Academy of Creative Training - Drama School

ACT Showcase 2011

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London:
Thursday 14th July 1.00pm
Jermyn Street Theatre
168 Jermyn Street, London W1

Brighton:
Sunday 24th July 8.00pm
Sallis Benney Theatre
Grand Parade BN2 0JY

The best and the brightest of Brighton's new acting talent

Our 2011 graduates have already acquired substantial stage and film experience and are an extremely diverse and highly castable group in terms of age, type and ethnicity.

The academy positively encourages students who have had considerable life experience, having already pursued other careers and life ambitions. Having rigorously applied themselves to their actor training; these graduate actors now bring humanity, depth and understanding to their performances.

We guarantee you an entertaining event with actors of potential and promise.

Industry Professionals - for complimentary tickets to the London or Brighton Showcase please contact the school on 01273 818266 or email info@actbrighton.org

General Public - Tickets are available for the Brighton Showcase only and are £7.50. These are available via the school 01273 818266 or email info@actbrighton.org or online.

Summer School 2011

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Our Annual Summer School returns by popular demand

Adult Summer Programme

An opportunity to take your acting skills to the next level.

Our annual Summer School offers the choice of four intensive week long training courses. Each course runs from Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm, culminating in an evening performance in front of an invited audience on the final Friday. You can choose to participate in just one, two or all three (fee discounts apply). This year we are offering four areas of study; Acting for Camera, Stanislavski, Text and Shakespeare. Working as a small ensemble company, you will participate in 10 three hour sessions which will include 2 sessions each of Voice and Movement.

The actors are encouraged to invite two guests each to attend the final night's performances and see the results of the week's work. This will be followed by a relaxed feedback session where participants, audience and tutors can discuss the work over drinks.

Some feedback from Summer School 2010:
"The teachers were fantastic." M Vinuesa
"The exercises were great and I enjoyed the lay-out of lessons. The continuity of the course made it easy to follow" A Atkin
"ACT has given me some brilliant tools to exercise my own skills in acting. Just the right amount of play, humour and challenge to make it really safe as well as being challenging enough to make me expand my capabilities. I have enjoyed every moment and would highly recommend this work and its teachers." C Carey

TV & Film: Acting For Camera 8th - 12th August 2011
Shakespeare: An Actor's Approach 15th - 19th August 2011
Stanislavski: An Actor Prepares 22nd - 26th August 2011
Working With Text: An Actor's Toolkit 29th August - 2nd September 2011

Fees
£175 for one week
£300 for two weeks
£450 for three weeks
£575 for four weeks

A concessionary rate of £150 (for one week) is available to those in receipt of statutory benefits, student card holders and Equity members. Evidence of eligibility will be required.

To book a place a non refundable deposit of £75.00 (per person, per course) is required. To book online please visit www.actbrighton.org

Children and Young people's Summer Programme

Children & Young People 8 to 17 years old

"Every child is brilliant in his or her own way".

You don't need to have experience or be a big personality to join us. All you need is to love making up stories, acting out characters and using your imagination. Our unique courses introduce you to all the skills you need to become an Actor - Voice, Movement, Improvisation, Storytelling and lots of great acting exercises and games.

Our CRB checked tutors are trained, professional actors with bags of enthusiasm and experience. They are looking for bright young talents who like working in a team and who want a week of challenge, fun and achievement.

Two week long courses at either ACT Brighton or ACT Hove. Monday to Friday 10am to 4pm with a showing of the weeks work at 5pm on the final Friday.

Week 1 - 25th to 29th July 2011
Week 2 - 1st to 5th August 2011

Fees

Each course costs £140 & £120 for additional siblings or friends. Friends must apply and pay their deposits within 24 hours of each other. Friends offer is limited to two friends i.e. 3 children in all.

A non refundable deposit of £70 (per child / young person) is required to book a place and full payment of the remainder of the fees must be made prior to commencement of the course.

Students already enrolled at AKT receive a discount (£120 and £115 siblings/friends) and should pay the deposit and the discount will be applied to the remaining balance.

To book online please visit www.actbrighton.org

The Acting Business and Audition Bootcamp

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16th - 17th April 2011

We are very pleased to be able to offer you the opportunity of attending a linked series of Masterclasses led by top Casting Director, Suzy Catliff and experienced film & TV actor, James Coombes.

The Acting Business - Saturday 16th April 2011

Suzy is a renowned and highly experienced Casting Director in Film, Television and Theatre, for programmes such as Silent Witness, Holby City and Casualty. She offers advice on photos, CV's, approaching agents and finding work.

Her Intensive One Day Masterclass will involve you participating in a mock casting session, identifying your casting type and some individual sight reading which will help you gain the practical tools to turn your dream into a workable reality.

Suzie has requested that everyone participating in the workshop submits their CV and photo (does not have to be a professional headshot) by 11th April. Once we have confirmed your place we will send you details of where and how to submit your CV and Photo.

Audition Bootcamp - Saturday 17th April 2011

James has had over 30 years experience in all aspects of the business and, as a currently busy actor, knows from the sharp end what auditions and castings can throw at you and how to handle them. His mantra is 'Stand out from the crowd, you are unique!'

His Intensive One Day Masterclass explores the secrets of successful auditions by investigating all the types of audition that an actor will come up against in their career. The day consists of practical work in small groups and solo, mock auditions, sightreading, body language, the monologue and much more. Scripts will be provided but students are encouraged to bring along a prepared piece for the mock audition and get good advice on how to improve it. This course is equally valuable for those intending to apply for Drama School or those looking to start the rounds of professional castings.

Fees & Dates

The Masterclasses cost £75 each.
Students already attending ACT (Two-Year, Foundation or Playground) pay £45 per Masterclass

The Acting Business Saturday 16th April 2011 11am - 5.30pm
Audition Bootcamp Sunday 17th April 10am - 5pm.

Places are extremely limited and a deposit of £25 is required to secure a place.

The balance of fees must be paid one week prior to the start of the course. It is still possible to book a place within one week of the start date - if a place is available - but fees must be paid in full.

When applying/paying on line please note that we will not take payment unless a place is available.

Location

ACT Hove 170a Church Road, Hove BN3 2DJ

Church Road, Hove BN3 2DJ. Church Road runs between Kingsway (Seafront) and Blachington Road. We are about 10 minutes walking distance from Hove Station (direct connection to London & Brighton Main Line Station). Hove to Victoria is just over an hour. From Brighton Station - 18 Mins bus ride (no 6, 7), 7 Mins by car and 40 Mins walk.

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Booking

To book a place and pay your deposit online via Google Checkout please go to our Masterclass Booking Page.

If you want to pay by cheque or cash (in person via the office) please contact our office 01273 818266 info@actbrighton.org.

We will not take payment unless a place is available.

Please note that we do not have the facilities to accept credit card payments by phone or in person.

James Coombes was Born in Newport, South Wales. Trained at The Birmingham School of Speech and Drama and has been a professional actor for 30 years. He has worked extensively in theatre, film and tv. Work includes seasons at major theatres across the country including seasons at Chichester festival, Bristol Old Vic, Young Vic, Pitlochry, Sgrypt Cymru in Cardiff, Southampton, Birmingham, Ludlow Festival, Scarborough with Alan Ayckbourn amongst many others, and musicals such as A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM, LOVE OFF THE SHELF, CARMEN NEGRA, and GOOD FUN By Victoria Wood. He has worked extensively in TV and film, including: THE COUNTRY DIARY OF AN EDWARDIAN LADY, ROBIN OF SHERWOOD, BUGS, HOWARDS WAY, POIROT, SHERLOCK HOLMES, WILLIAM TELL, Canadian sci-fi series: STARHUNTER, BOON, DOCTORS, HOLBY CITY, THE BILL, MY FAMILY, DR. WHO, A VOTE FOR HITLER, MCCREADY AND DAUGHTER, HARPUR AND ILES and most recently a 15 part series for BBC - DINOSAPIEN. Films include: KING DAVID with Richard Gere, MONARCH, MURDER WITH MIRRORS with Bette Davis, NAPOLEON AND JOSEPHINE, and A KNIGHT IN CAMELOT with Whoopi Goldberg playing Lancelot. He has also worked in the corporate sector as a presenter for many major organisations including McKinsey Management Consultants, Cisco Systems, Nokia, Ford, Vauxhall and has for the last few years been the presenter for BT online. He is also a veteran of many major TV commercials over the years including Boddingtons for which he won a BAFTA award, and was the iconic Milk Tray man in the eighties.

Suzy Catliff gained a BA (Hons) in Dramatic Arts from Bretton Hall and then later trained as a director at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Suzy currently works as a theatre director, lecturer and casting director for television, theatre and film. Current film and television casting credits include the feature film A BUNCH OF AMATEURS with Burt Reynolds; the number one UK tour of SINGLE SPIES with Nigel Havers and Diana Quick. Film credits include: STORMBREAKER , SWIMMING POOL, THE GATHERING as an associate, SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, THE ENGLISH PATIENT and WILDE as an Assistant. Television credits include LIFELINE and EMPATHY , two series of SILENT WITNESS , three seasons of CASUALTY for the BBC, two series of the award-winning children's series SIR GADABOUT . One-off dramas include THE SECRET and THE BEST MAN . Teaching and lecturing work includes: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Mountview Arts Educational, Birmingham School of Acting, Ohio University School of Film, Northern Film School, University of Ripon and York St. John.

Dying For It by Moira Buffini

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Rehearsal photos... Coming Soon ... Year Two Diploma Public Show...

Sallis Benney Theatre, Brighton. 8th - 10th April 2011.

Semyon lives in poverty, in the hallway, his mother in law has the bedroom. He can't find a job and is supported by his wife. What is he to do?

When his last hope for self-respect disappears, Semyon decides to take his own life. But word gets out and he finds himself inundated with sympathetic visitors - begging him to die on their behalf. Suddenly, he's an important man, and on the night of his proposed suicide, events spiral to a gloriously funny climax.

Inspired by Erdman's celebrated satirical comedy The Suicide this new play is freely adapted by Moira Buffini. She is best known for her brilliant comedy Dinner at the National Theatre and the West End. Her other plays include Love Play and Doomsday Girl for the Royal Shakespeare Company, and Silence at Birmingham Rep.

This production is directed by actor and director Julian Kerridge. Julian has just completed directing his first feature film Seamonsters which is released later this year.

To book tickets online please go to brightonticketshop.com or call the Dome Box Office on 01273 709709.

AKT National Theatre New Connections

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AKT National Theatre New Connections

AKT Youth Theatre are taking part in The National Theatre New Connections 2011 - the UK's most exciting festival of Youth Theatre. They will be performing BASSETT by James Graham on the 11th - 12^th of March at The Sallis Benney Theatre, Brighton and the 25th of March at Chichester Festival Theatre.

Bassett by James Graham

Directed by Janette Eddisford & Daniel Finlay

Citizenship class at Wootton Bassett School and the supply teacher has gone a bit nuts, doing a runner and locking the pupils in. That's bad enough, but tensions are higher today than normal, a day when only yards from their confinement a repatriation of fallen British soldiers is happening along the high street - as it has over a hundred times before through this quiet Wiltshire town. And this one is more personal than most ...

Dean needs the toilet, Aimee needs a coffee, Amid needs to pray, and Leo ... well, Leo really, really wants to be at the repat, and is determined to escape. As factions form and secrets are revealed, maybe he's not the only one who'll want to get away.

Bassett is a pacy, funny and exhausting look at young people who have inherited a world at war; who, as they grow older, are starting to ask questions about these conflicts, their country, and themselves.

Venue: The Sallis Benney Theatre, 58-67 Grand Parade, Brighton BN2 0JY

Date: 11th - 12th March 2011
Time: 8pm (doors 7.30pm)
Tickets: £7.00 (£5.00 Cons)

To book tickets on line please go to brightonticketshop.com or call the Dome Box Office on 01273 709709.

Fugee

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Fugee

by Abi Morgan

The Old Market, Upper Market Street, Hove, BN3 1AS
2nd & 3rd May 2010

Directed by Elaine Heath

Fugee: Slang for refugee of political oppression or natural disaster.
Fugeed: Something that has been lived in, soiled, stained or damaged.

Kojo is 14 but no one believes him; he's just one of the unaccompanied minors arriving in London, abandoned on the streets of the UK. Ara's from Baghdad and still hears the bombs at night. Cheung can do back flips and is from village in China that is more than a thousand years old. Orphans in London, they are the only family they have now. Together they tell Kojo's story: a story of lost childhood, tall trees and a murder in motion; a murder by a child that everyone says is a man.

AKT Youth Theatre are the oldest of our AKT - Act Kids Theatre groups which meet during term time on a Saturday morning. AKT Youth won 1st Place in 'Group Acted Scene' at this year's Springboard Brighton and Hove Youth Performing Arts Festival with an extract from Fugee. For more details please visit our AKT pages.

Part of the Brighton Fringe Festival
Fringe venue: 145

DATES: 2nd & 3rd May 2010
TIME: 7.30 pm (Doors 6.30pm)
VENUE: The Old Market, Upper Market Street, Hove, BN3 1AS
TICKETS: £7.00 (£5.00 concessions)
AVAILABLE FROM: Fringe Festival/Dome Box Office 01273 709 Old Market 01273 736222 ACT 01273 818266 To book online Click Here

Contact Jo or Janette on 01273 818266 or info@actbrighton.org for interviews/production photos.

Acting Workshops

AKT are running Acting Workshops for 13-18 year olds interested in FUGEE or in becoming a member of AKT Youth Theatre on Mon 3rd May.

Workshops will be lead by experienced members of the AKT staff and include members of the cast. All our AKT staff are fully CRB checked.

Workshops will take place at The Old Market, Hove. Places are limited and must be booked in advance.
10.30 - 12.30pm & 2.30 - 4.30pm

£6 (workshop only) £8 (workshop & ticket for the show)
To book a place please email info@actbrighton.org or call 01273 818266

AKT Youth Win 1st Prize

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AKT Youth Theatre have won 1st Place in 'Group Acted Scene' at this year's Springboard Brighton and Hove Youth Performing Arts Festival held at the Old Market in Hove. The group won with an extract from Fugee by Abi Morgan which they are performing in its entirety back at the Old Market on May 2nd & 3rd as part of the Brighton Fringe Festival 2010.

AKT Youth member Amy collected the Festival Shield and winners' certificate from head adjudicator Phillip Thrupp who praised the group on their ensemble skills and how well they had told a powerful and political story through their imaginative use of the stage.

For more information and to book tickets for AKT Youth's production of Fugee please go to our What's On page or visit the Brighton Fringe Festival website.

Fugee by Abi Morgan was originally written for the 2008 National Theatre New Connections. Kojo is 14 but no one believes him; he's just one of the unaccompanied minors arriving in London, abandoned on the streets of the UK. Ara's from Baghdad and still hears the bombs at night. Cheung can do back flips and is from village in China that is more than a thousand years old. Orphans in London, they are the only family they have now. Together they tell Kojo's story: a story of lost childhood, tall trees and a murder in motion; a murder by a child that everyone says is a man.

Abi Morgan's award-winning plays include Skinned, Sleeping Around, Tiny Dynamite and Tender and Splendour, which was recently broadcast on Radio 3. For TV: My Fragile Heart, Murder, Tsunami - The Aftermath and Sex Traffic, a multi-award-winning drama for Channel 4. Film includes Brick Lane, an adaptation of Monica Ali's bestselling book. White Girl, a 90-minute film for BBC2 will be broadcast in early 2009.