Edward Pinner is Head of Acting and Assistant Principal at LIPA (Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts) Sixth Form College, UK. He has worked with young actors in education and training for almost 35 years and has also worked as a professional actor in theatre and TV. He trained on the acting course at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, UK, and has an MA in Drama and Theatre Education from the University of Warwick, UK. He has worked extensively as an acting coach and drama teacher, including teaching acting and audition technique at the Oxford School of Drama, UK, and being a visiting lecturer at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, UK.