This page is specifically to support The Arden School of Theatre courses
Please email: jgoslyn@themanchestercollege.ac.uk if you would like any websites to be added to this section.
Actors Centre North
Links to work opportunities, workshops, agents and what's on.
Animations Online
A quarterly, online magazine produced by the Puppet Centre Trust. Described as the voice for contemporary puppetry and related theatre forms.
Artslynx
International performing arts resources. As well as the usual things that you would expect there are excellent resources for performing arts administration, education and writing.
Association of British Theatre Technicians (ABTT)
The website of the Association of British Theatre Technicians.
Association of Lighting Designers (ALD)
The website of the Association of Lighting Designers.
Accents and dialects of the UK
Part of the British Library website capturing the diversity of spoken English in the second half of the twentieth century.
British Theatre Guide
This website provides information on a large selection of playwrights.
Chester Mystery Plays
The website for the present day productions of the Chester Mystery Plays
Circus Space
A centre of excellence in the circus arts, this offers HE training in the circus arts, and supports the professional development of over 200 performers and companies
Circus Development Agency
Aims to raise the profile of circus as a cultural activity, promote training and sharing of skillls, and to provide advice to the industry on employment issues
Equity
The website of the Equity Actors Union.
Film and Sound Online
Download film, video and audio from a huge range of subjects for educational use.
Monologue Database
A database of monologues from well known dramatists. (Monologues open as black text on a white background for ease of printing.)
National Association of Writers in Education (NAWE)
The website of the National Association of Writers in Education. Supports the development of creative writing of all genres in all educational and community settings in the UK. Useful for students on the PG Writing for Performance.
Northern Actors Centre
Links to work opportunities, workshops, agents and what's on.
Northern Screen Writers
This site is has information to help you produce scripts and then to place them with filmmakers. Has scriptwriting workshops and an online Database of scripts.
Society of British Theatre Designers (SBTD)
Stage Management Association (SMA)
The website of the Stage Management Association.
V&A Museum Theatre Museum Collection
On-line access to part of the collection of the Theatre Museum. Performing arts memorabilia are used to document the history, craft and practice of performing arts from the 16th century to the present.
Virtual Library - Theatre and Drama
On this site you will find pointers to resources in more than 50 countries around the world, for professionals, amateurs, academics and students of all ages.
Theatres, Theatre Festivals, and Theatre Companies
Contact Theatre
Oxford Rd, Manchester. Lots of events, music and workshops.
DV8 Physical Theatre
A physical theatre company based in the U.K.
Manchester 247 Theatre Festival
The website for Manchester's annual theatre festival which presents new plays up to 60 minutes in length and is performed in innovative venues. Ex-Arden students are amongst those who have written and performed their own work in past festivals.
National Theatre
Pants on Fire Theatre company
Royal Exchange Theatre
Shakespeare's Globe, London
The Stage
The famous weekly, actor-oriented trade paper.
Volcano Theatre, Swansea
A Swansea based physical theatre company with a political emphasis. Has a student section with articles and essays for degree-level students and others.
What's On Stage
Daily news and reviews of English theatre