The courses cover a range of backstage skills, from rigging and stage pyrotechnics, to the SPA Event Safety Passport (which everyone working on site at the Olympics must have this year) and Apple based technologies like Pro Tools and Final Cut for audio and video editing.
COO Robin Watkinson said, "Britain is going to host many exciting events this summer what with the Queen's Jubilee and the Olympics celebrations coming up and we've tailored a programme of courses that can help event organisers and crew ensure they have the skills to make their live event creative, dynamic and above all safe."
Short courses commence from mid April and run through until the end of May. In certain circumstances for group bookings, some of the short courses can be delivered off site.
Backstage Academy will be exhibiting on stand S-B17 at the forthcoming PLASA Focus show on 17-18 April at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds.
It will also be hosting a seminar titled The big training debate. Less talk more chalk, on the Wednesday of the show at 3pm in the Wellington Suite. The Academy invites industry companies and professionals to join in a discussion about how we can develop training and apprenticeships for the benefit of future generations working in the entertainment industry. There will also be opportunity to hear how you can get involved with Backstage Academy.
(Jim Evans)
