PROSPECTUS ppa2021 CONTENTS

VIRTUAL OPEN DAY PPA PLACE TO BE SUPPORT ACCESS BUILDING FACILITIES ACCOMODATION ACTING FOR STAGE & SCREEN ONE YEAR INTENSIVE MUSICAL THEATRE ONE YEAR INTENSIVE ACTING PERFORMANCE (LEVEL 6 TOP-UP) THE TEAM PATRONS & MENTORS AGENCY SUCCESSES FAQS CONTACT

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Performance Preparation Academy has quickly become recognised as one of the UK’s leading institutes for exceptional performing arts training, with a strong emphasis made on employability and the needs of the profession delivered in a nurturing and supportive environment. Located in the heart of ’s vibrant town centre in state-of-the-art facilities, PPA’s courses in both “ Musical Theatre and Acting for Stage and Screen offer a challenging, life affirming and inspirational vocational theatre training, where all students are valued as an individual and trained by a dedicated teaching faculty of highly experienced industry professionals. Celebrating its 10th Anniversary throughout 2018, PPA’s alumni have already made their mark within the entertainment world with numerous West End, UK & International Tours, Film & TV appearances to date.

Louise Pieri CEO Creative Director

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PASTORAL CARE Drama school training can be demanding and, in response to this, the college has developed a network of support to help with any academic and personal pressures. PPA is signed up to the Mental Health Charter #Time4Change. All students receive our Mental Health Handbook at the start of their training and counselling support is offered to all students

DYSLEXIA/DYSPRAXIA & OTHER LEARNING DIFFICULTIES At PPA we take your welfare and SEND requirements very seriously. We recognise the difficulties and challenges you might face and want to reassure you that we have support measures in place to keep you safe and secure without feeling judged or smothered.

Before arriving to study we have an online form that you can fill in to advise us of any special educational needs. This form is sent directly to our Welfare team who will then contact you to discuss what support we can offer. If you are entitled to the ” Disability Student Allowance ( DSA ) we have our own recommended assessment centre- ‘Access’ who will be able to guide you through the process. Please see attached information.

Once you arrive at PPA we have a designated Welfare and Disability Officer who will meet you within your induction week and look at creating a suitable inclusion plan with reasonable adjustments if necessary. This information is kept entirely confidential and only disseminated to the appropriate staff. The Welfare and Disability Officer is available throughout the year to meet for half-hour sessions, however often you like, to talk about any issues you have regarding your studies.

GRADUATE SUPPORT Once a student has graduated from PPA, the support doesn’t end there! We provide students with last minute coaching sessions, studio rehearsal space, advice on agents and contracts and generally anything they may need to help their transition into being a professional performer as smooth as possible. ACCESS

ACCESS AND PARTICIPATION PPA encourages applications from students whose backgrounds are underrepresented in vocational and higher education in theatre training. We value the diversity of cultures and we believe all cultures should be explored in theatre education. We are committed to ensuring there are no barriers to deter talented students from applying for courses at PPA. To encourage applications from underrepresented groups, and to enable students of all backgrounds to take up their place, we support with the following:

AUDITION FEE WAIVER Students can receive a free audition for any of our courses. To be eligible you must satisfy all of the essential criteria, and at least one of the additional criteria. You can view the criteria and more information on our site under “About us” and “Outreach”

SCHOLARSHIPS A number of scholarships will be available each year to successful applicants from underprivileged and underrepresented backgrounds, assessed on both talent and financial need. For more information on how to apply please email [email protected]

Once you start at PPA, our Equality and Diversity Officer is on hand to offer any support or guidence during your time here. Apply now- ppacademy.co.uk 6 BUILDING

PPA has moved to a new building. This building is based within walking distance of our previous locations. We have moved from two buildings across 12,000 ft2 to one building with over 30,000 ft2 of bespoke design with state-of-the-art, purpose built facilities.

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• An average monthly in Guildford can range from £450 - £550 per month

• Council tax is exempt for students for the period of time they are on their course

• Students usually set up a Our admissions team will assist students, wanting to relocate during their studies, once their place house account which they has been formally accepted. The college has great relationships with landlords and estate agents in pay approximately £40 Guildford and a good selection of houses, ensuring the accommodation process is as stress-free as each per month into to possible. For many students, this will be the first time living away from home – so we give as much cover utility bills support as we can.

• Depending on which UNIVERSAL CREDIT estate agency the house Any new claimant now has to apply for Universal Credit for assistance with their rent costs. is let through, the charges Students can still apply for Universal Credit in the same way. Please see the GOV website below varies for contract fees, regarding this. guarantor checks and www.gov.uk/apply-universal-credit tenancy agreements www.gov.uk/guidance/universal-credit-and-students

• Typically, one month’s rent The following courses offered by PPA are eligible for Universal Credit: in advance and a six-week One-Year Intensive Acting deposit is usually taken at One-Year Intensive Musical Theatre the start of the tenancy, Please note that PPA is not responsible in any way for Universal Credit and any changes to the system which is split between the that authorises this benefit. students/guarantors

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SINGING DANCE ACTING & VOICE PERFORMANCE CRITICAL PERFORMER

BA (HONS) PERFORMANCE IN MUSICAL THEATRE 3 YEAR DIPLOMA IN PROFESSIONAL MUSICAL THEATRE

Performance Preparation Academy is a warm and lively community of performers, industry practitioners and facilitators.

We champion a safe and supportive working environment, promoting a strong ensemble ethic shared by our staff and students.

Our students enjoy long lasting personal and professional relationships formed whilst closely exploring a wide range of learning experiences, rehearsal-based projects and public performances.

We are dedicated to individual development, and a team of passionate teachers deliver a rigorous and innovative training programme, designed to prepare graduates for the Musical Theatre industry as a triple threat performer.

Reflection on professional practice is an empowering aspect of the student experience, and in the third year there is the option of a reflective journal or a practical research project.

In addition, there is the possibility of access to the PPA Agency, which has enviable industry links and may promote graduates into the world of Musical Theatre with access to agents, casting directors and potential employers. Where possible, we encourage students to develop industry links via public performances, auditions, work-based learning opportunities, and the Showcase in London’s West End.

BA (Hons) Performance in Musical Theatre is validated by De Montfort University. To apply for this course you will need to have 96 UCAS points (New Tariff) and be over the age of 18 years old by 01/09/2021.

You MUST apply for this course through both our Audition System on our website and also through UCAS.

University Code: D26 Musical Theatre Course Code: W312

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ACTING ACTING & MOVEMENT PROJECT THE CRITICAL ACTOR PPA AWARD

BA (HONS) ACTING FOR STAGE & SCREEN

The BA (Hons) in Acting for Stage and Screen will give you fundamental skills that are necessary to become a professional actor.

You will develop your voice and body, exploring identity and learning how to assume a physicality that is sustainable and safe to endure for industry length production runs. You will learn how to be free on stage and on screen, to be released and in the moment. You will learn how to approach a script to unlock it, to find the meaning within it to unpack it and to share it with an audience to unleash it. You will learn how to research, to explore, and to share your ideas clearly and concisely. You will learn the skills to tell stories, bravely and truthfully.

With an importance of self-reflection and by using an inclusive practise of exploring self and cultural identities, you will experience a contemporary approach to actor training. A training built on taking individual creative risks to build your personal journey into the performance industry. What is performance? How do we create it? Who writes, tells and is missing from the stories? How does the performer remain a vibrant force in the 21st century? How can we use ideas and questions raised by theatre, screen and performance to make sense of human engagement across the world? Using an energy encompassing intensity, passion and commitment, what can you bring to your training?

Your three years at PPA will serve you for the rest of your life. They will be demanding and will ask you to challenge yourself, but they will also be massively exciting and rewarding too. A highly qualified and vibrant faculty, all of whom have worked at the highest professional level, will teach you during your training.

The BA (Hons) Acting for Stage & Screen is validated by De Montfort University. To apply for this course you will need to have 96 UCAS points (New Tariff) and be over the age of 18 years old by 01/09/2021.

Please apply through UCAS by 15th January and through the college website.

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We will be getting to know you and your skills as a performer.

Most of your classes will be technique based to ensure you are laying the correct foundations across all disciplines. You will be streamed in some classes to allow that development to be assessed correctly. We will be researching and collating the most up to date information on all relevant courses available to you, including what is required from you at the audition point, and this will follow through in your other classes to begin to prepare you for them in the coming terms. As a year group you will be working closely together to undertake tasks and develop as a performer creatively and intellectually.

AUTUMN TERM This course, designed over three intensive terms, is highly vocational and is constructed to help each student achieve their potential in all three disciplines – Acting, Singing and Dance. In doing so it will give you the tools to continue your training in a three year degree or diploma course, eventually leading to a career in the performing arts industry. We will help you discover where your strengths and weaknesses lie, what courses and colleges best suit you and your goals as a performer beyond training.

SPRING TERM We will continue with your technique classes but the emphasis will shift to specific repertoire for the audition season, where you will work closely with your course leader and other members of staff to ensure you are fully prepared and are choosing the correct material to excel in each and every audition.

SUMMER TERM Alongside your continued classes, we will prepare for your showcase. This will be a performance in our resident theatre – The Eve Lyons Studio Theatre for your friends and family. The show will include material suited to you as individuals and as a group. We then will see you graduate and move on to your preferred places of study, wherever they may be, with the skills and knowledge you have learnt in this intensive years course that will carry you through to your next stage of training and into the industry.

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This course is designed to enable students to achieve their potential as an actor at the start of their journey.

In doing so it will give you the tools to continue your training in a three year degree or diploma course in the future. The students will be introduced to and explore a range of methods and techniques that will free the actor’s imagination, voice and physicality.

AUTUMN TERM In the first term you will work through and explore drama schools and their performance courses. You will look at each courses requirements, audition processes and course structures. This will enable you to make clear and concise choices as to which drama schools would be right for you and most likely successfully navigate the audition process. Through classical text classes, acting technique classes and presentation classes you will ultimately find and bring to a performance level, at least, 3 classical and three modern monologues which you will be able to use in drama school auditions. You will be given guidance in audition technique, casting and which monologues are suitable. You will also have classes in voice, improvisation, actors movement, actor’s dance, acting skills and physical skills. All of these disciplines are designed to free you as an actor physically and vocally and help to create a more holistic approach to your acting.

SPRING TERM This will ultimately be you audition term, so the focus will be on making sure each student is completely prepared for each of their auditions. Classes will continue in voice, acting technique, actor’s movement and audition technique. However the focus on audition techniques will switch to looking forward towards students second or even third round auditions. Looking at group audition techniques, confidence, and your mental and physical stamina in later rounds of auditions, which can last up to two days.

SUMMER TERM Alongside your continued classes, we will prepare for your showcase. This will be a performance in our resident theatre – The Eve Lyons Studio Theatre for your friends and family. This could be a selection of devised work including monologues, duologues/ songs and physical movement set to a theme or a published play. We will then see you graduate and move on to your preferred places of study, wherever they may be, with the skills and knowledge you have learnt in this intensive years course that will carry you through to your next stage of training and into the industry.

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Students on this course will be able to work remotely and fit this course into their day-to-day life.

Module 1

Pioneers of Performance (20 credits)

Online tutor-led sessions will orientate students to the innovations and practices of key figures in dance, drama and musical theatre. Students will have the opportunity to interrogate the relationship between the practitioners’ concepts and their practical application in performance-making.

Module 2

Professional Development Portfolio (40 credits)

This module spans the entire year and requires the student to select an area of interest within the performance industry and to evaluate its current practices and challenges. Students will reflect upon their own professional development and to situate themselves within the wider debates within their chosen field.

Module 3

Theories of Performance (20 credits)

Online tutor-led sessions will explore key theories which inform and influence contemporary creative practice. Students will have the opportunity to consider the differing ‘critical lenses’ through theatre is created, produced and received.

Module 4

Dissertation (40 credits)

Tutor-led sessions will orient students in research methods, skills in writing and refining ideas, and the process of crafting a dissertation. Students will then select a topic to explore and research. Students will be assigned a supervisor who will offer tutorial support during the writing process.

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ADMINISTRATION & MANAGEMENT COURSE LEADERS

CEO Creative Director Louise Pieri Course Leader in Musical Theatre Nick Charters

COO Business Director Costa Pieri Course Leader in Acting for Stage & Screen Mitchell Hunt

Principal Andrea Lowde Course Leader Intensive Musical Theatre/Acting Lucy Stewart

Admissions Officer TBC Course Leader Performance (Top-Up) Tony Chapman-Wilson

Creative Co-ordinator/Agent Adam Braham Academic Leader/Link Tutor to DMU Dr Valerie Kaneko-Lucas

College Manager Cathleen Limerick

Welfare Officer Oonagh Murphy TUTORS Dance Matt Malthouse, Sarah Day, Honor O’Neill, Kasper Cornish, Equality and Diversity Officer Ryan Reid George Hinson, Kayleigh Thadani, Tara Choudrie, Dollie Henry, Resources Administrator Mark Woolgar Vanessa Fisher, Jabari Braham, Charlotte Gooch, Rebecca Herzenhorn, Shiv Rabheru, Chloe Weeden. Social & Digital Media Assistant TBC Singing/Musical Theatre James McConville, Nick Charters, Graduate Liaison & Agent Assistant Estelle Lambert Charlie Clay, Lucy Stewart, Carla Collins, Viki Calver, Sue Appleby, Anthony Barnett, Virginia Angus, Jennifer Scott-Malden, Joel Accounts Manager Victoria Michael Gatehouse.

Physical Theatre Joel Gatehouse, Lisa Connell, Nicole Ribet

Acting Mitchell Hunt, Sarah Ford, Rob Ostlere, Jennifer Scott- Malden, Lucy Stewart, Joel Gatehouse, Nicole Ribet, Sophie Russel, Jan Knightley, Anthony Barnett, Lisa Connell.

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PPA have four excellent patrons in , Kerry Ellis, Hadley Fraser and Steven Hartley. All have an active involvement within the college, alongside our mentoring programme with leading industry professionals.

Bonnie Langford Hadley Fraser Kerry Ellis Steven Hartley Bonnie has packed a wealth of West End credits include: Kerry Ellis is best known for her Steven Hartley is one of the best experience into her outstanding Dr Frankenstein in Young starring roles in London’s West known faces on TV in the UK. career which has embraced Frankensteing (Garrick), Javert in End and on Broadway, she has Over the last 20 years he has success in theatre, television, film Les Misérables (Queen’s), Ash in also achieved chart-topping become Internationally known and radio in both Britain and The Far Pavilions (Shaftesbury), success as a recording artist for his television, film and theatre America. On London’s West End El Gallo in The Fantasticks signed to Universal Decca with work. In addition to having played stage, she has starred in a further (Duchess), Frederic in The Pirates her debut album . countless leading roles on Britsh five smash hit musicals. Past of Penzance (Savoy), Curly in Kerry has starred as Elphaba in TV, he has appeared in diverse productions include – (New Peter Pan (Savoy) and Marius the West End and Broadway and acclaimed theatre and film London Theatre - original London in Les Misérables (Palace). In productions of the musical in the UK and US. Steven also cast); The Pirates Of Penzance 2007 he made his Broadway ‘’, Fantine in the West End has one of the most recognisable (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and debut as Tiernan in Boublil and production of ‘Les Miserables’ voices in the UK today. ); the title Schonberg’s The Pirate Queen and Meat in the original London role in Peter Pan - The Musical (Hilton). production of ‘’. (Aldwych Theatre); Me And My Girl (Adelphi Theatre); and her much acclaimed portrayal of MENTORS- Every student who attends our 3 year Acting or Musical Theatre courses has the honour of working ‘Charity’ in (Victoria with their own professional mentor. They will be visited for workshops and guidance, then in their third year will Palace Theatre). be given help to gain an agent and launch their working careers.

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The PPA Agency Ltd is the in-house Agency that represents PPA students and graduates, and is overseen by Head Agent & Industry Liaison Adam Braham.

Students will receive automatic representation through the PPA Agency when they enter their second year of training. The agency plays a large part in educating the students on this area of the industry and how it works. If the opportunity arrises for students to take part in pantomime, then this happens from their second year.

Upon entering third year the students work on headshots, stage names, introductions to Equity and Spotlight, and mock auditions.

Our 3 Year Performance in Musical Theatre and Acting for Stage & Screen Diploma & Degree students are represented by the Agency until the London Showcase when they are allowed to sign with external agents. For more information on the agency roster please contact Adam on [email protected] or call 01483 459 080.

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PPA Graduates go on to have long and successful careers across all mediums within the entertainment industry, including West End, UK and International Tours, TV and Film and leading Cruise contracts. We are proud to nurture hardworking, dedicated and committed triple-threat performers with a broad skill-set and friendly disposition. Some alumni success stories include:

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WHY IS THE COLLEGE SO ‘UNIQUE’? PPA is a small family orientated college with an emphasis on pastoral care and individuality. Our 3 Year acting courses, musical theatre training and drama school training courses are traditionally based within an acting conservatoire or university drama department. The acting and musical training courses at PPA are the sole purpose of the college itself – Performance Preparation Academy. We have the additional advantage of our students being enriched by constant course updates, industry professionals working on the courses, hands on patrons, and the most up to date training that can be offered. This not only enriches the day-to-day work within the college, but encourages a lively correlation between the two arts – Acting and Musical Theatre. Perhaps, more importantly this ‘mix’ of skills allow students to appreciate each other’s gifts and so develops a working relationship that can easily be developed beyond the bounds of college life.

WHAT COURSES DO YOU RUN AND WHAT QUALIFICATIONS ARE OFFERED? 3 Year BA (Hons) Performance in Musical Theatre 3 Year Professional Diploma in Musical Theatre 3 Year BA (Hons) Acting for Stage & Screen

1 year BA (Hons) Performance (Level 6 Top-Up) Online 1 Year Intensive in Musical Theatre 1 Year Intensive in Acting

Teaching Qualification in Theatre Arts

WHEN DO THE AUDITIONS START? We begin auditioning in December for courses beginning the following September. We continue to audition regularly throughout the year until August

WHAT DOES A DAILY TIMETABLE LOOK LIKE? MUSICAL THEATRE COURSES We concentrate an even third on all disciplines – acting, singing and dance. A typical day would consist of dance in the morning and acting and singing in the afternoon. Students do an average of 7 hours per day.

ACTING FOR STAGE AND SCREEN The acting for stage and screen course follows the same framework as the musical theatre replacing dance and singing with more in depth classes of voice, physical theatre and acting projects etc Apply now- ppacademy.co.uk 24 APPLY NOW

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