Brighton Drama school - Acting classes & courses - performing arts training

Patrons: Jonathan Altaras, Lionel Blair, Gaye Brown, Frank Finlay CBE, Nickolas Grace, Patricia Hodge, Charles Osborne, Elaine Paige OBE, Jeffrey Taylor, Ken Thompson.



Graduate Showcase 2010 London and Brighton. Please visit our Showcase page for details.

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The academy of creative training - Drama School Auditioning Now

    Drama School - The only Drama School on the South Coast offering a professional actor training. ACT consistently achieves a Graduate employment rate of 65%.

    We run on a non profit making basis so we can offer quality actor training at affordable rates. Our ethos is to provide access to professional Drama Training and acting classes for talented individuals who have been unable to follow traditional routes into the acting profession through lack of academic qualifications, financial restrictions or family responsibilities.

    Courses run during the evenings and weekends so that students can earn a living or maintain family commitments. Students must be 18+ to apply to the Diploma in Acting and 16+ for the Foundation in Acting and all other adult courses. There is no upper age limit.

    Two Year Diploma in Acting
    One Year Foundation in Acting





The ACT team is comprised of highly experienced, passionate and dedicated actors and directors. They bring their own current professional practice into the classroom, relish the opportunity to nurture new talent and are committed to creating a safe, supportive and inspiring creative environment. See Staff

The academy of creative training - short courses, Kids Theatre, studio hire & more

    Short Courses - ACT Offers a range of acting courses for all ages from beginner to advanced. See Courses.

    AKT Act Kids Theatre - Saturday classes in Drama and Acting for children and young people aged 8 to 17. All classes taught by our enthusiastic and industry experienced tutors who are all CRB checked. Classes take place in our professionally equipped studio spaces. See AKT

    Studio Hire - A friendly and well equipped rehearsal space for hire in central Brighton (Kemptown) & Hove (Church Road). Our spaces are suitable for a range of Dance and Drama activities as well as for meetings, teaching and training, Yoga, martial arts and youth groups. We can also offer desk or office space for artists or art based companies. See Hire

    Summer School 2010
    Children and Young People: from 26th July - 13th August 2010. Classes daily from 10am - 4pm.
    Adult Summer Programme: Three week long courses from 16th August - 3rd September 2010. Classes daily from 10am - 5pm with an evening performance on the final Friday. See Summer School 2010

    Brighton Theatre Collective - ACT's professional theatrical production house BCT aims to produce high quality theatre by Brighton practitioners in exciting new venues. See BTC

    Casting - We offer a bespoke service to meet your casting requirements from our pool of ACT professional actors/tutors, graduates and students. See Casting

    Audition Coaching - One to one coaching with one of our highly experienced acting tutors can be arranged via the school. We offer sessions in: Acting, Voice, Movement and Presentation Skills. See Acting Coaching



2 Year ATCL Diploma in Acting

The best and the brightest of Brighton's new acting talent


Our 2010 graduates have already acquired substantial stage and film experience and are an extremely diverse and highly castable group in terms of age, type and ethnicity.

The academy positively encourages students who have had considerable life experience, having already pursued other careers and life ambitions. Having rigorously applied themselves to their actor training; these graduate actors now bring humanity, depth and understanding to their performances.

We guarantee you an entertaining event with actors of potential and promise.

London: Thursday 8th July 1.00pm. Jermyn Street Theatre, London W1


Brighton: Friday 16th July 8.00pm. The Old Market, Hove

See our Showcase 2010 for further details and to book tickets.



Recent Shows

Please see our Production Archive for details of previous public productions, reviews, articles and cast lists.

Summer School 2010

Children and Young People:
26th July - 13th August.
3 one week courses
Monday to Friday 10am - 4pm.

Adult:
16th August - 3rd September 2010.
3 one week courses
Monday to Friday 10am - 5pm.

AKT Youth Win

AKT Youth Theatre have won 1st Place in 'Group Acted Scene' at this year's Springboard Brighton and Hove Youth Performing Arts Festival held at the Old Market in Hove. The group won with an extract from Fugee by Abi Morgan which they are performing in its entirety back at the Old Market on May 2nd & 3rd as part of the Brighton Fringe Festival 2010.