EGO Creative Academy
Reach your potential and become a trained actor or backstage creative. EGO Creative Academy is our most comprehensive offering for adults aged 18+ with learning disabilities and/or autism. We offer unique, immersive training in two fields, with participants choosing either performance or backstage production. You’ll be attending weekly, full-day sessions and working as part of a professional ensemble. This is an Adult Social Care service for Coventry & Warwickshire, meaning your place can be funded through your social worker (Service No. COV 7823). Get in touch with us if you'd like help accessing this service.
Which pathway will you choose?
Performance or Production Arts
1. Performance
Take the centre-stage
Performance is an ensemble of adults with learning disabilities and/or autism working alongside professional actors to create new work which will be toured nationally. Develop into a trained actor, rehearsal-ready for professional work in theatre, screen industries and radio. We'll provide you with training in theatre skills such as: vocal skills (inc. accents, breath work, articulation & enunciation), physicality and characterisation. You'll also learn special skills on a production-needs basis such as dance choreography, stage-combat, acting to camera, working outside, working in promenade, working in studio, and working in large scale theatre.
- Every Tuesday and Friday
- 10am - 4pm
- Adults 18 yrs +
- Theatre performance
2. Production Arts
Get creating backstage
Production Arts is a group of adults with learning disabilities and/or autism working alongside professional production artists to create high-quality props and sets for theatre productions. You'll be creating everything from tiny bespoke props to full-scale set designs that will be used in theatre productions at EGO and beyond, including EGO Creative Academy touring productions. By learning and honing a wide range of techniques, you will develop as an artist in your own right.
- Every Thursday
- 10am - 4pm
- Adults 18 yrs +
- Theatre set and prop-making
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