Hairspray

We were thrilled to invite a member of the UK tour of Hairspray, Vinny Coyle, to run a 3 hour workshop with all students at Bath Theatre School.

Vinny taught the children about vocal, dance and acting technique whilst also giving them an up to date taste of life as a professional performer.

The children were put through their passes with ‘You Can’t Stop the Beat’ from Hairspray and a dance routine from High School Musical which Vinny performed at Disneyland Paris.

Children were also given the chance to ask questions about Hairspray and Vinny’s experience of playing Bugsy Malone in the West End, winning the Rising Stars talent competition in recent months and his involvement with National Youth Theatre.

The full Hairspray master class photo gallery can be found here.

Wicked

We were pleased to arrange for a member of the Wicked West End cast, Jennifer Tierney, to run two workshops for our students at Bath Theatre School.

Jennifer, whose theatre credits include the understudy for the lead in ‘Wicked’ (Elphaba), and international productions of ‘Mamma Mia’, and ‘Chess’, taught the children a routine which was performed to one of Wicked’s well known songs, ‘One Short Day’.

We were thrilled Jennifer was able to come and share her wealth of experience from the theatre and music industry with our students. Days such as this are a corner stone to our syllabus, offering all our children unique,educational and memorable experiences, which incentivise their passion and interest in musical theatre, whilst also representing a reward for all their hard work during the academic year.

The full Wicked master class photo gallery can be found here.

Annie Get Your Gun

After a busy UK tour with Jason Donovan we welcomed Flo Fields to run workshops for our students.

Flo warmed up children with a Wild West themed theatre games and taught children songs and dance routines from the show, including one of the shows best known tunes, ‘There’s No Business Like Show Business’. Flo also held a question and answer session.

We were really pleased that Flo was able to spare time in her busy schedule to come and share her experience of growing up in Bath, successfully auditioning to get into Arts Ed drama school and going on to secure her place in the Annie Get Your Gun cast.

The full Annie Get Your Gun master class photo gallery can be found here.

Recording Studio

Students performed and recorded the Bath theatre school anthem ‘Sing Out’ which was written by the school’s Singing Director and Co-Founder Adrian Millard. Adrian has a considerable pedigree in musical theatre, having previously written and staged 2 full musicals. One of which, ‘Frame by Frame’, reached the last 5 for the national Vivian Ellis Awards, which is billed as Britain’s premiere prize to showcase the talents of new composers, lyricists and librettists.

When recording the song at the professional Shockerwick Studios in Bath, the children had the opportunity to step into the shoes of a recording artist and learn the skills and techniques of recording in a studio. The unique fundraising idea also caught the attention of the BBC Children in Need campaign, who helped arrange a special treat for the new-found recording artists, with an official visit from Pudsey Bear, who came to thank the children for all the their hard work and support.

The full photo gallery for the recording studio experience, from the final preparations, recording session itself and even Pudsey Bear’s surprise arrival, can be found  here.