FAQ’s
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What is an Associate Programme?
A Musical Theatre Associate Programme is typically an advanced training program designed for young performers who are serious about pursuing a career in musical theatre. These programs bridge the gap between beginner/intermediate training and professional-level training, offering focused, high-quality instruction and performance opportunities.
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What is the West End Training Programme?
The Front & Centre West End Training programme is a once-per-month Musical Theatre Asssociates programme currently taking place in 8 venues around the UK. It was created with the goal of making high level Musical Theatre training available and affordable without the need to travel to London. We started out in 4 locations back in 2021 on the back of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Are there Payment Options?
Yes, in an attempt to make the programme as affordable as possible for parents, we have a variety of payment options available. You can choose to pay for the programme up front, across 3 monthly instalments or over a 12 month payment plan. We also offer half price siblings and price locks meaning (unlike the rest of the world) once you join, your fee’s never increase.
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Who is Front & Centre for?
We are not an “elite” programme who only want “ready-made-performers” our sessions are designed for aspiring young performers between the ages of 8-19 who either want to pursue a career in the Musical Theatre, or have a great passion for the Arts. Our programme is designed to enhance their Musical Theatre training alongside their current Dance/ Theatre Schools.
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Do you offer scholarship places?
Unfortunately we are currently unable to offer scholarship places on our programmes. We are however, in the process of applying for funding to make this possible. We will share more on this in the future.
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Do you do shows?
Our programme is designed to be different from the rest. Every session is taught by a different guest tutor to try and expand the knowledge and range of abilities for our students. This means each session is different from the last. This coupled with the programme being once a month makes it very difficult to build up to a show. However, the learned content from each session is filmed and uploaded to a private Facebook group for Parents to watch.
Thinking of training with us?
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Industry professionals
There’s nobody better to gain industry knowledge from than industry professionals. There are only a handful of people who get to work professionally in Musical Theatre and the ones who make it got there through their sheer determination and work ethic. By working with these professionals in a rehearsal style environment, you are not only learning professional show material, you are also acquiring the industry knowledge from real working professionals.
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Enhanced training
Our training programmes are specifically designed for young people aged 7-19 who either want to pursue a career in Musical Theatre or who have a great passion for it and want to expand their knowledge. We tailor the sessions and content precisely tod help students gain the relevant knowledge and skills they need.
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Build confidence
Our classes are not run in the same way as ‘normal’ dance/drama/singing classes. Students are taught in a rehearsal style environment and are expected to be respectful and professional for every guest tutor that comes in. Due to the rehearsal like nature of our workshops, this also means that students are encouraged to perform in a space where they feel safe and supported by both the tutor and their fellow students. This in turn helps build their confidence and therefor their performance ability.
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More than "triple threat"
The term “triple threat training” is thrown around a lot these days as a blanket statement. One of our biggest aims is to take this one step further. As we all know, Musical Theatre is now an incredibly broad genre. Each element of singing, acting and dancing in shows contains a multitude of styles. Musical Theatre is now incredibly vast, and we like to cover as many bases as we possibly can. This is why each of our sessions is different from the last.
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44 training hours
Each of our 11 sessions is 4 hours in length. This results in a total of 44 hours training over the course of the year working out at just £10 per hour!! With the price of practically everything except the air we breath increasing exponentially, we do our best to keep our training affordable. Which is why our programme works out cheaper than most regular classes/lessons.
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Make new friends
The joy of a programme like ours is that we get people travelling from all the surrounding areas. This means students get the opportunity to meet new people who share the same passion they do for Musical Theatre. It’s a fresh new space for them to bond with other students outside of their usual friendship groups at their weekly classes. This helps children build their social skills and confidence in a fresh, new environment.