Acting (Musical Theatre), BA

at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

• Year 1: Classes and workshops
   

  • A full-time schedule in acting fundamentals, acting through song, spoken/sung voice (including 1:1 weekly singing lessons), ballet, jazz, ballroom, hip hop and contemporary dance, clowning, text analysis, musical theatre repertoire and ensemble singing

  • Undertake performance projects that may include Russian and British heritage: Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Pinter, Hare and others.
     

  Year 2: Continuing practical training in all disciplines
   

  • Performance projects include Brecht, Orton, Greek theatre, contemporary American scenes, comedy of manners, Sondheim musical, Shakespeare tragedy and professional preparation

  • Perform in the public production book musical alongside final year students
     

  Year 3: Focus on professional development
   

  • Public production performances (plays, musicals, actor/musician shows)

  • West End industry showcase

  • Acting for camera (including a professional showreel)

  • Radio training (including a voice reel) and recording a professional sung voice reel.
     

  Previous plays include: Pentecost (Edgar), Man Of Mode (Etherege), Too Clever By Half (Ostrovsky), Black Snow (Bulgakov); musicals include: Sweet Charity, West Side Story, City Of Angels, Cabaret, Grease; new commissions include: Keeping The Faith (Fiona Laird), The Wish!, The Twee Musketeers!, Sleeping Cutie (Mark Chatterton and Sarah Nixon), and Through The Wire (Catherine Johnson).

   

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 (Musical Theatre), BA  may vary from £20,000 to £35,000 annually for tuition fees. The fee's prices may get higher for International Students.

Recent graduate successes include:
 

• Theatre

Hangmen, Royal Court Theatre and Wyndham’s Theatre; Mr Foote’s Other Leg, Hampstead Theatre/Theatre Royal Haymarket; Royal Shakespeare Company 2015 season; War Horse, The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time, Chariots Of Fire, Home, Othello, The Elephantom, National Theatre; Wolf Hall and 2014 season, Royal Shakespeare Company; Viva Forever!, Piccadilly Theatre; The Judas Kiss, Duke of York’s Theatre; Great Expectations, Vaudeville Theatre; Goodnight Mister Tom, Phoenix Theatre; The Recruiting Officer, The Physicists, Donmar Warehouse; The Wild Bride, Midnight’s Pumpkin, Beggar’s Opera, Kneehigh; A New World, Shakespeare’s Globe; Equus, To Kill A Mockingbird, UK tours; The Little Prince, Lyric Belfast; Hurts Given And Received, The Wrestling School, Riverside Studios; The Railway Children, Waterloo Station; The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, Kensington Gardens; The Flying Lovers for Kneehigh Theatre at Shakespeare’s Globe/Bristol Old Vic.
 

• Regional theatre

Jesus Christ Superstar, Arena Tour; Hairspray, UK tour; The History Boys, Mercury Theatre, Colchester; Jack And The Beanstalk, Liverpool Playhouse; Barnum, Cameron Mackintosh, Chichester Festival Theatre. Christmas shows, leading roles at Lyric Hammersmith, Everyman Theatre Liverpool, Corn Exchange Newbury, Chester Theatre in the Quarter, Park Theatre in Finsbury Park.
 

• Television

Humans, Channel 4/AMC; Mount Pleasant, Sky; The Sound Of Music Live!, Mr Selfridge, Whitechapel, ITV; Olyvar in Game Of Thrones, The Red Tent, HBO; Killjoys, Canadian TV; Banana, Misfits, The Inbetweeners, E4; Call The Midwife, Murdered By My Boyfriend, EastEnders (regular character/leading role), The Syndicate, Holby City, Doctors (guest characters), Great Expectations, Money, BBC; Horrible Histories, CBBC; Black Mirror, Shameless, Channel 4.
 

• Film

Angel in X-Men: Apocalypse, Killjoys, Ready Player One, Tulip Fever, Granite Mountain, Angel Of Decay, A Storm In The Stars, Dark Souls, Pride, Mr Turner, Les Misérables, W.E., Hereafter, X-Men: First Class, Age Of Heroes.
 

• Musicals (London)

Beautiful – The Carole King Musical, Mamma Mia, Stephen Ward, Sweeney Todd, Aldwych Theatre; City Of Angels, Donmar Warehouse; Merrily We Roll Along, Harold Pinter Theatre; Jersey Boys, Piccadilly Theatre; Les Misérables, Queen’s Theatre; Oliver!, Theatre Royal Drury Lane; Soho Cinders, Soho Theatre.
 

• UK & European tours

King Lear, Dirty Dancing, The Commitments, Sweeney Todd – The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street, The Two Worlds Of Charlie F, Dead Dog In A Suitcase (and other love songs), Kneehigh; Sister Act, Avenue Q, Les Misérables 25th Anniversary European Tour, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Dreamboats And Petticoats; Spring Awakening, English Theatre Frankfurt; Kiss Me, Kate, Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris; Call Me Madam, Mierscher Kulturhaus, Luxembourg; Brassed Off, Touring Consortium Theatre Company.
 

• Radio

SBLT (Single But Living Together), Great Expectations, Isadora Wing in Fear Of Flying, BBC Radio 4.