'we felt we recieved a service of an extremely high standard'
- Lisa Duggin, The Pimlico Academy
The Professional Connection is a unique company that offers students the opportunity to take part in workshops run by working practitioners.
We believe that learning from someone who is already out there in the industry can give people studying for GCSE's A - Levels or degree the chance to see what it is really like to pursue a career in the performing arts.
Our practitioners work freelance for regional and London theatres, established theatre companies at drama schools, as well as for educational institutions. Their varied professional work can give fresh insight to young people.
We work with actors, directors, movement directors, fight directors and combat specialists.
As well as being the Creative Director of The Professional Connection, Tony Middleton is a freelance theatre director, fight director, fencing coach and magician. His unique connections and contacts have allowed him to establish a company that offers top class performing arts specialists to schools, colleges and universities.
He holds a First Class Honours Degree in Drama & Theatre Studies from Royal Holloway, University of London, an MFA in Theatre Directing from Birkbeck, University of London, a black belt in Tae Kwon-Do, advanced stage and screen combat qualifications from the British Academy of Dramatic Combat and the British Action Academy, he is a Level 3 Foil Coach with the British Academy of Fencing, and a qualified first aider. His credits as a director and assistant director include Riverside Studios, Theatre by the Lake, London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art and Nottingham Playhouse. He has also consulted for Hampstead Theatre, Theatre Rites at The Barbican, run workshops at Trestle Theatre, worked in production for Theatre 503 and lectured at Nottingham Trent University. He coaches fencing at The Royal Academy of Dance, Leicester Fencing Club and Hitchin Fencing Club. As a magician, his international credits include The Soccerex Convention in Rio de Janeiro, The National Theatre, Claridges, The National Portrait Gallery, Birmingham NEC and multiple performances at Blenheim Palace and The Natural History Museum. He has entertained Sir Roger Moore, Will Carling, Keith Floyd, James Martin, Ray Quinn, and more. His book Performing Magic: A Handbook on Performance for Magicians will be published this year.
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