Summer in Birmingham

A short Summer course for anyone who is considering a career as a professional actor. The course has been designed to offer people practical acting experience and realistic advice on drama school and life within the industry from professional, established actors. It is designed around our regular London act for course.

The course will run by 2 established actors that run the regular act for course with the support of a student from The Oxford School of Drama who came through act up. On the final day we will also be joined by a tutor from The Oxford School of Drama.

What happens afterwards? : act up offers a free after care service and reiterates that anyone who has taken the course can call or email to seek further advice after the course has finished. The course also has a follow on course (act for two in London) where the skills explored and developed in the first course can be taken one step further as well as being able to provide one to one tuition for anyone wanting to audition for drama school. People that have taken our act for courses have so far repeatedly gained entry to the following drama schools(three year diploma and post grad. courses): ALRA, The American Academy of Dramatic Arts (New York), ArtsED, Birmingham School of Acting, Bristol Old Vic,Central School of Speech & Drama, Drama Studio London, E15, Guildford School of Acting, Lamda, Manchester Metropolitan University School of Theatre, Mountview, Rose Bruford, The Oxford School of Drama, The Poor School, RADA, The Stella Adler Studio of Acting (New York) and Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.

It's a 4 day Summer course with a maximum group size of 20. The course also includes an optional trip to the theatre.

Our Requirement - for enrolment you must be aged 18 or over.

For? – For anyone who is considering a career as a professional actor, it should be viewed as a foundation course in acting and will assist people in deciding whether it is definitely something they want to pursue professionally. If you have any questions, please contact Gemma Lloyd at act up.

Tuesday 3rd August to Friday 6th August, times 11.00am - 5.00pm each day

£200 for the week
£160 (concessionary rate)

£60 (deposit)

To be eligible for the concessionary rate you must be a full time student or in receipt of benefits. Please either send us a photocopy of proof or email us a scan.

The Custard Factory, Gibb Street, Birmingham, B9 4AA (map)

We accept payment either:

1. By online payment - credit/debit card or Paypal (then fill in the online application form)

2. By telephone (pay by card over the telephone then fill in the online application form)

3. By bank transfer (call or email act up for bank details then fill in the online application form), or

4. By cheque or credit/debit card (send in your cheque or card details by post, together with a printout of the application form below.Cheques should be made payable to act up).

If you are paying online, or by telephone or bank transfer, please fill in our online application form, indicating on it which payment method you are choosing.

Click here to fill in the online application form (having read the terms and conditions below).

If you are sending in payment by post, please download the pdf application form by clicking on the link below, save it to your computer, print it out, fill it in and send it back to us with your cheque or credit/debit card details.

Download application form (Right-click on the link and choose "Save Target As"; Mac users just click)
Download application form as a zipped Word document

If you have any problems please contact Gemma Lloyd.

A deposit of £60.00 must be paid to secure a place on the course of your choice. We have a limited number of places on each course, so to avoid disappointment it is advisable to pay your deposit as soon as you can.

The outstanding balance must be paid in full one week before the course begins. If you enrol in the week before the first class, it’s fine to join but full payment must be made before the day of the class.

If your employer is paying and you would prefer to be invoiced, please notify Gemma Lloyd at act up. In the event of cancellation by you after paying in full, a refund of the balance will be made provided that notice of 7 days is given before the course begins.

No refund will be made if for whatever reason you cancel after the course has begun.

The deposit is in all cases non-refundable.

In the unlikely event that act up has to cancel your course, a full refund will be made.