This is a unit-based qualification with assessment points throughout the year.

The Diploma is the first component of a full Extended Diploma which is completed over 2 years. It is a practical based course that focuses on technique and performance.

The course is broken up into units which will be allocated to various projects throughout the year. Some projects involve just one unit, but some will involve you working on several at the same time.

The units you will cover include:

If you're passionate about acting and performing arts, this course is for you. You will develop skills as a performer and will gain the qualifications necessary to enter higher education or work in the industry.

You will learn contemporary dance, jazz, ballet, choreography, improvisation and dance theory. Performance workshops all designed to help improve your skills, confidence and performance ability.

This one year course is for anyone with and an interest in learning more about dance. Whilst experience is useful, we welcome anyone with an enthusiasm and passion for the subject area.

Throughout the year you will discover your strengths as a dancer whilst finding out more about professionalism and the industry itself. You will study rehearsal, performance and production skills in a course designed to help you progress to the next step. Each term you will work towards a performance project designed to develop you as a performer and showcase your talents.

Successful students can work in a range of roles, these may include working in creative industries such as specialist dancer, directing, choreographing, teaching, producing, designing or working in arts management and administration.

Join our dedicated and multi-skilled marketing team working in the exciting environment of a working theatre.

This role is ideal for a creative and focussed individual with a passion for the arts who is looking to grow their skills in all areas of marketing.

The apprentice will be joining the theatre at a time of rapid growth and will therefore become a vital part of maintaining brand visibility alongside marketing for events.

Reporting to the Marketing Manager and supporting the team this apprentice will assist with the promotion of the organisation, whilst studying for a Multi-Channel Marketing L3 Apprenticeship.

On this course you will study:

Performance workshops are all designed to help improve your skills, confidence and performance ability.

This one year course is for anyone with and an interest in learning more about acting. Whilst experience is useful, we welcome anyone with an enthusiasm and passion for the subject area.

Successful students can work in a range of roles, these may include working in creative industries such as screen acting, stage performance, directing, teaching, script writing, producing, designing or working in arts management and administration.

Creating amazing experiences, promoting education and enriching lives of young people in Basingstoke and North Hampshire through the power of performing arts

Proteus Theatre Company are working with the support and leadership of professional theatre practitioners to bring accessible theatre experiences for all young people through Proteus Youth Theatre (PYT).

Participants have the opportunity to be part of multiple and diverse performance projects each year. From ground-breaking devised pieces to imaginative, new adaptations of classic texts and stories, Taking up residence in traditional theatre spaces such as The Haymarket and Central Studio, to outdoor spaces like the Walled Garden.

Do you know a young person aged 14+ with a love for performing arts? NOW is the perfect time to go and enjoy a free trial at Proteus Theatre Company's newly launched 14+ youth theatre group before rehearsals begin in January.

To book a place, please email Helen at the email address below.

Submissions are now open for The Bill Cashmore Award: One Act Play Prize!

The Bill Cashmore Award is presented by the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre and is a Young Lyric new playwriting award for young writers aged 18-30. Young Lyric is funded to support and provide opportunities for children and young people aged up to 30 years through programmes, workshops and activities.

The Bill Cashmore Award prize offers a paid opportunity for two new one-act plays to be professionally produced at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre. The prize is for writers aged 18 – 30 to submit new scripts for selection by an industry-leading panel of the Lyric’s Artistic Associates. The two winning plays will run as a double bill and will be performed by the Lyric’s SPRINGBOARD trainee actors in Autumn 2025.

PARAMETERS OF THE AWARD

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 23 December 2024 at 12pm

See FAQs for more details on our criteria.

We’re in the panto spirit here in MK!

Delve into the art of pantomime – there’s a reason it’s still such a well-loved theatre tradition! Will you take on the comedy fool or leading role, or hone your evil laugh to portray a villainous panto baddie?

Develop your acting and performance skills in this 3-hour Masterclass, led by members of the Creative Learning team.

Tangle’s Artistic Director Anna Coombs started WOVEN in 2023 as a safe space for African, Caribbean and Global Majority creatives living in Swindon and the surrounding areas to meet and connect as an artist-led community.

The WOVEN network offers opportunities for peer-led meetings, soft skills training and practical theatre workshops, social events, and sharing projects and working practices. Our hope is to build a community where members with diverse skillsets can connect, form working relationships and support each other.

WOVEN meetings take place in Swindon and Southampton.

WOVEN is free to join. To find out more, please email Associate Producer Stefan Kwame Boakye at the address below.

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