360 Arts opened its doors to children September 2013. Since then, for various reasons, over the years we have had to move premises. For the first three years we performed at The Barnet Christmas Fair. The children also had several experiences of attending a recording studio and we carried out annual trips to the theatre and live televised entertainment shows such as The X-Factor, BGT etc.
In 360 Arts first year of opening we were approached by the BBC to put a group together for “CBBC Sport Relief”, we met all the criteria and managed to put a group together in 3 days, they were called “#BOOM”. They went onto reach the semi-finals where their journey ended. You can view footage of all these performances by clicking on the links below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR1gFlL-ZLk&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6dzvhisAc0&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo0OicPEU58&feature=youtu.be
Success Stories:
Kejsi Vercani
One former member of “#Boom”, “Kejsi Vercani” went on to reach the semi final of “The Voice” in Albania. Kejsi went onto appear several times in Albania’s top magazine show “Top Channel” Kejsi then released two very successful hits in Albania “Sa Larg” and “Boll” Kejsi is now touring America promoting her new single “Options” which she very kindly performed for us when we were invited by The Clayton Crown Hotel to perform in aid of raising funds for Great Ormond Street. To view Kejsi’s performances, please click on the links below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOTnZEOXnOU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg49mwmsWTg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4pZ43OYNsM&feature=youtu.be
Max Brophy
Max Brophy, age 14 has been in vocational training since the age of 5. Since receiving tuition by 360 Arts teachers he has gone on to star as the male Lead, “Bruce” in London’s West End production of “Matilda The Musical” a role which he played for 15 months until September 2017. It was his third West End Role, previously starring as “Small Boy” in Billy Elliot at just 5 years old (the youngest child ever cast in the history of the show!). He also played an Evacuee Child in Fiery Angels production of “Goodnight Mr Tom” playing at The Duke of York Theatre, Leicester Square. Max also had a cameo role in Walt Disney’s blockbuster hit, Beauty and The Beast. Max is a triple threat and can sing, dance and act. To find out what else Max has filmed, please click on the link to his IMDB (Internet Movie Database) profile below and enjoy the pics!
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5440529/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
Lead – Tom Culkin - Doctors (watch 01:35 into the clip)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02dz8sg
Lead – Rupert (Naughty Spoilt School Boy) – Omid Djalili’s Little Crackers
Evacuee Child – Goodnight Mr Tom – Wardrobe Fitting
Cameo role – School Boy No. 2 – Walt Disney’s Beauty & The Beast
Bruce – Male Lead – “Matilda The Musical” - July 2016 – September 2017 – Cambridge Theatre – Leicester Square
Freddie Hunter
Freddie was cast alongside Max in Beauty & The Beast as School Boy No. 1! Freddie has also starred in Lionel Bart’s stage production of “Oliver” at St Giles In The Fields in London.
Dylan McKiernan
360 Arts held a workshop for Award Winning Director, Ken Loach. Mr Loach came to 360 looking for a child, a rough diamond, to play the lead in his film “I Daniel Blake” On the day of the workshops we held a dance troupe audition and the acting workshop. Dylan came along to audition for the dance troupe. However, he ended up going into the wrong studio and wound up auditioning for Ken Loach instead! Dylan had never acted or been on an audition before! The film went onto receive rave reviews and the prestigious Palm D’Or Award.
Adithi Sujithi
Adithi came to 360 as a little Asian girl who loved to sing. 360 were approached directly by top London West End Casting Director who had scoured the country looking for a non-white female age 9 with a powerhouse voice. We submitted Adithi and she was asked to record a song on self tape. She sang “This Girl Is On Fire”, she was selected to audition, she was given one hour to learn “Amazing Grace” Adithi did it and she was cast as the lead “Tomika” in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “School of Rock” Adithi at the age of 9 was plucked from obscurity and became an original cast member of a West End Play – Adithi has gone on to perform at The Oliver Awards and her picture was on all the publicity posters.
Daniel Luniku was another 360 Arts child who was plucked from obscurity to make his stage debut at The Chichester Festival in a production of “Caroline or Change” Daniel is now appearing as Mason in “School of Rock”
So these are just a few examples of what can happen when you join 360! The sky is the limit!
Present:
We are now settled at Middlesex University which is a fantastic place to train your children and to instil life long skills that will serve them well whatever career path they decide to follow.
360 Arts had a change-over in Management in August 2017 and Carol Brophy is now sole “Managing Director” of 360 Arts School. Carol re-launched in September 2017 and has taken 360 to a whole new level.
Patrons
Carol has secured Acting and Dance Patrons for 360. Acting Patron is Tony O’Callaghan, best known for his role as “Sgt Mat Boyden” in “The Bill”, currently starring as semi series regular in Eastenders. Tony comes to 360 Arts to hold Q&A Sessions with the 13+ group and Adult Actors. Our Dance Patron is Tom Muggeridge who is Resident Choreographer at Matilda The Musical, Cambridge Theatre, Leicester Square. Read more about our patrons here:
https://www.360arts.co.uk/performance-arts-school/
360 Arts Management
Carol also went into business with Tilly Kamara to re-launch the agency “360 Arts Management” in January 2018. We are very selective and we are achieving great things on this side of the business with wonderful projects in the pipeline for most of our clients. Obviously we cannot say too much but the agency has proved to be very successful in a very short amount of time. We represent children from the age of 5 and adults too. One of our adult clients has been cast in a high profile Netflix series and contracted for two seasons, we are exceptionally proud of the agency achievements and all our clients.
Workshops
Carol has established a well attended 360 Arts, after school club. 360 Arts has also become an Arts Partner with Woodridge Primary School and 360 launched their art weeks earlier in the year. 360 has held successful performing arts workshops in various schools across Barnet, click on the link below to see news, feedback and pictures. If you are interested in a workshop for your child’s school please contact Carol [email protected]
https://www.360arts.co.uk/workshops/
School Trips
In December 2017 after a very successful turn out during the summer to the X-Factor auditions, boot camp, 6 chair challenge, Carol was offered an unlimited amount of tickets to the X-Factor final weekend. This was purely down to her professionalism and the organisers faith in her to deliver on numbers. Carol through all her hard work in building up a relationship with the organisers of the show is now in a position where she no longer has to request the tickets, as she is now being asked how many! This applies to X-Factor, BGT, Catchphrase, Little Big Shots, etc. The organisers do not deal with outsiders, 360 Arts is the first company for them to trust to deliver on numbers. We have attended X-Factor every year since 2013.
We also do a theatre trip once a year, normally in the Spring Term. So far we have been to see Wicked, Matilda, Thriller, Lion King, Motown The Musical, to name but a few.
Public Performances
2 of our under 10’s street dancers were entered into The British red Cross, “Dance Make Your Move” competition, their first heat was at The Greenwood Theatre on 19th May 2018, although they didn't win their heat, they did win the award for best Individual Choreography. You can watch their entry by clicking the link:
https://www.360arts.co.uk/live-performances/
Carol emailed out to all the local corporate companies asking for an opportunity for the kids to perform. The Clayton Crown Hotel got back and asked us to perform at their Charity Event for Great Ormond Street Hospital. 360 only had two weeks to put a line up together. They did so well that four bookings were made on the back of their performances. We have been asked to perform at
2018 - Dance@London with Tokio Myers (BFT winner 2017)
2018 Cricklewood Festival,
2018 Mill Hill Festival and on
2018 “Heart of Wembley Festival”
2018 St George's Shopping Center
15.07.18 at 360 “End of Term Performance”
22.07.18 The 360 kids launched S George's Shopping Centre, NEW Open air cinema
04.10.18 - 360 Kids performed monologues written by the older generation who migrated to the UK, this is in conjunction with the Heritage Project. We were approached by the Chief Executives of The Heritage Project as they wanted the stories from the older generation re-told by the younger generation. Performances took place in all the Local Parks over the summer, the teens have been working with film makers, directors and producers, culminating in a DVD and credits for their spotlight profiles. The final performance will be on 4th October at The Clayton Crown Hotel in front of high profile industry professionals.
December 2018 - Mill Hill Christmas Market
December 2018 - Barnet Christmas Fayre
360 – Vision For The Future
Carol’s vision would be to ensure that every child that comes to 360 is made to feel special and the parents welcomed and confident that they are leaving their children in a nurturing caring, professional environment where they can be free to be themselves, gain confidence and make friends for life. Carol’s ambitions for 360 is to expand the classes into the afternoon at their current location on a Sunday. Provide Saturday and evening classes across Barnet. Carol would also like to establish performing arts classes abroad.
The vision for the agency is to develop raw talent and hidden depths. Train the children well on how to be professional, how to cope with resilience, give them the tools to feel great at every single audition. Train the parents on all the do’s and don’ts so that we are all fully involved in their child’s career and Carol and Tilly will be there to guide them through every step of the way! We are available 24/7!
