2025 entry now open! Please select one of the options below to apply for our BA (Hons) course with access to student finance towards fees and living costs, Sixth Form and Gap Year course.
Any problems please email admissions@emildale.co.uk
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Email us at admissions@emildale.co.uk | Difficulties completing the form? Please call 01462 677 808.
The audition fee for all courses is £40 and is non-refundable. This is a one-off fee payable upon applying and covers the cost of the workshops and panel auditions, as well as any recall auditions if required.
Emil Dale Academy is dedicated to widening participation within the industry and has set up an Audition Fee Waiver Scheme to encourage applications from talented candidates who are deterred from applying by financial barriers.
Please view our Audition Fee Waiver Scheme Policy to find out if you are eligible to apply for a scheme, and to find out how to apply.
We also run free (fully funded) outreach masterclasses in theatres around the UK and Ireland — including Wales, Scotland and Manchester — so you can experience our training close to home, before applying.
FREE audition. FREE taster session. Nothing to prepare. Just fill in the form below and turn up
If you have any specific accessibility requirements (such as wheelchair access) or any specific learning needs requirements for your taster day/ audition with us, please email part-time@emildale.co.uk with your requirements and one of the team will contact you to discuss your needs.
Difficulties completing the form?
Please call: 01462 677 808
Email us at admissions@emildale.co.uk | Difficulties completing the form? Please call 01462 677 808.
Email part-time@emildale.co.uk
Train once every month (Sundays) at the EMIL DALE ACADEMY STUDIOS only 30 minutes from London Kings Cross on the train. Plenty of free on-site parking. Hitchin is a beautiful market town with plenty of restaurants and cafes for parents to enjoy while they wait.
We take singing, as seriously as dancing as seriously as acting. So, if you are serious about all round training seriously consider us.
12 - 19 (split into age groups) TIMES: 10:30am - 2:30pm, one Sunday every month during term time.
People from anywhere in the UK who want a professional career in musical theatre, dance & drama. People who want to train all round in all disciplines. Work with people who sit on the audition panels. Train in professional facilities. We want to make our training more accessible to people from all over the UK.
Emil Dale faculty & resident guest performers from West End Shows, TV, Film & Theatre.
Emil Dale Academy, Broadway, Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire SG5 3PA
There are a number of local car parks with varying length of stay:
Garden Square Multi-Storey (Rowland Way, Letchworth Garden City SG6 3JF)
Letchworth Town Hall Car Park (Eastcheap, Letchworth Garden City SG6 3BX)
Morrisons also has a car park that is free for up to 2 hours
Auditions are held on a Sunday at 10am ready to start at 10:30am - 2:30pm. The audition is free. There will be a 30 min break.
Apply for a FREE Trial / Audition
This will be a workshop style audition, which is also a free trial for you. You will take part in an open dance jazz class, ensemble singing class & an acting class. There is nothing to prepare. Our auditions are professional but relaxed & supportive. You do not have to be perfect in all disciplines. We are looking for trainability.
Please come dressed in clothing and footwear suitable to dance in.
Please bring plenty of food, snacks and water. We ask that any food brought in to the premises does not contain nuts. There is a tuck shop on site selling drinks and snacks.
£50 per session. Termly commitment. Must commit to 4 sessions.
Students will be expected to wear the Associates uniform. Black leggings or shorts. Jazz shoes. Associate T-shirt & hoodie.
Yes! See the afternoon school details school: HERE Many applicants have asked to take part in both. If you are accepted onto the UK Musical Theatre Associate Programme you can take part in a further 5 sessions in the afternoon however the Part - time School is a weekly commitment & there is an additional fee for this.
Extend is for people who are more local to Emil Dale and want additional training weekly instead of monthly.
Our teachers are DBS checked. There is a member of staff who is first aid trained.
Part time training. Full time attitude.