About the Drama Studio

Julie trained at Moray House College before working in Winnipeg, Canada at a children’s summer camp where she gained unique and valuable experience learning interactive and creative teaching techniques.

Returning to Scotland, she taught in Fife and Edinburgh schools as a class teacher and a drama specialist.

She worked with acclaimed mime artist Pat Keysell introducing Mime In Education to her students.

Julie launched The Drama Studio in 1993 setting up classes across the city teaching Creative Drama to students aged 5-17.

Her teaching approach became very popular as it ensured that students had a say at every level of the creative process.

As The Drama Studio expanded, local schools began to ask for her input.

Julie was in schools working alongside class teachers using creative drama to actively engage their students in their learning.

Julie is passionate about the extraordinary positivity that drama can have on student personal development and education.

She believes it is powerful teaching technique, sadly much overlooked, which can transform student learning and their lives.

Louise trained at Moray House College and then worked as a Primary School Teacher and Team leader in Out of School projects in Edinburgh.

She had a chance meeting with Julie and became interested in The Drama Studio, finally joining the team.

Louise and Julie became a dynamic teaching partnership working with both Drama Studio students and in schools.

She became co-owner of The Drama Studio.

Louise now manages most of the teaching side within The Drama Studio and works weekly alongside class teachers at Canal View PS in Wester Hailes, Edinburgh using drama to teach the curriculum.

Louise is also involved in Amateur Dramatics and Choirs performing locally and in The Edinburgh Fringe.

Susan trained at the University of Warwick, and began teaching Drama and English in the UK, Germany and the USA.

She continued to study alongside her work as Head of Drama in a Manchester high school, gaining two masters degrees and a higher diploma from the Open University, Lancaster University and Rose Bruford College.

She has also worked extensively for the BBC, as a tutor-in-entertainment, teaching child actors while they are not in school.

Since moving to Edinburgh, she has worked with The Drama Studio and enjoys the creative collaborations involved in facilitating children as they explore ideas and devise performances.

In her leisure time, Susan is a theatre critic, writing regular pieces for the popular review site, Bouquets & Brickbats.

Susan also works as a private online tutor, offering bespoke classes in Nat 5, Higher and Advanced Higher English.

If you’re interested in this service, you can email her at susesingfield@gmail.com

Fiona graduated from Kingston University with a degree in Dance and Drama and has been eager to put it to good use.

She previously worked with Make a Scene where she was an assistant teacher and found that working with children and watching their confidence grow was what she wanted to do as a career.

Fiona’s passions lie in teaching, facilitating, acting and directing.

Outside of working with The Drama Studio, Fiona also performs as a Storyteller at The Real Mary Kings Close.