When and where will the audition take place?
Auditions for Autumn Term 2010 will take place at OPEN, 20 Bank Plain, Norwich Norfolk NR2 4SF on Thursday 9th September from 5.30-6.30pm (8-12 yrs) and from 7.30-8.30pm (13 - 18 yrs).
Auditions are free of charge.
Please compete the application form on this website or email/phone to book a place.
When and where do you meet?
Thursday evenings in term time (inc half term) at:
OPEN
20 Bank Plain
Norwich
Norfolk
NR2 4SF
Autumn Term will run from Thursday 9th September to Thursday 9th December (inc half term)
Juniors (8-12yrs) meet from 5.30-7.30 and Seniors (13-18yrs) from 7.30-9.30pm
What are the term fees and what is included?
£195 per term (inc VAT) payable on the first day of term
- Weekly stage and screen acting skills classes taken by professional, trained and experienced actors
- Regional Showcase and Festival performances and productions
- Automatic membership of the Young Actors Film/Television Agency.
- Your very own detailed web page on the Young Actors (password protected) website, which will include:
- Autumn Term: Photographs taken by a professional London photographer
- Spring Term: Voice clips prepared and recorded
- Summer Term: Individual showreels prepared and filmed
- Individual CV's prepared and up-dated throughout the year
What happens in the audition?
The Young Actors Company only works with auditioned children and young people. The audition runs for one or two hours and is designed to make you feel safe, at ease and confident. There will be some games/warm-up exercises, some improvisation and maybe some very simple text work (all in groups). We are aware that some talented children have difficulty reading from the page and any text can be easily improvised if necessary.
Most children we see have never auditioned before, so if all this is new to you – you will be amongst friends!
There is no preparation required - just come armed with lots of energy and no inhibitions!
Tell me a brief history of The Young Actors Company?
We have been coaching children and young people in acting skills for over 30 years! Only trained, skilled and experienced actors are employed as leaders and our focus is 100% on acting.
We are based in Cambridge UK and hold classes all day Saturdays, all day Sundays and every weekday evening except Fridays.
We also have branches in Birmingham, Colchester, Leicester, Nottingham, Norwich and Peterborough.
There are currently over 500 Young Actors on our books.
It is a strict condition of our company that all members must audition.
What will you do every Saturday?
Strangely, it’s what we don’t do that’s relevant to this question!
We don’t do singing, dancing, assessments, exams, uniforms of any description, have big class numbers, and (because we strictly audition) no wide mixed ability classes – oh and our leaders are certainly not called “sir” or “miss”!
What we do is work with talented and dedicated young actors (the audition system helps ensure this very healthy combination) in a safe and friendly environment. We focus only on acting skills and encourage our students to take dramatic risks, be prepared to make mistakes and be receptive to options and ideas.
What is the Film/TV Casting Agency all about?
Our mission statement is to offer all our young actors as broad a range of dramatic experiences as possible, so that if, as and when they consider Drama School – they are in a much better position to make the decision that’s right for them.
Film and Television work is part of this experience, but it is just that – part of the acting experience. We are not a “standalone” Agency and our main focus is on the acting skills workshops that take place every week.
That said, Young Actors have been seen on Cinema and TV screens in big numbers and recent productions include:-
EastEnders, Spooks, The Hustle, Silent Witness, Waking the Dead, Casualty, Dead Ringers, The Boy iin the Striped Pyjamas, Creation, The Wolfman and Holby City.
Alumni include:-
- Himesh Patel (Tamwar in EastEnders BBC)
- Luke Ward-Wilkinson (Evan in Wild at Heart ITV & Simon in Beautiful People BBC)
- Leanne Jones (Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray - Shaftsbury Theatre. Winner of the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical 2008)
Thanks for taking the time to check out our website - we look forward to seeing you at our next audition!