1:1 Singing Tuition

All our staff have been trained using the Estil Vocal Method which is a method focused on “developing vocal skills based on analysing the process of vocal production into control of specific structures in the vocal mechanism.” This means we will identify obstacles and work through specific vocal techniques and qualities to overcome this. 

We know that singing is fun and not everyone wants a technical lesson, when teaching younger children we put a huge emphasis on acting through song, posture, diction and confidence! Any technique do we focus on will be presented in easy to handle games and exercises so there is no need to worry if you are new to any of the content. The most important element of your lesson is to make sure you keep the love of singing, so the lessons will always be a lot of fun.

All lessons are tailored to your goals, whether you want to tread the boards of a West End stage, or build your confidence; Popcorn is here to help you on your journey! Some of the things we can cover include; 

Vocal Health- Vocally warming up, combating constriction, loosening jaw and tongue, posture and general vocal maintenance. 

Breath control- Using your diaphragm and other muscles to support breathing and sound to enhance areas such as projection.

The use of different vocal qualities- Different styles of singing require different qualities. Some of the main focal points will be; speech quality, twang, sob, falsetto/mix and many others.

Acting through song- It’s really important that the words and the emotion behind the music influence your performance of the song. We will work on interpreting the song in your own way, thinking about the context and character. 

Or we can have a bit of fun if that’s what you’re after!

1:1 Acting Tuition

In our acting lessons we will largely focus on storytelling. It may sound obvious but storytelling is at the core of successful acting. We will develop your skills in this area by looking at; 

Confidence- Developing confidence through solo speaking. Sometimes speaking in front of one person can be just as challenging as speaking in front of 1000. We can help children (and adults) who might find it challenging to just put their hand up and speak in front of a class, acting is a great way to develop these key life skills.

Physicality- How to create a character who’s physicality and posture might look and move differently to yours. We will look at how we can use this effectively to drop into your character. 

Voice- Using your voice in an appropriate way for the piece. This includes a range of focal points including; connecting to your voice in order to support and project, voice placement, emotional recall through voice and accent support. 

Script work- Focusing on analysis of text. This includes; adding beats and intentions, actioning the text (finding new ways interpret the words), creating context and given circumstances for our script (what has happened before and what will happen after) and looking at punctuation in the script and how that can serve us. In depth script work may only be relevant to older students, but this will be decided with your teacher.

We look at a wide range of scripts. The choice of script is totally led by you and what you want from the lessons. Some of the type of scripts our students look at are; film and TV, modern play scripts, classical (greek or shakespeare) scripts and modern or classical monologues and/or soliloquies. 

If you’d prefer not to work with scripts at all we can also focus on developing your acting skills and finding character through devising. This means we develop our own piece of theatre from scratch, be it a monologue or scene. We create brand new characters and context through our own imaginations.