Working with talented young actors aged 8 to 25 year olds.

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We are an industry leading not-for-profit organisation committed to improving social mobility within the acting profession.

COVID-19:

The latest updates for our students and industry colleagues.

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Following the latest advice from the UK government, we have closed the Talent 1st office, the Nottingham studio and all on-site school training for the until September 2020. This action has been taken to protect our team members and students. 

Our team are now working from home and will be available to support our students and industry colleagues as usual by email or phone.

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Talent 1st's work is discussed on BBC Radio 4's "Class Act" with Lenny Henry.

Liv Hill makes her theatre

debut in Carol Churchill's Top Girls

Welcome to The Talent 1st Organisation.

With over 32 years of combined industry experience, our team continues to be at the forefront of discovering, developing and delivering exceptional young talent from all walks of life.

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We deliver free open workshops to young people aged 8 to 25 years throughout the year. From these workshops, we select a small number of exceptionally talented young people to benefit from our industry renowned program of ongoing workshops and industry support, delivered in-house at our famous Nottingham studio or in schools via our School Partnership programme.  

We are committed to discovering and developing exceptional young talent from all walks of life.

Our Nottingham Studio Apply to join our industry famous city centre studio.