My approach
My Meisner training taught me one thing above all: connection comes first. From there, I learned how to truly listen, read behaviour and trust my instincts — skills that help me to meet each child where they are.
Inspired by Meisner, I bring games into the classroom that encourage eye contact and real listening in a playful way — life skills that help us connect with another person or an audience.
I use games and challenges to distract the children whilst they read aloud, shifting their attention onto the task rather than themselves.
That's the same principle behind Meisner's own words: "Acting is behaving truthfully under imaginary circumstances." Connection first, performance follows.
Read Aloud Club sits between and supports both voice class and drama class — a space to explore their voice with real technique and real practice, building the connection skills that carry into both.
I spent my teens and twenties struggling to use my voice. Read Aloud Club is the space I wish I'd had — built with real intention, so children can practise using theirs.
What makes Read Aloud Club different?
Connection, Confidence, Communication, Community — four pillars I can point to in every single session.
Every week, children take on a real challenge — reading aloud with someone in their community, or connecting with their own family.
Every seven-week course explores something different: poetry, jokes, Christmas stories, nature and more.
What it's built on
Before a child can speak with confidence, they need to feel truly seen. We start there — eye contact, body language, real listening — so everything they say afterwards comes from real connection, not performance.
Confidence isn't something we hand a child. It's something they build, one small win at a time — through real technique, gentle repetition and a lot of encouragement, at exactly the pace they need.
Saying what you mean, clearly and with feeling, is one of the most useful skills a child will ever have. We give them real time to practise it, until it stops feeling like practice.
None of this stays in the room. Weekly challenges bring the whole family in, and sessions out in the real world put it all to the test — so connection doesn't stop when the class ends.
At your child's own pace
I meet every child exactly where they are and move forward with them at whatever pace feels right. I encourage growth only when they're ready for it. My approach builds a connected child with an inner confidence, through repetition of real technique and real practice.
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