Learn creative skills and perform in our state-of-the-art Michael Morpurgo Theatre at our Broxbourne campus.
With professional dance studios, a recording and TV studio, plus tutors with industry experience, you’ll learn the skills of the trade in preparation for your career.
Our 140-seat performance theatre, will allow you to showcase your talents with the help of the latest lighting and sound technology.
Free to Home students under 19 on 31 August.
Get set for your career in the spotlight. Learn from our expert tutors and rehearse in our professional theatre to maximise your potential on the stage.
This is where it gets serious. We can help you develop a wide and marketable range of professional performance skills. We emphasise high-level performing, supported by in-depth analysis of relevant theory.
Join us in our state-of-theatre, studio rooms and recording studios.
If you want a career working with hair, make-up and special effects in the entertainment industry this course is for you.
You will gain a wealth of practical skills in hair and make-up, and will work on live projects such as the Pantomime and other in-college theatre performances, create gruesome creatures for a live action horror maze and casualty scenes for live exhibitions.
In the second year you will learn more advanced technical skills including professional production planning and you will learn how to establish yourself as a self-employed make-up artist, giving you the business knowledge and skills to promote yourself in the industry. This exciting career-led course covers the application of specialised make-up and synthetic hair for theatrical and media purposes. You will put the workshop skills you learn into practice and document your progress in sketch books to document evidence in order to complete the units on this course.
Full-time students aged 16-18 will follow a study programme at City College which includes:
Across the two years of this course you will learn the following:
If you successfully complete the first year of study you will gain a Level 3 Diploma qualification.
In order to progress to the second year you will need to pass the first year of study.
Students will have access to our purpose-built make-up studio as well as backstage areas when working on live shows.
Our Level 2 Diploma in Performing and Production Arts is ideal if you'd like to build your confidence, academic skills and knowledge. The course will provide you with training in all aspects of Performing Arts, helping you decide which pathway suits you best.
If you have a passion for performing or production, and are dedicated, hardworking and enthusiastic and are prepared to put the time in, listen and implement the feedback from our incredible team, we will do our best to get you to the standard to succeed at the next level.
We run a public season of events with seven major projects a year, plus termly and one-off events. This is over and above the opportunities available to perform at any other local sixth form or college - plenty of opportunity to put your training into practice and hone your performance or production skills!
Conservatoire EAST is the only place for 16+ students to train in this region, you will be taught by a group of dedicated staff with a wide variety of experience in the sector. Sharing their skills, knowledge and network with you to kickstart your chosen pathway.
This two-year course provides a broad foundation for those wanting to work in the performing arts and related industries. It includes training in audition skills for those wishing to progress to drama school or performing arts courses in higher education.
The course is run as a theatre company, providing you with hands-on opportunities to develop a wide range of performance skills and experience of industry working conditions. The theatre company performs in a variety of venues including Strode Theatre, our Studio Theatre, Dance Studio and local community venues.
University and career progression
You could progress to a range of performing arts degree level courses.
Former students have progressed to drama schools and other higher education institutions including:
This course will provide you with the opportunity to explore, develop and test your creativity within a qualification structure which is stimulating, demanding and supportive. It will offer you an excellent opportunity to develop all-round and transferable skills in all aspect of the make-up industry.
You will explore SFX, Prosthetics, Stage Make-Up and Hair, Period Make-Up and Hair, Body Art, Fashion and Fantasy. Alongside these specialisms you will also work on both small and large scale productions throughout the year, such as musicals and plays to design and realise the make-up and hair designs.
This will support your experience and expertise when planning and executing your Final Major Project, where you take on ownership and responsibility of managing the success of a collaborative performance.
This course is fully funded for 16 to 18-year-olds.
