EDUCATION & SUMMER SCHOOLING 16 FAMI LY VALUE S 21 JUNE 2014


Your chance to shine on stage at the NYWT


What do Jude Law, Matt Lucas, Sheridan Smith and Idris Elba have in common? Tey all started at the National Youth Music Teatre (NYMT).


Auditions, workshops and


residential courses Take your place in over 35 years of musical theatre history by auditioning for the award-winning NYMT. In January and February, auditions will be held throughout the UK to find outstanding young people, aged 11-23, for its 2015 company!


NYMT is looking for… Stage performers, musicians and actor-musicians,


assistant designers, lighting and sound technicians, stage


management, too, for crew and wardrobe


supervisors, assistant directors, musical directors and choreographers. Join them,


the NYMT’s half-term


workshops and master classes or for their Spring and Summer residential courses at Sevenoaks and Tonbridge schools. Founded in 1976,


the National Youth Music


Teatre offers exceptional opportunities in amateur musical theatre training for talented young people, aged 11 to 23 years, through skills’ workshops, master classes and residential courses led by industry professionals. NYMT will also be commissioning and presenting exciting new work


and, in collaboration with some of the UK’s leading creative minds, producing bold, new realisations of major works of the core repertoire. Over the past 35 years, National Youth Musical


Teatre has had a huge cast. As well as staging some of the great classics of musical theatre, it has also created a considerable and important body of new music theatre works for performance by young people. Some of these brilliant and inspirational young performers — alumni include Jessie J, Sue Perkins, Jonny Lee Miller, Tom Chambers and Eddie Redmayne — have gone on to enrich the professional stage. All have taken with them exceptional skills, memories and a drive to support education in the arts, which bodes well for our country’s development. www.nymt.org.uk


Contact information: National Youth Music Teatre Adrian House, 27 Vincent Square, London SW1P 2NN T: 020 7802 0386 E: enquiries@nymt.org.uk www.nymt.org.uk


Te world of smartphone and mobile apps have taken humanity by storm. Millions of apps are being downloaded every year reaching numbers as high as 100 billion. While a vast majority of these apps are created by independent developers and established firms, there is a new trend on the rise. Here are three examples of how we should never underestimate the intelligence of the young.


New trend on the rise A few months ago, a new game in the Apple App


Store knocked the mighty ‘Angry Birds’ from its first place spot. Entitled ‘Bubble Ball’, the game took the number one spot in the ‘Free Downloads’ section of the App Store, with more than two million hits within the first two weeks of its launch. What made this event even more significant was the fact that a 14-year-old created it. Robert Nay, now of naygames.com, was shocked to find that his game was beating a game that is almost as famous as the iPhone itself. Ten there’s Tomas Suarez, who not only taught


himself to develop apps (his company is CarrotCorp Inc), but is a speaker of TED Talks. Tis 12-year-old boy genius created games such as ‘Bustin Jieber’, a Justin Bieber ‘Whac-A-Mole’ game where players


iPhone app development camps for 9-12 and 13-15 year olds T: 020 7586 1602 E: info@bermotech.com www.bermotech.com


Make-up courses at Delamar Academy!


skin, as well as vital technical skills for eyes, lips, cheeks and brows; the key essential hair skills for use in the industry are also covered. A professional photo shoot with a top fashion photographer and models is included. Additional classes include training in research skills and designing mood boards, creative project work, and invaluable career guidance and advice. Te small class size (no more than 14 students) ensures an intensive training programme. Te tutors are all active in the industry, working on photographic shoots, fashion shows, and TV productions. Te other highly regarded courses at


Delamar Academy has been training make-up artists and hair stylists for 28 years and counts Oscar, BAFTA, and Emmy award-winners among its graduates and tutors. Based at Ealing Film Studios, in west London, surrounded by productions (Downton Abbey is currently shooting there), the excellent facilities provide the ideal location to learn this creative, exciting and enjoyable skill. Te five-week Beauty


and Fashion Summer


Course, in July and August provides an intensive training in beauty make-up and hair, covering the key practical skills required for bridal, commercial, editorial and catwalk work. Te course includes core application techniques for achieving perfect dewy


Delamar Academy range from sixteen weeks to a year, and are globally renowned in the


TV, film, fashion and theatre industries. Subjects include special effects and prosthetics, period make- up and wigs, airbrushing and body painting, beauty and fashion make-up, making and dressing facial hair, haircutting and barbering, and more. Fees for full-time courses include all materials, and a kit bag of make-up and hair products for every student. Our many successful alumni are working on


TV dramas such as Game of Trones, Endeavour, Mr Selfridge, and Downton Abbey, on light entertainment shows such as Strictly Come Dancing, and on feature films such as Star Wars and Peter Pan (currently shooting in London).


For further information on the courses offered at Delamar Academy: www.delamaracademy.co.uk E: info@delamaracademy.co.uk T: 020 8579 9511


virtually wallop the head of teen idol Justin Bieber, and the ‘Earth Fortune HD’ app, a beautifully simple horoscope that’s free. And finally, there’s a British teen by the name of


Nick D’Aloisio, who at the age of 17, sold an app for the speculative amount of £19 million to Yahoo last year. His iPhone app called ‘Summly’, summarises news stories and topics of interests. When he was 16, he received backing from Rupert Murdoch, Aston Kutcher and even some of the original investors in Facebook and Siri.


Bermotech for your kids App developers are getting younger and younger.


Te problem is there aren’t many places to go to learn how to code when you’re young. Tat’s precisely why Bermotech exists — to provide easy access to quality training for developers of all ages. Check out its courses aimed squarely at children and teenagers, and help your kids enter into the fascinating new world of app development.


Want your kid to be a mobile app developer?


Whitgift.


One of Britain’s finest independent day and boarding schools for boys aged 10–18


Whitgift is situated in a beautiful and historic park. An education here is unique and exceptionally tailor- made, offering a variety of pathways to qualifications which include the International Baccalaureate, A Levels and BTEC, with a bilingual section for native French speakers. Exceptional pastoral care is at the foundation of our provision, and each pupil, and his parents, are guaranteed a friendly face to turn to for advice and guidance.


Whitgift’s sport is at the forefront of achievement, with over 100 national titles won in the past five years. More than 40 sports are available, including modern pentathlon, golf, judo, and cycling. Many boys represent their country in a wide variety of disciplines, or go on to pursue a career at the highest level.


An exciting Performing Arts programme is offered by the School, with first-class musicals and plays performed regularly. Orchestras and choirs tour internationally, and play at major venues, including the Royal Albert Hall, the Royal Festival Hall, Cadogan Hall, Goodwood House, and the Royal Pavilion, Brighton. The School enjoys a close link with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, enabling pupils to learn side-by-side with professional musicians.


Co-curricular activities feature more than 80 clubs, an Outdoor Education programme that travels worldwide, and a well-established Combined Cadet Force.


The School’s new Boarding House, opened in 2013, is superbly-equipped and offers full, weekly and flexi-boarding to boys aged 13-18. Boarders have cutting-edge IT facilities, private study areas, ensuite bathrooms, and spacious communal social areas with kitchen facilities.


Whitgift offers generous scholarships and bursaries.


OPEN MORNING | SATURDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 2014 OPEN EVENING | TUESDAY 7 OCTOBER 2014


SIXTH FORM AND BOARDING | BY APPOINTMENT


admissions@whitgift.co.uk +44 (0)20 8633 9935 www.whitgift.co.uk/opendays


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Some might say it’s just bricks and mortar. Others may say it’s just a school. But Whitgift is so much


more than that Old Whitgiftian (2006–2014)


Whitgift School Haling Park South Croydon CR2 6YT


United Kingdom


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