Welcome to the MTA
the MTA is a unique college offering true triple threat training for today’s aspiring Musical Theatre performer. Coupled with unrivalled pastoral care, the MTA aims to care for you the person as well as you the performer.
Entry to the MTA course will be by audition – no qualifications are needed, however what you must have is an overwhelming desire to work in Musical Theatre. There are a few simple questions that you need to answer before applying for a place:
• When you sit in the theatre as an audience member does your heart race quicker the moment that the overture starts?
• As the curtain rises do you magically transport yourself onto the stage and live every moment with the performers?
• At the end of the show, when the audience applaud, is there a part of you that wishes/thinks that they are applauding you?
• When you leave the theatre do you spend the next few days/weeks daydreaming of how you wish it had been you up on that stage?
• When you’ve been in a show do you feel more alive than ever before?
If you answered yes to any/all of the above then the MTA is the college for you, because every member of staff feels exactly the same way. There are no career teachers at the MTA, only people that, like you, had an amazing dream once – the difference between you and the MTA staff is that they went on to live theirs, and would love the opportunity to give you the skills which will enable you to do the same.
Remember, you only have one life – make it count!
Annemarie Lewis Thomas
Principal