Stephen Owen

BA(Hons) BA(Ed) MA MEd PGDip(Ed) FRSA FESB FLCM LRAM LGSM(Perf) LTCL(Perf) LLCM(TD) LLAM (Hons) ATCL Cert Ed(Drama)

Stephen trained as a teacher of Drama, Speech and Movement at Trinity and All Saints’ College, University of Leeds. After qualifying, he then studied for a number of years with Eliner Rutherford, gaining specialist teaching and performance diplomas in all aspects of Speech and Drama Studies.

As well as being responsible for the drama curriculum in the schools where he worked, he also taught pupils of all ages and abilities privately, from complete beginners to Licentiate (RAM) and Fellowship (LCM) level. He became an examiner for The English Speaking Board and The Poetry Society and adjudicated at many Festivals throughout the country. In 1985 he was appointed to the headship of a primary school in Derbyshire, an experience he thoroughly enjoyed for the next twenty-two years. It was during this period that he became a Religious Education inspector for the Roman Catholic diocese of Hallam.

After retiring from school in 2007, he was appointed as an examiner for The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). He also resumed his work as an adjudicator for The British and International Federation of Festivals.