Manchester School Of Acting is an acting college that operates in the area of Ardwick

Ardwick

Ardwick is a district of the City of Manchester, in North West England, about one mile east of Manchester City Centre.By the mid-19th century Ardwick had grown from being a village into a pleasant and wealthy suburb of Manchester, but by the end of that century it had become heavily industrialised...

, Manchester

Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

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It is primarily run by Mark Hudson, who is a graduate of the Central School of Speech and Drama

Central School of Speech and Drama

The Central School of Speech and Drama was founded in London in 1906 by Elsie Fogerty to offer a new form of training in speech and drama for young actors and other students...

. He started the Manchester School of Acting in 2000 after a long career as an actor, BBC television producer and since 1995 acting coach and teacher.

The courses it teaches include:

• introduction to screen acting
• diploma in screen acting
• specialist acting classes

Notable alumni

• Dean Andrews
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• Warren Brown
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• Kelly Condron
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• Keith Duffy
• Rob James-Collier
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• Suranne Jones
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• Michelle Keegan
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• Sally Lindsay
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• Phil Mealey
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• Nico Mirallegro
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• Sinéad Moynihan
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• Roxanne Pallett
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• Sam Robertson
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• Bradley Walsh
• Vicky Binns
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