Welcome to the Backstage Academy!

We are now accepting applications for our Foundation Degree in Live Events Production for November 2012. For further advice and assistance please contact us on 01977 - 659880.

Behind each performer hundreds of people are needed to “get the show on the road”, from lighting to make up, trucking to catering, staging to pyrotechnics – the roles are almost endless.  Backstage skills are required anywhere from live concerts and events to corporate hospitality.

The Backstage Academy provides a range of industry based short courses and a Foundation Degree in Live Events Production, covering all manner of backstage skills, from rigging and pyrotechnics to Apple training. It is an Apple Authorised Training Centre, an Avid Authorised Training Centre and is offering a unique range of industry focused courses.

The Backstage Academy is based at the LS-Live rehearsal studios in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, where many of the world’s biggest names in entertainment have come to rehearse. With unique industry links, LS-Live brings together stage & set construction, equipment hire, rehearsal facilities and outdoor staging structures all under one roof, serving the concert, touring and live events markets.

However if you don't want to come to us for training or we are a little too far away we can bring most of our courses to you. Our Apple Suite is made up of Macbook Pros that can be taken to another site very easily. We are also happy to discuss the logistics of bringing any of the other courses to your venue.

We can also write custom courses to suit your individual needs and tailor our existing courses to make them more relevant to your staff. If you want to discuss the possibilities of us coming to you or writing a custom course please give Robin Watkinson a call on 01977 659883.

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