Senior Company
School Year 12 to 13
At this level, students are usually with us because they want to move forward with a career in the arts or its a hobby they are exceptionally passionate about. Training and rehearsal here is similar to that of a professional setting. We work students to a high standard. All while encompassing the fun and excitement of life at TPTA.
Here at TPTA we off two types of membership.
Elite Membership and Single Membership
Elite Membership
£149 per month
Students take five hours of classes each week. Students will take Musical Theatre class and perform in our annual full scale production. However they can choose classes geared more towards Acting or Dance and can pick and choose from the remainder of classes available.
Single Membership
£110 per month
The single membership gives students two (three for dance) hours a week of hands on training that is centred around Musical Theatre, Acting or Dance. Each having its own set of performance oppotunities.
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.
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 performances term three.
Term Three | Performance
May to July
A lot of time is dedicated to staging our musical. Acting and Dance students will perform in Showcase along with MT students.
Acting and Dance still have technical classes but we switch to production for the final few weeks.
Our main show is ran by professionals, thats a the band, crew and creatives. Giving students the highest quality show possible.
Students who take Musical Theatre classes will all perform in our show week, this is usually the last week of term in July and takes place at The Rose Theatre
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. Six of these weeks (two in January and four 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.
Senior Company Timetable
Timetable
Monday's
Musical Theatre
7pm to 9pm
Wednesday's
Acting
6:30pm to 8:30pm
Dance
6:30pm to 9:30pm
Timetable
6:30pm to 7:30pm
Dance - Tumbling and Acro
Acting - Technique
7:30pm to 8:30pm
Dance - Classical Dance Styles
(Including Ballet and Tap)
Acting - Script Work
(Including Screen, Classical)
8:30pm - 9:30pm
Dance - Modern Dance Styles
(Including Jazz, Contemporary)
ACTING STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO TAKE THIS JAZZ CLASS AT NO EXTRA CHARGE
Performance Events
January
Pantomime - Dancers
April
Showcase - All Students
Acting Showcase - Actors
May
Competition - All Students
July
Summer Musical - Musical Theatre
Layout
Half Term One
MT - Building technical skills and confidence
Acting - Building technical skills and confidence
Dance - Building technical skills and confidence
Half Term Two
MT - Showcase numbers rehearsals
Acting - Script work
Dance - Pantomime Dance's rehearsals
Half Term Three
MT - Showcase rehearsals
Acting - Play rehearsals
Dance - Pantomime PERFORMANCE then straight into rehearsals for showcase
Half Term Four
MT - Musical and Showcase rehearsals.
Acting - Play rehearsal
Dance - Showcase rehearsals
Half Term Five
MT - Show Rehearsal
Acting - Building technique (Screen Acting)
Dance - Dance Choreography
Half Term Six
MT Rehearsals and Show Week!
Acting - Building Technique
Dance - Building Technique