The members of the TYA team are very widely experienced in the world of the performing arts, and have many contacts at the top level of expertise. Listed below is a number leading specialists in their own fields, and we offer their contact details with complete confidence. Don’t forget to mention where you found the contact information!
Alexander Technique
The Alexander Technique sits at the core of some of the most effective training for the performing arts. Our consultant, April Pierrot, is one of the the UK’s leading Alexander trainers, and for many years has been a senior teacher at London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA)
April Pierrot
Telephone (+44) (0) 7790 741 442
Website www.alexander-performance-technique.com
Dialects and Accents
As the TYA site develops, we will offer a more comprehensive direct coaching service for accents and dialects. In the meantime, if you have a very specific issue we don’t cover, please feel free to contact our experts directly:
Helen Ashton
Telephone (+44) (0) 7968 997 862
e-mail: helen@teachyourselfacting.com
Website www.helen-ashton.com/
Sarah Shepherd
Telephone (+44) (0) 7950 708 529
sarah@teachyourselfacting.com
Website www.shepherdvoice.co.uk
Design for Stage and Screen
Our design consultant, Alexander McPherson is an eminent practitioner with many distinguished credits but also has great experience as a trainer of, and advisor to, students of design and property-making.
Alexander McPherson Telephone (+44) (0) 1753 533 696
Website www.alexandermcpherson.co.uk
Actor and Production Photography
The rehearsal and class images on this site are by one of the UK’s most eminent theatre photographers
Simon Annand
Telephone: 07884 446 776
Website: www.simonannand.com
Singing
Whether or not you think you can sing – you can! And singing and acting are completely complementary skills – improving one always strengthens the other. The following are eminent singers with brilliant teaching skills:
Jane Streeton
Tel: 07968 788857
Email
website: www.singingonstage.co.uk
Kevin West
Tel: 07788 688599
E-mail
website: www.kevinwest.info
