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Premium, 1-1 acting/singing tuition, & audition prep/self tape coaching, for students who want to advance within the industry.

Prestige Business Award Winners 2025/26 🏆We prepare students who wish to pursue their dreams whether it be on stage or screen.

09/06/2026

Our super talented acting coach Isaac Benn, at the Britsh Soap Awards! If acting is your thing, join him for his summer acting workshop on August 13th. Limited spaces! Click https://bookwhen.com/gdaelite to book 🎭

02/06/2026

Wishing the best of luck to our 1-2-1 Vocal Coach Fern and the rest of the Concordia Theatre Fundraiser cast and crew of Bonnie & Clyde for their opening night tonight! 🍀
Fern has Choreographed the show, and we can’t wait to come and watch! 🧡

18/05/2026

Summer 'Acting Through Song' Workshop

For all young performers who love Musical Theatre, this workshop has been fully crafted for you! Learning to act through song is an essential technique to develop if a performance is to be effective, believable and authentic. Singing in tune is one thing, but delivering a convincing performance which expresses emotion and moves an audience is quite another! Make sure you're 'audition ready' at the drop of a 🎩

Acting through song is the technique of combining vocal performance with deep emotional storytelling, using lyrics and music to portray a character's journey rather than just singing on key. It involves applying acting methods—such as intention, objective, and subtext—to song lyrics, treating them as monologues to create a compelling, honest performance.

Introductions....
Vocal warm ups& warm up games
Groups of 4 - each group given a different song
• Emotional Connection: Utilising personal experiences or the "magic if" to make the character's emotions real.
• Lyric Analysis: Treating the song as a scene to understand the character's objectives and changes in thought.

Short Break

• Physicality & Expression: Using body language and facial expressions to support the vocal performance.
• Storytelling: Focusing on the narrative arc of the song rather than solely on vocal technique
Vocal Health
Group performances
Vocal cool down
Feedback & what to work on going forward

Date: Tuesday 18th August Time: 2-4 pm

Suitable for ages 8 - 13 yrs

Book here: https://bookwhen.com/gdaelite

About your singing coach – Olivia is an enthusiastic, organised, member of our team. She has been dancing since the age of 2, taking classes in Tap, Ballet, Modern and Musical Theatre. Olivia studied at KEG6 college studying History, English Literature and Drama before moving on to De Montfort University where she is currently completing an acting BA Hons. She is highly experienced in the art of live performance, having played the part of Tam in Miss Saigon at the age of 5, and the lead role of Susan in Miracle on 34th Street. Olivia has a big passion for Musical Theatre, and also played the part of Elle in Legally Blonde at Concordia Theatre. Olivia has passed exams in freestyle dance, ballet and tap, up to grade 4. She has also passed LAMDA exams; Speaking verse and prose grade 1, Speaking verse and prose grade 2, and Acting grade 3. Olivia would love to appear in Six the Musical along with other favourites such as Bonnie and Clyde and Heathers. Olivia teaches the younger members of GDA, and she has a calming influence on the lively ones! As well as teaching group classes, Olivia also teaches private 1-1 singing lessons. She also coordinates our after-school drama clubs and is heavily involved in our show production/direction. Olivia is a great singing teacher and an asset to our GDA team.

16/05/2026

We're having a lovely time at the Garden & Wellbeing event! We decorated our entrance & the displays in the Mead are fabulous. Go Hinckley! 🌸🎈
Hinckley BID Wonderful Hinckley

14/05/2026

SUMMER TV ACTING WORKSHOP

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN SCREEN ACTING?

DO YOU WANT TO BE AUDITION/SELF TAPE READY?

IF THE ANSWER IS YES, THIS 2-HOUR WORKSHOP IS FOR YOU!

INTRODUCTIONS
WARM-UPS (7 LEVELS OF TENSION)
IMPROV GAMES
TV SCENE SCRIPTS (DUOLOGUES PREFERABLY)
GROUPS OF FOUR – 2 ACTORS, 1 DIRECTOR, 1 CAMERA
(THIS WILL ALERNATE SO EVERYONE IS FILMED)

SHORT BREAK

FOCUS ON GENERAL GOOD SCREEN PRACTISES, SUCH AS CONTINUITY, HITTING YOUR MARK AND BEING SUBTLE FACIALLY
FILMING, INVOLVES WIDE SHOT & 2 CLOSE-UP SHOTS
WATCH THEM BACK & DISCUSS AT THE END
FEEDBACK & WHAT TO WORK ON GOING FORWARD

DATE:
THURSDAY, 13TH AUGUST TIME: 2 – 4 PM

About your screen acting coach – Isaac Benn is a professional screen actor, and a GDA Elite acting coach who played the part of 'Ollie Millar' a regular character in BBC’s Doctors. He's been a pro in the industry for many years, filming his first advert for Weetabix when he was 12 years old. Isaac also plays guitar and he is lead singer in the band 'A Mess for Mad Dogs' Isaac has a passion for creative writing, and self-published a novel in 2022. In April 2026, he signed a deal with an independent publisher for his second novel. Isaac is hugely experienced in his field and his enthusiasm for passing on knowledge and industry tools to students is unwaning. He has been teaching several GDA Elite students weekly since 2023 and he is a huge asset to our GDA team!

Book here https://bookwhen.com/gdaelite (only 16 places available)

16/04/2026

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14/04/2026

I can’t quite believe i’m saying this, but we are thrilled to announce that we have won an award! We are officially ‘Prestige Business Award’s Drama School/ Company of The Year 2025/26’ for the Central England area!
This includes the work we do with our parties and character entertainment branch, as well as our drama academy and our 1-1 elite performing arts training branch!
We would like to take the time to thank everyone who has supported the business and its branches over the years; our clients and parents, our fabulous students at Grays, our Elite team, our fantastic cast of character performers and everyone who has attended our events or booked a party with us. What started as merely a dream to bring the magic of theatre and performance to a young and aspirational local community had led to us receiving this award. So we thank you, the community, for allowing us to make our dreams come true while supporting your children into becoming aspiring actors and entertainers 🏆✨
Thank you again for all the support,
Jo & Liv 💕

28/03/2026

We are honoured to announce that we have been Nominated for The Prestige Business Awards 2026! We are ever so grateful for the recognition and still can’t quite believe it! Thank you to everyone who has supported our Business and its branches 🏆✨

26/03/2026

What an amazing evening we had with all the local business discussing the upcoming events in the area! Thank you to Hinckley BID and Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council for hosting and thank you to Shish Restaurant for the amazing food! 🔥✨

24/03/2026

One of our super talented acting students in the opening shots! We love it 🤩 Bravo Noah Brown! 👌

Address

7a Church Walk
Hinckley
LE101DW

Telephone

+447734225617

Website

http://www.gdaelite.co.uk/

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