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Actors from privileged backgrounds dominate film and television, but Charters School in Sunningdale has embarked on a quest to make acting accessible to students from all areas of society. The school has created “School Act”, a series of acting workshops that are free of charge, in the hope of identifying talented individuals who could have a bright future on stage or screen.

The actor Max Bowden recently visited Charters School in Sunningdale to host the first workshop focusing on TV Acting. Max, who has appeared in 'Waterloo Road' and 'Casualty' worked with students from all key stages during the workshop and was very impressed with the acting ability, commenting that “It was a very interesting group who listened and took everything on board. There is some serious potential at Charters.”

 

Moving forward, the school will be inviting students to attend a workshop in March for Musical Theatre. They will most likely be based on Wicked, Billy Elliot or Matilda!

The director, Matthew Chandler, is also attending the workshops, observing the students to see if there are any that he believes has enough talent to be more highly involved in the industry. He will be aiming to audition some of the students for his West End Summer project, which is an amazing opportunity for the students to appear in a West End Production!