LoginMary - Coventry tutor
Information About Mary:
Personal Description:
I trained in Canada with a professional company as a mature student (to degree equivalent) and a year's professional apprenticeship with that company. I have been teaching/tutoring for 30+ years including preparing individuals for the industry, CVs, career coaching (specialism), audition preparation, performance, voice and improvisation. I also have a degree in Humanities, have done many acting and performing roles, am a script writer and producer. I love to bring out the best in people and will give you confidence to see your potential and gifting and develop you to the be the best you can be.
Teaching Experience:
I had a background since childhood in semi-professional dance (ballet, jazz and modern) and classical voice before training in Acting and Theatre as a mature student at the Academy of Performing Arts, Ontario, followed by a year's apprenticeship with a professional company 1994. Since then, I have been acting professionally and teaching acting and drama skills mainly in youth and student theatre contexts: Stagecoach, The XL Project, The Pauline Quirk Academy and Oxford Royale Academy and many others, including coaching for LAMDA and Trinity exams. Since 2007, I have been writing, producing and directing my own plays in professional and community contexts with my company TouchPoint Productions. I side-stepped into film in 2017, making an award-winning short film "Seeing Grace". I was awarded Grade One excellence for teaching skills, am DBS checked, am a qualified Careers/Life Coach and experienced Learning Support Coach.
Tutoring Approach:
My approach is to equip people for the industry so that involves studying methodologies and practical hands on training in the Stanislavski/Hagen method (the most common and popular) which enables students to learn how to do monologues for exams and audition preparation. I also use improvisational methods to enable students to become confident in aspects of drama and being on stage or film, and overcoming nervousness and anxiety. I also teach voice,and physicality, delivery of poetry and presentation .
My theatre/film production and teaching work has involved the following very useful transferable skills and understanding that I can use in career guidance: Writing curricula, fund-raising, budgeting, bookkeeping, scheduling, publicity, organising venues, writing policies, safeguarding, teaching/training students, organising events/performances, exams administration; recruitment and casting, logistics, hiring and managing contractors, venue and technicians; planning, scheduling, training stage managers and backstage crew, mentoring and training apprentices and volunteers, delegating and overseeing logistical and promotional work; ensuring project is managed in detail (scheduling, acquiring of materials and contracting; scouting locations, engaging contractors, meals provision, risk assessment, Insurance etc. working with school departments; liaising with parents and staff.
Subjects Taught:
Qualifications:
- Degree equivalent Drama
- MIL Dip Humanities
Further Information:
| Availability: | Weekends / Weekdays (all times) |
| Types of Tutoring: | Travels to you / From their home / Online |
| References Supplied? | Yes |
| Current DBS/CRB Check? | Yes |
| Additional Languages Spoken: | German |
