UPCOMING THEATRE WORKSHOPS
UPCOMING THEATRE WORKSHOPS
Welcome to London Theatre Runway, where aspiring and professional performers come together to refine their craft and connect with industry experts. Our workshops are designed to give you real-world insights into the theatre and entertainment industry, empowering you to achieve your dreams on stage and beyond.
(Performers under 18 and theatre fans, head to our LTR Junior and Backstage Pass pages for upcoming experiences!)
Jan
14
NICK WINSTON
Nick Winston - Choreographer & Director
West End - as Director & Choreographer: From The Heart (Fortune Theatre); Your Lie in April (Harold Pinter); Bonnie & Clyde (The Garrick Theatre; WhatsOnStage Award for Best New Musical); Death Note (The Lyric; London Palladium); Chess in Concert (Theatre Royal Drury Lane; WhatsOnStage Award nomination for Best Concert); Wild About You (Drury Lane); The Secret Garden (London Palladium).
West End – as Choreographer: Annie (Piccadilly); Loserville (Garrick; Olivier Award nomination for Best New Musical).
International - as Director & Choreographer: We Will Rock You (World Tour; Winner of four Naldei Awards including Best Musical Production); Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (South Africa); Chess (Tokyo, Winner – Outstanding Choreography Award, Japan); An American in Paris (Linz); The Wedding Singer(South Korea, Daegu International Music Festival Award: Best Musical).
International – as Choreographer: Waiting For Godot (Lincoln Centre, New York); Annie (Ed Mirvish, Toronto); The Pajama Game (Japan); Kiss Me, Kate(Théâtre du Châtelet); Sweeney Todd (Royal Danish Opera).
Regional & National Tours - as Director & Choreographer: Young Frankenstein (Hope Mill; Liverpool Playhouse); Nerds (Curve; Edinburgh Festival); Midnight Cowboy (Southwark Playhouse); Calamity Jane (UK Tour); Burlesque (Manchester Opera House); Shrek (UK Tour; Hammersmith Apollo); Mame (seven WhatsOnStage Award nominations – including Best Revival and Best Choreography; Hope Mill); Club Tropicana (UK Tour); Rock of Ages (UK Tour; Berlin); The Wedding Singer; Fame (UK Tour; Troubadour Wembley); Guys & Dolls; Carousel; Half a Sixpence; Cats (Kilworth House); Bugsy Malone; A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Curve).
Opera - as choreographer: Il Turco in Italia (Garsington Opera); Fortunio(Grange Park Opera); Benzin (Chemnitz Opera); The Adventures of Pinocchio(Opera North, Sadlers Wells, Minnesota, Bonn, Chemnitz and Moscow) - Royal Philharmonic Society Award for Best New Opera.
Film: Nick directed the feature film, Tomorrow Morning starring Samantha Barks, Ramin Karimloo and Dame Joan Collins (Amazon). His highly acclaimed concert production of Bonnie & Clyde starring Jeremy Jordan at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane had a cinema release and is now available to stream. His production of Fame is available on BroadwayHD.
Television: Nick had the honour of directing The Royal Variety Performance for HRH The Prince of Wales (ITV).
Television – as Choreographer: Shakespeare Live: From the RSC (BAFTA Award nomination for Best Entertainment); Sondheim at 80 (Royal Albert Hall); Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration (BBC) and The Diplomat (Netflix).
Nick Winston - Mock Dance Audition
Course information:
This wokshop is a group mock audition;
Learn a routine with Nick, gain personal feedback and ask any burning industry questions you may have!
🗓️ 14th January
⏰ 19:15 - 21:15
📍Dance Attic
💵 £30
Jan
19
PETER NODEN
Peter Noden - Casting Associate for Stuart Burt Casting
Credits as Casting Director include Nightmares (Feature), The Frogs, Before After, How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Southwark Playhouse), Songs for Slutty Girls (The Other Palace), The Coffeeshop Musical (UK Tour), Double Life (UK Tour), The Diary of Attica Lehane (Drama Studio, Sheffield), Wonderville - video artists (West End), Beautiful Young Man (Above The Stag)
Credits as Casting Associate/Assistant include Into The Woods (Bridge Theatre), Much Ado About Nothing, The Tempest, Romeo & Juliet (West End), Standing At The Sky's Edge (West End), Cabaret (KitKat Club, West End), & Juliet (West End & UK Tour), Fiddler on the Roof (Regents Park), Sing Street (Lyric Hammersmith), Muriel’s Wedding (Leicester Curve), Just For One Day (West End), Mrs Doubtfire (West End), Sister Act (West End), Chariots of Fire (Sheffield Theatres), Paranormal Activity (Leeds Playhouse), Here You Come Again (UK Tour), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat (International Tour), House of the Dragon (HBO), Alien Earth (FX), House of Spoils (Blumhouse x Amazon Studios), Dreaming Whilst Black (A24 x BBC), Prime Target (AppleTV+), Dance 100 (Netflix)
Peter Noden - Mock Singing Audition
Course information:
These workshops are group mock auditions;
Workshop leaders will send material requests to participants one week before.
During the session, participants will “audition” one at a time, whilst the others watch in.
There will then be a group Q and A at the end of the session.
🗓️ 19th January
⏰ 18:30 - 21:30
📍The Umbrella Rooms
💵 £50
25
Jan
GRACE MCINERNY & JAMES ROBERT MOORE
Grace McInerny - Mock Singing Audition
James Robert Moore - Mock Acting Audition
Grace McInerny - Casting Associate
Grace is a freelance Casting Director/Associate who is also currently working as a Casting Associate in the office of Pippa Ailion and Natalie Gallacher Casting. She has worked on over 50 productions having also worked with Jim Arnold CDG and Pearson Casting. She has also assisted in the casting of over 30 commercials for Anne Stone Casting and is a probationary member of the CDG. Prior to this she was a performer for 4 years having trained at ArtsEd.
Credits as Casting Director for Grace McInerny Casting: THE SHOCKING TRUTH ABOUT FLAT EARTH (Cockpit Theatre).
Upcoming Credits as Associate Casting Director for Pippa Ailion and Natalie Gallacher Casting: AMERICAN PSYCHO (Almeida Theatre); THE GREATEST SHOWMAN (Bristol Hippodrome); FUN HOME (Royal Exchange Manchester); MEAN GIRLS (UK Tour).
Casting Director for Pippa Ailion and Natalie Gallacher Casting: GREASE: THE IMMERSIVE MOVIE MUSICAL (Evolution Battersea),
Credits as Associate Casting Director for Pippa Ailion and Natalie Gallacher Casting: PADDINGTON (Savoy Theatre); Piece Of My Heart (Workshop); Feet Keep Me Flying’ (Workshop); SUNNY AFTERNOON (UK & Ireland Tour); 50 FIRST DATES THE MUSICAL (The Other Palace); DEAR EVAN HANSEN (Asia Tour); TOP HAT (Chichester Festival Theatre & Tour); PARSIFAL - Additional Casting (Glyndebourne); HERCULES (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); PADDINGTON (Workshop); MOULIN ROUGE! (World Tour); MOULIN ROUGE! (Piccadilly Theatre); TINA: THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL (Aldwych Theatre & UK & Ireland Tour); DISNEY’S THE LION KING (Lyceum Theatre); MJ THE MUSICAL (Prince Edward Theatre); THE BOOK OF MORMON (Prince of Wales & UK & International Tour); THE SHANIA TWAIN MUSICAL (Workshop).
Credits as Senior Casting Assistant for Pippa Ailion and Natalie Gallacher Casting: NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 (Donmar Warehouse); COMING TO ENGLAND (UK Tour); DEAR EVAN HANSEN (UK Tour).
James Robert Moore - Director
James trained as an actor at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York.
Directing credits include: GREATEST DAYS: THE OFFICIAL TAKE THAT MUSICAL (P&O), THE UNSEEN (Riverside Studios), CINDERELLA and BEAUTY & THE BEAST* (Swansea Grand Theatre, *Best Panto at the UK Pantomime Awards 2023), JACK & THE BEANSTALK (Venue Cymru), AMDRAM: A Musical Comedy (Leicester Curve), LONDON ROAD (Arts Ed), CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (Mountview), LITTLE WOMEN (Trinity Laban), BILLY THE KID (NYMT), ANYTHING GOES and OUR HOUSE (Urdang).
Associate Director credits include: THE HUNGER GAMES ON STAGE (Troubadour Canary Wharf), SHIRLEY VALENTINE (Duke of York’s Theatre), 2:22: A GHOST STORY (Apollo Theatre), VANYA & SONIA & MASHA & SPIKE (Charing Cross Theatre), TITANIC THE MUSICAL (International Tour), PRINCIPLES OF DECEPTION (Northampton Theatre Royal) and DISNEY’S REMEMBER (Disney Cruises).
Assistant Director credits include: CALENDAR GIRLS THE MUSICAL (Phoenix Theatre, London) THE FULL MONTY (two UK & Ireland tours), JERRY'S GIRLS (The Other Palace).
James is also an author - his debut novel NOT GOOD ENOUGH was published by Muswell Press in July 2025.
Course information:
These workshops are group mock auditions;
Workshop leaders will send material requests to participants one week before.
During the session, participants will “audition” one at a time, whilst the others watch in.
There will then be a group Q and A at the end of the session.
There will be two groups of participants for this workshop - each group will be with one workshop leader in the morning, then groups will switch at lunch to work with the second creative.
🗓️ 25th January
⏰ 10:00 - 17:00
📍 The Umbrella Rooms
💵 £90
When? Weekday evening
Number of participant groups? One
Length of programme? Varies for each individual workshop
Format? Group mock audition scenario led by a top industry creative
When? One Sunday each month
Number of participant groups? Two
Length of programme? 6 hours
(3 hours spent with each workshop leader)
Format? Group mock audition scenarios led by top industry creatives
When? Various short training courses throughout the year
Number of participant groups? One
Length of programme? 6 hours each day
Format? Intensive training weeks, allowing participants to hone in on their craft whilst also learning new skills
F.A.Q.
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As with most professional training programmes, London Theatre Runway courses can improve the likelihood of a fulfilling and successful career. That said, participating in a London Theatre Runway course does not automatically guarantee you employment. Contact with our instructors and workshop leaders should be treated as a personal and career development opportunity, rather than an audition.
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Payment will be made as you book your place in one of our workshops.
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If you cannot attend your workshop as a result of booking a performing job, we will hold your pre-paid balance as credit for you to use towards sessions in the future.
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We advise participants to have completed a relevant professional training programme before attending London Theatre Runway. However, if you haven't yet completed training, please ensure that your skillset is at a high standard before applying. London Theatre Runway provides training for participants to hone in on their craft, rather than teaching skills from a beginner level.
All participants are required to be over the age of 18 by the time their chosen course begins.
(For information regarding LTR Junior, please visit the LTR Junior page and scroll down to the FAQ’s.)
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There is no audition process - just book your place using our online platform and away we go!
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London Theatre Runway is not designed as an alternative to undergraduate training. Instead, the course is designed to enhance your career and to build upon the skills you have learnt through vocational programmes. Therefore, our courses are not accredited.
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For our dance workshops, we split* participants based on confidence levels. This is because we understand that some performers excel in dance, and others are actor-singers who get fearful at the thought of a dance call. Whatever your situation, we're here to help you on your own journey. Whether you're aiming to book a job in a dance-based show, or you just need help getting through that initial movement call, we're here for you! All we ask is that you have a foundation in dance as our classes focus on building your existing skills, rather than teaching technique from scratch.
*Participants are split on programmes involving two participant groups. For workshops with only one group, participants will be kept together, but workshop leaders are very mindful of accommodating all confidence levels.