Sylvia Young Theatre School is an

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in Marble Arch, London, England. It is a specialist

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school named after its founder and principal, Sylvia Young OBE.

Outline

The Sylvia Young Theatre School was founded in 1972 with part-time classes in

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. It was established as a full-time school in 1981 on

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, but due to expansion it moved to Rossmore Road,

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in 1983. The school moved premises once again in 2010 to a converted church in Nutford Place,

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. Students either attend the full-time school (students aged 10 to 16 years), the part-time school on Thursday evenings or Saturdays (students aged 4 to 18 years) or holiday schools (students aged 7 to 18 years). Tuition fees (as of 2022) are £15,000 per annum for day pupils, £25,000–30,000 per annum for boarding pupils. (Day pupils outnumber boarding pupils by a factor of five to one.) Students from the Sylvia Young Theatre School have appeared in television, film and theatre productions, including main roles in ''

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'', ''Matilda'', ''Billy Elliott'', ''The Lion King'', ''The Bodyguard'', ''Les Misérables'', and ''Charlie & The Chocolate Factory''. The school has been described as "Eton for the Pop Idol generation" and is renowned for producing soap stars, pop stars and TV personalities.

Notable alumni

Performers who attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School include: * Adam Woodyatt * Adele Silva * Adrianna Bertola * Alex Pettyfer *

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