The Discover Central podcast takes you inside London's Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and gives you a behind the scenes look at the work, life and experiences of its students, staff and alumni.
With 15 courses at undergraduate level and 14 Master’s programmes, alongside an expansive and award-winning Research department, Central offers Europe’s most comprehensive choice of specialist higher education drama, theatre and performance training. Students from over 50 countries around the world come to study at Central each year, where they are challenged to be original thinkers, inventive and effective collaborators, and creative entrepreneurs who go on to make a difference.
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The Discover Central podcast takes you inside London's Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and gives you a behind the scenes look at the work, life and experiences of its students, staff and alumni.
With 15 courses at undergraduate level and 14 Master’s programmes, alongside an expansive and award-winning Research department, Central offers Europe’s most comprehensive choice of specialist higher education drama, theatre and performance training. Students from over 50 countries around the world come to study at Central each year, where they are challenged to be original thinkers, inventive and effective collaborators, and creative entrepreneurs who go on to make a difference.
For the second episode of series 2 of the Discover Central Podcast, host Scott Bellamy sits down with Daron Oram, Central's Principal Lecturer in Voice, whose work and research into anti-discriminatory training practices have led him to develop a range of approaches that challenge some traditional practices within actor training. These approaches help to enhance the experiences of student actors who come from diverse backgrounds, as well as those who face additional challenges in engaging with voice and actor training.
Central’s Students' Union Welfare Officer Kirsty McMunn also features.
Visit Central's website, where you can find out more about the School's BA (Hons) Acting Collaborative Devised Theatre and the MA/MFA Voice Studies: Teaching and Coaching courses.
You can also find out more about Daron Oram's work and research by exploring his publications, some of which were discussed in this episode:
Decentering Listening: Toward an Anti-Discriminatory Approach to Accent and Dialect Training for the Actor
The heuristic pedagogue: navigating myths and truths in pursuit of an equitable approach to voice training
De-Colonising Listening: Toward an Equitable Approach to Speech Training for the Actor
Finding a Way: More Tales of Dyslexia and Dyspraxia in Psychophysical Actor Training
Losing sight of land: tales of dyslexia and dyspraxia in psychophysical actor training
Research and practice in Voice Studies: searching for a methodology
Follow this link to access the video mentioned by Scott in the episode, Training Actors who have Visual Impairments at Central, which explores work being undertaken on the School's BA (Hons) Acting Collaborative and Devised Theatre course to ensure equitable access to students with visual impairments. An audio described video is also available.
**You can access a Dyslexia-friendly transcript of this episode**
Discover Central is hosted by Scott Bellamy and produced and edited by Megan Hunter. Image by Patrick Baldwin. Theme music "Emotive Technology" is by High Street Music and has been used with permission thanks to Premium Beats. With thanks to colleagues and students at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
Discover Central's host, Scott Bellamy
Daron Oram at work with Central Students
Discover Central
The Discover Central podcast takes you inside London's Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and gives you a behind the scenes look at the work, life and experiences of its students, staff and alumni.
With 15 courses at undergraduate level and 14 Master’s programmes, alongside an expansive and award-winning Research department, Central offers Europe’s most comprehensive choice of specialist higher education drama, theatre and performance training. Students from over 50 countries around the world come to study at Central each year, where they are challenged to be original thinkers, inventive and effective collaborators, and creative entrepreneurs who go on to make a difference.
