Performing Arts
Actors Centre North
Links to work opportunities, workshops, agents and what's on.
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.
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.
British Theatre Guide
This website provides information on a large selection of playwrights.
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
Contact Theatre
Oxford Rd, Manchester. Lots of events, music and workshops.
DV8 Physical Theatre
Internationally renowned dance company.
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.
Manchester Contact Improvisation
A weekly class of improvised dance
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.
National Resource Centre for Dance
National archive and resource provider for dance and movement.
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.
Signed Performances in Theatre
SPIT is the leading national body for promoting BSL interpreted performances of mainstream theatre. The major aim of SPIT is to provide a link between arts organisations and the Deaf community, and to ensure that the high standard of British theatre is accessible to Deaf and hard of hearing people.
Steven Berkoff
Plays, films television and much more devoted to the playwright.
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.
Vincent Dance Theatre
Based in Sheffield.
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.
Shakespeare
Shakespeare
This page is dedicated to William Shakespeare and contains Shakespeare news from around the globe (reviews of Shakespeare performances and news of up and coming events).
Shakespeare's Monologues
Searching Shakespeare's plays for a specific monologue couldn't be easier if you use this site.
The Arden
This is a link to the Subject Section on The Arden, The Manchester College's School of Theatre, providing HE courses in Acting, Musical Theatre, and Contemporary Theatre Practice.