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.[1]

Previous productions

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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

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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

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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

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References

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