The absolute highlight of this week was performing The Changing Room in the Everyman Studio on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. Having performed on a much wider stage at Henley Bank last week, it was fun adapting the piece for the more intimate space in the studio, but the play itself is perfect for a smaller [...]
Term 4 began this week, marking the half way point for the Stagedoor Year 12 students. We certainly hit the ground running! On Tuesday, we went to see Birdsong at the Everyman, and it went straight to the top of the League of Productions. Birdsong is a heartbreaking story, set during World War 1, following [...]
The end of Term 3 seemed to come round very suddenly, and we have packed an awful lot into what has been quite a short term. Highlights have included Flashdance, Private Lives, The Play that Goes Wrong, workshops with professionals, including our amazing singing tutor Ria Keen, physical theatre practitioner Josh Patel and Flashdance cast [...]
The UK tour of Flashdance the Musical stopped off at the Everyman Theatre this week, and we were blown away. Not only did we watch the show on Thursday afternoon, but we had a workshop with Rikki Chamberlain, who plays Harry in the show, on Wednesday. Rikki was at drama school with Caro Day, who [...]
This weekend saw the beginning of the audition process for September 2018 entry. All applicants to the Stagedoor Learning BTEC Extended Diploma have to attend an informal interview and audition, and I spent the day at Stagedoor HQ meeting prospective students. And what a fabulous, talented bunch they were! I was treated to audition pieces [...]
Our next public performance is The Changing Room by Chris Bush. We are performing at the Everyman Studio on Tuesday 27th and Wednesday 28th February 2018 at 7.45pm as part of the National Theatre Connections Festival. The Changing Room is a lyrical piece about existing on the cusp of growing up. Are we teenagers? Are we [...]
We have just finished a typically busy week, during which the Stagedoor students took part in workshops with professionals, watched a sell-out show at the Everyman and completed, to an excellent standard, their latest assessment. This week, more than most, has been absolute proof of why the Stagedoor approach allows students to achieve more highly [...]
One of the key features of Stagedoor Learning is our commitment to our students to enable them to find out about the Performing Arts industry from the outside in, and this has meant finding out about what happens on stage, backstage and front of house, at every point during the process of bringing a show [...]
It was back-to-school for the Stagedoor gang this week, with the promise of a VERY busy term. There is an awful lot to look forward to, including a total of 7 shows on the Everyman main stage, kicking off with The Play That Goes Wrong. Our unique partnership with the theatre means that our students [...]
We broke up for Christmas this week, finishing the term with pizza, The Muppets Christmas Carol, Harry Potter Trivial Pursuits and Monopoly. What a term it's been - a first for all of us, but it's been a huge success. Since we began, in the middle of September, the Stagedoor students have seen a total [...]
