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 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.

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

Year Show Photos Video
2003 Nicholas Nickleby
2004 A Tale of Two Cities
2005 The Grapes of Wrath
2006 Daughters of Venice
2007 Heartlanders
2008 Coram Boy
2009 War & Peace
2010 Playing for Time
2011 David Copperfield
2012 Two
2012 Dracula
2013 Frankenstein
2013 Macbeth
2013 Terrorism
2013 The Accrington Pals
2014 A Tale of Two Cities
2015 Our Country's Good
2016 Dracula
2016 Cabaret
2017 The Three Musketeers
2018 The Crucible
2019 Around the World in 80 Days
2021 A Midsummer Night's Dream
2021 Titus Andronicus
2021 The Trial
2022 Eyam
2022 King Lear
2023 Woyzeck
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

References

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