Theatre & Performing Arts

Provider of acting classes and facilities for acting training based in London.

1a Tower Street,
London WC2H 9NP
Phone: 020 7240 3940
Fax: 020 7240 3896
act@actorscentre.co.uk
www.actorscentre.co.uk

Apples & Snakes is England's leading organisation for performance poetry. It was set up in 1982 as a platform for poetry that would be popular, relevant, cross-cultural and accessible to the widest possible range of people.

It regularly curates, hosts and acts as a partner to facilitate and promote performance poetry through live events. With education is at the core of its mission, it works with schools, prisons, libraries and more to use performance poetry to develop literacy and communication skills, motivation and self-esteem.

Apples & Snakes believes that performance poetry should be an immediate, entertaining and inspiring means of expression and communication, an alternative to formal poetry readings and recitals. It aims to stretch the boundaries of poetry in performance and education, as well as to give voice to challenging, diverse and dynamic poets.

BAC,
Lavender Hill,
London SW11 5TN
info@applesandsnakes.org
www.applesandsnakes.org

Artbase is a national two-year apprenticeship scheme for emerging artists and designers. The apprenticeship is dedicated to developing professional practice of the artists intending to work in the area of public art.

Each year 30 artists/designers will be selected to join the scheme and will participate in the following:
- live project shadowing and mentoring (with an experienced art practitioner)
- workshop programme (covering all aspects of artists' professional and personal development needs)
- e-learning programme (developing a professional portfolio).

Through the scheme Artbase will help raise the profile of emerging artists and build invaluable experience of the public art and built environment arena.

Artbase has been developed by Impact Art, a public art consultancy that specialises in the embedding of arts strategies and commissions within the public realm and new built environment.

Phone: 01444 484847
info@artbase.org.uk
www.artbase.org.uk

Arts Educational is one of the leading Performing Arts Institutions in the UK and cater for young talented people from the ages of 11 to 18 years in their Independent Vocational Day School, and those 18 years and above seeking professional training in Acting and Musical Theatre.

The new School of Continuing Professional Development and Outreach at Arts Educational Schools London aims to provide high-quality, thought provoking extra mural education on a part time basis.

Arts Educational Schools London, Cone Ripman House, 14 Bath Road, Chiswick, London, W4 1LY
Phone: 020 8987 6666
receptionist@artsed.co.uk
www.artsed.co.uk

Artsadmin supports artists working in Live Art, performance, time-based media, installation and innovative artists that do not work in an artform category.

Artsadmin (AA), Live Art Development Agency (LADA) and New Work Network (NWN) are the partners in the Live Art Advisory Network. They offer professional development opportunities for artists, including a framework to support, strengthen and develop Live Art in London.

Live Art refers to a broad range of new kinds of performance by artists who are challenging artform boundaries to create new experiences and new ways of expression.

Services & Resources:

An advice and information service including funding advice, contacts for curators and programmers and networks of support
Bursaries for early and mid-career plus artists
Rehearsal spaces, performance workshops and summer schools
A regularly updated website, bi-annual publication and a weekly email newsletter
Showcases of new work and works in progress
Talks, debates and seminars
Mentoring

Toynbee Studios
28 Commercial Street
London E1 6LS
Phone: 020 7247 5102
Fax: 020 7247 5103
Textphone: 020 7247 5182
manick@artsadmin.co.uk
www.artsadmin.co.uk

BAC employs a programme structure to support artists which is a bit like a ladder with five rungs, a ladder which developing work can climb. This structure is in place for most of the programming year and the rungs of the ladder work as follows:

1 Scratch Nights. Audiences pay what they can for an evening of low-tech cabaret theatre where artists present work in its infancy, sometimes stopping in the middle for advice, always drinking in the cafe bar afterwards where the audience offer feedback.

2 Two or three night runs of Scratch performances. Often presented within the context of one of BAC's three annual festivals, sometimes presented in a development week in between longer running shows. A single artist/company presents work, not a fully formed production, but a step towards it. Friends and potential friends of the work are identified and invited, developing a network of support for the work and the artist. Ticket prices are low. The cafe bar remains an important space for audience/artist discussion.

3 Two or three night runs for finished work, presented in the context of one of BAC's three annual festivals. Here the work is marketed to a wider audience and individuals from the professional sector, who can further the development of the work and the artist.

4 Two, three or four-week runs of finished work. This time the work is open to critical review in national press. BAC staff collaborate closely with artists to reach existing and new audiences for their work.

5 The work moves on. Artists explore national and international touring potential for the work. Artists can get on the BAC ladder of development at different stages. Work progresses at different rates and can skip or repeat rungs if appropriate. In other words, the ladder is flexible, to suit the development needs of artists and their work. Sometimes the work can have several outings at one of the two Scratch levels. Sometimes work comes in to BAC at rung four, going straight into a run.

BAC
Lavender Hill
London SW11 5TN
Phone: 020 7223 2223
Fax: 020 7378 5207
boxoffice@bac.org.uk
www.bac.org.uk

The Supported Artist Scheme offers a small number of artists an even more extensive network of support for the development of their work. It runs for two years from January to December. There are three main aims for the scheme:
1) To support the development of companies' or individual artists' work and to enable them to present work at BAC.
2) To advise and support companies on the development of their administrative infrastructure to enable them to make work outside BAC.
3) For them to become an ambassador for the work that happens at BAC.

Supported Artists are drawn from the companies showing work at BAC and a new group is created each year. Some of the benefits of the scheme for companies are free rehearsal space, free occasional office space, regular meetings with BAC Producers and assistance with funding applications. It is hoped that companies will exit the scheme with the knowledge and experience to take their work on independently.

BAC
Lavender Hill
London SW11 5TN
Phone: 020 7223 6557
Fax: 020 7978 5207
boxoffice@bac.org.uk
www.bac.org.uk

The Channel 4 Theatre Directors Scheme helps further the careers of those seeking to make theatre production and direction their profession.

The Scheme is open to any theatre in the UK with a committed policy of training and to all aspiring Theatre Directors.

Each year three bursaries are awarded, each for a period of one year.

Applications via the website.

www.c4tds.co.uk

Circelation is a professional development programme for circus artists, which supports the strategic development of contemporary cross artform circus arts, by offering directors residencies in regional producing theatres, as well as laboratories/workshop retreats for performing artists working with some of the best international directors from across the world.

Phone: 079 7017 3774
info@circelation.co.uk
www.circelation.co.uk

City Showcase was founded out of a passionate belief that emerging creative talent both needs and deserves more opportunities to develop and showcase work.Launched in 2003, City Showcase is a not-for-profit company that wants to help tomorrow's talent make it in the commercial world of today.We work with musicians, performers, designers, artists, producers, directors, games developers and talented people in all creative disciplines by providing networking opportunities, workshops, information and showcasing opportunities.

City Showcase
PO Box 2212
RH20 2XJ
www.cityshowcase.co.uk

The Comedy School aims to raise the profile of the many uses of comedy, from stimulating personal creativity to encouraging social skills and improving literacy. We achieve this through our innovative workshop, performance and arts projects. These are varied and inclusive, catering for those who wish to be comedians, to work in the arts and the entertainment industries, or to improve their communication skills and confidence.

The Comedy School is committed to enhancing the lives of local communities and developing responsive projects, using the arts as media for making learning interactive and fun.

Our unique way of working has enabled the company to take arts practitioners to many varied environments, including schools, prisons, traveller sites and excluded communities across the UK.

Keith Palmer - director
Phone: 020 7486 1844
www.thecomedyschool.com

We establish industry working groups to inform our work in Advertising, Crafts, Cultural Heritage, Design, Literature, Music, Performing, and Visual Arts. We work with representatives drawn from a wide range of organisations and occupations across the UK. We have a number of programmes and initiatives under development and we regularly consult for the government, industry, awarding bodies, and education and training providers. We are committed to listening to the views of everyone working in - or seeking to join - the creative and cultural sector.

Creative & Cultural Skills
Lafone House
The Leathermarket
Weston St
London SE1 3HN
Phone: 020 7015 1800
info@ccskills.org.uk
www.ccskills.org.uk

The Creative Space Agency is an innovative service that links owners of vacant property with creative professionals looking for potential spaces in London in which to work, exhibit, perform or rehearse.

The services on offer through the Creative Space Agency include an up to date list of available spaces in London, handy fact sheets and regular training sessions to help creative professionals get the most out of the service.

The Creative Space Agency is a project delivered jointly by CIDA (the Cultural Industries Development Agency) and Urban Space Management.

CIDA is the leading support organisation for the creative and cultural sector. We help thousands of creative individuals, businesses and arts organisations by providing information, business support, professional development training, networking & showcasing opportunities, and by commissioning new work.

Urban Space Management is a leading developer and manager of regeneration projects in Great Britain and the United States, drawing more than 15 million visitors to it projects annually.

This initiative is funded by Arts Council England, London and the London Development Agency.

http://www.creativespaceagency.co.uk/

This is an innovative new programme for arts graduates, practising artists and workshop leaders who see the rapidly expanding area of arts in other sectors as a valid and practical way of developing a creative yet socially responsible career path. The programme combines a balance between development of practical skills with self reflection and theoretical study aimed at deepening students understanding of the contexts of the arts in other sectors such as education, health care and youth work. The programme is delivered by Goldsmiths in partnership with the Royal National Theatre Education and Training Department.

Goldsmiths is part of the University of London, and aims to be pre-eminent in the study and practice of creative, cognitive, cultural and social processes. Professional and Community Education (PACE) offers a range of programmes and courses designed to encourage adults returning to study, and to provide routes into degree programmes; these include Access, Foundation, Certificate and Diploma programmes.

Accreditation; Post Graduate Certificate or Diploma, or MA
Dates / times; one year full-time or two years part-time

For an application form contact the Goldsmiths' admissions office on 020 7919 7766 or e-mail admissions@gold.ac.uk.

For more detailed enquiries contact the programme convenor Chrissie Tiller 020 7919 7077 c.tiller@gold.ac.uk or see www.goldsmiths.ac.uk

Jeremy Peyton Jones, PACE Programme Co-ordinator, Music
Goldsmiths College, University of London, New Cross, London SE14 6NW
Phone: 020 7919 7171
j.peyton.jones@gold.ac.uk
www.goldsmiths.ac.uk

The Central School of Speech and Drama is an international centre of excellence based in London serving its professions by providing quality higher education in, and training for, the dramatic arts and the performance and media industries.

The Central School of Speech and Drama runs the following courses:

Drama Education
This programme is especially suitable for those currently in professional employment who wish to develop their own educational practice at an appropriate pace, and/or undertake focused research into appropriate topic. There is a range of units to choose from, which address theatre practice in educational settings and issues relating to learning and teaching. The following are indicative fields of study: Arts Education and its Management, Drama Education, Media Education, Mentoring, Theatre and Performance Studies, Theatre in Prison and Probation, Young People’s Theatre, and Youth Culture.

Applied Theatre
For those who wish to extend their practice in a range of community and (statutory and non-statutory) education-based contexts. Core units establish key concepts in Applied Theatre, and there are a range of optional study routes. The following are indicative fields of study: Theatre in Prison and Probation, Writing in Community and Educational Settings, Community Theatre, Theatre and Disability, and Young People’s Theatre.

Accreditation; MA Theatre for Change and Development and Postgraduate Diploma Theatre for Change and Development
Dates / times; One year, full-time, October to October; two to three years part-time. Full-time on-site attendance between July and October is not mandatory for full-time participants.

Central School of Speech and Drama, Academic Registry, Embassy Theatre, Eton Avenue, London NW3 3HY
Phone: 020 7722 8183
www.cssd.ac.uk

www.dramaresource.com offers online resources for drama teachers, workshop leaders and theatre directors, including drama games, techniques, activities and lesson plans. London-based courses are also offered to the public alongside teacher training at national level.

David Farmer
Phone: 07973 217 876
david@david-farmer.com
www.dramaresource.com

Equity is the only Trade Union to represent artists from across the entire spectrum of arts and entertainment. Formed in 1930 by a group of West End performers, Equity quickly spread to encompass the whole range of professional entertainment and its membership includes actors, singers, dancers, choreographers, stage managers, theatre directors and designers, variety and circus artists, television and radio presenters, walk-on and supporting artists, stunt performers and directors and theatre fight directors. Although a Trade Union, Equity is not politically affiliated and so does not make payments to any political party. This puts Equity in the strong position of being able to lobby with impunity. It is affiliated to the Trades Unions Congress and Equity delegates attend the annual TUC conference as a means of bringing performers' issues to a wider audience.

The main function of Equity is to negotiate minimum terms and conditions of employment throughout the entire world of entertainment and to endeavour to ensure these take account of social and economic changes. Its looks to the future as well, negotiating agreements to embrace the new and emerging technologies which affect performers so satellite, digital television, new media are all covered. In addition it operates at an international level through the Federation of International Artists which Equity helped to establish, the International Committee for Artistic Freedom and through agreements with sister unions overseas.

In addition to these core activities, Equity strives to provide a wide range of services for members and so they are eligible for many benefits including a job information service and contract vetting. They also provide legal and welfare advice, royalties collection services, advice on copyright and insurance services.

Equity London Office,
Guild House,
Upper St Martins Lane,
London
WC2H 9EG
Phone: 020 7379 6000
Fax: 020 7379 7001
info@equity.org.uk
www.equity.org.uk

Escape Artists is an arts and education charity that was established in 1996. Our purpose is to build a bridge from the margins to the mainstream; employing the arts as tool for personal development and social change.

Escape Artists fulfils its purpose at the meeting point of clients, contractors, artists and stakeholders - providing a service which achieves tangible educational and developmental results through professionally managed artistic activity. We don't just see our workshops or productions as a one-off. We want to ensure that the vital importance of people's creativity in promoting health and social welfare can continue to be developed in sustainable forms.

On a more general level, our whole reason for being is to provide access to the arts within some of the country's most disadvantaged communities; such as those within Young Offender Institutions, Secure Hospitals, Prisons, Mental Health Institutions, Hostels for the Homeless, Hospices and elsewhere.

Escape Artists is one of the few dedicated organisations with the experience, resources and training to be able to work with all parties within these sectors, both nationally and internationally.

Studio 24
7-15 Greatorex Street
London
E1 5NF
Phone: 0207 655 0909
info@escapeartists.co.uk
www.escapeartists.co.uk

Exiled Writers Ink provides a platform for the work of artists living in exile in the UK and mainland Europe through performance, publishing and training activities. We believe that the literature, art and culture of exile can provide a focus for communication and integration throughout society, and act as a force for positive change.

Services and resources:

Mentoring and translation programme
Creative writing workshops for refugees and exiled writers
Workshops on workshop skills, presentation and performance skills
Events organising

Exiled Writers Ink
31 Hallswelle Road
London
NW11 0DH

Phone: 020 8458 1910
jennifer@exiledwriters.fsnet.co.uk
www.exiledwriters.co.uk

The Guildhall School of Music and Drama is one of the leading conservatoires for musicians, actors, stage managers and theatre technicians.

The school offers undergraduate, postgraduate, sponsorship and support in music, technical theatre and acting.

Music:
Undergraduate: Bachelor of Music honours degree
Postgraduate: MMus/PGDip in Performance, MMus/PGDip in Leadership; MMus/PGDip in Composition, MMA/DMA/MA in Music Therapy

Acting:
Undergraduate: BA Honours Degree in Acting
Postgraduate: MA in Training Actors (Voice) or (Movement)

Technical Theatre:
Undergraduate: BA Honours Degree in Stage Management and Technical Theatre
Postgraduate: Proposed Post Graduate Diploma in Costume
Supervision

For more information please visit www.gsmd.ac.uk

Clive Russell,
Silk Street, Barbican, London EC2Y 8DT
Phone: 020 7628 2571
Fax: 020 7256 9438
development@gsmd.ac.uk
http://www.gsmd.ac.uk/

Hackney Theatre Partnership is a consortium of theatre venues and production companies working together to sustain and develop the market for theatre and performance.

HTP focuses on nurturing new audiences and the coordinated provision of access, education, training, employment and self-employment opportunities in the theatre, performance and creative arts industries.

Services & Resources:

Providing a platform for new performers, writers, artists, giving those with little or no access to the arts a voice
Providing regular professional development programmes for professional theatre and performing arts practitioners and companies in Hackney
Providing opportunities for Hackney residents to access education, training, employment and self-employment opportunities in the theatre industry
Developing a strategic approach to skills development and employment for Hackney's professional theatre and performance practitioners wishing to work at the 2012 Olympics
Establishing an HTP Youth Arts & Education Network that provides a more strategic, coordinated arts 'offer' to all young people in Hackney
Providing an on-going network for emerging theatre and performance companies initially in Hackney and later through partnerships across the five Olympic boroughs and London wide.

Hackney Theatre Partnership (HTP), c/o Chats Palace, 42-44 Brooksby's Rd, Hackney, London E9 6DF
Phone: 07946 126 412
steve@hackneytheatrepartnership.co.uk
www.hackneytheatrepartnership.co.uk

Half Moon Young People's Theatre is London's leading small–scale theatre company working exclusively with young people under 18. It offers two interlocking strands of activity: it produces and presents professional original theatre and it operates an extensive participatory programme, which includes youth theatres, schools and community projects. Half Moon Young People's Theatre's particular emphasis is on engaging people who are often excluded because of their cultural background or disability, and it offers advice and training to people who work in this field.
If you would like to receive email updates with news about the exciting things coming up at Half Moon please visit www.halfmoon.org.uk and enter your email address.

Services & Resources:

One–to–one advice
Training
Services for young people.

43 Whitehorse Road,
London E1 0ND
Phone: 020 7265 8138
Fax: 020 7709 8914
jackie@halfmoon.org.uk
www.halfmoon.org.uk

- Improbable's Mentoring Resource for Theatre and Performance

On our website we host an online resource to widen access to mentors and mentoring services within the theatre and performance communities. Those interested in being a mentor, finding a mentor or becoming part of a peer mentoring group can register their details on the website.

You will also find some guidelines on how to set up a good mentoring relationship. This is a self-running scheme, where mentees contact mentors directly.

Please click on this link the website for more information:
http://www.improbable.co.uk/project_example.asp?item_id=24

- Improbable's monthly Devoted & Disgruntled
Improbable also hosts a monthly conversation event at Shunt Lounge (first Wednesday of every month). This is an opportunity to meet up with artists, arts professionals and audiences. Using Open Space Technology, the conversations centre on the things that matter to the people who turn up. All are welcome.

More details at: http://www.improbable.co.uk/show_example.asp?item_id=36

Lucy Foster, Associate Director, Improbable
lucy@improbable.co.uk
www.improbable.co.uk

The Independent Theatre Council (ITC) is the UK's leading management association for the performing arts, representing 690 organisations across the country. ITC are committed to providing members with a comprehensive package of advice services, training and professional development opportunities, networking meetings and exclusive service discounts.

ITC offers a range of short courses for people working in arts administration and management.

12 The Leathermarket,
Weston Street,
London SE1 3ER
Phone: 020 7403 6698
Fax: 020 7403 1745
training@itc-arts.org
www.itc-arts.org

The International Workshop Festival presents an annual festival of workshops, talks, presentations and demonstrations for professional performing artists. Workshops are led by practitioners and teachers renowned in their particular field both internationally and nationally, who come from a variety of performing arts disciplines and backgrounds. The International Workshop Festival also presents a series of community workshops linked to each festival.

Services & Resources:

One-to-one advice sessions and mentoring
Training, including practical performance workshops

Luke Dixon, Artistic Director
International Workshop Festival,
85 St George's Road,
London SE1 6ER
Phone: 020 7091 9666
Fax: 020 7261 9933
mail@workshopfestival.co.uk
www.workshopfestival.co.uk

Grants available from £5,000 to £50,000 for visual/performing arts, post-school and post-university vocational and educational initiatives. No deadlines.

22 Fitzroy Square,
London W1P 5HJ
Phone: 020 7388 6287
Fax: 020 7388 6289
info@jerwood.org
www.jerwood.org

Jerwood Space provides excellent rehearsal studios for dance & theatre professionals, as well as a contemporary art gallery and cafe both open to the public. The studios are available to established companies at competitive rates while selected emerging groups and artists may benefit from substantial subsidies on the full cost of rehearsal space.

As well as these "excellent facilities for the work of art", we also offer advice and support to artists from all sectors, together with practical information about the rehearsal process and alternative facilities.

New studios are under currently construction, so there is only limited availability from the autumn; the Cafe & Gallery remain open and all spaces are open from January 2007.

Services & Resources:

Rehearsal Space
Gallery & Cafe open to all
Telephone & one-to-one advice: production, rehearsal and placing your art.

Jerwood Space
171 Union Street
Bankside
London SE1 0LN
Phone: 020 7654 0171
Fax: 020 7654 0172
space@jerwoodspace.co.uk
www.jerwoodspace.co.uk

Promotes standards of vocational training/education for professional actors and stage managers/technicians through course accreditation, providing a forum for discussion and lobbying.

1-7 Woburn Walk,
London WC1H 0JJ
Phone: 020 7387 3650
Fax: 020 7387 3860
info@ncdt.co.uk
www.ncdt.co.uk

New Work Network promotes and supports the development of new performance, live and interdisciplinary arts practice by providing demand-led networking support for artists and by facilitating engagement and collaboration between practitioners nationally and internationally.

NWN will play a key role in the development and promotion of new work by establishing a membership with widespread UK regional involvement and international representation, and by providing development for practitioners through networking and collaboration, facilitating access to new ideas and new opportunities.

New Work Network is part of the Live Art Advisory Network.

Services & Resources:

NWN members get

Connected to a national network
Tailored information on development opportunities
Included in a national online calendar of events and activities
Personal, artist company, network, organisation and venue profile pages on the NWN website
Opportunities to market work, events and projects
Opportunities to meet, network, get support from peers and engage in critical debate.

Hannah Crosson (Acting Director)
Toynbee Studios,
28 Commercial Street,
London E1 6AB
Phone: 020 7539 9373
info@newworknetwork.org.uk
www.newworknetwork.org.uk

Since its foundation in 2003 Ten in a Bed Theatre Company has endeavoured to build a reputation for exciting and engaging theatre. We are a collaborative group that confronts perceived notions of classic texts and represents both new and neglected works as vital, urgent and wholly relevant to an increasingly diverse audience.

In July 2006 the company launched New Writing Sunday, a regular event at the Clerkenwell Theatre with the intention of giving emerging writers the opportunity to present their work to as wide an audience as possible.

These take place at

Clerkenwell Theatre
24 Exmouth Market
London EC1 4QE

£3 or free to local residents (proof of EC1 postcode required), free wine and refreshments provided.

Check website for more details and dates.

Clerkenwell Theatre
24 Exmouth Market
London EC1 4QE
info@teninabedtheatre.org
www.teninabedtheatre.org

www.itc-arts.org (Independent Theatre Council)
www.bectu.org.uk (Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematographic and Theatre Union)

Based within Oval House Theatre the Artists' Advisor is an advice service for artists working in theatre and performance. Principally it supports new and emerging artists and has an emphasis on cultural diversity, including disability.

We particularly encourage practitioners who have made some work but haven't been in receipt of public funding and who may feel unsure about how to get their work seen in professional venues.

Services & Resources:

One-to-one advice and information sessions focusing on professional development
Process based discussions of artists' practice
A regularly updated website, messageboard and e-group bulletin

Oval House
52-54 Kennington Oval
London
SE11 5SW
Phone: 020 7582 0080
Fax: 020 7820 0990
michael.atavar@ovalhouse.com
http://www.ovalhouse.com/artists/index.htm

The name RADA has always been synonymous with teaching the highest possible level of skills to the most talented young actors, designers, directors, stage managers and technicians.

RADA offers courses in acting, set and costume design, directing, lighting, stage management and more.

We've been training first class theatre-makers for over a hundred years, but we haven't stopped inquiring how we can do it better. Our teachers draw upon their experience of the past and present to give our students the expertise to shape the drama of tomorrow.

http://www.rada.org/

The Red Room is a small, award-winning company creating theatre that frees the imagination to challenge the status quo. The Red Room develops and produces work that is original, daring, provocative and inspiring, for audiences who question the changing world. We explore innovative ways of combining traditional dramatic forms with multi-media technology to create groundbreaking collaborations between writers, artists and communities - provoking and inspiring debate on current issues and giving a voice to those most affected.

The Red Room offers workshops in many different aspects of play writing to a wide range of people, from young people to specialist masterclasses for artists. Our expertise is in new processes and ways in which writers can respond to current issues affecting society, but workshops can be tailored to the individual needs of any group.

Artistic Director Topher Campbell and recently appointed Artistic Associate Shabnam Shabazi are currently developing a new workshop series which will feature international guests from among our European partners (visit www.atworknetwork.org - full details to be announced in autumn 2007.

Please contact the Red Room if you might be interested in taking a workshop.

The Red Room
Garden Studios
11-15 Betterton Street
Covent Garden
London WC2H 9BP
London SE11 5SW
Phone: 020 7470 8790
info@theredroom.org.uk
www.theredroom.org.uk

The Writers' Centre discovers and nurtures new writers. It does this through a broad range of activity designed to identify the best new writers and to develop their work towards production. Other theatres read scripts, consider them for production and, to varying degrees, work with writers but no other offers such a comprehensive programme to as many writers and at such an early stage in their career.

Services and Resources
script reading
script library
writers' rooms
writers' newsletter
starts programme
writers attachment programme
soho young writers
the westminster prize

For more information contact the Soho Theatre Writers' Centre at the address below.

Soho Theatre
21 Dean Street
London, W1D 3NE
Phone: 020 7287 5060
Fax: 020 7287 5061
http://www.sohotheatre.com/p8.html

Stellar Network is a membership-based organisation connecting the UK's film, theatre and television professionals. Offering members a unique programme of social, development and interactive opportunities, Stellar actively supports and energises the UK's community of creative talent.

Helping guarantee the future of our film, theatre and television industries by bringing the next generation of creative individuals together to motivate, support and learn from one another

Sharing resources, contacts and knowledge to create a stronger cross-industry community in the UK

Highlighting and supporting UK talent within the international community.

Contact us at uk@stellarnetwork.com

Stellar Network UK
PO Box 48865
London WC1N 3WU

claire@stellarnetwork.com
www.stellarnetwork.com/uk

StoneCrabs is a theatre and arts production company. StoneCrabs understand theatre to involve all art forms, fusing together forms of world theatre, dance, music and crossing borders between culture and the arts.

StoneCrabs has a mission to enrich people's lives through theatre. The core ethos is to nourish, to inspire, and to challenge. StoneCrabs is a multi-cultural team producing plays from United Kingdom and abroad.

As part of their commitment to the twin beliefs that education is dialogue and theatre is core to the community, StoneCrabs offers exploratory workshops in techniques designed to develop and build the performative vocabulary of the actor/performer and community facilitator. Workshops are usually based around their current production and seek to utilise the varied skills of those involved.

StoneCrabs
Studio B115
Faircharm Studios
8-10 Creekside
London
SE8 3DX
Phone: 020 8694 6472
Fax: 020 8694 6472
info@stonecrabs.co.uk
www.stonecrabs.co.uk

Theatre Venture engages the diverse communities of east London in professional and participatory theatre, media and arts projects.

Theatre Venture produce professional productions and community performance events each year, bringing local residents into their home at Stratford Circus, and taking their work out to all kinds of venues in the London Borough of Newham.

Theatre Venture offers courses and training workshops for participants of all ages. Their programmes vary from regular weekly classes and workshops to holiday schools, showcase festivals, performances and professional development.

Theatre Venture provides pathways for theatre artists in training, from beginners to graduates, to develop their skills and potential to become the arts professionals of the future.

Stratford Circus,
Theatre Square,
London E15 1BX
Phone: 020 8519 6678
Fax: 020 8279 1064
info@theatre-venture.org
www.theatre-venture.org

The following London venues either run workshops and programmes for theatre writers or have an open submissions policy for play scripts.

Royal Court Theatre
http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/ywp_writersgroups.asp

Bush Theatre
http://www.bushtheatre.co.uk/writers.html

Oval House Theatre
http://www.ovalhouse.com/cn/theatre/writersgroup.php

Arcola
http://www.arcolatheatre.com/?cmsId=63&page=Arcola%20Writers%20Group

Warehouse Theatre
http://www.warehousetheatre.co.uk/warehousewriters.html

Total Theatre Network is the UK’s lead body for physical and visual performance. The artform includes clown and other circus performance, dance theatre, mask, mime, puppetry, and street theatre.

In celebrating and promoting physical and visual performance, Total Theatre Network:
- provides information and access to the sector,
- develops audiences for the sector,
- provides and encourages personal and professional development within the sector.

The Total Theatre web site provides information for artists, venues, students, funders, arts practitioners, educators, trainers, promoters and anyone with an interest in physical and visual performance.

As a subscriber to Total Theatre Network, you can enter your details onto the database, post information onto the noticeboard and listings and renew and pay your subscription online (available from January 2005). As a non subscriber you can access information from the database and view the noticeboard and listings.

Total Theatre Network
The Power Station
Coronet Street
London
N1 6HD
Phone: 020 7729 7944
Fax: 020 7729 7945
becca@totaltheatre.org.uk
www.totaltheatre.org.uk

A placement as assistant to an experienced tutor on one or more workshops for up to a year. Trainees join in the workshops, act as assistants to the workshop leader and are able to take responsibility for parts of the workshop when they and the workshop leader feel ready. Trainees encouraged to attend Morley College courses for Workshop leaders. Support and mentoring offered by workshop leader, Artistic Director and other staff. Depending on experience trainees some trainees are paid expenses, others receive a reduced fee. Most trainees are employed by us as Workshop leaders once we are satisfied that they are ready.

Target group; Artists in Drama, Musical Theatre, Singing, Steel Band and Dance: Ballet, Tap, Break, Jazz - college leavers with no work experience.
Accreditation; Possible to attend Morley College LOCN (London Open College Network) course in community dance/drama leadership
Dates / times; Ongoing, mainly after school, but some school based work.

Karl Bevis, Education Projects Co-ordinator
Magic Eye Theatre, Havil Street, London SE5 7SD

Phone: 020 7708 5401
Fax: 020 7701 5211
npv-arts@easynet.co.uk

TransitionTradition provides work experience, training and networking opportunities for students, graduates and new professionals entering the creative industries. Through their online publication they showcase creativity emerging from academic institutions nationwide.

TransitionTradition work both with Higher Education institutions and individuals to improve the potentially isolating transition period between study and working practice.

sam@transitiontradition.com
www.transitiontradition.com

Trinity Laban is the higher education institution formed by the merger of Trinity College of Music and Laban, the leading European school for contemporary dance. These two colleges are at the cutting edge of their art forms and offer expert educational provision and support to students and bring opportunities for collaboration within the natural partnership of music and dance.

Trinity
Trinity has a student-centred approach which enables performers to focus on the individual improvisation process whilst benefiting from the expert tuition of a faculty of professorial staff comprising many of the most renowned jazz instrumentalists and vocalists in the UK.

Laban
Laban offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses, diplomas and certificates in dance theatre, scenography, dance science and an understanding of the rich and varied field of dance.

See www.trinitylaban.ac.uk for more information.

Trinity Laban, King Charles Court, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London. SE10 9JF
Phone: 020 8305 4444
info@trinitylaban.ac.uk
www.trinitylaban.ac.uk

UKP-Arts is dedicated to providing essential, reliable, comprehensive and unbiased information for anyone interested in pursuing training and careers in the UK performance industry.

Launched in 2004 as the electronic version of the Guide to Performing Arts, UKP-Arts carries regularly updated performing arts advice and a unique searchable course database of UK-based performing arts courses.

The Prince Partnership, The Depot, 3 Catharine Street, Cambridge, CB1 3AW
Phone: 01223 570380
info@princepartners.co.uk
www.ukperformingarts.co.uk

Live Art and Performance Publishing and Distribution.

Unbound is an online shop for books, dvds and limited edition artworks.

Unbound specialises in publications and artefacts related to groundbreaking and risk-taking contemporary art practices.

You will find the essential reading on all things live: from experimental theatre to body art, from the history of performance art to performance theory, from digital performance to art activism.

Unbound is a Live Art Development Agency initiative.

Unbound
Live Art Development Agency
Rochelle School
Arnold Circus
London
E2 7ES
sales@thisisunbound.co.uk
www.thisisUnbound.co.uk

We design and deliver unique arts initiatives and services that address the issues for Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME), Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) and other marginalized people.

Our arts projects, training initiatives and services help raise awareness of issues related to cultural identity, ethnicity, sexual health, HIV/AIDS and human rights. We work locally (London), nationally (UK) and internationally. Our gaywise initiatives are aimed at Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) communities and include:

gaywise arts workshops enable LGBT people to gain artistic skills and allow to create art works in a safe creative environment
drop-in sessions providing a social meeting space offering access to information and additional services
management of Haringey LGBT Network meetings and initiatives.

Wise Thoughts works strategically with statutory and voluntary agencies and continues to co-ordinate events for LGBT History Month and World AIDS Day in North London.

Please visit our website for more information including an e-forum.

Wise Thoughts
2nd Floor,
Wood Green Central Library,
High Road
Wood Green
London N22 6XD

Phone: 020 8889 9555
info@wisethoughts.org
www.wisethoughts.org

writernet provides writers for all forms of live and recorded performance - working at any stage in their career, and in diverse contexts - with a range of services which enable them to pursue their careers better.

writernet's mission is to give dramatic writers the tools they need to build better careers, and redefine the culture in which they work ...

connecting dramatic writers to the industry and to each other, through a network
using the internet to support dramatic writers and those who work with them
providing a safety net...

The writernet knowledge base contains guides, reports and over 150 articles relating to new writing, many of which can be downloaded for free. See http://www.writernet.co.uk/knowledge_base.phtml

www.writernet.co.uk

YaD Arts is an arts consultancy and event production house.

YaD Arts was established by Josephine Burton and Jonathan Walton in 1999, since which time it has been organising and promoting arts events across the UK and around the world:

-we programme and produce live music, dance, visual and performance art, films, educational events, and festivals both in-house and on behalf of clients

-we provide marketing know-how and brand development

-we represent artists and musicians for festivals and public or private events

-we offer strategic arts advice and project management expertise

YaD Arts
Unit 1, Toynbee Studios
28 Commercial St
London E1 6AB
Phone: 0207 377 6606
info@yadarts.com
www.yadarts.com

Actionwork provides a variety of anti-bullying programmes throughout the UK and abroad, using creative action methods such as role-play, video, storytelling, movement, imagery and games. In addition to running workshops and producing shows, Actionwork makes professional quality digital films with young people on a variety of subjects, including bullying.

Actionwork runs a range of training courses for arts practitioners, such as:
- Introduction to Theatre in Education, Action Methods and Creative Interactive Techniques. This workshop provides participants with basic theory and practical techniques to use in a variety of Group work situations.
- Action, Bodywork and Prejudice. This two-day workshop is for participants who wish to gain experience in using various creative activities to explore and challenge oppression, prejudice and racism.
- Games, Fun and Play. This two-day workshop is for those people that want more experience of using games in their work, whether this be to explore feelings, challenge stereotypes, find new ways of learning or just to have a lot of fun.

Andy Hickson, Director
Actionwork, The Sycamores, Celtic Way, Bleadon, Somerset BS24 0NF
Phone: 01934 815 163
admin@actionwork.com
www.actionwork.com