Ellis Jones, former Vice-Principal and Head of Acting at RADA offers no-nonsense acting and presentation training online or in person.
Actors who trained at RADA during Ellis’s time as Head of Acting are everywhere, including Siân Brooke, Sally Hawkins, Katherine Kelly, Maxine Peake, Matthew Macfadyen, Tobias Menzies, Robert Mountford, Joanna Page, Matthew Rhys, Andrea Riseborough, Ioan Gruffudd, Tom Hiddleston, Danny Mays, Eve Best, Bertie Carvel, Indira Varma, Ben Whishaw and many more.
“A word about teachers…..your first and most important tool is common sense” David Mamet, “True & False” (Faber)
“Brilliant, challenging, intensive – a rare level of training”
Contact : +44 7778 456 193 ellisjonesdirect@gmail.com
ELLIS DOESN’T JUST TALK – HE SPEAKS!
Very short, useful hints about acting and public speaking – the result of decades of top-level teaching and listening – now available each week FOR FREE on Insta and TikTok:
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/ellisjones_coaching TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ellisjones_coaching?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc
Social media reels created with Harry Davies
Photo of Ellis and logo in association with Accanto Interiors
Dealing with Shakespeare? Here’s an example of effective language explored in a workshop we shared with actinggymnasium.co.uk
MYLES HORGAN as YORK in ‘Henry VI Part Two.
PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLIC SPEAKING
The TYA team, as well as providing effective and successful training for actors, has quietly established a strong reputation in providing public-speaking group workshops for corporate and business clients.
We also deliver this under the banner of PETERSON LANE TRAINING – please check our new Web link: www.petersonlane.co.uk
“You teach people how to connect. How to be authentic, without being exposed. You also do it with respect and humour.”


