NULC goes to Hollywood

Fresh from working on the Performing Arts Centre's Grease Experience, guest lecturer Matthew Needham has been taking in the Hollywood sights. And of course he took his PAC water bottle to keep his cool in the hot California sun.  Matthew was taking a break from rehearsals for his next role on cruise ships.

If you think you have star quality like Matthew, why not enter our Signal Star Search here.
You must be aged 11-16 and be a singer, dancer, actor or musician.
To enter you just need to upload a maximum two minute video clip of your performance by Friday 23rd October.

The finals will be held at NULC's Performing Arts Centre in November.  

AS Theatre Studies programme

On Friday 1st May the AS Theatre students performed the first moderated work in the new Performing Arts Centre.  

The images show a performance of Matilda which was absolutely fantastic, the students attained 100% A-D grades with 61% attaining high grades (A-B) for the unit.  John Shortall our AQA moderator was very complimentary of our new facilities at the Performing Arts Centre and the superb acting ability of our cohort.  The unit is taught by Faye Matthews who has worked extremely hard with the learners to deliver a superb performance of the classic!

And on Friday 8th May A2 students will be moderated and we invite friends and family to watch a range of physical and creative adaption pieces which will start from 11am.

Thanks to Sue Bowdery who took some amazing pictures of one of the AS performances.

Open evening is talk of the town

The Mayor of Newcastle, Mrs Linda Hailstones with her consort Peter were among the first visitors to our brand new Performing Arts Centre in February.

Thanks to our sound financial management - described by Skills Funding Agency as “outstanding” - we have opened the £5.5 million Performing Arts Centre in Knutton Lane, Newcastle-under-Lyme.

As well as the expert tuition you’d expect from the best performing college in Staffordshire, the Centre provides students with amazing facilities including:

·         An industry standard music technology suite

·         A 200-seat theatre for live performances

·         Two  air-conditioned dance studios

·         And a purpose built outdoor performance area

 We have courses from entry to university level including A/AS levels in dance, music, music technology and theatre studies and Extended Diplomas in acting, dance, music performance, music technology, performing arts and theatre production.

So students can progress into stage or behind the scenes careers, higher education or, like our former student Jake Shakeshaft on The Voice, straight into the limelight.

Our next open day is 12th March. Please register here to attend.