In the Heights Review   Written by Anna Wilson, Marketing Intern In the Heights is a high-energy musical adaptation by Lin Manuel Miranda based on the book by Quiara Alegría Hudes. It takes place in Washington Heights, a Hispanic-American neighbourhood of Manhattan where each character has their own problems and concerns about their purpose in life as well as how […]

   Expect vibrant salsa and urban dance styles choreographed by Ingrid Mackinnon. Her movement direction credits include #WeAreArrested (Royal Shakespeare Company), Fantastic Mr Fox (associate movement – Nuffield/Lyric), Kingdom Come (Royal Shakespeare Company) and #DR@CULA! (Royal Central School of Speech and Drama). She is also assistant choreographer and rehearsal director for Uchenna Dance. She is currently Head of Dance […]

On March 8th, our young people from the Diploma and Senior Wac Arts programmes had the wonderful opportunity to perform at Move It 2019 on the main stage. Move It is one of the world’s biggest and best annual dance events spanning across three days. It included headliner performances by Aston Merrygold, Neil and Katya Jones, and Layton Williams- all […]

March was Showcase Season at Wac Arts, with young people from our programmes having the opportunity to share their work from the past term. Senior Wac Arts kicked the season off with their Open Mic Night and Monologue Slam before ending the month with the Senior Wac Arts Presentation Night; a great opportunity for family and friends to come and […]

We are delighted to be launching our new Youth Voices Project, funded by Arts Council England, forming the beginning of our journey towards authentic youth governance. This programme will be giving our students the opportunity to have their say about our existing classes and upcoming events. We want our students to have a forum to express their views and to […]

The Wac Arts Diploma in Professional Musical Theatre is an exciting programme that offers not only a traditional, classical and contemporary syllabus but also performance techniques from around the world. Come along and watch our full time students in action. A fantastic free theatre opportunity ensuring that the arts is accessible to all. Diploma Showcase Diploma Singing Showcase Diploma Drama […]

Wac Arts Birthday Schedule Spring 2019 Wac Arts believes in the infinite power of the arts to unleash the extraordinary potential of young people. Wac Arts is celebrating 40 years of empowering young people and our 2019 Birthday schedule is shaping up to be full of vibrant activity that showcases our young people! Support our programmes and the young people […]

Wac Arts 3rd year Diploma student’s presentation of ‘Road’ directed by Ben Bennett was a production full of passion and dark, raw emotion. Based on the book written by Jim Cartwright, this play explores the lives of people living in a run down, working class area in Lancashire set in the 1980’s. The play weaves in and out of the […]

On 29 and 30 November, our 40th birthday celebration continued with amazing performances by our full time professional training students. They performed two different showcases in the theatre at the Arts and Media School Islington (AMSI). The second year students shared their work on the theme of Spanish and Latin American culture with a mix of song, dance, and extracts […]

The perfect chance to win an amazing treat for you or your friends and family! Prizes include: Draw will take place on December 12th 2018 at Wac Arts £15 per ticket Please come to main reception to purchase your raffle ticket. Cash only. You must be 18+ to purchase a raffle ticket. Thanks to Alistar Barr at London Rock Tours […]