Dance. Act. Sing. 2017/18 VISIT PROSPECTUS BRICTT.CO.UK A BRICTT INTRODUCTION CONTENTS I would like to congratulate you on finding yourself Work ethic: You need to be a person that people A BRICTT Introduction 2 at this point in your life, making the decision to want to work with and employ. This industry has Why Choose BRICTT? 4 invest in high-end performing arts training at a very tight network. Successful performers have BRICTT Life 6 the Brighton Institute for Contemporary Theatre the ability to read a room, know how to handle Why Brighton? 7 Training (BRICTT), with the vision of working themselves, how to be respectful, how to work hard Meet Your Industry Connections 8 as a professional. with no complaints and, most importantly, have no Meet Your Tutors and Visiting Faculty 14 ego. Stories, both good and bad, travel quickly and The BRICTT Trinity 18 Over the last 20 years, I’ve enjoyed a wonderful your reputation is built upon how hard you work to The Course 22 career in entertainment, on the West End stage, perfect your art and how professional you are to Applying to Study 26 on television and in the music industry, and I know work with. Fees and Finance 27 you’ll enjoy the journey in this amazing industry. Student Support 28 Life skills: The actor’s secret weapon is a strong Our Mindful Ethos 29 In my experience, I believe there are four crucial mind, self-respect and quiet self-confidence. Julian Stoneman Bursaries 30 skills required to become a respected working Everyone has a job to do. You’re a cog in that wheel Our Partners 31 professional – I’ll endeavour to ensure you and are as important as everybody else in the Accommodation 32 maximise these areas and gain all the insider industry. Understanding yourself and respecting Contact Information 33 knowledge you need to succeed: yourself as your own business is paramount to your future accomplishments. Talent: I believe you have to have the ‘spark’. You have to be able to connect with your These attributes are crucial to your success and audience as a performer. Talent appears in many this is the rock upon which BRICTT is built. I’m different ways. You don’t have to be the best looking forward to meeting you and helping you performer in the room, but we have got to want break into the industry with a full box of tools to watch you. We’ve got to find you interesting. on-hand for you to earn a living and enjoy a long This is the foundation of the performer. and happy career. Brighton, in my mind, is the best city in the UK to be a student and I know you’ll SHARE BRICTT Training: Talent has to be nurtured by professionals cherish this journey for the rest of your life! Do you have a friend who would working in the industry today, in order to gain like to learn about BRICTT? Share this real-time experience to hone your natural talent. Prospectus with them today! You’ll be working with some of the best instructors in the country, learning cutting-edge techniques Mia Bird and skills that we know will get you hired. Managing Director 2 A BRICTT INTRODUCTION CONTENTS 3 OUR INDUSTRY CONTACTS. WHY OUR FACULTY OF WELL-KNOWN TOP PROFESSIONALS. OUR SPECIALISED APPROACH TO LIFE COACHING AND MINDFULNESS. CHOOSE OUR COLLABORATION WITH LEADING MUSIC INDUSTRY PARTNERS. OUR COLLABORATION AND INTERACTION WITH FILM SCHOOLS. BRICTT? OUR LIVE PERFORMANCE AND PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. BRICTT encapsulates the future of cutting-edge of employment in this competitive industry. WHAT IS A BRICTT STUDENT? WHAT WILL A BRICTT music and performing arts training. We’re set GRADUATE LEAVE WITH? to become the UK’s foremost contemporary During the three years of training at BRICTT, We believe that a BRICTT student is an individual educational institution for the entertainment performance will take centre stage, and students with a vision. The ultimate goal is professional employment. industry. will have the chance to work with current and BRICTT is focused on providing the very best progressive industry professionals: directors, We’re looking for talented students from all over performing arts training in the UK to prepare As an accredited degree course, we open our choreographers, musical directors, designers and the world to join our dynamic and visionary course. students for a rich and diverse performance career. doors to talent, rather than just people who can technicians. Each year, students will perform in a BRICTT students have commitment, flexibility, afford private vocational training! wide cross section of digital (showreel, short films, passion, dedication, curiosity, discipline, courage ‘IF YOU’RE PASSIONATE ABOUT THE pop videos) and theatrical productions (musical and imagination. They’re robust, resourceful, INDUSTRY, THEN IT WILL FIND WORK Our aim is to present the industry with individuals theatre, dance pieces, plays), culminating in a determined, creative and have a willingness to FOR YOU.’ CASTING DIRECTOR, SUZY who are not only talented and professionally public repertory season of up to six weeks, and an achieve. If you think this is the profession for you, CATLIFF BRICTT IAP trained, but also well-equipped, both physically Industry Showcase, where graduates will perform your talents will be nurtured and your abilities will and mentally, to face the inevitable challenges to agents, casting directors and producers in the be developed to the highest degree. As well as your training and the industry they’ll encounter as they break into the business. heart of London’s West End. connections you’ll have made, we guarantee BRICTT students have an understanding of why you’ll leave with the following: This unique programme, therefore, includes Students will also be pushed to develop their own they want to be performers. They’re entrepreneurs - • An agent topics that are not generally seen on a performing work and individual style – with access to Brighton’s they’ve set their career goals and now have the • A professional CV with credits arts training curriculum: physical fitness, eclectic arts scene and England’s largest Fringe skills to make it work. As well as being performers • Professional headshots professional development, business skills, Festival, numerous platforms for showcasing work for hire, they’re also spokespeople for their art. • A digital showreel self-assessment accountancy, entrepreneurial are available. Thanks to our strong ties with BIMM • A Spotlight listing skills, money management, nutrition, time music and production students, and film schools in We believe the key to a sustainable career is to be • A vocal portfolio management, life coaching and wellbeing. Brighton, BRICTT students will have many unique an actor who can create their own work. A • An online profile and professional social We believe these skills will give students the opportunities to collaborate with the country’s multi-track approach to training is crucial in media presence confidence and help they need to face the rigours up-and-coming musicians, filmmakers and artists. readying students to be resourceful and dynamic ….and a body and mind ready to succeed in their post-graduation lives. in the industry! 4 WHY CHOOSE BRICTT? WHY CHOOSE BRICTT? 5 BRICTT LIFE WHY BRIGHTON? Located near the trendy London Road in the heart Brighton has been voted as one of the top three of Brighton and only a stone’s throw from the train happiest places to be in the UK. Creativity and station, BRICTT is the epicentre of what’s cool in freedom are at the forefront of Brighton’s thriving the UK. With our groundbreaking course, amazing culture, and with its inclusive and eclectic vibes, facilities and top-notch faculty, life as a ‘Bricttonian’ it certainly has much more to offer than your average is second to none. Whether it’s training in a studio, university city. performing on stage with your peers, collaborating on a performance art project or creating your own Brighton, or ‘London by Sea’ to use its other name, has piece of work, experiencing life at BRICTT will be over 30,000 current students, a beach on its doorstep, the inspirational launchpad you need for success. and the shopping areas of the North Laine and The Lanes, full of independent stores and entertainment businesses selling everything from clothes and music, LOCAL CONNECTIONS to furniture and art. There are many theatres and live performance venues across the city, as well as We’re closely connected with the leaders of music hundreds of bars, pubs and clubs, and a vibrant gay education in Brighton – BIMM (British and Irish scene. It’s a city where ‘being you’ is celebrated – Modern Music Institute) – as well as many local an ethos very much in-line with our own. professional theatre companies. These connections provide a real-time network for all our students, Brighton is the digital capital of the UK and often enabling you to collaborate on projects, and carve nicknamed ‘Silicon Beach’. It’s a hub of creativity and out working relationships with talented key team an epicentre for the arts. Throughout May, the city players within the future of our industry. hosts England’s largest arts festival, with Brighton Festival, Brighton Fringe and The Great Escape With our impressive faculty and cutting-edge bringing together musicians, artists, actors and course, we’ve created this institution to give you comedians into one amazing month, and generating the tools you need, not only for dance, drama and a fantastic melting pot of talent to inspire you, while musical technique, but the necessary skills to help offering an opportunity to get involved. All year round, you create your own work, market yourself, eat the city is packed with free music events and pop-up nutritiously, and take care of your body and your gigs.