The Television Workshop, formerly known as the Central Junior Television Workshop is a British organisation that offers training for young people in performance skills for television, film, radio and theatre. Open to anybody between the ages of seven and 21, entry is by an annual audition process which is held each spring.
History edit
The Central Junior Television Workshop was originally set up by Central Independent Television in 1983 to act as a casting pool for young talent in their broadcasting region in the English Midlands.[1] The Workshop has two branches, the original one based in Nottingham and another based in Birmingham, which opened a year later in 1984.
The Workshop has been known as several different names over the past including the Central Junior TV Workshop, Carlton Junior TV Workshop, ITV Junior TV Workshop and most recently simply The Television Workshop.
Birmingham Workshop edit
In late 2008, the Birmingham workshop run by their director Colin Edwards and his assistant Ross Berkeley Simpson, lost funding from ITV due to the recession and so the Birmingham branch went 'dark'. At the same time Edwards retired. In 2009, Ross Berkeley Simpson started a new, separate group called First Act Workshops to ensure that the work continued in Birmingham. Colin Edwards helped on a consultant level. First Act Workshops trains young actors in weekly sessions from Moseley Dance Centre.
The Nottingham branch of the Central Television Workshop still continues under the name The Television Workshop under the helm of Nic Harvey.
Notable people edit
Nottingham edit
- Jessie Mae Alonzo[2]
- Rosie Bentham
- Tom Blyth[3]
- Harriet Cains[4]
- Chanel Cresswell[5]
- Joe Dempsie[6]
- Perry Fitzpatrick[6]
- Harry Gilby[6]
- Rebecca Grant[6]
- Louis Greatorex[7]
- Florence Hunt[8]
- Toby Kebbell[4]
- Erin Kellyman[9]
- Oscar Kennedy[10]
- Aisling Loftus[11]
- Vicky McClure[5]
- Ewan Mitchell[12]
- Anjli Mohindra[13]
- Samantha Morton[5]
- Safia Oakley-Green[14]
- Jack O'Connell[5]
- Kia Pegg
- Bella Ramsey[5]
- Lauren Socha[5]
- Eliot Otis Brown Walters[15]
- Molly Windsor[16]
Birmingham edit
Unspecified edit
Awards edit
- The Royal Television Society Midlands Award (1988)
- The British Film Institute Children's Award (1995)
- The Children's BAFTA in recognition of its outstanding development of young talent for film and television. (2006)
References edit
- ^ Bhagat, Adrian; "Adrian Bhagat put some questions to Ian Smith" LeftLion.co.uk (Retrieved: 13 August 2009)
- ^ Wilson, Jared (16 March 2020). "Theatre Review: Emilia". Left Lion. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
- ^ "Nottingham-Born Actor Tom Blyth on His Journey from the TV Workshop to HBO's The Gilded Age". Left Lion. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
- ^ a b Fox, Zachary (3 April 2013). "Interview: Harriet Cains". LeftLion. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Our success". The Television Workshop. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
- ^ a b c d White, George (9 September 2023). "40 Stars of Television Workshop To Celebrate Its 40th Birthday". Left Lion. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ Harkin, Phoebe (22 July 2014). "Nottingham's Television Workshop presents "life-changing" play at Nottingham Contemporary". Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ "Who's Burning Up Lady Whistledown's Papers? Meet the 'Bridgerton' Season 1 Cast". Netflix. 2 November 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ "Stars of Tomorrow 2018: Erin Kellyman (actor)". Screen. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ "Oscar Kennedy". tresamagazine.com. October 25, 2021.
- ^ "Far Away up close". The Irish World. 6 February 2020. Archived from the original on 6 February 2020.
- ^ "Cast". 31 May 2015.
- ^ "James Pulford went to see the Central Drama Workshop perform Scary Play by Judith Johnson". Retrieved 11 December 2009.
- ^ "The Derbs: Television Workshop Launch Their First Online Play". Leftlion.co.uk.
- ^ Carter, Claire (2008-12-10). "Youngsters dedicates Bafta to family and acting workshop". Nottingham Evening Post. Archived from the original on 2013-05-05. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
- ^ "Talent 1st". Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ Young, Graham (24 April 2018). "A star is born - girl's brilliant way of landing film role". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ Laws, Roz (22 July 2011). "Doctors star Donnaleigh Bailey sets up drama workshops for kids". Archived from the original on 24 August 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
- ^ "Big time after Big Brother". BBC Birmingham. November 2004. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
- ^ Laws, Roz (15 March 2015). "Channel 4's Raised By Wolves: Meet the Birmingham actress playing Caitlin Moran". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- ^ "October Spotlight -Arian Nik". Karolina Heller. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
- ^ "Eve Austin". British Independent Film Awards. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
External links edit
- The Television Workshop
- First Act Workshop (Birmingham Workshop)