Avondale Hall in Clapham (London)

[lynette]

I find the school on the Internet, but without success, it's the correct name of the school attended by Hans? I found a school that would be appropriate but I'm not sure if this is the right one. I hope you understand, I write like a pig ..

Here are links:
www.italiaconti-acting.co.uk/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italia_Conti_Academy_of_Theatre_Arts

[Gg]

there's been some confusion. There was some thought that he attended the Avondale that Orlando Bloom attended. Let me cross check

[lynette]

Mar 30, 2010 5:12:12 GMT 8 Gg said:

there's been some confusion. There was some thought that he attended the Avondale that Orlando Bloom attended. Let me cross check

I thought , Hans said in his interview (Doctor Zhivago) that he attended an intensive course in this school Avondale Hall in Clapham, in southwest London... Orlando Bloom was also a student of this school. My problem is that I can not find the school on the Internet, apparently are not links ... I just found some that might be. I'm not sure whether they are correct ...

[Gg]

He did mention Avondale in Clapham in an interview, and the Avondale Theatre is attached to the Italia Conti Academy. Although I think it was a mistake that he and Orlando Bloom both attended there, though I haven't read up on Orlando Bloom (my TigerBeat suscription ran out when I was 14,... sorry that's a joke). I'll let you know when I get a reply to my email -- hopefully they are WAY too busy reading potential scripts to be fast about it...

[Virgil Reality]

That's what I recall - a very early interview mentioned Avondale Hall. That would have been early nineties - no proof that it still exists or hasn't changed names.

I think Orlando Bloom attended some other drama school - maybe Guildhall.

Someone sometime posted somewhere that they attensded the same school so it just became aninternet fact, like the whole 'born in a caravan' thing that someone posted in a guest book. Hardly proof.

I guess because both Orlando and Hans lived in Canterbury as boys, someone's made a connection and then an assumption. Who knows? Maybe they did attend the same school but I;m sure there is more than one in Canterbury.

You can't believe everything you read on the internet, that's for sure.

[lynette]

Mar 30, 2010 6:49:45 GMT 8 Gg said:

He did mention Avondale in Clapham in an interview, and the Avondale Theatre is attached to the Italia Conti Academy. Although I think it was a mistake that he and Orlando Bloom both attended there, though I haven't read up on Orlando Bloom (my TigerBeat suscription ran out when I was 14,... sorry that's a joke). I'll let you know when I get a reply to my email -- hopefully they are WAY too busy reading potential scripts to be fast about it...

Thanks Gg! ;)Orlando Bloom is not too interesting for me as an actor and for me it is not important information if he and Hans attended the school together. I have some doubts about it.
;D

[lynette]

Mar 30, 2010 7:16:07 GMT 8 Virgil Reality said:

That's what I recall - a very early interview mentioned Avondale Hall. That would have been early nineties - no proof that it still exists or hasn't changed names.

I think Orlando Bloom attended some other drama school - maybe Guildhall.

Someone sometime posted somewhere that they attensded the same school so it just became aninternet fact, like the whole 'born in a caravan' thing that someone posted in a guest book. Hardly proof.

I guess because both Orlando and Hans lived in Canterbury as boys, someone's made a connection and then an assumption. Who knows? Maybe they did attend the same school but I;m sure there is more than one in Canterbury.

You can't believe everything you read on the internet, that's for sure.

Change the name of the school - this would be an explanation. If so, then I got unlucky. I just wanted some information about this school from my curiosity.

[hannah26]

I think he went to the Italia Conti Drama School in Clapham which is another name for this school.