Grays Drama Academy

09/06/2026

Dinky had the best time with Ellie! He even went to her birthday party. What a treat 🦖🤸‍♂️🥳

03/06/2026

Another lovely review for our Dinky Drama sessions! 🦖 It's music to our ears ❤️

02/06/2026

It's lovely to get reviews like this! ❤️

02/06/2026

We had great fun at Dinky Drama today. Dinky had an amazing 2 weeks with Willow. Willow told the group all about it. What an adventure! 🦖

02/06/2026

Wishing the best of luck to our ASC and Monday Drama teacher, Joe and the the rest of the Concordia Theatre Fundraiser cast of Bonnie & Clyde for their opening night tonight! 🍀

02/06/2026

Before half term, we had a royal visit from Princess Beauty at our film night! Our students were absolutely starstruck and now can’t wait to get working on the show! 🌹🫖


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20/05/2026

Dinky had a fabulous week with Lennon last week 🦖 He visited a beautiful garden centre & went to gymnastics too!🤸Parental consent has been given to share this picture.

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

Is screen acting your thing? ⬇️

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)

06/05/2026

We had a fab time with our new starters at the Tuesday Dinky Drama session yesterday! Apparently Lennon didn't want to go to sleep 🎭😅
Wonderful Hinckley Hinckley BID