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My name is Dominic Birtley, and I am a 19-year-old aspiring performer living in Gateshead in the North-East of England. In February 2024 I received an offer to train on the three-year musical theatre degree course at the prestigious ArtsEd. This page is to ask for your assistance in making my dream of becoming a musical theatre performer a reality.

ArtsEd is one of the most acclaimed and renowned drama schools in the UK and is arguably one of the best training institutions in Europe attracting attention from Andrew Lloyd Webber, who became their president in 2007. His involvement with the school continues to this day through the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation. To have the chance to study at ArtsEd is a once in a lifetime opportunity, I feel extremely privileged to have been accepted and to have been given this amazing chance to begin my career. However, this is a private course, and fees alone are currently £17,628 per annum. While my family and I are looking into all avenues of funding, including student loans, and using savings, the amount of money needed to attend this school is unachievable without further assistance. Going to drama school has been a dream of mine from a young age and now that I have the possibility, the only thing standing in my way are the finances.

I am a resilient, dedicated, and passionate performer who will strive to achieve his goals. I have thrived whilst on a 2-year scholarship from ADAMA Entertainment (A West End Production company) to study at MTS College in Sunderland. Here my education soared, while being taught and guided by working industry professionals. My diligence and commitment have also resulted in gaining the male leads in two of their productions, as Gomez in ‘The Addams Family’, Emmet in ‘Legally Blonde’ and Doody in their upcoming production of ‘Grease’.
Please find attached below this post a YouTube link to my showreel.

Thank you so much for taking the opportunity to read this page, if you feel as though you could assist me in any way at all, my family and I would be forever grateful.

Dom :)






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