Yearly Archives: 2019

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November 2019

Term 2: Public Performances

Term 2 began with a bang as we were straight into Show Week. One of the brilliant things about working in partnership with the Everyman Theatre is that our students get to perform in the theatre regularly, in front of a public, paying audience. In the first week of Term 2, both year groups performed [...]

October 2019

Open Evenings – be part of the magic.

Join us for one of our Open Evenings - Monday 18th & Monday 25th November 2019, at our rehearsal rooms in Cheltenham. Find out about our course, the opportunities it offers, the experiences our students have and where it could lead. Meet and chat to current students - they will be very honest about their [...]

New Year: new HQ, new students!

The new year is in full swing, and we have had a brilliant couple of weeks welcoming our brand new first year group to our brand new HQ. Highlights so far have included a backstage tour at the Everyman, complete with theatre history and ghost stories, watching not one, not two, but three professional productions, [...]

July 2019

Goodbye to our Class of 2019

In September 2017, a group of young performers joined Stagedoor Learning, not really sure what to expect. In the two years since then, they have performed in numerous full productions, including That's Show Last Century, a variety show, in the Everyman Studio, The Changing Room for National Theatre Connections both at the Everyman and The [...]

End of Our Second Year!

The final term of this academic year was a real rollercoaster. We spent the first two weeks on final rehearsals for our first ever full scale musical - The Battle of Boat by Ethan Lewis Maltby & Jenna Donnelly. During that fortnight, we worked with professional Musical Director Jez Francis, as well as de-camping to [...]

May 2019

Term 5 Update

We are half way through Term 5 and it's been a busy one! We kicked off with a fantastic full day workshop with West End performer Craig Mather. Craig, whose credits include Marius in Les Miserables (Queen's Theatre) and Mole in The Wind in The Willows (London Palladium) ran a fun and high energy day [...]

March 2019

Term 4: 1,3,5,7 then… We Fight

Term 4 has begun and all of our students are focusing on the external units they have to complete as part of their Level 3 BTEC Extended Diploma. For first year students, this means Unit 1 and Unit 3, which takes them through a study of influential theatre practitioners and and a devising project. They're [...]

NT Connections: Chaos

First year students performed for two sell-out nights in the Everyman studio just before half term, as part of National Theatre Connections. We're keeping Chaos on the back burner for now, but will be performing again at the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff on Friday April 26th. Production photos were taken by Neil Smith of sosfilmphotographysound.

January 2019

Term 3 – Hitting the Ground Running

Term 3 began this week, and we certainly hit the ground running. First years are working on Chaos by Laura Lomas for National Theatre Connections, and this week we were joined by Assistant Director Kirsten Boardman, who is a second year student at Guildford School of Acting. Chaos will be performed at the Everyman on [...]