Trafalgar Entertainment and Stagecoach Performing Arts have appointed two apprentices as part of a pilot apprenticeship scheme in partnership with the National College of Creative Industries (NCCI), intended to give people a chance to develop skills, gain experience and open up opportunities in the theatre and entertainment industry

Shane Darrall, 28, joins Trafalgar Entertainment as Technical Apprentice and will be based at Trafalgar Studios.

Young performers from the UK and overseas will be able to take part in a two-week residency in August where they can join Stagecoach’s production team for an exciting one day workshop exploring the wonders of ‘The Sound of Music’.

The workshops are designed to offer each student a fun-packed musical experience.

During Mental Health Awareness Week (13-19 May), Stagecoach and its chosen charity YoungMinds, talked about the power of creativity in helping to help improve mental health.

Stagecoach firmly believes that creative extra-curricular activities, free from the stresses of revision and exams, can help young people suffering from mental health problems.

Welcome to our monthly who’s who of Trafalgar Entertainment. This month we say hello to Candi Whitbread!

Welcome to the April edition of Ensemble. I hope you all had a lovely sunny Easter weekend.

We’re delighted to have moved into our new offices on Wolsey Walk in Woking town centre. Howard and I live in Surrey and have based our work here and in London for over two decades.

Following a sold out record-breaking season at the world famous London Palladium last summer, The Lincoln Center Theater production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I won the award for Best Costume Design at this year’s Olivier Awards thanks to the sumptuous costumes designed by Catherine Zuber.

Last week the Stagecoach Franchisees were invited to join the team from Stagecoach Head Office to enjoy an action packed outdoor residential at Condover Hall in sunny Shropshire.

Upon arrival guests were greeted with a welcome meeting where they were split into teams and given a list of challenges which they were to complete over the next 24 hours!

Acclaimed theatre company The Wardrobe Ensemble, in co-production with Royal & Derngate, Northampton and Shoreditch Town Hall, will bring the The Scotsman Fringe First Award and The Stage Edinburgh Award winning, smash-hit production Education, Education, Education to Trafalgar Studios from 31 May to 29 June. The show will be presented in the West End by Trafalgar Theatre Productions and Eilene Davidson.

Last week, cinema audiences celebrated the return of Monty Python’s Life of Brian to the big screen to mark the film’s 40^th Anniversary. Presented in glorious standard definition and mono-sound, Monty Python delivered a scathing, anarchic satire of both religion and Hollywood’s depiction of all things biblical with their 1979 feature film Life of Brian.