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YEAR 7+ Options

weekly PERFORMING ARTS TRAINING 

BEGINNER TO ELITE LEVELS OF TALENT

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WHYNPA?

From Year 7 to the age 19, you can apply to join a Northern Performance Academy Pre-Professional Training Company.

 

The Pre-Professional Programme offers industry insights and a diverse training that is challenging, inspirational and results-driven. We want you to succeed. We want you to experience putting your training into practice through an exciting range of opportunities to get in the spotlight, or on the big screen.

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At some point in the exploration of drama and musical theatre as a passionate hobby, it's time to reassess where you are, what you are really aiming for, and whether you are giving yourself the very best training and performance opportunities there are on offer in the area. From high school, where you train really matters, what you do now, starts to impact your future.

 

NPA isn't a franchise and it's not a hall-hire, pop-up 'school'. It's an outstanding, personal training programme with amazing, professional results.

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Are you being challenged and given the opportunities you need to really progress and reach your potential? Is the repertoire you are experiencing pushing you and inspiring you? Performing arts coaching is what NPA specialises in- we work hard to take your passion, talents and enthusiasm and turn it into results.

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This is it. It simply doesn't get better than this. The best facilities, the biggest private training school in the North, incredible teachers and expert coaches who really care, guest masterclasses, industry standard equipment, an unrivalled curriculum that will fully prepare you for life - and if you choose it, a creative career in the entertainment or creative industries.

 

NPA weekly classes hugely complement GCSE, BTEC or A-Level pathways and your results will be enhanced through your training at NPA. You will gain other industry-recognised qualifications through your weekly training here, which also attract UCAS points for university or dance/drama school applications. ​

WHATTo
EXPECT

Northern Performance Academy is a centre of excellence for training in the Performing Arts, which is fully Ofsted registered. We are a hub of creativity, with world-class studio facilities and proud to be firmly based in the North.

 

NPA training is practical, active and hands-on. You are constantly on your feet,  putting into practice the new skills or knowledge you are learning. You will follow an extra-curricular performing arts programme that leads to recognised, accredited qualifications and unrivalled opportunities to showcase your talents on film, radio and stage.

 

So, if you want to act, perform, improvise, devise, get creative, meet like-minded friends, be inspired and learn the skills needed to be a true professional - NPA is the place to make your ambitions and dreams a reality.

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You will choose your specialism - Musical Theatre or Extended Acting and enjoy putting on productions that range from large-scale theatre shows to in-house studio events, touring theatre, devising, performing brand new writing and of course, exploring the classics we all know and love.​

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NPA PRODUCTIONS offers audition-only, full-scale industry standard project, which is free to access for weekly class students.

WHo To EXPECT

The Northern Performance Academy experience at pre-professional level is overseen by the Artistic Director/ CEO and delivered by our exceptionally experienced hand-picked teaching team.

 

NPA is a training that only a professional state-of-the-art drama school can possibly deliver. The NPA Pre-Professionals Training Programme isn't easy or simple, there are no shortcuts to success and no false promises of stardom. If you are passionate, enthusiastic and ambitious to become the best, then we want to meet you and NPA is the only place to be.

 

Northern Performance Academy is a cutting-edge specialist training, a leading light, a beacon of best practice; it's challenging, it's professional and it's mature. It's also ridiculously fun!

 

So, if you are looking for that next step in your performing arts journey, then come and meet us What are you waiting for? Book an Open Day time slot, come and have a tour of the facilities, have a chat with a coach, book a free taster session. Don't hesitate to take this leap and join NPA. You won't regret it and you won't look back.

 

Let's create your future together.

PRIVATETUITION

  • Acting

  • Speech & Communication

  • Dance

  • Singing / Vocal Technique

  • Musical Theatre

  • Audition Preparation

  • Life Coaching

  • Career Coaching & Professional Guidance

We offer a number of private tuition options, from weekly singing lessons to corporate public speaking/presenting to LAMDA Acting exams and Drama School Intensive Audition Preparation Sessions.

 

Classes are held one to one/two. We teach both the LAMDA and Trinity Syllabus for examinations and we are a registered examination centre, so you can take exams in the comfort of your home studio.

TUITION FEES
£16 per 20 min class
£24 per 30 min class
£32 per 40 min class
£40 per 50 min class
£48 per 60 min class

BOOKINGS ARE FOR 5 or 10 WEEK BLOCKS.
PRIORITY FOR RE-BOOKING A WEEKLY REGULAR SLOT IS GIVEN TO CURRENT STUDENTS FIRST. MANY PUPILS HAVE PRIVATE LESSONS FOR YEARS AND PROGRESS THROUGH THEIR GRADES, SOME JUST TAKE A 5 WEEK BLOCK TO WORK ON A PARTICULAR SKILL FOCUS.

IF WE ARE FULL, YOU ARE WELCOME TO JOIN OUR WAIT LIST

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