The Birmingham Theatre School

The Birmingham Theatre School is a drama school, located in Birmingham, England.

The school was founded by Sir Barry Jackson in the theatre that he built, namely the Old Rep Theatre, which was also the first repertory theatre in the world. The school now has over 250 students on a variety of full and part-time. In 1942, Sir Barry Jackson appointed Mary Richards, with whom he had previously worked as an actress, to take over as principal of the drama school. In 1990, Chris Rozanski was appointed principal.

The school has since relocated to The Old Fire Station [1] in Highgate, Birmingham and is no longer based at the Old Rep Theatre.

As well as putting on shows as part of the schools courses the venue, costumes, props and staging is available for hire.[2]

In 2023 the BTS Promenade Theatre Company was formed to provide a commercial platform for graduates of the Theatre School. The most recent production was 'One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest' in July 2023.

Previous productions

Year	Show	Photos	Video
2003	Nicholas Nickleby	[3]	[4]
2004	A Tale of Two Cities	[5]	[6]
2005	The Grapes of Wrath	[7]
2006	Daughters of Venice
2007	Heartlanders	[8]
2008	Coram Boy	[9]
2009	War & Peace	[10]	[11]
2010	Playing for Time
2011	David Copperfield	[12]
2012	Two		[13]
2012	Dracula	[14]	[15]
2013	Frankenstein	[16]	[17]
2013	Macbeth		[18]
2013	Terrorism		[19]
2013	The Accrington Pals		[20]
2014	A Tale of Two Cities
2015	Our Country's Good	[21]	[22]
2016	Dracula		[23]
2016	Cabaret		[24]
2017	The Three Musketeers	[25]
2018	The Crucible	[26]
2019	Around the World in 80 Days	[27]
2021	A Midsummer Night's Dream
2021	Titus Andronicus		[28]
2021	The Trial		[29]
2022	Eyam		[30]
2022	King Lear		[31]
2023	Woyzeck		[32]
2023	Macbeth

Winners of the Gordon Price Shield for Best All Round Student

Year	Winner
1996	Enoch White
1997	Stephen Badham
1998	Liz Jeeves
1999	Michael Wilson
2000	Keith Potts
2001	Mathew Gough
2003	Sean Moseley
2004	Angela Fisher
2005	Sha Halia
2006	Rebecca Rochelle
2007	Daniel Dickenson
2008	Kimberley Maynard
2009	James Hayward
2010	Lisa Gracie
2011	Anthony Fearnley
2012	Neville Cann
2013	Jonathan Hipkiss
2014	Sue Moore
2015	Jade Elves
2016	Hanza Aftab
2016	Liam Wadsworth
2017	Simon Payne
2018	Travis Hook
2019	Hazzi Mohammad
2020	Jordon McKenzie
2021	Joshua Bennett
2021	Sandra Kuvi
2022	Simon Ashton

Acceptance

Admission into the school is based on an audition and selection process. Successful applicants are notified in writing if they have been accepted into the school.

Alumni

• Pal Aron
• Nigel Harris
• Phil Rose

External links

• Official website