Past, present and future Academy shows and events

 

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Christmas Choir - Master Class Corporate Performances
The Master Class have been booked to perform for Corporate companies at thei.r pantomime parties. Dates will be announced soon and work will start on repetoire after half term.

PRAGUE CULTURAL TRIP

Class in Action International Festival – Prague 27th to 30th November 08
The Academy is taking a team to an International Children’s Drama Festival in Prague. The cast will present their own drama work to an audience of students and visitors as well as take part in a cultural itinerary. The group will stay in a hotel with young actors from all over the world. This is an ideal way for building skills and making friends across continents. We will be publishing a blog of our experiences.

Academy present 
A look back to the olden days with our version of
The Music Hall
,Wilde Theatre,South Hill Park
10th Dec 08 7.30pm
Welcoming you to a Cavern of Conviviality, an Emporium of Entertainment, in which the management are proud to present, at enormous expense, a comprehensive collection of consummate crime carefully contrived to captivate the connoisseur and confuse the castigator
JUMP PRESENT
MONSTERS
Wilde Theatre,South Hill Park
10th Dec 08 6.30pm
Be prepared to be very scared when our younger and talented members wow you with their own special show
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Adults £10, Senior and children up to 16yrs £8
If you have siblings in both shows you buy one ticket per person that enables you to watch both shows
picture to come Singing for Lekerkusen Guests - South Hill Park
The Academy students were please to sing a selection of numbers from their recent hit Titanic the Musical for the twinning commitee and guests from Germany. The concert was very well received and a the students were given a warm welcome from the Mayor and V.I.P's from the local area.

Pride & Prejudice
Following strenous audition at the Academy a cast of 16 students were picked to be invoved in a summer project - a play of Pride & Prejudice. The cast worked intensively for one week and a few Saturdays to produce a funny and fast paced version of the classic.We used the Kenton Theatre in Henley as a perfect venue for a period play.
FILMING
As part of our preparation we visited Jane Austen's House at Chewton and the cast were very excited to be filmed as part of the promotion for ITV's latest Auesten series "Lost in Austen". The link was shown on ITV Thames Valley Tonight.



South Hill Park - TITANIC the Musical
An ambitious production! We turned the Wilde into a ship!
Using all the tiers and a flat floor in the stalls as our playing space. A real challenge as everyone was on show all the time. The vocals were great and the emotion ran high. Once again Acadmey is good at tragedy.This is a fantastic musical for us as there are so many parts ideal for the talent at RBAPA. The cast spent a lot of time researching the era becoming experts on why and how Titanic sank and the class structure that affected their characters. We sold out on two days in our first show at the Wilde Theatre. 
Clip of Titanic above
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South Hill Park - Oliver
Congratulations to all of the Academy students and our director Rebekah Faergemann who played Nancy so convincingly
Michael Christensen  -  Artful Dodger
Ellie Jackson - Bet 
Jacob Addley-Pickford  - Noah
Nick Pack, Jo Francis, Lydia Allen and Dan Hicks were adult chorus James Daly was Charlie and Anastasia Palikeras, Charlotte Wilkins and Luke Ingram children chorus

The Vigil  - South Hill Park, Studio Theatre
A thought provoking and challenging passion play by Ladislas Fodor was succesfully staged and directed by Rebekah Faergemann. This court room drama investigates the death of Christ was the body stolen or did He rise again? Powerful stuff from a young cast who rose to the challenge showing that Academy students are true all rounders.

Les Miserables Drama Exchange to USA 
We took 30 students aged 9 to 18 years to stay with host families in New Jersey and performed with Sterling High school. The shows played to packed audiences with US and UK kids singing together. We visited Washington, Philadelphia and New York. A cultural exchange will happen every year for Academy students.
The Americans are coming 27th June 09 performing at the Wilde Theatre 1st July 09 with Academy students with a possible performance at the American Embassy on 4th July.

The Rhythm Club Cabaret - South Hill Park Cellar Bar December 07
" Once again the Academy shows how it is done.! Fast paced, innovative and don't the kids enjoy themselves. A great night out slick and very enjoyable" Just some of the comments made by the audience after two packed days of performing with FOUR shows. The Academy students came up to the mark once more.

Les Miserables - Kenton Theatre Henley
We spent an amazing week (July 07) in Henley at the Kenton Theatre playing to packed audiences with our aclaimed version of Les Mis. We had amazing reviews from Oliver Darley http://www.myspace.com/oliverdarley and emails from random audience raving about the show. Its looking good for our tour.
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