Jacaranda College Primary students learning to improvise!

Jacaranda College is one of the many schools where we run our Helen O'Grady Drama Academy classes!

Here the grade 1,2 & 3 students are practicing their improvising skills!

To learn more about our international drama school please visit our website www.helenogrady.co.za or contact Pretoria principal Juliet Jordaan 0829091630 or email juliet@helenogrady.co.za

Kindy drama for ages 3-6yrs at Midrand Montessori!

This week we discussed different emotions and teacher Heidi brought some fun faces to help us explore emotions!

It was so much fun!!!

Our Kindy Programme for ages 3-6 is run at selected nursery schools...if you would like to offer drama at your school please contact Juliet Jordaan 0829091630 or email juliet@helenogrady.co.za 

Students from Beaulieu Prep enjoying their snippets

Students from Beaulieu Prep school attend Helen O'Grady Drama Academy classes on Tuesday afternoons. This week they showed incredible creativity whilst performing their Snippets! 

Wierda Park Youth Theatre making friends, having fun, developing confidence

Students from Sutherland High, CCS, Zwartkops and other schools in the Centurion area gather on a Friday night for their weekly Drama class at the Reformed Church on cnr Willem Botha and Meyer in Wierda Park. 

Learning important life skills through drama is fun, fun, fun!

For more information about our Wierda Park studio or any of our studios throughout Pretoria please contact Juliet 0829091630 or email Juliet@helenogrady.co.za

No Meat was enjoyed by all students this week!

Welcome to 2014!!

It is very busy at the offices of Helen O Grady Drama Academy as we get ready for a new and exciting year!

Parents will be receiving start of term letters shortly. 

Classes for our studios run on a four term year commence week starting 20 January.

Classes for our studio run on a three term year (Beaulieu Prep) commence Sat 18 January.

We are looking forward to seeing all our students soon!!

A THOUGHT PROVOKING QUOTE BY STELLA ADLER..

This term our Youth Theatre Drama classes for ages 13-18 explore educational and physical theatre. They will also be workshopping a wonderful script that deals with life's truths and different social prejudices.
This performance along with many others will be showcased at the Centurion Theatre on the 9,10 and 11 November 2013.
All our drama studios across Midrand (Sagewood, Beaulieu, Midlands), Centurion (Erasmia, Wierda Park, Irene, Lyttelton, Midstream) and Pretoria (Brooklyn, Faerie Glen, Annlin) will be taking part in our Year End Production - lights, camera, ACTION!!

For more information about our international drama school head to our website www.dramaafrica.com or call the office on 0861 000 557

TERM 4 GETS UNDER WAY...

Our Academy year is divided into 4 terms. Terms 1, 2 & 3 are devoted to an extensive, developmental programme and Term 4 aims to amalgamate many of the drama and life skills taught during the year into a finished product - the Year End Production.  This is a very exciting and rewarding time for our students as it affords them, one and all, an opportunity to be part of a very successful venture!  I know many of you reading this have first hand experience of our year end shows and fully appreciate the joy they bring to students, parents and teachers alike! 

Lindo Park Drama Classes are very popular!!

The Lower Primary are developing excellent oral communication skills under the direction of their wonderful teacher, Lisenka

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE !! !!

There was Dressing up, face painting, theatre games, acting and FUN FUN FUN on the Upper Primary's last lesson of Term 1!!

Helen O Grady Drama Academy is proud to announce the opening of 3 new studios!!

The Helen O Grady Drama Academy in Pretoria and Midrand is expanding! We are now running our international programme on Fridays straight after school at Sagewood Primary in Midrand and from Monday 8th March we'll be running the programme straight after school at Lindo Park Primary in Lindo Park! Our third new studio starts this Wednesday at the Saddlebrook Estate Clubhouse in Midrand.

Welcome New Teachers!

The Academy has expanded this year and we welcome two fantastic teachers to our family - Lisenka Berlouw and Larisa Grove! They both have lots of experience in the field of drama and teaching.

Brooklyn Lower Primary Stole the Show!

The girls from our Brooklyn Studio had so much fun performing their delightful play called Paradesia! They really had the audience 'oohing' and 'aahing'! This class is run on Tuesday afternoons from 3pm - 4pm in the Kykkos Hall at the Greek Church, on the corner of Roper and Lynnwood Roads, Brooklyn - (opposite Pretoria Oos Laerskool and Pretoria University)

REHEARSALS FOR YEAR END PRODUCTIONS - BROOKLYN UPPER PRIMARY

We have some very talented actors in our Upper Primary group - they attend weekly Drama lessons at the Greek Church in Brooklyn every Tuesday afternoon from 4pm - 5pm.

They are busy rehearsing for their wonderful pirate play called 'The Bold Buccaneers'. They play the role of terrifying pirates who come across two very scared sailors - what might happen to them? Will they be made to walk the plank or does the Pirate Captain have other plans for them?

WIERDA PARK YOUTH THEATRE

Our Youth Theatre in Wierda Park are a great bunch of teenagers who get on really well together....

WIERDA PARK UPPER PRIMARY IMPROVISATION

Here are our wonderful Wierda Park Upper Primary students are showing off the skills they have been learning in an improvisation called The Crazy Copier.

Weirda Park Upper Primary

Our Weirda Park Upper Primary Class for children from the ages of 9 - 12 yrs is full of budding actors and actresses! They love dressing up and enjoy their weekly drama classes immensely!

This is our Brooklyn Studio in action during their Parent Day Presentations. These Speech and Drama classes are held on Tuesday afternoons at the Greek Church cnr Roper and Lynnwood Roads.