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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
We've come to the end of a brilliant term - it was "The One With Performances" and it hasn't disappointed. Since October half term, our fantastic students have performed a total of 8 times (that's more than one performance per week!) The first years performed their first public show in the Everyman Studio - their [...]
It's been a hectic week at Stagedoor - over the last week, our students have done four different performances of three different shows, in three different venues, with a total of over 1100 people in the combined audiences! First up was the second year students' production of Zero For The Young Dudes! at Chosen Hill [...]
Four Stagedoor students have been treading the boards this week as part of On The Mend - a play written and directed by Bryn Holding, and produced by the Everyman as part of Cheltenham Remembers - a programme of events commemorating the centenary of the end of World War 1. The play featured nine community [...]
Recent conversations with a couple of our current students have revealed that they nearly didn't apply for our Level 3 BTEC course because they thought it sounded too good to be true. Performing in a professional theatre? Loads of theatre trips? Meeting and working with a huge range of industry professionals? 3 A Level equivalent? [...]
One of the great things about being a Stagedoor student is the opportunity to work with professionals - not just in workshops, but as a performer. We're very much in the right place at the right time, which means we get more opportunities than Performing Arts students in other schools or colleges. At the moment, [...]
We have been having a very busy term so far, with three different performances in rehearsal, plenty of work with industry professionals and lots of opportunity to watch productions at the Everyman. Our second years are currently rehearsing Zero For the Young Dudes! by Alistair McDowall, which will be performed in the Everyman's Irving Studio [...]
After a lovely summer break, we were back this week with a whole new fantastic group of talented and committed young performers, who are excited about what the next two years will bring. We kicked off the year with a day at the Everyman Theatre, where the students had not one, but two theatre tours, [...]
