Build your career on a strong foundation...
Our Professional Foundation Course in Acting & Theatre Arts will enable you to develop an essential performance practice through training in acting, movement and voice. The course is built to be enriching yet affordable, preparing you for whatever your chosen next steps may be: whether further training at a top conservatoire or jumping straight into the industry.
The course takes place over a full academic year and culminates in a production at YATI’s home theatre in Islington. During your three terms, you will take classes in acting, movement theatre, voice, screen acting, musical theatre, stage combat, audition technique and devised practise, as well as be given essential insights into the industry and opportunities to see productions and network with professional artists.
This summer we are expanding our usual summer provision into a two week training and performance course for young people.
With one week spent building skills and community, before we dive into intensive rehearsals for a fresh take on a modern play in week two. Performances will be hosted at a local professional venue. It promises to be an unforgettable summer, free of charge!
Dates: July 29th to August 10th
To register interest, please follow the link below.
A forum theatre performance about reputation and expectation
Lewisham Youth Theatre is casting a touring young company for its 2024 'Live It Down' school performances.
This is a paid opportunity. Lewisham Youth Theatre is looking for 4 Actors aged 18 to 30, of any ethnicity to play multiple characters. This is a paid opportunity.
South London Actors preferred.
Rehearsals: 17 to 28 June, Monday to Friday.
Performances: Saturday 29 June followed by 5 performances in schools from 1 to 12 July
To receive an audition pack, please submit a headshot and CV to the email address below.
The Performing Arts National Extended Certificate is a 2 year course equivalent to 1 A Level. It is aimed at developing skills in all of the disciplines associated with the Performing Arts - theatre, music and dance - both as an audience member and as a performer. You will study a combination of practice and theory in order to develop your academic and performing skills to a high level, and you will learn how to improvise performance and interpret texts as well as understand how performances are produced, directed and choreographed. You will develop conceptual understanding as well as team working skills.
This course aims to provide opportunities for students to develop a wide range of performance skills in music, drama, dance and a range of genres. It will develop your understanding of how performers work and how performance has evolved over time, as well as all aspects of the production of a performance - as performers, producers and the audience.
A significant aspect will be your development of team working skills, essential to any successful performance. You can expect to:
This BTEC is studied with 2 other A Levels or Level 3 BTEC equivalent. One of the other A levels should be in the Performing Arts area, specifically Drama, Dance, Music Performing, or Music Technology, other good combinations are Film Studies, Textiles, Fine Art, Graphics, Photography, English Literature and Media Studies.
