Learn to take the Lead.

We are looking for the right individuals to join our Company of students to train and perform as part of our unique course
Our 3 year degree level course has been designed for aspiring performers who desire to play leading roles. It will provide you with the technical training, experience and industry knowledge you need to maximise your employment opportunities and achieve a successful and sustainable performing arts career. We accept applicants from as young as 16 depending on talent and ability.
If you’re driven, self-motivated and have the passion to learn and succeed then Stageworks is the place for you.

Our two-year, vocational acting training is full time but structured mainly over weekday evenings and at weekends thus enabling students to work and earn whilst they train. There is no upper age limit on those who audition. Students need to be 18 years old by the time they begin their training.

There are currently a number of small bursaries available for talented students in lower paid work. These can be applied for once an offer of a place has been made.

The two-year course is a robust and rigorous acting training covering classical and contemporary theatre and acting-based musical theatre. Our graduating students are automatically eligible to join Spotlight and apply for student/graduate membership of Equity.

Our 6 Month Foundation Course in Acting is a vigorous and rewarding course that will introduce you to a range of performance methods and techniques. It’s both challenging and fun – and helps you to develop your creativity and establish the beginning of a technique that will be invaluable for the future, whether you are going to audition for drama school, are planning to act at university or simply wish to develop your presentation and communication skills. The course is also very useful for those who have so far been unsuccessful at drama school auditions and offers support in audition technique. If you’re looking for an acting foundation course, why not consider The Oxford School of Drama.

The course is mainly taught by tutors who also teach on our One and Three Year courses and with over 32 hours of tuition per week, it will really give you a taste of life and insight into training at a world-class drama school.

Graduates of the Foundation Course have gone on to train on our own Three Year Course and at other leading drama schools including RADA, LAMDA, Drama Centre and Guildhall, but also to study unrelated subjects at all the major universities. As the course has been running for over 25 years, graduates are now pursuing successful careers in the industry, including at the National Theatre, Hampstead Theatre, Royal Exchange Theatre, Kiln Theatre, BBC and Channel 4.

The course lasts two terms. Entry is by audition only and there are no academic requirements.

This intensive, full-time course focuses on combining the three disciplines of acting, dance and singing in order to create the all-round performer.

You will be continually supported as you extend your technique in a range of styles and will be given the opportunity to take part in a number of public performances, some that you may audition for and others that you will automatically be cast in as part of your course.

You will also be taught the skills you need to pass auditions so that you can continue your training at one of the top conservatoires or universities in the UK.

We take the best young performers in the North West and help them to develop the skills that allow them to progress on to the most prestigious conservatoires and universities in the UK.

This intensive, full-time course focuses primarily on acting and drama, along with additional classes in dance and singing technique

You will be continually supported as you extend your performance skills in a range of styles and will be given the opportunity to take part in a number of public shows, some that you may audition for and others that you will automatically be cast in as part of your course. We often take some of these shows to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

You will also be taught the skills you need to pass auditions so that you can continue your training at one of the top drama schools or universities in the UK.

91% of students who apply, gain places at accredited dance and drama schools.

We take the best young performers in the North West and help them to develop the skills that allow them to progress on to the most prestigious drama schools and universities in the UK.

If you've studied sound or music technology at university, been working in sound professionally, or if you've been experimenting with sound as a composer, sound artist or engineer and are looking for a way to develop your voice, this programme is for you. 

We offer an interdisciplinary taught Masters programme at the forefront of the University of Edinburgh’s rich expertise in the creative arts, music and digital media design. 

Uniquely, we balance challenging practical project work with theoretical study. This creates an inspiring and motivating work environment. 

Studying for an MSc in Sound Design will expand your appreciation of the potential for sound design across a range of musical and artistic practice. Crucially, you’ll develop as a sonic artist, be challenged to rethink what sound design is and why it is central to a number of developments in the arts, the media, critical theory and even science.