Stage Two
School Year 6 to 8
At this level we nurture the individualism of our students and try and guide them through training and rehearsal making sure we find and celebrate what they bring to the room. We work similar to that of a professional setting but we also stop and embed skills along with way. We work students to a high standard. All while encompassing the fun and excitement of life at TPTA.
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Here at TPTA we off two types of membership.
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Elite Membership and Foundation Membership
Elite Membership
£149 per month
Students who upgrade to Elite can take three extra hours of classes each week. They can choose classes geared more towards Acting or Dance and can pick and choose from the extra classes available.
Plus students perform in a winter performance and get extra performances in our Spring showcase.
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Thats on top of our whole school showcase performances, Spring competition day and our annual summer musical at the end of the academic year!
Foundation Membership
£99 per month
The foundation membership gives students two hours a week (in terms one and two) then up to six hours a week (in term three) of hands on training that is centred around Musical Theatre. Students will take classes in singing, acting and dance. Giving them a foundational understanding of each craft.
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They then get to put all there talent into practice. during term two who our competition day and Spring Showcase.
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Term three is when things really step up. Students rehearse in the studio up to three times a week as we work towards our annual summer musical.
Term One | Preparation
September to December
The preparation term is exactly that. We lock ourselves away in the studio each week teaching students the technical skills they need in each discipline of singing dancing and acting.
Towards the second half of this term we begin working on our projects for next term.
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Elite Only Project
This can be ether as an Actor in our play or as a dancer for the annual local pantomime. (Both performed in January of next term)
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Foundation with Elite Project
Musical numbers for our Spring Competition in March and Showcase in April.
Term Two - Practice
January to April
Here we put our students onto small scale performance situations, a chance to practice their craft prior to the big show in term three.
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We kick off this term by finishing rehearsals and then performing in our January projects (Elite only) and March Competition (Elite and Foundation)
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We then get straight to work on our showcase. Foundation students, with Elites, will continue work on numbers.
Elite students will perform extra pieces and can choose whether they would like to perform as part of the acting work, the dance work or a little of both.
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All this work is performed as part of our showcase in April
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Students will also have the chance to audition for our annual summer musical in July as part of audition week which takes place in April.
Term Three | Performance
May to July
This term is all about our big summer musical!
All class time is dedicated to staging our musical. Elite students will still have technical classes for the first half of the term but we switch to production for the final half term.
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Our main show is ran by professionals, thats a the band, crew and creatives. Giving students the highest quality show possible.
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Students will all perform in our show week, this is usually the last week of term in July and takes place at The Rose Theatre
Performance Events
Elite Only Students
January - Actor in our play | A venue within Wyre Forest
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January - Dancer in the local Panto | The Stourport Civic with Monday Night Group
March - Extra numbers in the Spring Showcase
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Foundation and Elite Students
March - Musical Theatre numbers at Spring competition day | Worcester, as part of Worcester Competitive Arts Festival
April - Anual Spring Showcase | A venue within Wyre Forest
July - The Summer Musical! | The Rose Theatre, Kidderminster
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Your fees are paid monthly over 12 months of the year, when you join you will pay a deposit equal to one months tuition, this is not refundable. Talking Props trades 37 weeks of the academic year. Eight of these weeks (two in January and six in June/July), we come off of our advertised timetable and switch to what we call 'Production weeks'. These weeks include final show rehearsals, technical and dress rehearsals and the performances themselves.