George Dean (she / her)
founder and regular teacher

George is a theatre maker, choreographer and teacher. After training in Performing Arts at De Montfort University, UK, she landed in Amsterdam, studying at the Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten and later at the Mulholland Academy. She is the founder of Amsterdam Kids Drama & Dance and designs all the regular classes. She has taught and made theatre work with a diverse range of adults and children in the UK, Poland and the Netherlands, including at the International Schools in Amstelveen, Utrecht and Den Haag, and the Hogescholen voor de Kunsten in Amsterdam, Utrecht and Zwolle. She runs the AnaMorphic Studio from the top floor of the OT301, a cultural-social centre in Amsterdam and is also a member of the collective there.

Alkisti Theophilou (she / her)
regular teacher

Alkisti is a performer and theatre maker specialised in improvisation, merging physicality and theatre. She trained as a dancer first in Athens and later studied choreography at Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten. She has 15 years experience performing for children of various backgrounds in the Netherlands and around the world with street theatre group Teatro Pavana, puppetry group Theater Tique and dance theatre group Merkx and Dancers. Alkisti enjoys performing for kids and interacting with them, continually learning from them. She believes in using theatre as a way for both self-development and community building.

Past teachers

Grainne Delany (she / her)
guest teacher

Grainne has a Masters Degree in Theatre and Psychology and currently works at the International School Amsterdam as Drama Specialist with more than 20 years teaching experience. She is passionate about using Object Theatre, Mask and Body Language to cross language barriers and stimulate self-development in children of all ages.

Sam Heady (she / her)
guest teacher

Sam was born in Australia, trained as an actor in Dublin and has a Licentiate Diploma as a Speech and Drama teacher from the London Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She is a professional performer and director with broad teaching experience and particularly enjoys working in Children’s Theatre.