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- The Bridge at Cecil Sharp House
- 2 Regent’s Park Rd, London NW1 7AY
- 020 7424 0860
- admin@thebridge-ttc.org
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The Bridge was established in 1993 by Judith Pollard, Mark Akrill and other directors, actors, choreographers and musicians who felt strongly that drama courses were too often prohibitively expensive.
The aim was simple: to make the highest level of actor training accessible to all, to produce actors from a mix of social and cultural backgrounds and, by doing so, to enrich the theatre, radio, film and television.
Based in the heart of London’s Camden Town, we’re a non-profit making company providing professional actor training of the highest quality from actors, directors, performers, musicians and choreographers working at the top of the industry. Because we are an educational charity, many services are donated to The Bridge so you pay less for your training.
Our approach
We do not see actors as machines. Instead, we give them an approach to acting and a method that they can use independently, and that they can extend for themselves.
We place the actor’s own creativity at the heart of theatre training, encouraging in people a strong sense of the importance of a company and of theatre as a collaborative process.
Once you graduate we will continue to work with you, providing everything from advice on contracts to industry contacts, and from help preparing for auditions to opportunities to work with us in a professional context.
Graduates from past years regularly return to work with us, rehearse for auditions, attend events, and catch up with news.
The Bridge has given people chances that they would never otherwise have had and genuinely changed lives. We have been able to support people – sometimes employ them – long after their graduation.
Support Our Work
As a non-profit organisation we accept donations from the public which go towards our John Greenwood Student Hardship Fund. This fund directly benefits individuals in need and helps fund students who may otherwise be unable to follow their dreams and begin their professional training. Your help can make an incredible difference in someone’s life and career.
The late great actor John Greenwood was one of our patrons and the John Greenwood Student Hardship Fund was created at his request.
Click Here To Read John Greenwood’s Obituary
“I first saw John Greenwood at the Old Vic when I was a teenager. He was part of a wonderful company who performed many of Shakespeare’s plays. This cemented my dream of becoming an actor.
Therefore, I was thrilled to meet him many years later when he came to The Bridge as a Combat Examiner.
He was always interested in our company, kind and supportive – bringing us fruit – grapes – strawberries. He also gave us donations for “your student hardship fund”. A lovely man who regaled us with stories of his theatrical life and cared about our students. We will miss him, but continue to tell his stories and will honour his memory by now officially naming The John Greenwood Student Hardship Fund in his memory.
He was aware of how difficult it is for some students to fund a drama training and sought to support us in this way.
Please help us to continue his help, so that we can train more students who wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford it.”
Judith Pollard
Joint Artistic Director, The Bridge Theatre Training Company
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“I had an absolutely fantastic time at the Bridge. There was so much warmth and care. It was a big family but at the same time I felt really valued as an individual and that my development as an actor really mattered. The teaching was excellent and I learnt SO much. My time at the Bridge was totally transformational and amazing”
