
Drama School Application Support
Our Acting Coaches
Our acting coaches were trained at RADA, Juilliard, Guildhall and more. They are highly experienced in preparing students for applications to top drama schools.
Why choose our acting coaches?
- Our acting coaches trained at top drama schools
- Personalised feedback on your audition
- Tailored audition and workshop strategies
- Online or in-person support year-round
OUR ACTING COACHES…
Perform on London’s West End, Broadway, the National Theatre and Shakespeare’s Globe
Trained at top drama schools including RADA, Guildhall, LAMDA and Yale
Have helped students gain admission to top drama schools like RADA and NYU Tisch

Drama School Application Coaching
Meet Our Team
The UK’s first dedicated provider of drama school application support, Dukes Drama works with actors from the world’s top drama schools to help auditionees secure the school of their dreams.
With graduates from RADA, LAMDA, Guildhall, Yale, and Juilliard, Dukes Drama is uniquely positioned to support students applying to each and any of the most competitive drama schools.
Meet a selection of our acting coaches.

Our Coaches
Meet a selection of our acting coaches. All are graduates of leading drama schools and are highly experienced in preparing students for their applications.
Drama Admissions Consultant Theo Boyce
Theo trained in professional acting at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and enjoys helping drama school aspirants with their preparation, as well as using his acting experience to offer communication skills advice for interview performance.
Theo studied Human, Social, and Political Sciences at Cambridge for his BA and MA, achieving the top result in his year with a ‘starred First’. He has gone on to achieve two master’s degrees, including in Psychology from Birkbeck College, where he also achieved the highest overall grade in his cohort. He has held teaching and research positions at McGill University and Birkbeck College, and has also worked on the creation of the most recent Oxford Handbook of Higher Education.
Acting Coach Rebecca Brudner
Rebecca is a performer, playwright, and theatre educator from Brooklyn, New York. She earned her BA in Theatre Studies from Yale University and her MFA in Acting from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Upon graduating from Yale, Rebecca was awarded the Louis Sudler Prize, which is given to one graduating student who shows exceptional talent and promise in the performing arts. At BOVTS, she was awarded the Bonnie Hurren Prize for Excellence. Rebecca has worked at theatres across the United States in both straight plays and musicals.
A few of her favorite credits include the off-Broadway revival of Fiorello!, Macbeth at the Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella at the Tuacahn Center for the Arts, and Oklahoma! at the Goodspeed Opera House. Since moving to the UK for her Master’s, Rebecca has performed in Henry V at the Bristol Old Vic and in the world premiere of Dirty at the Mercury Theatre in Colchester. Rebecca also has extensive experience as an audition coach and acting teacher. Her students have been accepted to top drama schools including RADA and the Fontainebleau School of Acting.
Acting Coach Iniki Mariano
Iniki was born and raised in Singapore, where she made her Stage and Screen debuts, before training at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. She is currently on the China tour of Lucy Bailey’s ‘Murder on the Orient Express’.
A prolific stage, screen and video game actor, her recent work includes Murder on the Orient Express (UK, Ireland & China tours), Peter Pan at the National Theatre, Space Plug for Disney, and Synched: Off Planet.
Acting Coach Claudia Jolly
Claudia trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where she received the Acting Gold Medal in 2016.
She has worked extensively across Theatre, Film, Television and Radio. She was in the original cast of Girl from the North Country at the Old Vic and in the West End, and has most recently appeared in Intimate Apparel at the Donmar Warehouse. Other theatre credits include The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs (Soho Theatre) and The Importance of Being Earnest (The Watermill). TV and Film credits include On Chesil Beach (BBC), This is Going to Hurt (BBC/AMC), and Pennyworth (Warner Bros.).
Claudia has taught and directed on the Preliminary Acting Course, the Summer School and the Outreach programme at Guildhall and is on their audition panel. She has also taught and directed at Fontainebleau School of Acting.
Speak to Us
Book a Free Drama Consultation
Start the conversation with a free 30-minute discovery call. In this meeting, one of our drama admissions experts will discuss your application and advise you on how to optimise your chances of success.
Why Dukes Plus?
Dukes Plus is a provider of university application support, life-changing career and university experiences, day camps, tuition, and summer schools.
By selecting Dukes Plus as your chosen provider, you are guaranteeing that you’ll multiply your chances of application success. We have a huge network of over 2,000 vetted admissions tutors who are experts when it comes to consultancy, mock testing & interviewing, industry-leading resources, and more.
We specialise in applications to Oxbridge and top UK universities, Ivy League and top US universities, and Medicine and Law applications.
Whether you are looking to test-drive your dream career working with industry leading professionals, or wanting to study at Eton or an Oxford college for the summer, we provide innovative and life-changing experiences that will enable you to make better life choices.
We have an extensive database of tutors which can deliver personalised fully-managed tutoring services to students at any level. We provide online tutoring, SEN tutoring, tutoring for those that are gifted and talented, and tuition for those preparing for any exam from 4+, up to the 13+.
We run the UK’s number one multi-campus summer school where students can learn languages and subjects at some of the UKs top educational institutions. We also provide holiday activity camps such as Ultimate Activity, Ultimate Tech, and Ultimate Sports camps.
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