Guest tutors

From time to time we like to bring in guest tutors who specialise in a range of subjects, providing you with the opportunity to work with new people and experience some fun, hands-on practical topics. Here’s who we use:

Emma Stevens-Johnson (Voice and Accents)

Emma Stevens-Johnson began teaching in Cardiff in 2004. Since then, she has worked with professional actors, teachers, singers, magicians, pre-drama school students, stroke sufferers, business people and children of all ages. She has worked with organisations such as Script Cymru, Actorsworkshop, BBC Radio Wales, Theatre Royal (Bath), Hyjinx, The Western Mail, The South Wales Echo, Barnet Dysphasia Society, Theatre Na n’Og and ASTLI casting. Emma is a part-time lecture in voice for The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, St Michael’s Theological College and The Swansea Metropolitan University. As a professional actress with nearly two decades of experience, she has performed in various types of theatre including Greek Tragedy, Shakespeare, Chekhov and Restoration Comedy. In addition to appearing in other companies' productions, she jointly ran a successful theatre company in London. She has made appearances in film and on television in programmes such as 'The Bill', 'Casualty' and 'Crimewatch'. Emma brings all this professional experience into her work as a voice coach. Emma has a Master in Voice from The Central School of Speech and Drama, London, a PGCE for Cardiff University, as well as a diploma in Dramatic Art from The Oxford School of Drama. Emma is also fully CRB checked.

Geraint Pickard (Radio and Voice-over Work)

Having studied drama at Aberystwyth and then acting at Oxford, Geraint has worked in theatre, film, television, radio and voice-overs and also as a presenter and producer. Geraint's main work has been in theatre, having worked extensively for a variety of companies including Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, Wales Theatre Company, Theatr Bara Caws, Theatr na n'Og, Spectacle Theatre, Gwent Theatre and Theatr Iolo. Geraint's voice is familiar to listeners of BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Cymru, where he works as an announcer and newsreader. He also writes, produces and sings for Welsh language Electro-Pop band Clinigol.

Cian Marc (Physical Theatre)

Cian is a qualified teacher and a specialist in physical theatre and American Drama. Having graduated from the University of Wales Aberystwyth, he spent time working in professional theatre film and T.V before turning his attentions to workshop facilitation. In this role he worked mainly with homeless and self-harming young people. He has had the honour of studying Butoh dance with the master of white Butoh, Masaki Iwana, at his Normandy home and utilises some of these unique techniques to approach characterisation in both physical and text based theatre.