Names and Numbers
Makeup
and Visual Effects
Physical
Theatre
Amateur
Theatre
Amateur
Dramatics & Operatics Dotcom
www.amateurdramatics.com
Tel: 01257 450386
email: editor@amateurdramatics.com
National Operatic and Dramatic
Association
58-60 Lincoln Road,
Peterborough PE1 2RZ
www.noda.org.uk
Tel: 0870 770 2480
email: everyone@noda.org.uk
AMDRAM
Web Marketing Publications,
PO Box 536
Norwich MLO,
Norfolk NR6 7JZ
www.amdram.co.uk
Tel: 07005 963 149
email: jane@amdram.co.uk
Try looking in The Stage (www.thestage.co.uk)
newspaper as local companies often advertise in the small
ads.
Youth Theatre
Information on amateur drama clubs and regional youth theatres:
The National Association of
Youth Theatres
Darlington Arts Centre,
Vane Terrace,
Darlington DL3 7AX
www.nayt.org.uk
Tel: 01325 363330
email: naytuk@aol.com
Further Education
Courses
Information on Further Education courses in the Performing
Arts can be obtained from your Local Education Authority or
from: Edexcel Foundation
Information Services,
Stewart House,
32 Russell Square,
London WC1B 5DN
www.edexcel.org.uk
Tel: 0870 240 9800
email: enquiries@edexcel.org.uk
Teaching Drama
Organisation offering advice for those wishing to find a
speech or drama teacher or pursue a career in the teaching
of speech and drama:
Society of Teachers of Speech
& Drama
73 Berry Hill Rd.,
Mansfield NG18 4RU
www.stsd.org.uk
Tel: 01623 627636
email: ann.p.jones@btinternet.com
Drama Therapy
The British Association of
Drama Therapists
Waverley, Battledown Approach,
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL52 6RE
United Kingdom
Tel: 01242 235515 / From outside UK: +44 1242 235515
www.badth.org.uk
email: enquiries@badth.org.uk
Central School of Speech &
Drama
64 Eton Avenue,
London NW3 3HY
www.cssd.ac.uk
Tel: 020 7722 8183
email: enquiries@cssd.ac.uk
Makeup and Visual
Effects
A useful source of careers information for make up and visual
effects courses is www.bbc.co.uk/designvision,
a BBC initiative to encourage and support creative talent
and design innovation for the film, broadcast and media industry.
Some of the colleges offering make-up courses for the performing
arts:
London College of Fashion
20 John Prince's Street,
London W1G 0BJ
www.lcf.linst.ac.uk
Tel: 020 7514 7344
email: enquiries@lcf.linst.ac.uk
Grease Paint Studio
143 Northfield Ave,
London W13 9QT
www.greasepaint.co.uk
Tel: 020 8840 6000
email: info@greasepaint.co.uk
The Make-up Studio
The London Centre for Theatre Studies
12-18 Hoxton Street, London N1 6NG
www.lcts.co.uk
Tel: 020 7739 5866
email: ldncts@aol.com
Treasure House School of Make-up
Studios in London and Bolton
www.grimas.com
Tel: 01204 668355
email: info@grimas.com
Physical Theatre
Desmond Jones School of Mime
and Physical Theatre
20 Thornton Avenue,
London W4 1QG
www.dilly2.demon.co.uk
Tel: 020 8747 3537
email: enquiries@desmondjones.co.uk
The School of Physical Theatre
Three Mills Media Centre, Three Mills Lane
Bromley-by-Bow, London E3 3DU
www.physicaltheatre.com
Tel: 020 8215 3350
email: school@physicaltheatre.com
London Mime Festival
35 Little Russell Street,
London WC1A 2HH
www.mimefest.co.uk
Tel: 020 7637 5661
The International School of
Performing Arts (LISPA)
272 Latimer Road,
London W10 6QY
www.lispa.co.uk
Tel: 020 8 969 7004
Playwriting
WRITERNET
Cabin V, Clarendon Buildings,
Horsell Road, London N5 1XL
www.writernet.co.uk
Tel: 020 7609 7474
email: writernet@btinternet.com
City University
Northampton Square,
London EC1V 0HB
www.city.ac.uk
Tel: 020 7040 5060
email: conted@city.ac.uk
offers a range of evening courses
The City Literary Institute
(City Lit)
Stukely Street, Covent Garden,
London WC2B 5LJ
www.citylit.ac.uk
Tel: 020 7242 9872
email: infoline@citylit.ac.uk
offers part-time courses
Stunt Work/Training
British Academy of Dramatic
Combat
Secretary: Dr Ian Stapleton
3 Castle View, Helmsley,
North Yorkshire YO62 5AU
www.badc.co.uk
Tel: 0113 250 9436
email: enquiries@badc.co.uk
British Academy of Stage and
Screen Combat
Suite 280, 37 Store Street,
London WC1E 7BS
www.bassc.org
Tel: 020 8352 0605
email: info@bssc.org
Young Blood Ltd
Dramatic Action Personnel
20 Aintree Street, Fulham,
London SW6 7QU
www.youngblood.co.uk
Tel: 0207 385 4783
email: info@youngblood.co.uk
Certified Fight Instructors, Directors and Performers
Puppetry and Mime
Opportunities for theatre based work are mainly through touring
and the international festival circuit. Dedicated puppetry
courses are offered at specialist puppet centres.
The Puppet Centre
BAC, Lavender Hill,
London SW11 5TN
www.puppetcentre.com
Tel: 020 7228 5335
email: pct@puppetcentre.demon.co.uk
For information about a career in mime contact:
Total Theatre (formerly Mime
Action Group)
The Circus Space, Coronet Street,
London N1 6NU
www.totaltheatre.org.uk
Tel: 020 7729 7944
email: admin@totaltheatre.org.uk
Circus
New circus differs from traditional circus in that it focuses
upon human skills such as aerial work, juggling and balancing
work.
The National Association of
Youth Circuses
c/o Skylight Circus Arts
Broadwater Centre, Smith Street,
Rochdale OL16 1HE
www.skylight-circus-arts.org.uk
Tel: 01706 650676
email: nayc@skylight-circus-arts.org.uk
Circomedia
can also provide advice on courses and fundraising. Contact:
Circomedia
Kingswood Foundation, Britannia Road
Kingswood, Bristol BS15 8DB
www.circomedia.com
Tel: 0117 9477288
email: info@circomedia.demon.co.uk
Circus
Maniacs School of Circus Arts Ltd
Office 8a
The Kingswood Foundation
Britannia Road
Kingswood
BRISTOL
BS15 8DB
Tel/Fax: 0117 9477042
Mobile: 07977 247 287
Email: info@circusmaniacs.com
Web: http://www.circusmaniacs.com
Circus Space now
offers a degree option. For more details contact: Circus
Space
Coronet Street, Hackney,
London N1 6HD
www.thecircusspace.co.uk
Tel: 020 7613 4141 email:
enquiries@thecircusspace.co.uk
The Circus Arts Forum
http://www.circusarts.org.uk/ Should
you wish to join the traditional circus directly contact should
be made with individual circuses that often require seasonal
assistants. Advertisements are run in The Organ and
The World's Fair.
Theatre Director
The Channel 4 Theatre Director Scheme offers places for students
above the age of 20:
Channel 4 Theatre Director
Scheme
24 Admiral House, Teddington Wharf,
Manor Road, Teddington TW11 8BF
(contact Jack Andrews 020 8943 8176) Bursaries are also offered
by the English and Scottish Arts Councils, the Donmar Warehouse
and Channel 4 bursaries.
There are also Directing courses at:
Bristol Old Vic
Tel: 0117 973 3535
Central School of Speech and
Drama Tel: 020 7722 8183
Drama Centre
Tel: 020 7267 1177
Drama Studio
Tel: 020 8579 3897
LAMDA Tel:
020 7373 9883
Mountview Academy of Theatre
Arts Tel: 020 8881 2201
Queen Margaret University
Tel: 0131 317 3900
Royal Scottish Academy of Music
and Drama Tel: 0141 332 4101
Rose Bruford College
Tel: 020 8300 3024
Birkbeck College (University
of London) in co-operation with the National
Council for Drama Training offers a two-year full-time postgraduate
course leading to a Master of Fine Arts in Theatre Directing.
Birkbeck College
School of English and Humanities, Malet Street
Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7HX
Tel: 020 7611 6072
(Contact Rob Swain)
For more information on opportunities for directing contact:
The Directors Guild of Great
Britain
Acorn House, 314 - 320 Gray's Inn Road,
London WC1X 8DP
www.dggb.co.uk
Tel: 020 7278 4343
email: guild@dggb.co.uk
Alexander Technique
The Society of Teachers of
the Alexander Technique
1st Floor, Linton House, 39-51 Highgate Road
London NW5 1RS
www.stat.org.uk
Tel: 020 7284 3338
email: info@stat.org.uk
Film and Broadcasting
Information
Skillset Freelance Training Fund covers specific training
programmes relevant to the Film and Broadcast industry. An
information pack and list of courses is available from: Skillset
Prospect House, 80-110 New Oxford Street,
London WC1A 1HB
www.skillset.org
Tel: 020 7520 5757
email: info@skillset.org
FT2 - Film and Television Freelance
Training
FT2 is a film and television freelance training unit funded
and managed by the industry and is an approved centre for
the industry's National Vocational Qualification (NVQ).
4th Floor, Warwick House,
9 Warwick Street,
London W1R 5RA
www.ft2.org.uk
Tel: 020 7734 5141
National Short Course Training
Programme
The National Film and Television School
Beaconsfield, Bucks HP9 1LE
www.nftsfilm-tv.ac.uk
Tel: 014946 71234
email: admin@nftsfilm-tv.ac.uk
BECTU
The Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematography
& Theatre Union
111 Wardour Street,
London W1V 4AY
www.bectu.org.uk
Tel: 020 7437 8506
email: info@bectu.org.uk
London Academy of Radio, Film
& TV The London Academy is an institution
aimed at people who are looking for a new career and who want
to update their existing skills.
American Building,
79a Tottenham Court Road
London W1T 4TD
www.media-courses.com
Tel: 020 8408 7158
email:help@londonacademy.co.uk
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