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LIGHT GIVEN FOR SECOND YEAR OF THEATRE’S ACTOR TRAINING PROGRAMME
Newcastle Theatre Royal has announced it will be
continuing its dedicated actor training programme, Project A, following
a successful inaugural year.
The first programme of its kind in the North East
of England, Project A is a course dedicated to actor training, offering
practical and theoretical instruction to young aspiring actors aged 18-25 years
old who are looking to make a serious career as an actor.
The course runs over three terms in an academic
year and includes vocal, physical and performance skills training as well as specialist
training including Meisner technique, improvisation, acting for screen and
stage combat.
A number of industry professionals were engaged
with the course in the first year and have been so impressed that they have
committed to return. They include: Professor Ros Steen, a voice coach and
former head of the Centre for Voice in Performance at the Royal Conservatoire
of Scotland; Michael Corbidge, an esteemed voice associate with the Royal
Shakespeare Company (RSC) and
Adam Stadius, an acting coach and Meisner technique specialist. Students on the
course will also have the chance to meet with professionals from the London
Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) and the RSC.
Kim Hoffmann, Head of Learning at
Newcastle Theatre Royal, who said: “Our aim was to offer first class actor
training right here in the North East in a way that hadn’t been done before and
the first year of the course has been a real success with those students taking
part having all grown so much in both confidence and their skill sets.
“We are so grateful to all of the
specialists who worked with us this year and delighted that next year we will
be welcoming back some of the biggest names in the actor training industry to
share their skills with the next intake of students.”
Student Christopher Rushmere-York
said: “Coming into Project A I was nervous and full of doubt about myself,
however within a couple of weeks of the course I found my confidence skills
getting better and my personality shining through.”
Kim added: “Places on the Project A course
cost students just £1500 for the year. We have tried to keep costs as low as
possible in order to ensure that the top quality training we provide is
accessible to as many young people as possible. The real cost of the course to
us is over £7,000 per student and we are only able to offer this heavily
subsidised fee thanks to the generosity of The Barber Foundation and support of
the Board of Trustees of the Theatre Royal, for which we are extremely
grateful.”
Applications for Project A are now being
from students who must be aged 18-25 with acting experience. Details and a
downloadable application pack can be found at www.theatreroyal.co.uk/taking-
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