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West End Training
Now in 8 locations around the UK
Our associate programmes are designed to run alongside your usual weekly classes and lessons as a way to enhance your Musical Theatre training.
No travelling to London, no booking trains or hotels, no stress.
Work with the absolute best in the business for just £10 per hour
Our West End Training Programme is designed for aspiring young performers between the ages of 8-19 who either want to pursue a career in the Musical Theatre, or have a great passion for the Arts. Our programme is designed to enhance their Musical Theatre training alongside their current Dance/ Theatre Schools.
Our mission is to provide accessible and affordable training to locations around the UK without the need to travel to London. No expensive travel, no booking hotels or trains, no packing or travel stress.
We are NOT looking for ready-made-performers. We are looking for students with potential and a passion for Musical Theatre who want to work hard and learn from the best in the business.
The Programme
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The programme takes place on one Sunday of every month (excluding august) for each location.
This is to limit missed sessions due to clashes and so students can go about their usual weekly training.
We also provide the entire year of dates in advance so you can book them into your calendars early!
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There’s 11 sessions throughout the year (one per month excluding August) and each session lasts 4 hours.
Usually, students will have 2 separate workshops with 2 different tutors within this time. However, students will also occasionally work on one piece of theatre as a whole in this time.
This totals 44 hours of Musical Theatre training which works out at just £10 per hour!
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Students will Act, Sing and Dance within our programme. We try and split these disciplines as evenly as we can across the year to help them hone in on all their triple threat abilities.
Each session is also usually very different from the last so students can explore as many styles and genres as possible.
From the modern/commercial singing in “SIX” to the stylised Jazz in “West Side Story”… we cover it all!
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Workshops are ALWAYS taught by Musical Theatre professionals whether it be West End, Touring or even Broadway!
This includes West End leads, ensemble members, Musical Directors, choreographers and everything in between!
Our tutors are carefully selected to ensure the best possible learning experience for our students. Many teach at some of the top Musical Theatre colleges in the country helping train the next generation of performers.
Why us?
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Industry professionals
There’s nobody better to gain industry knowledge from than industry professionals. There are only a handful of people who get to work professionally in Musical Theatre and the ones who make it got there through their sheer determination and work ethic. By working with these professionals in a rehearsal style environment, you are not only learning professional show material, you are also acquiring the industry knowledge from real working professionals.
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Enhanced training
Our training programmes are specifically designed for young people aged 7-19 who either want to pursue a career in Musical Theatre or who have a great passion for it and want to expand their knowledge. Our companies are split into Juniors and Seniors to help us tailor the sessions and content more precisely and help students gain the relevant knowledge and skills they need.
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Build confidence
Our classes are not run in the same way as ‘normal’ dance/drama/singing classes. Students are taught in a rehearsal style environment and are expected to be respectful and professional for every guest tutor that comes in. Due to the rehearsal like nature of our workshops, this also means that students are encouraged to perform in a space where they feel safe and supported by both the tutor and their fellow students. This in turn helps build their confidence and therefor their performance ability.
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More than "triple threat"
The term “triple threat training” is thrown around a lot these days as a blanket statement. One of our biggest aims is to take this one step further. As we all know, Musical Theatre is now an incredibly broad genre. Each element of singing, acting and dancing in shows contains a multitude of styles. Musical Theatre is now incredibly vast, and we like to cover as many bases as we possibly can. This is why each of our sessions is different from the last.
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44 training hours
Each of our 11 sessions is 4 hours in length. This results in a total of 44 hours training over the course of the year working out at just £10 per hour!! With the price of practically everything except the air we breath increasing exponentially, we do our best to keep our training affordable. Which is why our programme works out cheaper than most regular classes/lessons.
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Make new friends
The joy of a programme like ours is that we get people travelling from all the surrounding areas. This means students get the opportunity to meet new people who share the same passion they do for Musical Theatre. It’s a fresh new space for them to bond with other students outside of their usual friendship groups at their weekly classes. This helps children build their social skills and confidence in a fresh, new environment.
Payment Options
Unfortunately, due to ever increasing travel, tutor and venue hire costs, we have had to raise our prices slightly going into the 24/25 educational year. This has resulted in a slight increase of £1 per hour*. This decision was made to ensure we maintain a high level of training with the best tutors possible.
*when paying annually or in 3 instalments
Annually - £440
Pay up front
Along with Pay-In-3, this is our most cost effective payment option working out at just £10 per hour.
Pay In 3 - £147 x 3
Split the cost over 3 interest free payments
Along with annual, this is our most cost effective payment option working out at just £10 per hour.
*OUR MOST POPULAR OPTION*
Monthly - £41.99 x 12
12 month contract
Our most flexible payment option allows you to split the cost of the programme over 12 months via Direct Debit under a 12 month contract.
Please note, this does work out more expensive in the long run due to the increased admin and payment charges to us.
Half Price Siblings.
We know it can be difficult having siblings with a passion for the Arts which is why a discount of 50% is applied to each additional sibling who auditions successfully.
This is not limited to just limited to 1 additional sibling. For example, if you have 3 children wanting to join our programme, you will only pay full price for 1 of them. The other two can become members at 50% discount each!
Price Lock.
In a world where everything is always increasing in price, we thought it was important to guarantee the same value as they day you signed up.
Once you are accepted onto the programme and secure your space, your price will be locked in. Your yearly/monthly payments will be guaranteed to stay the same for as long as you stay on the course.*
*The price lock is valid for as long as the Front & Centre West End Training programme continues within the same format*
If you have a question or require more info, please email auditions@front-centre.co.uk
