Stuart M.
ACTING, ELOCUTION AND GCSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE.
About
I am highly experienced in my subject areas. I trained as a specialist Drama and English teacher at the University of Leeds and went on to have a 30 year career teaching these subjects in schools and colleges. I have fifteen years experience in tutoring students in these subjects as a private tutor both in person and online. I have an excellent pass rate with learners reaching the highest levels in their exams. I also trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama - University of London. This was followed by professional work as an actor, voice coach and director. I have worked in many high level drama schools as head of their voice departments within actor training at degree level. Students from these courses have gone on to work on stage, tv and film, with several working internationally. I am pleased to work with students at all levels and enjoy working with all ages, including adults. I always aim to make lessons enjoyable and have found that I can help a student turn from a dislike of their subject to enjoying it. I can also work with students towards LAMDA and LCM Examinations. I spent 15 years as a senior examiner of acting and speech for a major examinations board and have taught/examined candidates to teaching level diploma qualifications. I'm sure that you would find my tutoring exhilarating and enjoyable, which will lead to success with your aims.
Subjects & pricing
English Literature
£35/hr
English Language
£35/hr
Drama
£35/hr
- IGCSE — Cambridge · Edexcel · oxford-aqa
EFL
£35/hr
Languages
- English Native
Qualifications
Higher education
- MA Voice Studies · Royal Central School of Speech and Drama · Merit · 2000 Royal Central School of Speech and Drama · Merit · 2000
- MFA Voice Studies · Royal Central School of Speech and Drama · Pass with no corrections · 2015 Royal Central School of Speech and Drama · Pass with no corrections · 2015
Teaching qualification (PGCE / QTS / QTLS)
- PGCE English and Drama. · University of Leeds. · 2002 University of Leeds. · 2002
Other
- Licentiate Diploma (Level 6) in Speech and Drama Teaching. · London College of Music. · 2008 London College of Music. · 2008
- Fellowship Diploma in Speech and Drama Teaching passed with Honours. · Victoria College of Music and Drama. · 2008 Victoria College of Music and Drama. · 2008
- Fellowship Diploma in Speech and Drama Performance passed with Honours. · Victoria College of Music and Drama. · 2009 Victoria College of Music and Drama. · 2009
- Associate Diploma in Acting. · London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) · 1992 London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) · 1992
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Anna
Stuart is a very professional, knowledgeable and kind tutor. I am an A Level Drama and Theatre Student and have been struggling with getting the marks I want in the written essays. What I found impressive, was his ability to identify issues, and then teach me how to resolve them. For example, he identified that I was missing marks because my work was too long and as a result I was wasting time time in a very time sensitive exam and not hitting the required marks. So in the next session he taught me good drama vocabulary and techniques to summarize my work and now I feel like my work is a lot less verbose and more concise because of it. It also shows that he is an examiner, he marked my work and gave it the same exact mark as my teacher - so you can be sure that what he is teaching you is useful and applicable. What helps is how well spoken he is, his clear speech helps with understanding, and his kind character makes the lessons very enjoyable, he is clearly very optimistic about his own subject! Update: A Level Results have come out a couple days ago and I wanted to add that I rceived one of the Higest A's in my class! I really do have Stuart and his fantastic teaching to thank for the result!
Stuart M. replied
Well done Anna. Congratulations on your grade A result. I am delighted that you got the mark which you deserved. Best wishes for your university experience. Stuart.
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Matty
Fantastic Tutor - Stuart has been extremely helpful in helping me prepare for auditions. Stuart provides the right guidance for you to improve your performances organically through technical preparation exercises and his expertise in constructively critiquing performance.
Stuart M. replied
Many thanks for your comments Matty. You are a pleasure to tutor and will undoubtedly do well with your future studies.
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Kamil
Stuart M. replied
Thanks Kamil. You are a pleasure to tutor.
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Paula
My son has had 3 sessions so far and in patient way james has helped him identify areas that he can improve to assist him specifically for his resit in November. I feel my son has made more progress in these three weeks then in the last two years at school with his English. My confidence grows weekly that he will do well in the planned resit thanks to James guidance