The Birmingham Theatre School is a

drama school A drama school, stage school or theatre school is an undergraduate and/or graduate school or department at a college or university; or a free-standing institution (such as the Drama section at the Juilliard School); which specializes in the pr ...

, located in

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ...

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. The school was founded by Sir Barry Jackson in the theatre that he built, namely the

Old Rep The Old Rep (originally Birmingham Repertory Theatre) is the United Kingdom's first ever purpose-built repertory theatre, constructed in 1913, located on Station Street in Birmingham, England. The theatre was a permanent home for Barry Jackso ...

Theatre, which was also the first

repertory A repertory theatre is a theatre in which a resident company presents works from a specified repertoire, usually in alternation or rotation. United Kingdom Annie Horniman founded the first modern repertory theatre in Manchester after withdrawing ...

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

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, 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 Stati

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 hir

Previous productions

Winners of the Gordon Price Shield for Best All Round Student

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

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* Nigel Harris * Phil Rose

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Birmingham Theatre School Drama schools in Birmingham, West Midlands