Theatre addresses the skills which benefit children's education and development in five general areas: physical development and kinaesthetic skills; artistic development, drama and theatre skills; mental development and thinking skills; personal development and intra-personal skills, and social development and interpersonal skills.
OUR COMMITMENT & ETHOS
We are is committed to providing a FREE opportunity for young performers of mixed ability to experience the magic of theatre at the highest professional level possible by investing in experiential musical based projects that offer a legitimate perspective on being an actor.
Our initiatives involve instruction at the highest level from current industry and academic specialists from the United Kingdom.
The Academy Trieste
Exciting Announcement:
Centre for Musical Theatre Excellence to open in Trieste
Join us in celebrating the launch of an innovative Musical Theatre Performance Academy, set to open its doors at the prestigious il Rossetti Theatre, Trieste, Italy. Spearheaded by esteemed Broadway and West End performers Earl Carpenter and Ramin Karimloo, The Academy embodies a shared belief and passion for creating an educational environment that reflects the realities of a career in musical theatre. Its goal is not to compete with existing Italian institutions but to complement them. We aim to provide Italian students with unique insights and preparation for careers in West End productions.
In December 2018 produced Disney Peter Pan Jnr in conjunction with The Regent Centre in Christchurch. Part of the professional experience included auditions held to find approximately 100 young performers to present this production in front of a potential audience of 4800 theatregoers at The Regent Centre. We found 145 after 244 people auditioned.
In 2017, GBPL committed £20,000 to its inaugural project ‘Scrooge’, a musical play based on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol at the eclectic 160 seat Shelley Theatre in Dorset. 45 young performers of varying ability performed 12 performances directed by educational and theatre specialist, former Head of Performing Arts at the Bournemouth and Poole College, Jo Barrington, and involved adult actors and other professional practitioners including, Earl Carpenter.