2011 Post Graduate Chloe Ward will be performing her semi-autobiographical one woman sketch show at the Bush Theatre, Covent Garden on Monday 18^th June. The show will then be taken to the Camden Fringe Festival and shown at the Etcetera Theatre. For more information about Chloe’s show and to book tickets - click here

2008 graduate Michelle Yim is currently launching a new fringe theatre, Grist to the Mill, at The Vibe Gallery, Brick Lane, E1 6QL. The venue has opened with a brand new comedy, Punchline, 7.30pm, from 8^th May to 3^rd June. For more information please visit www.gristtheatre.co.uk).

Tickets are £10.50, however as an ALRA graduate, he would love to offer ALRA students, staff and graduates, a range of tickets deals.

Under 26s – We are giving under 26s some whopping half price tickets (£5.50, instead of £10.50). We are limiting this offer to 10 under-26s audience members only per show, so book early before the offer runs out!

Group deals – If the under-26’s offer is taken, we are happy to do a group deal for you. Please email  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Rob Harding (PG 2008) is appearing in 'The Beekeeper', a new play taking place at Waterloo East Theatre until May 27.  I'm playing Kommandant Richard Baer.  For more info you can go to www.beekeeperplay.co.uk.

Or you can keep up to date via twitter - @robhardingactor

After a successful run as Steerpike in  'Gormenghast: Titus Groan' at the Actor's Church, Covent Garden. Francis Woolf (2010 Grad) is off to The hush house to Play Will Laud in eastern Angles upcoming production of 'Margaret Catchpole'. 21st June to 8th July. deets at www.easternangles.co.uk. You may also see him at Cannes International Film Festival in, upcoming feature, Welcome to the Majority, as Rhys.

2010 graduate, Darren Benedict will be appearing in ‘Hold On To Your Hats’ with the Adam Street Singers on Friday 25^th and Saturday 26^th May at 7.30pm at the Greenwood Theatre. For tickets please visit http://www.adamstreetsingers.com/tickets.html.

He has also recently appeared in ‘God Save the Mad Parade,’ which is a new British farce written by David Spicer and directed by John Schwab. 

Stephanie Winiecki (2011 Grad) has been cast as Biondello and the Widow in Taming of the Shrew from the 9th - 28th July at Downing College, Cambridge. She will then be performing in Twelfth Night as Viola from 30th July - 18th August at Robinson College.   Both performances are done outdoors in the gardens of the colleges.

For tickets and more information please see: http://www.cambridgeshakespeare.com

Congratulations Steph! 

Raj Bajaj, who graduated from the Three Year Acting course last year, has been cast as Balthasar in the Royal Shakespeare Company's forthcoming production of Much Ado About Nothing. It plays at the Courtyard Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon from 26^th July – 15^th September, and then transfers to the Noel Coward Theatre, in London from 22^nd September – 27^th October.

2011 graduate David Moxham is due to work with the South of France English Theatre Company. He will be playing the part of Clifford in the play Deathtrap and will be acting alongside David Easter. The show will run from the 9^th of May until the 9^th of June. Congratulations David!

Winstanley College in Wigan are partnering up with ALRA and will be teaching a full time foundation course in live and recorded acting skills. The course aims to prepare students both physically and mentally for entry into full time accredited training programmes and will include lessons in Acting Technique, Voice, Movement and Acting for Camera.

The classes are practical and will involve group, pair and solo exercises, with an estimated contact time of 20 to 24 hours a week. Students will present selections of their work at the end of each term and upon successful completion of the course will be awarded an ALRA Foundation Acting certificate. Over the last three years ALRA Foundation Acting students have gained places at a variety of leading drama schools including Central School of Speech and Drama, Bristol Old Vic, Mountview, and ALRA itself.

Applicants must be at least 17 years old, and older students considering a career change are welcome to apply. On the day of the audition you will take part in an improvisation workshop, followed by a monologue and then an interview.

Principal of Winstanley Jo Bailey said: “Winstanley College is privileged to be entering into partnership with such a prestigious organisation as ALRA. This opportunity will benefit local students who want to pursue a career in the live and recorded arts and will complement the excellent provision the College currently offers in the Performing Arts.”

Adrian Hall, co-director of ALRA said: “I think this is exactly the kind of partnership work we should be doing. Winstanley has such a fantastic reputation. This partnership will provide an exceptional opportunity for students to experience the fabulous new facilities Winstanley will offer and the depth of talent in teaching from both Winstanley and ALRA. I look forward to our first successful student gaining a place at ALRA on our undergraduate course!”

We look forward to seeing you at ALRA north!

ALRA has a spring in its step this Spring, as we head out on the road. As well as our year-round Outreach visits to schools and colleges, we’re also heading to Bristol, Edinburgh and Manchester to audition. These cross-country auditions can save a small fortune in travel bills for our prospective students.

Bristol: Bristol Old Vic, Sunday 12 February 2012
Manchester: Royal Exchange Theatre, Saturday 18 February 2012
Edinburgh: Traverse Theatre, Saturday 3 March 2012

Fill in our online application, and select your preferred location as you apply.

We’re also taking two full productions on tour to schools and colleges. Candide will tour from the 7 – 10 February 2012, and Welcome to Thebes will tour from 7 – 9 March 2012. Both shows are brought free of charge. To find out more, email  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

With a varied range of ages and backgrounds, these are the first actors to graduate from our newly extended 15 month programme; they've been with us since September 2010 and the extra time has allowed for a full year of teaching together with two terms of live and recorded performances for the public.

ALRA Grad Jimmy Akingbola has won an MVSA (Music Video Screen Award) for Best Actor in TV. The MVSAs glitzy ceremony in the middle of the annual Birmingham Black International Film Festival. Jimmy scooped the award for his performance as live-wire Registrar Antoine Malick in the BBC’s Holby City.

On Monday 12 September we will hold final auditions for our Foundation Acting course, a part-time course starting on Tuesday 20 September. Classes are Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, and Saturdays 10am - 2pm. For more information and to apply, click here.

Raj Bajaj, who graduated this summer from the Three Year Acting course, has been confirmed to play Bobby in the Unicorn Theatre's Christmas show.

Hans Christian Andersen's classic is going to be transported to India and given a Bollywood makeover... For more details about the show, click here.

There's still time to apply for our part-time Foundation Acting course, starting in September 2011.

Inspiring, creative and disciplined, Foundation Acting readies you for further training. It's aimed at people preparing for full-time courses at Drama School, or people considering a career change.

The next audition date at ALRA North will be Saturday 3 September. There is also a drop-in session at ALRA North on Friday 19 August between 10am and noon.

The next audition date at ALRA South will be Friday 2 September.