A SUCCESS STORY

BAPA students go on to achieve an extraordinary level of success, and past students have gone on to work on the West End stage, in touring theatre and in television, in productions such as...

A Dickens of a Christmas; Phantom of the Opera; News Review at the Canal Cafe; Sky One’s Mile High; Bombitty of Errors; Sweeney Todd; Classic Gold radio; ITV West; Endemol; Channel 4’s Servants; BBC One’s Passer By; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat; Dame Lucy Bun and Reg; Hello, Dolly; On That Note

“I've watched BAPA grow into a centre of music theatre training with a real sense of what it takes in the professional theatre."
Mary Hammond, Director, Musical Theatre Department, Royal Academy of Music, London

“I have been very impressed by the high standard of the students at BAPA and the cosy camaraderie of everyone working towards the same goal"
Rosie Ashe (The Killer Soprano), Les Miserables, The Witches of Eastwick, Mary Poppins

“It is clear that the teaching team is skilled at enabling students to find and use both their sung and spoken voices as strong and creative instruments in all aspects of performance. I have been genuinely impressed with the results I have seen in the student shows over the years of BAPA's existence."
Christina Shewell, theatre voice teacher, specialist speech and language therapist and honorary senior lecturer in the Department of Human Communication Science, University College London

“It's a wonderful plus point that the staff at BAPA come from strong performance backgrounds; they have been there and done it and they know the industry. The staff and the training space have a vibrant energy that creates a dynamic learning environment."
Luke Roberts, Actor (Dr Byrne, Holby City)

“The speed that BAPA transformed me from nervous pupil to consummate performer was astounding."
Chris Price, former BAPA student

“BAPA provides the perfect location and atmosphere for intensive training to become an employable, employed professional performer."
Adam Hepkin, former BAPA student

“One of the best years of my life."
Hannah Richmond, former BAPA student