The Wootton Academy of Performing Arts is based at Wootton Upper School, Wootton, Bedfordshire.
Location details
Wootton is a large village located to the south-west of Bedford, in North Bedfordshire and has good links to Bedford and the M1.WoottonUpperSchool is one of the foremost performing arts schools in the county and is located onHall End Road, Wootton, Bedfordshire. Wootton Academy Of Performing Arts students are drawn from several towns and villages around Wootton including Bedford, Biddenham, Bromham, Cranfield, Kempston, Stewartby, Marston Moretaine, Oakley, Ampthill, Flitwick, Houghton Conquest and Elstow.
Venue and facility details
WoottonUpperSchoolhas a long established performing arts status and with this comes facilities to rival any drama school in the country. The purpose built performance facilities ofWoottonUpperSchoolallow Wootton Academy Of Performing Arts students to make the absolute most of their hour long singing, acting and dance classes. The facilities include:
- a professional dance studio with sprung floors and mirrored walls
- state of the art singing studios with performance space
- an adjoining, fully equipped recording studio
- two level, black box, studio theatre
- 250 seat main auditorium.
These facilities give the singing, acting and dance teachers the opportunity to make the very most of their classes and draw the best performances possible out of Wootton Academy students.
Session times
The Wootton Academy Of Performing Arts holds three stage school sessions atWoottonUpperSchooleach week.
Wootton Friday School
Main School sessions: The Friday School of the Wootton Academy Of Performing Arts, runs its Main School session every Friday of term time from 5:00pm – 8:00pm.This children’s stage school session is open to 7 -17 year olds and offers dance classes, drama classes and singing lessons for young people wishing to train in the performing arts.
Wootton Saturday Schools
Main School Sessions: TheSaturdaySchool of the Wootton Academy Of Performing Arts runs twoMainSchool sessions every Saturday of term time from 10:00am – 1:00pm (morning school) & 2:30pm – 5:30pm (afternoon school).
Young Academy sessions: TheWoottonSaturdaySchool also offers twoYoungAcademy sessions on every Saturday of term time from 9:30am – 11:00am (morning school) & 2:00pm – 3:30pm (afternoon school). These children’s stage school sessions are open to 5 -6 year olds and offers dance classes, drama classes and singing lessons in three, half hour sessions.