If you are looking at a future career in the arts you can use this section to find out more info on further education courses in acting, theatre, drama and performing arts.
For more information, you can visit the weblinks or talk to one of our drama staff. If you have information about a course not listed here please Get in Touch, so we can add it to our list.
COURSES IN SCOTLAND
Degree Courses
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
The RSAMD are Scotland’s only Conservatoire and while they offer the kind of traditional excellence you’d expect in a vocational conservatoire setting, they also have some great courses you might not expect – like Digital Film and Television, Contemporary Theatre Practice, Technical and Production Arts and Musical Theatre. The training under one roof makes the wonderful interdisciplinary environment of the RSAMD as vibrant and as progressive as Glasgow itself.
www.rsamd.ac.uk
Queen Margaret University
The School of Drama & Creative Industries at Queen Margaret University has a leading reputation for innovation and excellence in vocational training for the Arts and Entertainment Industries and for professional focused education of the highest quality.
www.qmced.ac.uk
Glasgow University
Theatre Studies examines the nature and function of the theatrical event from the perspectives of both practitioners and audience. It introduces a variety of approaches to the study of theatre, historical, sociological, theoretical and textual. You are encouraged to experiment practically and, although we do not provide a training in theatre skills to professional level, there is a practical element in each year of the course.
www.gla.ac.uk
Colleges (Glasgow and Surrounding Area)
• Reid Kerr College– HNC/HND Acting and Performance, HNC Production and Technical Theatre
• Stow College– HND Acting and Performance, HND Musical Theatre
• Glasgow College of Nautical Studies– HNC/HND Acting and Performance
• Langside College– HND Year 1/Year 2 Acting and Performance
• James Watt College– HNC/HND Acting and Performance
• Motherwell College – HNC/HND Acting and Performance, HNC/HND Musical Theatre
• Coatbridge College– HNC/HND Acting and Performance
REST OF UK
Bristol Old Vic
Opened by Laurence Olivier in 1946, the School is an industry-led vocational training establishment preparing Actors, Actresses, Stage Managers, Carpenters, Electricians, Sound Technicians, Costumiers, Designers, Property Makers and Directors for careers in Theatre, Radio, Television, Film, Trade Presentations, Recording Studios and the many and ever-increasing areas of employment open to a trained work-force in an industry which is also, occasionally, an art.
www.oldvic.ac.uk
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
The training provided at the Academy is vocational. Its aim is to train actors and technicians at the highest level for a professional career and to advance the art of theatre, film, radio and television by giving performers and technicians the necessary skills to reinvigorate the craft.
http://www.rada.org
Drama Centre London
Drama Centre offers an inspirational, passionate environment for those who are resolutely serious about acting and their careers. An Advisory Council, which includes Sir Anthony Hopkins and leading directors Declan Donnellan, Adrian Noble and Max Stafford-Clark, guides the School's distinctive approach.
www.csm.arts.ac.uk
The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
LIPA was created to provide the best teaching and learning for people who want to pursue a lasting career in the popular performing arts economy - whether as performers or those who make performance possible. LIPA's founders included Sir Paul McCartney, Liverpool City Council and Mark Featherstone-Witty (the current Principal/CEO).
www.lipa.ac.uk
Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
Founded in 1945, Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts is now recognised as one of the country’s leading Drama Schools. Mountview’s mission is to develop as a Conservatoire pre-eminent in the pursuit of excellence in education and training for those people whose vocation is to work in the professional theatre and related industries; and to create significant opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds to develop and enrich their quality of life through the practice of theatre and dramatic arts.
www.mountview.ac.uk
Guilford School of Acting
Established some forty years ago, GSA Guildford School of Acting has progressively built a secure reputation for the excellent quality of its training for the classical and musical theatre and for television and film. We aim to produce versatile, highly skilled performers, stage managers and technicians who can sustain long term careers in the performing arts and entertainment industry.
www.conservatoire.org
Central School of Speech and Drama
To become a member of Central is to elect to join a community of practitioners and scholars devoted to excellence in the dramatic arts at the highest level. It is now too included as one of the colleges of world class standing that comprise the University of London.
www.cssd.ac.uk
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
The Acting Course is an intensive training in the practical craft of acting, different in structure and approach from most university courses in Drama, Theatre Studies or Performing Arts. It is designed to develop the range of skills necessary in a profession which is both diverse and demanding.
www.gsmd.ac.uk
Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts
Founded in 1911, the Italia Conti Academy has developed a worldwide reputation for training young people in performance skills. Italia Conti courses are modern and progressive, designed to equip new performers with skills for the industry of today. We place emphasis on personal development, seeking to bring out the qualities of the individual rather than forcing everyone into the same mould.
www.italiaconti-acting.co.uk
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
LAMDA is an independent drama school. It is dedicated to helping actors, stage managers and technicians acquire the necessary skills and levels of creativity to meet the highest demands and best opportunities of contemporary theatre, film and television. It achieves this through a teaching faculty of experienced permanent staff and outside professionals.
www.lamda.org.uk
Rose Bruford College
Founded in 1950, Rose Bruford College is one of the largest, most comprehensive providers of vocational degrees in theatre and related arts in Western Europe. A University Sector Institution, our degrees are validated by the University of Manchester and where appropriate accredited by the National Council for Drama Training.
www.bruford.ac.uk
Birmingham School of Acting
Birmingham School of Acting exists to engage with and develop the art form of acting. Birmingham School of Acting is a vibrant, adaptable organisation that actively seeks, supports and develops spirited individuals with the desire and ability to excel.
www.bcu.ac.uk
Arts Educational Schools London
The School of Acting offers contemporary, industry relevant vocational training for actors. It equips the student to a high level for a career as a professional actor in a range of performance contexts including live performance, film, television and radio.
www.artsed.co.uk
East 15 Drama School
East 15 Acting School has been training actors for over 40 years and continues to produce actors, directors, writers and teachers of high calibre, all armed with the ability to find their place in the theatre profession but also filled with the inspiration, courage and skills to search for and to create exciting new work.
www.east15.ac.uk
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
A belief in diversity and developing individual qualities lies at the heart of the training at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. While the courses expect and encourage a high level of personal responsibility in keeping with the demands of the profession, the atmosphere is one of support and encouragement.
www.rwcmd.ac.uk
Oxford School of Drama
The Oxford School of Drama, founded in 1981, is an independent school which runs vocational acting courses. If you decide to apply to The Oxford School of Drama, you must find in yourself a real commitment to theatre, much physical and imaginative energy, and endless staying power.
oxford.drama.ac.uk
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