Parents are the real heroes
We Help Parents Raise Confident, Communicative, Creative and Caring Children
Proscenium Enrichment Centre’s acting and public speaking programmes enrich children with essential life skills they need to succeed in the future and support their social and emotional developmental needs today.
Afterschool Programmes
Built for Impact
A Well-Structured Curriculum
Children are engaged and enriched through a robust curriculum in acting and public speaking for children that blends methodologies from established performing arts schools and leading evidence-based wellness programmes.
Experienced Educators
All our educators have 15+ years of experience teaching speech and drama. They are professional theatre actors who have performed worldwide and qualified with the LSDE in Speech and Drama in Education through LAMDA.
Small Class Sizes
We keep our classes small to ensure every child is seen and heard. A 12:1 student-teacher ratio ensures that your child gets twice the individual attention compared to any other comparable course.
How we help
After-School Classes For
Real Growth
Not another certificate of completion. Not ever having to wonder if your child is benefitting from an after-school activity.
Just thoughtfully-crafted courses delivered by experienced and qualified educators who nurture your child’s confidence, give them the tools and skills to be better communicators, and provide them the space and opportunity to explore their creativity.
Our comprehensive approach helps children improve their understanding of themselves and others, empowers them to manage their emotions, and encourages them to take ownership and responsibility.
Acting
Weekly classes over a 12-week term where your child will learn to listen, think critically, solve problems, build confidence, express themselves and become better storytellers.
For children 6yrs +
Public Speaking
Weekly classes over a 12-week term where your child will learn to speak with more clarity, confidence and conviction. Children learn how to connect with audiences, structure content and deliver with impact.
For children 8 -12yrs
Love is our secret ingredient
Designed Around the Needs of Children & Parents
Our classes are live, magical hands-on learning experiences with engaging, innovative educators.
What do children learn? In short, stuff that matters - essential life skills like critical thinking, problem-solving, and communication; and a range of social and emotional skills to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions.
How Our Classes Help
Your Child -
Be Better Prepared for the Future
Confident children who can think critically, communicate with clarity and impact, think creatively, and solve problems for others are more likely to do well in the future, no matter where they are in the world.
Feel Emotionally Supported
Stress and anxiety affect us all. However, emotionally supported children who can recognize and label their emotional states and have the tools to manage anxieties better are less likely to suffer from stress, self-doubt and the fear of failure.
Improve Behaviour and Social Skills
Children who are able to manage relationships, identify motivations, take pride in their identity and work, and are optimistic can self-regulate more effectively, manage impulsivity and reduce conflict and oppositional behaviour.
The Influence of Student Mindsets on Academic Performance
A study by McKinsey & Company on how mindset is the most significant drivers of student performance.
The Impact of Theatre Art programmes on academic performance.
A study, published in Educational Research, on how acting and public speaking programmes benefit student language, thinking, mathematical, and social skills, and motivation.
Mission
To Bridge the Gap
in Life & Future Skills
Supplemental learning that strengthens the fundamentals that help children today to thrive tomorrow
Things have changed so much in the last couple of decades. Raising children has become much more time-consuming and expensive, and there is a growing sentiment that opportunities are harder to come by. As parents and educators, we owe it to our young people to equip them today with the knowledge, skills and attributes they will need to thrive.
What skills will children need in the future?
Read this comprehensive analysis by McKinsey & Company here.
What may the workplace of the future look like?
Read the Future of Jobs Report 2023 by the World Economic Forum here
How do we get there?
Explore how the UAE government is proactively focusing on future skills here.
Teachers
Mentorship &
A Learner-Centered Environment
We’re a small and highly motivated team. But we’re also caring, talented, qualified, experienced and really charming.
The Proscenium Enrichment Centre is an initiative by educators to better address the needs of students and parents.
For the last five years, we have been reimagining and researching how to improve learning outcomes for children. We now advocate transitioning from the traditional model and teacher-led environment to a learner-centred, whole-child approach to better help children with purpose-finding, social and emotional growth, character development and future skills. We envision a world where every child is a self-directed, independent learner, and we transform from being teachers to mentors.
Emma Quintin
Co-Founder & Educator
Emma is an award-winning thespian and passionate educator with over 15 years of experience teaching drama and public speaking. She is a member of the prestigious UK-based Society of Teachers of Speech and Drama and regularly writes for Word Matters, the society journal. She is highly qualified and holds the LSDE in Speech and Drama in Education awarded by LAMDA, UK.
Karen Clayton
Educator
Karen has over a decade of international teaching experience as an early years instructor, drama, public speaking, and musical theatre educator, specialising in directing youth productions. She is a talented actor and singer and has appeared in theatrical productions in London, Edinburgh and Dubai. She, too, holds the LSDE in Speech and Drama in Education awarded by LAMDA, UK.
Uncompromising quality. Enduring impact.
Let’s work together to help your child grow up to be a confident, communicative, creative and caring young adult with a bright future.
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