Court Theatre Training Company is situated at The Courtyard Theatre, Hoxton. Court has an excellent reputation within the industry by offering a fully comprehensive professional and vocational training suitable for today's evolving needs in theatre, film, media and TV.

The Courtyard was established in 1989. It is the first professional theatre in the UK with its own resident training company, an innovative and completely realistic approach to your training. Our system is unique and has only ever been seen before in Russia. Both the resident companies, The Courtyard and our springboard N1 Theatre Company together with visiting experimental companies present an exciting programme of work which has received critical acclaim as 'Work in progress and Actors in progress' (The Financial Times).

CTTC is London's only practical 'hands on' training, an apprenticeship staffed by working professionals who provide you with the right skills for your chosen career. CTTC aims to provide members with training and experience that will enable them to not only earn a living in the theatre, but more importantly, challenge them to contribute towards advancing the theatre itself as well as furthering their own individual talents. In other words, not only to take but to give to their chosen discipline. We are completely focused on your future within the Arts and Entertainment Industry with a strong emphasis on the business side of auditioning and employment.

80% of our graduates gain work within the first month of leaving. Students leave with an emploer friendly CV enhanced by the wide range of theatre experience they gain whilst with CTTC. Final performances are to the paying public. Productions range from the classics to new plays and includes devised work, theatre in education and physical theatre.

CTTC holds an annual Casting Directors and Agents Showcase which receives great support and recognition from the industry.

Court has achieved excellent results made possible by its belief that:

• close collaboration with the performance industry and The Courtyard Theatre enable vocational skills to be put into practice within a professional environment;
• encouraging dramatic expression in new writing and enables an understanding of the performing profession now and in the future;
• exciting, innovative and demanding performance opportunities are created for aspiring students of theatre;
• by providing 'working' professionals to deliver the entire acting curriculum the performance work of the students is always at the 'cutting edge' and able to satisfy the needs of the industry.