Senior Academic Tutor

Head of LAMDA 

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Education & Professional Background

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• MA in Musical Theatre, Royal Academy of Music

• BA in History, University of Oxford

• Research in Sustainability Leadership (Corporate Sustainability), University of Cambridge 

Biography

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Zach Burns is elocution coach, drama teacher, and actor, who has worked with some of the top names in British theatre, including Richard Curtis (Love Actually), Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Yesterday) , and Douglas Hodge (The Great). 

Zach holds a MA in Musical Theatre from the Royal Academy of Music, where he worked with the world’s top coaches, including Anne Mary Speed (vocal coach to Adele), and Claude Michelle Shonberg (Composer of Les Miserables). 

He is signed with Global Artists and is featured as a singer on IDOLS, the latest album of international rock star YungBlud. In Netflix’s The Sandman, he is the singing voice of Orpheus, which was recorded on site last year at Abby Road Studios in London. 

He is a prize-winning performer and educator, the recipient of the Royal Academy of Music Hammond Prize for Public Speaking, the Ian Fleming Musical Theatre Award, and the Stiles and Drewe Prize for Vision, Voice, and Potential. 

Zach is an experienced teacher in public speaking grades from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), and leads the LAMDA course at Hyde Academy’s Westminster Office. 

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Student Reviews:

Sunny (13 Years Old- Public Speaking and Harrow Entrance Coaching) 

"When Sunny takes lessons with Zach, he is fully engaged; He knows how to ignite his passion and hold his attention—it is clear that Sunny is truly enthusiastic."

(Sunny's Mum. Sunny successfully passed the Harrow entrance exam and started term in 2026)

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Zach Burns