Our Staff-
Our Director |
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Hettie Beetham BA(Hons) Ed Dunelm, established the company in 2005 after working for eight years as a teacher & youth theatre director in the UK and USA. Hettie set up the company with a vision to maximise students’ experience of the arts both inside and outside the classroom. She is an enthusiastic and inspirational teacher, ever mindful of the importance of classroom management, who always ensures pupils remain fully engaged and motivated. Hettie delivers highly successful inset training enabling teachers to build their confidence to extend and enrich their own students’ creative learning experiences. |
Our Drama Academy / Workshop Staff |
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Wenna Stockdale has worked as a Drama practitioner for several years for Theatre Train, Northampton Theatres, Erewash Borough Council and ‘Learning Through Drama’ Ltd. She has a degree in Performance Studies and an MA in Developing the Arts in Applied Contexts. She has worked as an Outreach and Education Manager in Northamptonshire, and currently as Arts in Education Co-ordinator for Derby City Council. As well as Arts Award Advisor, she is also the lead Arts Award Advisor Trainer for Derby city. Wenna recently completed a LAMDA communication workshop in London. wenna@learningthroughdrama.co.uk |
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Laura Hughes is currently attending the University of Derby where she is training to be a primary school teacher. She has previously worked as a student teacher & director at Stagecraft performing arts school where her understanding of behaviour management was shaped and she developed a firm grasp on dramatic arts throughout the primary curriculum. She has achieved grade 5 in Guildhall Drama and Gold Medal in LAMDA acting. Laura is fully Lamda trained in communication (Speaking Of Verse & Prose/Reading for Performance). She is also the current President of the University of Derby Drama Society.
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Jac Wilkinson has a BA (Hons) in Film, Theatre and French & an MA in European Arts and Cultural Policy with French (Warwick). She studied Mime and Comedy at The Commedia School, Copenhagen and worked as a performer and director for ten years in touring and devised physical theatre in UK, Poland and Scandinavia. She then went on to be a Mime Animateur, Head of Education at Warwick Arts Centre and an Arts Council Officer (East Midlands Arts Board), before focusing solely on freelance work. |
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Carla Mann is currently attending the University of Derby where she is training to be a primary school teacher. She has been involved with numerous schools both on placement and on a voluntary basis. Carla has been involved with drama from a young age and choosing it for GCSE enabled her to gain valuable experience in drama and perform at various venues. She currently has a valid paediatric first aid certificate and fully believes education through drama most thoroughly enriches and develops a childs education. Fully trained arts award adviser. Fully trained arts award adviser. Involved in Voluntary Residential work with SEN students. Fully trained arts award adviser. |
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Aimee Lowe is currently a student at the University of Derby studying for a degree in Education to become a Primary School Teacher. Aimee has had previously worked in a Nursery and in numerous schools on a voluntary basis and is currently working as a nanny. Aimee enjoys being creative and expressing herself through creative activities including drama and art. She firmly believes that children gain a great deal from partaking in these activities which encourage their holistic development and social skills. |
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Hannah NadinHannah enjoys all strands of English as a subject, and finds drama, as one of those strands, to be an exciting way for children to express themselves. In her experience as a final year student teacher she is a firm believer in using drama across the curriculum. Hannah has worked with children and young people for many years and her previous experience includes child-minding and party hosting. Hannah currently holds a paediatric first aid certificate. |
