Universities/Drama schools

RADA ( Royal Academy of Dramatic Art):

http://www.rada.ac.uk/prospectus

THE PROGRAMME

The programme includes the development of individual skills in the areas of acting, voice, singing and movement; and their application in a variety of projects and productions across the three years. Work is continuously assessed: and students have regular feedback sessions and one-to-one tutorials with teachers. The aim is to train actors with a high degree of technical facility and flexibility, but also, to develop individuality and imagination. The course includes work on contemporary plays and styles; and classes in camera and microphone technique.

The training is classically based because we believe this provides the best possible foundation for acting in any form or media

THE TRAINING INCLUDES:

·         Stanislavsky-based rehearsal exercises and project work

·         improvisation

·         contemporary and classical text

·         performance projects on Greek Tragedy, Shakespeare and the Jacobeans, Restoration Comedy and contemporary writing

·         acting for camera and microphone technique

·         voice training, including dialect training, individual and choral singing

·         movement training, including mask, dance and stage combat

I think that i would enjoy this course, as the training looks really professional and as if it covers the majority of things that you need to learn. RADA was always somewhere that i would love to attend and learn, not only because of the amazing people that have come out of the university but the amazing courses they teach.

Central School of Speech & Drama: 

http://www.cssd.ac.uk/

Professional training for actors has been a vital part of Central since its foundation in 1906, when Elsie Fogerty founded The Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art at the Royal Albert Hall.

The international reputation of the Acting course is based upon the consistent excellence of its students as evidenced by the number of alumni continually undertaking high quality work. Award-winning graduates of the course are many and include Joss Ackland, Nonso Anozie, Peggy Ashcroft, Claire Bloom, Judi Dench, Lindsay Duncan, Rupert Everett, Martin Freeman, Gael Garcia Bernal, Andrew Garfield, Cush Jumbo, Laurence Olivier, Harold Pinter, James Purefoy, Vanessa Redgrave, Natasha Richardson, Zoë Wanamaker and Alexis Zegerman.

Historically, Central actors have always adopted a pragmatic approach to their training, drawing upon multiple performance theories rather than subscribing to a particular doctrine or method. It is hoped that students will continue to celebrate this breadth of vision.

The course is divided into three specialist pathways. Students are required to audition (held nationally and internationally) and then, if successful, will be chosen for one pathway. It will not be possible to transfer between pathways once accepted.

During the course you will be taught by resident and visiting professional staff how to draw on a wide range of acting processes. The course will help you learn how to become self-determined creative actors eminently capable of working in theatre, television, film and radio and will constantly challenge your understanding of acting. Intensive conservatoire training also requires utter dedication and will demand your courage, intelligence, wit and generosity. The pathways exist within a thriving university/conservatoire environment - home to a dynamic range of related performance disciplines at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.

The training will be contextualised alongside relevant professional advice and is structured in such a way as to gradually equip you with a thorough understanding of the industry. Professional preparation including meetings with agents, casting directors, producers, directors etc., as well as mock auditions/castings and a West End showcase, have meant that in recent years most of the BA (Hons) Acting students – across all three pathways – have secured agent representation by the time they have completed the course.

I'd really like this course as i think it would help me immensely by the set out of the units and the amount of time you would have to complete it. It is also an amazing school, with great facilities and brilliant teachers and coaches.