About Storytellers
Est. September 2017
In 2017, sick and tired of working alone in a cold lab, chatting it up with the equipment, I decided to take a break from my career in engineering. Teaching performing arts had always been my dream, I took a leap of faith, and so Storytellers was born! Somewhere along the way, I realised I enjoyed teaching too much to return to engineering (for more information about my career [CLICK HERE]).
In 2017, I was living in Redbridge, Greater London. I was lucky enough to have my own studio where I lived (curious about my old studio? See an old photo I dug up below!). At the time I focussed mainly on preparing students for the LAMDA exams, and to participate in the Music and Performance festivals and competitions around London. In 2019, I hosted my first ever showcase, where my students performed their favourite pieces (verse, prose or monologue).
In 2022, I took time off to attend to my health, and focus on my move to Toronto, Canada (in 2023). At that point, I harboured hopes of being able to continue teaching. However, I wasn’t sure whether it would be viable for me to continue teaching speech and drama remotely to clients in the U.K..
A year on, I have managed to sort out the logistical details, and I feel confident enough in my health (and ability to manage it) to go offer regular classes again. And so, here we are!
During my 2 year hiatus, I focussed on evolving my teaching practice. Originally my teaching focussed on preparing students for the LAMDA exams, focussing on aiming for high marks. I realised however that the focus on scoring points was detrimental to the goal of teaching students skills that they can use beyond the LAMDA setting.
I now use the LAMDA exams as a framework to teach students the skills they need to navigate the modern world. (For more information about my teaching practice [CLICK HERE]).
If you would like to see some reviews, you can do so here at my google business store front, or here on this website. You can view some of my old student results here on my facebook page, or here on this website.
Storytellers in it’s latest itiration belongs under the umbrella group Loud Tamil Media.
My old Sudio, Storytellers’ first home
