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Although it isn't part of our 'ethos' to stage large full scale productions, we fully understand that 'performing' builds confidence and develops related skills, so as part of the students journey within the craft of acting, the students in the ADVANCED ASSOCIATES (workshops by invitation only) present staged scene sharings a few times a year, and our play on SATURDAY AUG 18th, is our most ambitious yet!

An immersive production of AUGUST OSAGE COUNTY By Tracy Letts.

Starting outside in the streets of Hockley, Nottingham, the piece leads our audience to the memorial dinner of BEVERLEY WESTON, and invites them to sit at the table of the family as dark secrets are revealed and hopes and dreams are shattered!

'On THURS JUNE 25th, we held a 'relaxed Duologue Slam' adjudicated by former student AMA NICOL who is currently studying at ECOLE INTERNATIONALE DE THEATRE JACQUES LECOQ, in Avignon France. The event is held as an exercise and part of the students journey within the craft of acting. 

And although there are a few people missing off this image, the results were as follows: 

SPECIAL MENTIONS: 

Isabella Jones and Isobel Walker 

Adjani Mamboleo and Genius Zhou 

RUNNERS UP: 

Gina Radford and Morgan Barron

WINNERS: 

Lauren Parnell and Olivia Blackman-Beresford '

Because we know one of the most important tools in an 'actors toolkit' is their 'whole body' and how important it is to be supple, strong and as fit as possible, we are very pleased to announce that our guest teacher on THURS MAY 7th,  is the ex- first team assistant speed and fitness coach for Liverpool Football Club, where he worked for 7 years.

JORDAN FAIRCLOUGH 

 Jordan recently assisted in making history, as a member of the 4 man team who supported JACK FAINT, who is the first person to run the length of India from the Himalayas to the tip of Kanyakumari. 4000km, at 50km a day.  

Following on from his time in India, Jordan went on  to work  and train in the USA in readiness to take part in the World Masters Athletics Championships in Korea and to coach in the Cayman Islands.

BIO

Current:

  • Physical and Mental Performance Coach

  • Sprint athlete training towards World Masters Athletics Championships 

  • Lead Physical Performance Coach to Para England National Football Teams

Previous: 

  • Liverpool FC First Team Physical Performance Coach. 

  • Nottingham Forest 1st Team Squad Player

Education: 

  • Masters Degree in Strength and Conditioning

Qualifications: 

  • Accredited Strength and Conditioning Coach

  • Master Intuitive Psychology Coach 

  • Mental Health First Aider

Returning as our guest teacher on THURS APRIL 23rd will be the wonderful MARIANNE SAMUELS 

Marianne is Head of Dialect at Stagebox, teaching professional young talent for stage and screen. She is Director of Voice and Presentation for ZEN Coaching. Previously, voice and dialect tutor at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Birmingham Conservatoire Acting and Drama Studio London and voice/text support at the Royal Shakespeare Company. 

 

Her voice and dialect Credits include:

Cinderella (Nottingham Playhouse), Dear Evan Hansen (Nottingham Playhouse/UK Tour and Asia Tour); Liberation Squares, The Children (Nottingham Playhouse), The Count of Monte Cristo (TV series, Palomar), The Boys are Kissing (Theatre 503), The Children, Beekeeper of Aleppo, The Clothes They Stood Up In, Private Peaceful, Moonlight and Magnolias, Boar (Nottingham Playhouse), Newark Newark (Balloon Entertainment for UK Gold); A Christmas Carol (Royal Shakespeare Company); Journeys of Destiny (Derby Theatre); Acting Alone (Derby Theatre / Nottingham Playhouse); The Vagina Monologues (Newark Palace Theatre); Hundreds and Thousands(Buckle for Dust / English Touring Company) and Larkrise to Candleford (Finborough Theatre).

We are pleased to welcome back as our guest teachers for JAN and FEB:  Hannah Fairclough (JAN) and Zavier Coyne  (FEB) 

Zavier: From spoken word and conscious rap, to poetry and guided meditation, to hip hop and indie-soul, to creative lecturing and public speaking, to psychology and neuroscience, ZAVIER’s lyricism draws from many angles. Creating at this rare intersection of disciplines, ZAVIER explores the boundaries of what spoken word can be and where it is shown.

Performing for the first time in 2023, ZAVIER has already performed amongst the likes of Wim Hof, Afriquoi, Fearne Cotton, Dr. Vandana Shiva and Nick Mulvey. His performances have extended beyond UK festivals and into educational organisations, multi-billion pound companies and wellbeing retreats.

Regardless of where he performs, socially conscious lyricism and site-specific engagements creatively captivate and educate the audience. He creates and conducts experiences, rather than performances, blurring the lines between performing and creative facilitation. With material specific to each space and its audience, enabling a deeper response to the environment.

Hannah has recently worked as Associate Movement Director on the play PUNCH by James Graham, in London's West End and will soon be continuing with the role when it returns to the Nottingham Playhouse in March, before embarking on a UK tour.

Her performance credits include:

  • SWING/ DANCE CAPTAIN IN AIN'T TOO PROUD (PRINCE EDWARDS THEATRE)

  • ENSEMBLE/1ST COVER BULDA IN FROZEN (THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE)

  • ENSEMBLE/1ST COVER LORNA/1ST COVER LOUISE IN THE BOY IN THE DRESS (THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE THEATRE, STRATFORD UPON AVON)

  • ENSEMBLE /ONSTAGE SWING IN EVITA (REGENTS PARK OPEN AIR THEATRE)

  • SWING /1ST COVER VANESSA /2ND COVER PAM IN STRICTLY BALLROOM (THE PICCADILLY THEATRE)

  • DYING SWAN/DANCE CAPTAIN/RESIDENT DIRECTOR IN THE LORAX (THE OLD VIC AND ROYAL ALEXANDRA THEATRE, TORONTO CANADA)

  • SINGER/DANCER STAGE SWING/COVER LITTLE INEZ/DYNAMITES IN HAIRSPRAY (UK TOUR)

  • LOUISE/COVER ODA MAE BROWN IN GHOST THE MUSICAL (THE ENGLISH THEATRE, FRANKFURT GERMANY)

  • SWING IN THE BODYGUARD (THE ADELPHI THEATRE)

  • HATTIE IN SOUL SISTER (THE SAVOY THEATRE AND UK TOUR)

  • ALI IN MAMMA MIA (THE PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE)

  • JACK IN MOTHER GOOSE (LEAMINGTON SPA THEATRE)

  • SWING AND ENSEMBLE IN MAMMA MIA (INTERNATIONAL TOUR)

  • Television credits include:

  • Prince Andrew The Musical (Channel 4)