Students at GEMS World Academy wowed by Hollywood star!

Press release

Published January 20th, 2013 - 05:10 GMT

Al Bawaba

American actor, singer and rapper - Larramie "Doc" Shaw entertained and inspiredstudents at GEMS World Academy today. Best known for his role as Malik Payne in Tyler Perry’s House of Payne, Shaw won a Young Artist Award in 2009 and can also add modeling and other promotional work to his resume. He joined the cast of Disney Channel sitcom The Suite Life on Deck during the same year and his next appearance was on Pair of Kings with Mitchel Musso from Hannah Montana.

The school hosted the event as part of the ‘Young Actors Film Experience’, in collaboration with the Dubai Community Theatre and Arts Centre as a reward to Charlie and Ali the winners of the essay writing competition who are students at the school.

Shaw delivered a performance arts discussion to the students as well as an interactive ‘hands-on’ session, during which budding actors and performers could ask questions and advice from the young artist.

Background Information

GEMS Education

In 1959, two teachers, KS Varkey and his wife Mariamma, arrived in Dubai.

At the time, Dubai was a burgeoning trade centre on the Arabian Gulf. The Varkey family had left Kerala, India to seek a better life for their family. What they found was a real need to educate children arriving in the city from around the world.

Their son, Sunny, added a visionary’s ambition to a practitioner's experience. From simple roots in a family of teachers, GEMS Education, is today an international company with schools and education services across the Middle East. We still share the same mission - to provide a quality education to everyone.