Acting (CDT), BA

at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

Year 1: Acting and devising practice
 

• Through progressive work on acting, script analysis, voice, movement, devising, ensemble, singing, dance and improvisation, you will begin to undo physical and vocal habits

• Develop openness and sensitivity to space, image and impulse and cultivate psychophysical connectivity

• Apply these approaches to work on poetry, verbatim, observation and storytelling, as well as studio work on three plays.
   

Year 2: Transforming through acting and devising
 

• Through continued and extended work you will move towards greater expressivity and transformation across a broad range of characters and genres

• Full-length devised performance, American scenes, radio drama, comedy of manners and classical tragedy

• Uniquely, the process includes the full integration of design (sound, lighting, video, set) in the autumn term

• Class-based training concludes with a three-week clown intensive and a series of professional preparation workshops.
   

Year 3: Testing creativity and actor processes
 

• Through producing public performances for paying audiences, agents, casting directors and industry professionals, you will develop your artistry and independence

• Work on at least two plays and one devised theatre piece

• Undertake radio and screen training (including recording voice clips and showreels, and writing, shooting and editing a short film)

• One of the third year performances is usually performed off-site at a professional London theatre venue, as is the annual showcase.

2 A Levels at C, 3 GCSEs at C, and selection by audition.
 

Normal offers may be higher and depend upon expected grades and audition performance. Exceptional applicants who do not meet this requirement, but demonstrate appropriate potential, may be accepted.

The fees for Acting (CDT), BA  may vary from £25,000 to £35,000 annually for tuition fees. The fee's prices may get higher for International Students.

Permanent members of the Acting CDT staff regularly work on professional theatre projects and, from the outset, you will work closely with professional theatre companies and emergent or professionally active directors.

In recent years students have had workshops and created performances with Complicite, Engineer Theatre Collective, Filter Theatre, Catherine Tate, Lucy Porter, Ridiculusmus, John Hegley, Inspector Sands, Declan Donnellan, Robin Soans, Tanika Gupta MBE, Transport Theatre, Blind Summit, the TEAM (New York), out of Inc and Quiconque. Film and theatre professionals are often invited to hold research and development workshops with students, who may go on to work on those productions.