Guildhall Young Artists Online Drama Course

One-to-One Sessions

• You will be assigned a tutor for six one-to-one sessions each term (ages 11-18 one hour per session, ages 7-11 half-an-hour per session).
   
• During your first session, you will discuss your requirements and experience with your tutor who will put together a personal development plan for you. This will be sent to you after your first session and will be updated to suit your requirements throughout each term.
   
• Whilst your tutor can put together a plan and suggest topics for each session, you are also invited to discuss any acting requirements that you would like to focus on. For example, if you have an audition to prepare for or are looking for the perfect monologue, your tutor will tailor the one-to-one sessions around this. 
   
• One-to-one tuition can be arranged directly with your tutor on a day and at a time that is mutually convenient for you both.
   

Group Workshops 

• You will get four hours of class teaching each term (one hour per session for all ages) led by Aled Pedrick or Paloma Oakenfeld. Group workshops will take place at the beginning and end of each half-term. These are an opportunity to meet and collaborate with like-minded participants from around the world. 
   
• Students will be placed in classes based on prior experience, ability and age.
   
• In the final workshop of each term, students will be invited to informally present their work to the group and receive feedback from staff and peers on their performance.  
   
• Students will participate in these classes on four Tuesdays or Thursdays per term. Another day/time may be arranged for the 2025/26 academic year. If the current time is unsuitable for you, please mention this in your enquiry.
   
• Group classes are recorded and made available for catch-up for students unable to attend.

Please note class content could be subject to change.

Course Workshop Dates 2025/26

Autumn term dates 2025

Spring term dates 2026

Spring term dates 2026

About the Course Tutor

The course is designed by Aled Pedrick, who will lead the four group workshops. Further one-to-one teachers will be selected from our Guildhall Young Artists network.

Aled trained at Guildhall School of Music & Drama and is a professional actor, singer and theatre director. As well as teaching at Guildhall, he also lectures at Arts Ed, London Southbank University, University of Wales and other institutions across the UK and internationally. He is currently Head of Acting at Guildhall Young Artists King's Cross. His most recent work as an actor include S4C’s 35 Awr and Sherman Theatre’s Woof (directed by Gethin Evans), and as director, his production of Saturday Night Forever for the Welsh National Theatre was on National tour earlier this year.

His acting credits include: Doctor Who (BBC); 35 Awr (S4C); Lewis (ITV); Parch (S4C); Woof (Sherman Theatr); Say It With Flowers (Sherman Theatre); The Nutcracker (Theatre Royal, Bath); Poking the Bear (Theatre 503).

As director he has worked at Finborough Theatre (The Doll Mender/Saer Doliau); The Welsh National Theatre (Nos Sadwrn O Hyd; Pan Oedd Y Bydd Yn Fach); Theatre Clwyd (My People); and a national tour with Invertago Theatre Company (The Tower).

Do I need anything?

• A reliable internet connection
• A computer/laptop/tablet with a microphone and a camera.
• Your browser fully updated to be able to use the most recent version of Zoom (if using an Apple device we recommend installing an alternative browser such as Google Chrome or Mozilla).

Please ensure you are able to work in a well-lit and quiet environment so that your tutor is able to fully assess your work and performance.