience of friends and family! Our classes run every Tuesday directly after school and, after six years at Nasruddin, we know that the Helen O'Grady Drama Academy has become an important part of developing life skills and empowering students at this school.

Another Amazing Parent Day

Another amazing Parent Day in Newton Park this morning! Our students enjoy our confidence and communication skills every Saturday morning, at the St Hugh's Anglican Church hall in Newton Park. Seeing how each students has improved in many areas is extremely rewarding!

Summestrand Stars!

Our drama students at our Summerstrand studio were absolute stars at today's Parent Presentation! Beautiful performances, confidence on stage, loads of fun... It was there for all to see. Our Summerstrand classes run every Friday afternoon at Summerwood Primary School.


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Walmer Wows Parents!

Our Walmer Composite class delivered an incredible Parent Day Presentation to happy parents, grandparents and friends! It was so rewarding to see how quickly students who are fairly new to our programme have joined in whole heartedly, participating enthusiastically and confidently in each activity.

Our classes aim to promote confidence and communication skills in children aged 3 - 18 years.

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Summerstrand Drama Fun!

Our drama students at the Summerwood Primary School on Fridays put loads of effort into their drama classes! Preparing for Parent Day Presentations is always a highlight, and we look forward to showing off our skills to parents in 2 weeks time!


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Production Rehearsals at Bergvliet

Bergvliet Primary are always wonderful hosts to our new Principals in training! We were privileged to enjoy production rehearsals this morning, and see how effectively our unique, self-development drama programme can be integrated into a school curriculum.

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Training New Principals!

New Principals from the Western Cape and from Nigeria enjoyed watching expert teacher, Nikki, demonstrating a typical lesson at the Helen O'Grady Drama Academy in Hout Bay. These Lower Primary students enjoyed a fast paced activity using newspapers as props - what fun!

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Making a Difference

Account relayed by Duncan Rice of Helen O'Grady Drama Academy Cape Town:

 

I have just received a phone call from a new parent of a child who attended a new studio we opened last week in the city centre of Cape Town. Whilst we often get calls and emails of praise about our programme, I have never received such a heart-rending and effusive call from a parent. I was actually in tears on the phone myself. 

 

She initially gave me a little background to her life. The family was hijacked 5 years ago and her father and brother were shot dead in front of her. She and her mother survived and she lost her hearing in one ear as a result of the gun shot. For 5 years she has been seeing a psychologist. Her mother said that it has been a traumatic time for her. She has been to many clubs such as dancing but only lasts about 2 weeks. 

 

After her first lesson at the Helen O'Grady Drama Academy with our teacher, Nastassja Schroeder, she said to her mother, 'I am Special!' She had never said this before and her mother was in tears on the phone to me as she shared her joy. She said this was a turning point for her! She said this because Nastassja engaged with her from the minute she walked in the door. She said to her mother that Nastassja was warm and friendly, making her feel good about herself and her abilities. She was kind and explained everything to her so she understood what she had to do and she had such fun with the programme. After the class she said that she felt so part of the drama programme and again emphasised how special she felt. She then spent the whole evening phoning all her friends and family to let them know what a difference the Academy had made in her life. 

 

The mother phoned the psychologist today, relayed the story, and said that she felt that they would not need their services for a while because she felt her daughter had now turned a corner - she believed in herself! 

 

Thank you Nastassja and thank you to all our wonderful staff who make a difference in the lives of young children. We have a wonderful warm positive programme but the curriculum alone cannot make the change, it is caring, positive teachers, such as Nastassja, who bring out all that is best in the children.

 

 

Summerstrand Mimes Beautifully!

Our Lower Primary class at Summerstrand had such fun doing an excellent mime today! Creative movement is part of our programme, improving coordination skills and non verbal communication. Our unique, international Drama Programme promotes confidence and communication skills of students aged 3-18 years!

Linton Grange Mime

Our Linton Grange students enjoyed their mime at drama classes yesterday! They did a great job of acting out "The Villagers and the Tyrant". We spend an enormous amount of class time time working on developing our verbal communication skills - mime gives us the opportunity to work on our non-verbal skills.

Walmer Class Shines!

Our Walmer students are showing amazing ad lib skills as they improvise a play set at a car wash! Our fabulous teacher, Nicole, takes them through the different stages of improvisation, all aimed at developing confidence and communication skills. So much fun is had in the process!

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Uitenhage Drama Excellence!

Our Uitenhage Lower Primary Drama class is full of happy students play acting! Our students are taught to express themselves with good vocabulary and full sentences, and are particularly good at impromptu work. Afrikaans students are welcome and are guaranteed to improve their English language skills whilst in the programme.

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