the talent studio

The talent studio After school on a Monday i take part in a singing/drama club called ‘the talent studio’ in Watford. Its run by Jeff,a familiar face in the west end who most recently played Javert in Les Miserable’s. I got into this club through a friend and have been taking part for 10 weeks now. The first few weeks were full of games and short acting improvisations that were designed to get us to know each other because it is a completely new drama group so no one knew each other previously. Then we started looking at singing techniques and in such a short time i have already learnt some very helpful tips and some great voice warm up techniques. Jeff’s voice is stunning and so powerful and i get Goosebumps just listening to him and i think his loudness and brashness when singing encourages the rest of us to be loud and try hard as well which is very helpful. He also taught us in great detail about different parts of our voice from the ‘witchy ‘ sound found by the top of your mouth to the ‘bear, soft’ sound found in your throat. Hes also taught us some great songs my favourite of which is ‘purple summer’ from ‘spring awakening’ a musical i am now desperate to see. We’ve also started learning about animalistic acting and comparing a persons character to that of an animal to gain a greater understanding of how they should compose themselves. I really look forward to Mondays now and this term were putting together a small show which is very exciting