BA (Hons) Acting: Contemporary and Devised
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London
Course options
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Qualification
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
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Location
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
29-SEP-25
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Duration
3 Years
Course summary
About the programme
- Receive a thorough actor training that places emphasis on your creative potential to make your own performance work
- Encounter cutting-edge ideas and experiment with the latest techniques to inform your acting process
- Work with the most exciting theatre companies, directors, and practitioners in the performing arts industries
- Extensive industry exposure obtained through public productions and a showcase in Central London for agents and casting directors
- Notable graduates include Karl Queensborough, Naomi Ackie and Martins Imhangbe.
This unique and innovative actor training programme develops your professional skills to work across theatre, TV, film, and audio and a devising practice that will see you become an accomplished maker of your own performance work.
The programme is known for the high standard of actor training, but also as a space where you can create and tell your own stories in sophisticated and exciting new ways. This is a highly physical and rigorous training that embraces the diversity of our students and nurtures your potential as a creative, imaginative actor and artist. Devising is at the core of the practice with space to structure, develop, and experiment with ideas, theatrical form, and exploration of the most up-to-date modes of performance making in an inclusive and collaborative environment.
Undergraduate actor training at Central
Centrals undergraduate actor training provides a comprehensive grounding in all of the fundamental skills required to be a professional actor for stage, screen and other media forms. Drawing on classical and contemporary playwrights and practitioners, students develop their techniques in an inclusive environment, adopt the approaches that work best for their learning and become adaptable and well-rounded performers. The training also takes advantage of opportunities through emerging technologies such as motion capture.. Central has a rich history of training leading performers found across the creative industries in theatre, film, television and emerging digital content.
Graduates of this course have recently appeared in:
Theatre
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Palace Theatre (West End)
- Hamilton, Victoria Palace Theatre (West End)
- The Mouse Trap, St Martins Theatre (West End)
- The Jungle Book, UK Tour
- A Christmas Carol, Old Vic
- Kes, Leeds Playhouse
- Henry VI: Rebellion/Wars of the Roses, Royal Shakespeare Company
- The Normal Heart, National Theatre
- Wuthering Heights, Manchesters Royal Exchange Theatre
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Bridge Theatre
- Old Bridge, Bush Theatre
- Human Nature, Sheffield Crubible Theatre
- The Glow, Royal Court.
Tuition fees
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£ 26,460per year
Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.
University information
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London
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Campus address
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, 51.5443344,-0.1742045, Eton Avenue, Camden, NW3 3HY, United Kingdom
Subject rankings
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Subject ranking
17th out of 95 1
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Entry standards
/ Max 198143 72%24th
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Graduate prospects
/ Max 10063.0 63%23rd
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Student satisfaction
/ Max 42.75 69%92nd
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