The performing arts industry requires all-round competent and adept young performers. Stage Express has been created to help performing arts students meet this demand. Even if the student has no aspiration to become a professional performer, the skills learned from “doing it properly” will last a lifetime.

Structured around defined key skills, the lessons are planned so that each discipline of singing, acting and choreographed movement, is delivered with additional training in essential stagecraft skills. Our National Curriculum-linked syllabus is backed by the Trinity Guildhall College of London requirements. We deliver best practice technique training, industry respected qualifications and full-scale performances.

We aim to provide the all-round experience of technique training, industry respected exams, and professional standard performances.

Structure

There are three terms per year shadowing the normal weekday schools though without a half-term break. All terms include technique training and opportunities to perform however; each term has a particular focus:

Term 1 – Technique Training
Term 2 – Examinations
Term 3 – Full Scale Production

Weekly 4-hour long sessions include a 60-minute teaching period in each of singing, acting and choreographed movement a 20-minute break, and a 30-minute workshop session. The remaining 10 minutes is taken up by registration/notices etc.

Qualifications

Trinity Guildhall group musical theatre exams are taken by all main school students.

• Exams are based on groups of up to 10 but are presented with individual certificates
• Groups present a timed presentation which includes acting, singing and choreographed movement

Why should students take exams?

For the students...
The students acquire a sense of achievement, and grow their confidence. They also learn the discipline of bringing a piece of work up to examination standard.

For the Parents…
Taking higher grade exams each year demonstrates the improvement and progression of their children.

For the Teachers…
Examinations by an external body validates and maintains the quality of our teaching. The calibre and quality of our work has been commended by The Trinity Guildhall board.

Workshop

The workshop session covers general topics such as audition technique, stage/performance skills, sound/microphones awareness etc. Visiting professionals provide master classes on topics such as TV or classical acting, comedy, rhythm, song interpretation etc. This time is also used as a casting session for visiting casting directors/agents.

Performance

Stage Express students perform in front of classmates, in front of the whole school and in front of whole theatre audiences.

Stage Express holds a full-scale annual show including all of the students with costumes, lighting and sound.

Stage Express also holds an end of term presentation in the autumn for each individual school.

The aim of the live performances is to bring together everything that the students have learnt in order to perfect a piece of work to performance standard.

Stage Express aims to offer as professional experience as possible, this includes live performance in  a theatrical space including:

• A professionally staged production
• Costumes and props
• Professional lighting and sound, including the use of body microphones

Some examples of previous shows include:

• Grease
• Wicked
• Romeo and Juliet
• The Wizard of Oz
• Bugsy Malone
• Les Miserables
• Little shop of horrors

 

t: 01942 239030
e: enquiries@stageexpress.co.uk

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