Glendale Theatre Arts

Glendale Theatre Arts Led by its principal Mandy Chapman, Glendale has a national reputation for producing some of the country’s top young performers and for dance excellence.

Glendale Theatre Arts is a Worthing-based school for students from walking age through to adults, offering training in all aspects of dance and musical theatre. Glendale has achieved phenomenal success having won a number of major UK competitions including gold medals at the Grand Finals of the All England Dance Championships. Its young performers have gone on to appear in almost every smash-hit musical in the West End, including the iconic Billy Elliot, Oliver, Lord of the Rings, Sister Act and, more recently, Wicked. Mandy Chapman is known throughout the industry for choreographing numerous shows and pantomimes – both professional and amateur. She has previously led Glendale dancers on tour in America, culminating in performances on the Queen Mary in Long Beach and at Disneyland in California. Glendale's argueably greatest achievement was at the 2011 Dance World Cup where they formed the majority of the England Squad. Team Glendale bought home 19 Gold, 10 Silver and 5 Bronze medals and many prestigious awards including gaining the highest mark ever awarded in the Dance World Cup history.

21/01/2025

Ask our AED Ambassadors! 🎉

Got questions for Chrissie Bhima about her incredible journey from ArtsEd student to professional performer?

Drop them in our story Q&A or DM us – Chrissie will answer in a post very soon! 🌟🎭

Chrissie began her training at Glendale Theatre Arts before moving on to ArtsEd where she spent five years honing her craft. She graduated with a BA First with Honours 👩‍🎓

As the Valedictorian for ArtsEd, Chrissie quickly established herself in the industry, landing eleven professional credits in just two years 🤩

Chrissie made her National Theatre debut in The Witches as part of the original cast, has appeared in Apple TV Blitz, and is currently performing as Minnie Faye in Hello Dolly 💜

What do you want to know about her training, stage experiences, or life as a professional performer? Ask away! 👏

Going through old boxes and will share things as I come across them 💖
21/01/2025

Going through old boxes and will share things as I come across them 💖

17/09/2024

COSTUME RETURNS

Please prepare all costumes to be returned and make sure all parts are together and the costume is hung.
The return must be in person because in many cases the costumes are very precious and often irreplaceable. The return slots will be posted in the next few days.
Please DO NOT pass any costumes directly to the next hirer as you remain responsible for the costume until it is returned. If you hold a costume and you know who the next hirer is, please message Miss Mandy direct to find out how this can be done.

COSTUME HIRES

A new system is being prepared and all the details will be available soon. If you need a costume that you know someone currently has then please message Miss Mandy direct to find out how this can be done.

More info to come! Thank you
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05/11/2022

It's bonfire night tonight and that means fireworks, so first of all we hope you all have a lovely evening if you're going out to watch a display!

If you are going out, have you made sure your cat is safe and comfortable inside?

Cats have super sensitive hearing, meaning they hear things humans do but a lot louder. In fact, they have one of the widest ranges of hearing in mammals. Bonfire night is not only a noisy and unwelcome celebration – it is a highly unpredictable time. As cats are ceatures of habit, loud bangs and flashes of light take them by surprise, which makes them fearful.

We hope this quick guide will be handy, if you'd like to read more on the subject please visit; https://www.cats.org.uk/help-and-advice/home-and-environment/fireworks

23/08/2022

It has been requested that I post my full letter to here! Many messages already!

23/08/2022

As I am sure everyone is now aware, I announced my retirement last Friday. If there is anyone who hasn't seen my letter and would like to then do please drop me a message and I will forward it.
I will be keeping this page 'alive' as it contains so much history with photos and posts and achievements and no one can take away what we have all created together. One lovely email received yesterday included "I really hope you are proud of the prodigy that was and will always be Glendale." and I do not want to erase anything.
As there are some lovely things happening at The Studios, we will post these to here to help everything launch but once everything opens in September this will remain a page just for Glendalians and for everything we have done together

06/08/2022

LEAVER 2022✨⭐️

The first of our leavers, our gorgeous Izzy Smith has accepted her place at Wilkes Academy to start the Musical Theatre degree course in September.

We are so proud of you Izzy, you have worked so hard over your 3.5 years with us and have not let anything stop you, lockdowns and all! Your work ethic will take you far. We can’t wait to follow your journey and support you along the way as you continue your training. Go and be brilliant, we are all behind you and so excited. Well done lovely girl, it’s not goodbye, it’s see you soon🤍🤍🤍🤩🤩🤩

Address

Glendale House, Penfold Road
Worthing
BN148PH

Telephone

01903 205525

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