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How to enrol and book classes

How to enrol and pay for classes at NAPA

New Zoom Dance Classes

Dance classes on Zoom during the national lockdown

Auditions: Full Time Performing Arts Course

Audition details for our full time Performing and Production Arts Course, 2021 intake

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Dance

Dance

Whether you prefer the classical traditions of ballet or high energy Acrobatic Arts classes, we’ve something for everyone at NAPA. Click to see our dance timetable and meet the team.

Drama

Drama

All the world’s a stage and at NAPA we’re proud of our achievements in drama. With classes from 3 years to 22 – click for a timetable and to meet the team.

Musical Theatre

Musical Theatre

If you’ve got your sights set on the West End our classes will take you from beginner to audition. Click to see our musical theatre timetable and meet the team.

School Outreach

School Outreach

NAPA works in dozens of local primary schools giving young people performance skills, confidence and the chance to shine! Click to see our schools and how you could be involved.

Summer Schools

Summer Schools

It’s your time to shine! Every summer NAPA has three weeks of dance, drama and musical theatre fun! Our favourite weeks of the year.

All About NAPA

All About NAPA

Find out why NAPA is regarded as a family, despite being the biggest performing arts school in the region

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Thanks to everyone who's donated so far. It means

Thanks to everyone who's donated so far.
It means the world.
#TeamNAPA

Applications are now open for the Paul Frankish Fu

Applications are now open for the Paul Frankish Fund.
If you're a NAPA student auditioning for dance, drama or musical theatre college we could help with the cost of auditions and travel.
Paul was a well-respected and much-loved musician from Hull who we were lucky to have as part of the NAPA team and more importantly as our friend. Sadly, he passed away in March 2019 after a lifetime dedicated to his love and passion of music.
To honour Paul’s memory we created The Paul Frankish Fund which is designed to give young people the help they need to cover the cost of audition fees and travel to auditions. It’s the helping hand that Paul would have loved to offer all youngsters.
If you would like more information, please email napa@northernacademy.org.uk and we'll send you an application form.

Like many charities NAPA is struggling. We've be

Like many charities NAPA is struggling.
We've been forced to close for the second time this year losing valuable income from class fees and theatre ticket sales as well as revenue from other things like bar sales and costume hire.
We managed to open for 7 weeks this term but will now be closed until at least January.
The good news is that we WILL survive thanks to the generosity of our friends and supporters. We'll be back bigger and better than ever when we're allowed to be in 2021.
However, we really hate to ask but if there's any way you could make a one-off donation it would really make a difference to our future.
As you'll see you can now donate easily to NAPA via text message.
Thank you from all of us. We can't wait to welcome you all back to NAPA soon. (And a big thanks to those people who've already donated their Grease ticket money back to NAPA).
Stay safe.
#TeamNAPA❤️

A reminder ahead of Black Friday that you can help

A reminder ahead of Black Friday that you can help NAPA with your Amazon purchases:
Please follow these instructions:
1. Instead of going to the Amazon page, go to https://smile.amazon.co.uk/
2. If you've never used Amazon Smile before, click "Get Started" and log in to your Amazon account.
3. Choose a charity - make sure you select "Northern Academy of Performing Arts Educational Trust" in Hull (not similar named charities).
4. Every time you shop with Amazon, go through https://smile.amazon.co.uk/ and we get 0.5% of the net purchase price.
Or you can use the Amazon app by activating Smile in the settings.
There's more information via the link in our bio.
Thank you for your support. #TeamNAPA.

Congratulations to our full-time Performing and Pr

Congratulations to our full-time Performing and Production Arts students on their first exciting performance project.
They've been working with Hull's Storyboard Media on something very special.
Watch this space for more info soon!
@wilberforce_sfc and NAPA training our next industry professionals!

We’re really missing everyone here at NAPA. Hope

We’re really missing everyone here at NAPA. Hopefully it won’t be too long until we’re all back together.
If you haven’t joined our group yet there’s a link in our bio. Join in our free classes.
Keep smiling #TeamNAPA and look after each other.

Hull has one of the highest rates in England. Plea

Hull has one of the highest rates in England. Please do your bit #TeamNAPA.

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We can't let a lockdown beat us! Join the NAPA me

We can't let a lockdown beat us!
Join the NAPA members group for a full timetable of classes from your favourite teachers.
All free to NAPA students.
Full timetable and details coming in the next few days!
If you haven't already - join the group via the link in our bio.
#TeamNAPA

An update from NAPA's Chief Executive, Carl Wheatl

An update from NAPA's Chief Executive, Carl Wheatley:
With regret I have to inform you that due to the strict lockdown measures announced this evening by the government NAPA will be closed for all classes until Wednesday 2nd December.
Our full time Performing and Production Arts course will still go ahead.
It's especially hard on our team who've worked around the clock to make NAPA safe and welcoming for everyone and I'd like to pay tribute to them all this evening.
We're a family at NAPA and if we all stick together we can get through this and come back stronger than ever.
We will be in touch about class fees in due course, but it may take us a week or two so thank you for your patience while we try to sort things out.
Please look after each other, and let's hope we're back together doing what we love soon.
🙏

Introducing a new class for after half-term! Seni

Introducing a new class for after half-term!
Senior Commercial Dance, for 15+ yrs
Every Tuesday evening from 8-9PM
Starts Tues 3rd November
To book: click the link in our bio!

It’s with regret that we have decided that we ha

It’s with regret that we have decided that we have no option but to cancel our forthcoming production of ‘Grease’ at Hull Truck Theatre in April 2021.
The current uncertainty surrounding the arts world and restrictions on rehearsal sizes and social distancing mean that it’s virtually impossible to rehearse andstage a full-scale musical with over 40 young performers at the moment.
We’d like to thank our students who have proved to be resilient and adaptable to the enormous challenges we’re facing and to the team at Hull Truck who have supported us throughout this difficult decision.
If you have tickets booked for the show, please DO NOT contact the Hull Truck Box Office.
They are running on limited hours and with a skeleton staff and they will be contacting those who’ve booked in due course regarding a refund by email or telephone. Please help them out by waiting for them to contact you.
NAPA is a charity and like many arts organisations we’re struggling to stay afloat. It would help us enormously if, when you do receive your refund, you’d consider donating it back to NAPA. You can do this via this link: https://napa.social/donate
With your continued support NAPA will survive – and we’ll be back working with Hull Truck as soon as we can.
If you have any queries, you can email NAPA at napa@northernacademy.org.uk

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