TEACHING AND ACADEMIC MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
Current
Director at Workspace Hollywood
Guest Director, Associate Faculty at AADA, Los Angeles
2012 - Present
Guest Director, Associate Faculty
American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Los Angeles
2013 - 2015
President
Theatre of Arts, Hollywood
2003 - 2010
Director of Acting Programme
1997 - 2003
Head of MA and Postgraduate Performance Courses
Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, London, England
2001 - 2002
Professor of Theatre History (Adjunct Faculty)
Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
1988 - 2001
Director of Projects
Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
Lecturer in Theatre History
The School of the Science of Acting, London, England
Senior Acting Tutor
The Blair School, London, England
Film Technique Tutor
Italia Conti Academy, London, England
Acting for Film
London Academy of Acting
1982 - 1987
Teacher of Acting and Theatre Arts
Madeira School, Virginia USA
St Patrick’s School, Washington DC
Triumph Productions, Maryland, USA
John Eton School, Washington DC
Gunston Art Centre, Arlington, Virginia
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SUBJECTS TAUGHT
Acting, Comedy, Theatre History, Actor and Text, Scene Study, Directing, Greek Tragedy, Greek and Roman Comedy, Shakespeare, Moliere, Ibsen, Chekhov, Brecht and Epic Theatre, Beckett, American Social Realism, Audition Technique, Business of Acting, Non-Naturalistic Drama, British Political Theatre, British theatre covering the plays of Wilde, Granville Barker, Coward, Pinter, Peter Barnes, Howard Brenton and Howard Barker.
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ACADEMIC MANAGEMENT AT MOUNTVIEW ACADEMY
Line managed 10 senior academic staff and over 50 freelance directors and tutors working within Acting, Voice, Movement, Film and Television Departments
Managed the program through a series of successful revalidations of BA and MA Performance courses
Received 4 commendations from University of East Anglia
Lead the Acting program through successful reaccreditations by National Council for Drama Training as well as Trinity and OFSTED inspections - the courses were rated as Outstanding by all the above organizations
Co-wrote MA in Directing validated by University of East Anglia
Wrote Postgraduate Diploma in Acting for recorded Media
Co-wrote MA in Classical Acting
Chaired University of East Anglia/Mountview BA and MA Exam Board
Produced (Chose the Play, cast, venue, appointed artistic team, budgeted, supervised and assessed) 15 internal productions, 4 Shakespeare touring productions and 8 full scale public productions in various London theatres per annum, over 80 productions in total
Managed an annual teaching budget of over £1.5 million
Maintained student recruitment at financially viable levels
Supervised internal quality assurance and enhancement of standards Chaired Curriculum Development Meetings
Managed the delivery of student welfare, support and pastoral care
Contributed to the writing of institutional policies and procedures
Supervised Students’ participation in RSC workshops
Managed School’s annual participation in Wanamaker Festival at Shakespeare’s Globe
Supervised involvement with Carleton Hobbs Competition at BBC Radio
Developed links involving the production and editing of Films between Northern Film Schools at Leeds Metropolitan University, Mountview Academy and Royal Academy of Music Teaching and directing responsibilities