Dark Horse Theatre National Touring Company & Trainer of Actors
Dark Horse Theatre is an ensemble of highly trained actors with learning disabilities. Their work tours nationally and has a reputation for surprise, innovation, and the ability to reverse expectations in powerful and challenging ways. Appealing to a broad, general, and adult audience Dark Horse work is physical and visually impactful.
Dark Horse is also a leading vocational trainer of actors with learning disabilities and develops skills in preparation for work in the industry at the highest level. Dark Horse actor’s training allows for actors to viably work in all performance media, creating opportunities for them to defy expectations and show audiences just how capable and talented they are
View my website http://www.darkhorsetheatre.co.uk/
My Location
Dark Horse Theatre
Lawrence Batley Theatre
Queens Square
Queen Street
Huddersfield
HD1 2SP
HD1 2SP
Telephone: 01484 484 441
Email: info@darkhorsetheatre.co.uk
Website: http://www.darkhorsetheatre.co.uk/
My News
Dark Horse Theatre is Looking for New Student Actors. / Tue 27 Apr 2021
Do you want to train to be an actor? Dark Horse is looking for new student actors (18+) to join our highly regarded actor training course from September. If you or someone you know has a learning disability and would l...
My Events
The Garden: Exhibition / Thu 05 to Sat 14 Aug 2021 (1 week)
Join Dark Horse Theatre in the sanctuary of The Garden: Exhibition. A fusion of poetry, music, script and stunning illustration, The Garden: Exhibition will take you on a story of bittersweet friendship, denial and unreq...
#FutureLoading / Wed 20 Jan to Sat 20 Mar 2021 (2 months)
Dark Horse Theatre is proud to present #FutureLoading A Dark Horse Theatre production, with dynamic animation and music by Richard Littlewood. Insightful, funny, and relatable, #FutureLoading platforms the voices of ...
The Garden: Lockdown Edition. Brighton Fringe Digital / Mon 05 to Sat 31 Oct 2020 (4 weeks)
The Garden: Lockdown Edition. Part of Brighton Fringe Digital. 'When Sophie goes to stay with her brother, she meets Emma, a poet who lives in the house next door. In the sanctuary of the garden and over the course o...
My Opportunities
Executive Director / Fri 24 Jun 2022
Dark Horse is seeking a new Executive Director to succeed Lynda Hornsby and lead the company in its next exciting phase of strategic development. Dark Horse, based in Huddersfield, is one of the UK’s leading and most...
Dark Horse Theatre Actor Training Has Gone Online! / Tue 30 Jun 2020
Dark Horse has gone online! In light of the recent COVID-19 outbreak and after the decision to close our doors, we were conscious that in this time of uncertainty and social isolation those with a learning disability may...
My Videos
Dark Horse Presents - You Have Been Watching
You Have Been Watching Find the body, solve the murder, get the girl, stay on the show…. After a false start (or two) it finally looks as if struggling actor Martin Midgley will get his dream role playing Detective...
Dark Horse Workshop at Calderdale College
This week Dark Horse had the pleasure of delivering a workshop to the level 3 Performing Arts students at Calderdale College to introduce them to our techniques for training. Here is just a snap shot of the work produced...