BOAStage &ScreenProduction

UNIQUE ACADEMYATHEART OF CITY’S TALENT PIPELINE,SPECIALISES IN FILM, TV,ONLINE ANDTHEATRE PRODUCTION, ANDAIMSTODEVELOP THESKILLSOF YOUNGPEOPLE

BOA Stage &Screen Production’s vocational approach provides atruly unique opportunity for adiverse range of young people from across the region who areeager to learnand develop within apractical,focused and fulfilling environment.

With acurriculum developed hand-inhand with industry leaders, the academy is set up to have atransformational effect on students’ education, their futurelearning and employment.

Year 11 students across the West Midlands arebeing invited to apply for a place at aunique academy specialising in film, TV,online and theatreproduction, which has placed itself at the heart of the talent pipeline in Birmingham.

Part of the BOA Group, BOA Stage &Screen Production is astatefunded academy for 16-19 year olds (essentially asixth form college), based in central Birmingham. BOA Stage and Screen Production takes an industryled approach to developing the skills of young people, through partnerships with leading organisations across the worlds of broadcast media, production and theatresuchasthe BBC, Threewise Entertainment, PRG, ScreenSkillsUK, the REP Theatre, and Birmingham Royal Ballet.

Students have access to high-quality teaching that provides adeep and practical understanding of the stage and screen industries, and the processes involved in both creative and technical production. Additionally,students work collaboratively on real productions and undertake work placements to give them hands-on experience in real-world settings. This approach equips students with transferable skills to support them on their journey whether that be into work, apprenticeships or higher education.

BOA Stage &Screen Production is a sister school to BOA, the award-winning 14-19 academy specialising in Creative, Digital and Performing Arts, which opened in 2011. The BOA Group also owns and manages the Old Rep Theatrein Birmingham, and opened anew academy specialising in digital technologies in September 2022.

Michael Painter,Principal of BOA Stage and Screen Production Academy, said: “The film, television, theatreand events industries in the UK, which contribute well over £20bn to the UK economy every year,are currently growing at an incredible rate. In fact, the creative industries arecreating jobs at nearly three times the UK average. This has resulted in atalent crisis. For every performer on stage, we need at least eight crew working behind the scenes. In the Midlands, we areseeing significant investment in film and TV production, including the development of new studios such as Digbeth Loc, and investment in high end TV from the likes of the BBC and Netflix. We also have nationally significant theatres, events venues and festival sites.

“Thereare huge opportunities for the next generation of crew,technicians, set designers, costume designers, camera operators, lighting designers, make-up artists, prop-makers, line-producers, writers, directors, concept artists, sound engineers, video editors, SFX designers, stage managers, mastering engineers, voice-over artists, etc…

“Careers in roleslikethese provide a genuine opportunity for young people with interests in the arts, performance, crafts, and media to harness their talents and make aliving doing something they love.

“Wehave enjoyed an incredibly exciting first two years of operation, which will see over 90% of our students graduate with the equivalent of three A grades at A-level, and all students move on to bigger and better things. We are excited that 60% of our students have accepted university places, 20% will go direct into the world of work, and 20% into apprenticeships and traineeships.”

BOA Stage &Screen Production is offering 200 places to Year 12 students starting in September 2023.

Applications for BOA Stage &Screen Production arenow open, and can be made via www.boa-stageandscreen.co.uk