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.

Study for an RSL Level 3 Extended Diploma specialising in Acting alongside a Musical Theatre Foundation Course.

The course is full time. All of our students also complete modules in Public Relations and Branding to help them prepare for a career in the performing arts industry. Boarding is available via our host families.

Study our Musical Theatre Foundation Course to prepare for college or a career in the performing arts industry

Study for an RSL Level 3 Extended Diploma specialising in Dance alongside a Musical Theatre Foundation Course.

The course is full time.  All of our students also complete modules in Public Relations and Branding to help them prepare for a career in the performing arts industry.

Boarding is available via our host families.

This advanced specialist course is for artistic students who wish to work as a hair and make-up artist within the TV, film, theatre or fashion industries.

Your study programme will cover the following units: 

• Make-up for performers (TV, film and fashion)
• Airbrushing (face and body)
• Special effects make-up
• Prosthetic application
• Body painting
• Character design and application methods
• Period make-up design and application
• Period hair design and styling
• Hair styling and dressing for performers
• Theatrical make-up and hair styling
• Fantasy hair design and styling
• Wig making, maintenance and styling
• Production arts workshops to support in performance
• Production for theatre performance.

You will develop creative sketchbook work which will be presented on your own online blog which can then be used as your professional portfolio on completion of the course. The blog will demonstrate your research and design process as part of your assessments; written assignments also form a portion of this qualification, as well as practical assessments and regular self-assessment and evaluation.

You will also be required to purchase the hair and make-up kit that supports your study using professional brands and products currently used in industry (Kryolan). You will be required to take part in a range of work experience placements and off-site trips related to your course.

School Leavers under the age of 19 do not have to pay fees on any full time courses, though may have to pay for their second year if turning 19 during their studies.