Testimonials
"I have seen the benefit of taking LAMDA Examinations in my daughters. Beatrice especially has gained enormous confidence in public speaking through her LAMDA qualifications.”
Sarah Ferguson, The Duchess of York
Voiceover Issue 7
“[LAMDA examinations] make you confident when speaking in front of people. They also help you with your breathing and teach you how to pronounce your letters properly. They helped me prepare for the show too [Mary Poppins], because they taught me how to remember lines and song words.”
Isabella Sedgwick - West End Performer
Voiceover Issue 8
“The examinations were an acknowledgment of my talent from a prestigious organisation and this gave me a real confidence boost. Taking LAMDA examinations gives you a good grounding and teaches you so much that you will need later on. They are hard work, but they are worth it.”
Matt Di Angelo – Actor
Voiceover Issue 9
“It was a decade after I took my last LAMDA medal that I realised it really had helped – not in intangibles, like confidence or clarity, but specifically, the first time I was asked to do a reading of one of my stories, and I discovered I was good at it and that people enjoyed it.”
Neil Gaiman – Author
Voiceover Issue 10
“LAMDA exams are a good way in and a great place to start.”
John Thomson – Actor
Voiceover Issue13
“The exams absolutely help, not just with my acting ability on stage, but also in different in social situations. I owe a lot of it to my LAMDA exams.”
Lauren Samuels - West End Performer
Voiceover Issue Anniversary Issue
“I know how to read and think about a piece, to think about the character’s motivations and frame of mind. I’m also aware of the setting and background of scripts because of the Knowledge section of the exam. I think it has helped me to be calmer in auditions because I’m used to taking exams. And it’s helped me get pretty good at learning lines.”
Izzy Meikle-Small - Actor
Calling all LAMDA Alumni
Did you take LAMDA Examinations in your younger years?
LAMDA Examinations is currently compiling a list of people, young and old, who have taken our exams in the past and who now find themselves in the public eye, where the communication or performance skills gained through LAMDA are used in their day-to-day lives.
If LAMDA has had a positive effect on your career and you would like your name to be added to the list, or you would like to nominate someone you have taught previously, please send details to Victoria Blackshaw at victoria.blackshaw@lamda.org.uk