ARTTS International

ARTTS International was a multi-discipline film, television, radio 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.

In 1989, Sichel received a loan of £170,000 from the Rural Development Commission to convert Highfield Grange, a disused pig farm, into a professional television, film, theatre and radio training facility.

[3][5] The centre also offered management training workshops for organisations outside the arts to learn team work while making a film.

[3][4] With an emphasis on the personal as well as the professional, trainees were pushed to learn the essentials of how to keep and maintain a job and reputation as someone continually employable whilst nurturing their creativity and remaining enthusiastic.