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Performing Arts & Dance

Our Performing Arts and Dance courses offer you the chance to progress to work in the performance industries directly or via progression to prestigious colleges, thanks to expert lecturers and our patron, the playwright and actor Kwame Kwei-Armah OBE.


There are many reasons to choose Uxbridge College to realise your dreams of a life in performance:

  • The college’s own theatre company: Praxis Performing Arts
  • Expert tutors with current industry experience
  • Current students have worked as background actors on TV
  • Students have performed at live events
  • Students progress to major arts colleges including the Royal Academy of Dance, Central School of Speech and Drama, Mountview Academy and the Theatre of Arts
  • Course available at higher education level
  • Uxbridge College's Praxis Performing Arts Team won the 2023 Award for FE Team of the Year, click here to learn more

Industry Support Partners 

We regularly have guest and associate lecturers from industry who we have partnered with to provide teaching and embed industry values, including:

  • Noel Simpson  - Singer from the band Damage

  • James Brown - Music producer

  • Rakie Ayola - BAFTA award winning actor and TV producer

  • Kwame Kwei-Armor - Film/Theatre Director (Former Artistic director the Young Vic)

  • Danny Whelan - Praxis alumni, about to star in Les Miserable (West End)

  • Jason Hughes  - award winning TV actor, National Theatre etc.

We also have strong employer links with these industry organisations: Beck Theatre, Cockpit Theatre, Trinity St. Davids, Fourth Monkey, RADA, JB Studios, Basement Door and Questors Theatre. 

Praxis on Social Media

Find out more about Praxis by following them on social media via the links below.:

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Careers 

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