Author: Meg

Back in August we reported about Totally Lit, a drama school started by Matthew Lewis’ older brother, Anthony.  They will be expanding to Leeds in February and Matt will once again be a guest mentor in the Masterclass program.  There is a special new site, Totally Lit North, for the Leeds location. Last night they held a launch event, photos from Matt at the event may be viewed in the gallery. Additionally, the brothers chatted with BBC Radio Leeds this morning, you can listen to that here.

Anthony discussed the program and why he started it with North Leeds Life Magazine:

“Many people will think that it’s just another drama school, but what we are doing is unique”, says Artistic Director Anthony Lewis. “We are offering up to 40 young people an amazing opportunity to work on a regular basis with genuine British Talent and all of the artists have such great reputations, not only as good actors, but as disciplined and focused professionals. We think this is hugely significant and this makes everyone that we work with to be a relevant and pertinent role model for our students.

“Being a former child actor from Leeds myself, I am fully aware of the huge amount of talent in this area and I am very excited to be working with and encouraging the next crop of young talented actors, as they take their first steps in a hugely competitive industry.”

Of helping out with the program, Matt says:

I am really proud to be a Patron of Totally Lit. As a former child actor myself, I can see the huge value in fine-tuning the key skills needed to work in this industry as a professional. The work that the creative team are doing is fantastic and something I would have hugely benefitted from at that age.

Auditions for the first term are on February 9th and you can sign up for a slot on the website. Audition information is as follows:

All prospective students will be invited to attend either a free taster/sampling session, or a one hour open workshop audition. The purpose of this is to assess each of the candidates, over a range of disciplines, including improvisation and scripted tasks. Although we will be using it as an opportunity to assess you, we will treat it as a regular session and hope that it gives you some idea of how things work, week in, week out.

In addition to looking for very talented young people, we are also looking for people who display a good, positive attitude and can work quickly and co-operatively with others.

AGE GROUPS:
11-14 Years         Sunday  10:30am – 1:30pm
15-19 Years         Sunday    2:30pm – 5:30pm

COST…
For a place on the workshop programme the cost is £300.00/Term
Deposit of £50.00 to be paid upon accepting a place.