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Young and Talented School of Stage and Screen is a theatre school that offers Acting, Singing and Dancing classes for children ages 6-16 years.

The school’s founder and Principal is award winning actress and director Suzann McLean; one of the 8000 selected Torchbearers for the 2012 Summer Olympics torch relay. Suzann trained at the prestigious Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts.

Young and Talented provide a 39 week Triple Threat programme that takes place every Saturday running alongside the UK Schools yearly timetable. Based a Oxford House in Bethnal Green the school coaches a diverse group of young people of all socio-economic backgrounds, religions and ethnicities. Their excellent track record of engagement sees them producing productions that are directly relevant to the lives of inner city young people.

Young and Talented has provided a springboard for some of the UKs leading young talented and were crowned the winners of Sport Relief does Glee Club with their group The Real Deal proving to be a smash hit on the CBBC TV show.

1.	Mission

Their holistic approach, caliber coaching and credentials nurture and develop young people for success on Stage, Screen and also in life. The benefits are enhanced performance and life skills that also help young people to discover

1.	Their true potential

2.	The importance of passion, perseverance and commitment

3.	Confidence and courage to express themselves and their individuality.

2.	Patrons

John Byrne - Career advisor to The Stage newspaper and Young performer magazine. Media appearances include BBC TV, Radio, Nickelodeon TV and Sky News. “Delighted to be in such distinguished company.”

Rochelle Gadd - Actress of stage and screen as seen in Hollyoaks, Tracey Beaker and The life and Times of Vivienne Vyle with Jennifer Saunders. “Y&T is such an exciting school. I am happy to be associated.”

Bunmi Mojekwu- Actress from Eastenders playing the role of ‘Mercy’. Also stars in Misfits, Apples and Oranges, Second Chance Fallout and Gone Too Far. “I love Y&T and I believe what you are doing for all the kids is amazing; giving them the opportunity to express themselves and develop their talent and also shaping them into responsible adults.”

3.	Groups

In order to achieve the best from their students, the young people aged 6 – 16 are divide in three age related groups: the Mini’s, Midi’s and Teens. These three groups will follow all the three courses by using a rotation system of 1 hour class each for acting, singing and dancing. The Mini’s: will be part of this group, students between 6 – 9 years old. The Midi’s: in this group we find students between 9 – 11 years old. The Teen’s: This group is intended to those between 11 – 16 years old.