Boury Academy: Open house

With studios fitted with sprung dance floors, full-length mirrors, a large performance space, kitchen and common room facilities, central London has an impressive new arrival in the form of the Boury Academy Studios. Located just a stone's throw from Vauxhall underground station, the studios are right opposite a shiny new branch of Gail's Bakery.

Its glitzy facilities and superb location are partly why the studios are taking so many bookings from professional theatre companies, but unlike other rehearsal spaces in the capital, the Boury Academy is a community interest company established to benefit the neighbourhood in which it sits.

Directed by West End performers Caroline and Rakesh Boury, Boury's goal is to provide training, inspiration, and a potential pathway for young people into a profession that can often feel inaccessible to anyone but a privileged few.