Dark Horse Theatre

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/

Profile Details

My News

Dark Horse Theatre is Looking for New Student Actors. / <span itemprop="startDate" content="2021-04-27T00:00:00Z">Tue 27 Apr 2021</span>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 / <span itemprop="startDate" content="2021-08-05T00:00:00Z">Thu 05</span> to <span  itemprop="endDate" content="2021-08-14T00:00:00Z">Sat 14 Aug 2021</span> <span>(1 week)</span>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 / <span itemprop="startDate" content="2021-01-20T00:00:00Z">Wed 20 Jan</span> to <span  itemprop="endDate" content="2021-03-20T00:00:00Z">Sat 20 Mar 2021</span> <span>(2 months)</span>#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 / <span itemprop="startDate" content="2020-10-05T00:00:00Z">Mon 05</span> to <span  itemprop="endDate" content="2020-10-31T00:00:00Z">Sat 31 Oct 2020</span> <span>(4 weeks)</span>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 / <span itemprop="startDate" content="2022-06-24T00:00:00Z">Fri 24 Jun 2022</span>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! / <span itemprop="startDate" content="2020-06-30T00:00:00Z">Tue 30 Jun 2020</span>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 WatchingDark 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 CollegeDark 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...