ARTTS International

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ARTTS International was a multi-discipline film, theatre and stage training centre in Bubwith, East Riding of Yorkshire, England established by John Sichel in 1990. The centre ran for 15 years until his death in 2005, during which time over 500 students trained there, most of whom have since found work in the entertainment industry.

[edit] History

After working many years in the television and theatre industry, Producer John Sichel fell out with the commissioners at the BBC due to his opinionated and strong views for quality over quantity and lack of originality in content being produced.

In order to find what he felt would be a forum for creative output, John, along with co-founder and wife Elfie Sichel, converted a disused pig farm into a professional television, film, theatre and radio teaching facility, with the idea that you learn by doing, not reading about.

ARTTS opened in 1990 with 12 trainees, most of whom were interviewed before the facility had even been built. One of these trainees, Geoffrey Bicker, went on to become ARTTS Technical Director for over 10 years, and throughout this time ARTTS stood by its proud "94% Employment Record".

Its on site training contained a 200 seater theatre, three television studios, a radio studio and full location equipment for television and 16mm and 35mm film. With an emphasis on the personal as well as the professional trainees were pushed to learn the essentials for how to keep and maintain a job and reputation as someone continually employable whilst being creative and enthusiastic.

Despite its constant financial battles, ARTTS continued to educate around 60 trainees a year from all over the world.

On April 5, 2005, John Sichel passed away and despite attempts to continue this legacy, spearheaded by not only Elfie but their daughters Katrina Sichel and Tanya Byron, and former graduates Derek Donohoe and Geoffrey Bicker, ARTTS closed down six months afterwards.

[edit] Trainees

Below is a list of some of the trainees who graduated from ARTTS International. Please add any missing names.

1990 Geoffey Bicker, Bruce Byron, John Nolan

1991 Colin Bradie, Louise Hartley, Stuart Smith, Debbie Williams

1992 Sue E. Batt, Olivier Bosman, Barry Bugarin, Geraldo Cantarino, Jacqueline Cloake, James Dean, Philip J. Gaze, Carolyn Graham, Caitriona Kavanagh, Judy Keogh, Grete Lunde, Lucy Marr, Adrian Mitchell, Ian Moore, Clare Moseley, Adrian Pang, Adam Phillips, Kate Wilcock, Alexei Yassoulovitch, Ruth Yeardley

1993 Susan Barnes, Luca Ceccarelli, Derek Donohoe, Mark Ingliss, Derek Jones, Brandy Laperle, Kate Norcross, Toby Pratt, Tim Pycock, Stuart Reid, Martin Roberts

1994 Helen Barlow, Dominic Bristow, Ian Burgin, Amanda Castile, David Llewelyn Child, Melanie Short, Jim Thompson, Melanie Thompson

1995 Peter Blach, Scot Cavanagh, Tom Coburn

1996 Rashna Abdi, Adrian Callan, Sarah Hardy, Tom McCorrdall, Mike Montgomery, Rachel Packer, Dipti Paul, Nick Von Schlippe, Jon Sen, James Smith, Jerome Tait

1997 John E.Bull, Juan Pablo Gaviria, Hope McIntyre, Elisabeth Poulsom, Nico Recagno, Mateo Rojas, Euan Scarlet, Janine Sellinscheg

1998 Lucas Diez, Matthew Gee, Matthew Gregory, David Mildon, Robyn Falconer Taylor (r.i.p)

1999 Darren Beaumont (winner of the outstanding achievement award 99/00), Kerry Finlayson, Christie Griffiths, Cameron Mackness, Yvette Reigen, Gemma Robinson, Jonathan Winfield

2000 Mickey Acorn, Selina Asombang, Max Brunold, Ingolf Busse, Patrick Cedrell, Elke Costa, Elena Cherodnychenko, John Diamond, Adele Dobson, Alice Falkingham, Lucy Gradwell, Hanna Haffenden, Edwin Hincapie, David Jenkins, Rosanna Jolkkonen, Danielle Kirk, Kati Kozikowska, Karen Longwith, Rachel Lowe, Heather MacDonald, Richard McElroy, Lucinda Mason Brown, Susanne Nielson, Susane Nunes, Lei Myo Oo, Liz Ramsden, Andrea Scriven, Nadia Shash, Helen Sutermeister, Clare Thomas, Russ Wood, Rebecca Woodhead, Sarah Woodward, Tim Young

2001 Paula Arthur, Toby Bowman, Margaret Bradshaw, Mark Brooke, Sarah Caley, Fiona Carrick, Matthew Cleghorn, Christopher Coote, Georgia Court, Sally El-Hosaini, Nicholas Evans, Oliver Fox, Sara Geoghegan, Charley Greenfield, Heidi Gower, Lawrence Hall, Leigh Hancox, Helen Henson, Su Ah Kim, Patrick Kirahi, Iain Kitching, Nico Kohen, Charlotte Lidster, Jonathan Man, Kirstie Mitchell, David Moor, Robert Murphy, Navadharshani Navaratnam, Kaisa Nuuttila, Juliet Plumptre, Joe Pedder, Will Rumball, Jon Joe Smith, Geanette Tee, Rebekah Tunster, Susanna Walker, Natalie Wharton

2002 Aman Ashraff, Owen Billcliffe, Eilidh Brandon, Adrian Green, Mark Hopper, Matthew Howley, Sean McLynn, Lee Opie, Amelia Jackson-Gray, Sally Rahman, Christine Stirling, Vijay Sudra, David Truman, Jack Weatherall, Eileen Yip

[The preceding 15 trainees formed the April 2001 - April 2002 group, and collectively won the Outstanding Achievement award upon graduation. In subsequent years, John Sichel deemed it unnecessary to present the award any longer.]

Helen Ashworth, Emma Atherton, Nigel Austin, Lucy Cameron, Sarah Camp, Miranda Cheesman, Hannah Clarkson, Claire Cowan, Robert de Segundo, Joanne Dixon, Simon Hudson, Charlotte Ingham, Brian Kundra, Kathryn Laurie, Sarah Lyndfield, Lewis Mckie, Antonio Mosquito, Ana Nicoloau, Michael Scanlon, Darren Simon, Robert Sizer, Andrew Smith, Stuart Mitchell Smith, Chris Edwards, Elizabeth Wight, Michael Williams

2003 Lucy Adkins, Sophie Bradley, Chrissy Braithwaite, Isla Gammell, Alan Gilbert-Hill, John Glancy, Anais Gomez, James Haythornthwaite, Nick Howard, Jane Jackson, Emily Machin, Lucy Machin, Jane Maloney, Lauren Poole, Matthew Phipps, Mitul Rajani, Tanya Rich, John Rivett, Ben Smith, Philip Thomas, Faris Thowfeek, Esther Vardy, Sian Wallis, Dave Wilson, Laura Wilson

2004 Clare Axelson, Graham Belshaw, Luke Bellamore, Andrew Boyle, Simon Corney, Damien Cullen, Maryam Davari, Anthony Didge, Richard Diver, Jane Donkin, Catharine Ecob, Jayne Hibbitt, Aoibheann Kelly, Helen Kirkham, James MacFarlane, Charlene Matharu, Bethan Morgan, Simon Quinlan, Rebekah Richardson, Davina Rodrigues, Lucy Timmins, Leanne Troop, Lina Wangai, Chan Wickramaratne

2005 Justin Allum, Laura Bullock, Stephen Capano, Joseph Carey, Alec Crosby, Louise Crouch, Jessica Corfield, Simon Curtis, Christopher Essoo, Robert Ewbank, Sarah Fowkes, Kevin Heutink, Eamonn Murphy, James Paul, Anna Pugh, Sarah Ramsden, Helene Roseby, Ian Spence, Rhodri Wilson, Amy Wright, Jack Wright