Teaching
In this course “learning through doing” underlies how we teach. Also, the work you undertake will reflect the collaborative nature of acting in a blocked timetable approach, meaning you can immerse yourself in your projects and performances without too many distractions.
Workshops
Workshops will develop your technique and help hone your craft. The majority of your first year is taught through workshops. As well as your acting classes, voice and movement workshops will be scheduled, as well as tuition in particular performance techniques, such as Combat for Stage and Screen in your second year. You could also opt to do your Level 1 BADC Stage Combat exam during your time with us.
Theatre Performances
Staff and guest directed public performances in your second and third year of both contemporary and heightened text plays will allow you to apply your craft, alongside a continued development of core acting skills. These full-length public performances will allow you to rehearse using contemporary rehearsal techniques. You could also choose to be an assistant director on these projects.
Film Shoots
Staff directed films, written specifically for you by professional screenwriters, are used to develop your screen acting skills. By allowing you to apply your knowledge and techniques to a short feature film shot in your final year, as well as multi-cam studio work and location shoots in your second year, you will feel confident in your ability to act on camera.
Visits and Placements
Your experience is enhanced by a range of visits which take part throughout the year, enabling you to understand more about live performance. You also have the opportunity to undertake a work experience module where you can work either in a production or outreach role in theatres, or in an educational environment, or a placement of your choice.
Context sessions.
You will also have contextual sessions which cover areas of theatre and film acting history, key theories and practitioners, set texts, films and provide historical context. A range of teaching strategies may be used such as: discussions, debates and practical exploration, screenings of extracts from plays and films and self-led enquiry.
In this course “learning through doing” underlies how we teach. Also, the work you undertake will reflect the collaborative nature of acting in a blocked timetable approach, meaning you can immerse yourself in your projects and performances without too many distractions.
Workshops
Workshops will develop your technique and help hone your craft. The majority of your first year is taught through workshops. As well as your acting classes, voice and movement workshops will be scheduled, as well as tuition in particular performance techniques, such as Combat for Stage and Screen in your second year. You could also opt to do your Level 1 BADC Stage Combat exam during your time with us.
Theatre Performances
Staff and guest directed public performances in your second and third year of both contemporary and heightened text plays will allow you to apply your craft, alongside a continued development of core acting skills. These full-length public performances will allow you to rehearse using contemporary rehearsal techniques. You could also choose to be an assistant director on these projects.
Film Shoots
Staff directed films, written specifically for you by professional screenwriters, are used to develop your screen acting skills. By allowing you to apply your knowledge and techniques to a short feature film shot in your final year, as well as multi-cam studio work and location shoots in your second year, you will feel confident in your ability to act on camera.
Visits and Placements
Your experience is enhanced by a range of visits which take part throughout the year, enabling you to understand more about live performance. You also have the opportunity to undertake a work experience module where you can work either in a production or outreach role in theatres, or in an educational environment, or a placement of your choice.
Context sessions.
You will also have contextual sessions which cover areas of theatre and film acting history, key theories and practitioners, set texts, films and provide historical context. A range of teaching strategies may be used such as: discussions, debates and practical exploration, screenings of extracts from plays and films and self-led enquiry.
In this course “learning through doing” underlies how we teach. Also, the work you undertake will reflect the collaborative nature of acting in a blocked timetable approach, meaning you can immerse yourself in your projects and performances without too many distractions.
Workshops
Workshops will develop your technique and help hone your craft. The majority of your first year is taught through workshops. As well as your acting classes, voice and movement workshops will be scheduled, as well as tuition in particular performance techniques, such as Combat for Stage and Screen in your second year. You could also opt to do your Level 1 BADC Stage Combat exam during your time with us.
Theatre Performances
Staff and guest directed public performances in your second and third year of both contemporary and heightened text plays will allow you to apply your craft, alongside a continued development of core acting skills. These full-length public performances will allow you to rehearse using contemporary rehearsal techniques. You could also choose to be an assistant director on these projects.
Film Shoots
Staff directed films, written specifically for you by professional screenwriters, are used to develop your screen acting skills. By allowing you to apply your knowledge and techniques to a short feature film shot in your final year, as well as multi-cam studio work and location shoots in your second year, you will feel confident in your ability to act on camera.
Visits and Placements
Your experience is enhanced by a range of visits which take part throughout the year, enabling you to understand more about live performance. You also have the opportunity to undertake a work experience module where you can work either in a production or outreach role in theatres, or in an educational environment, or a placement of your choice.
Context sessions.
You will also have contextual sessions which cover areas of theatre and film acting history, key theories and practitioners, set texts, films and provide historical context. A range of teaching strategies may be used such as: discussions, debates and practical exploration, screenings of extracts from plays and films and self-led enquiry.
Learning support
In addition to the excellent support you will receive from your course teaching team, our central Academic Skills team provides group and one-to-one help to support your learning in a number of areas. These include study skills (including reading, note-taking and presentation skills); written English (including punctuation and grammatical accuracy); academic writing (including how to reference); research skills; critical thinking and understanding arguments; and revision, assessment and examination skills (including time management).
Additional support
Our Student Inclusion Services support students with additional needs such as sensory impairment, or learning difficulties such as dyslexia.
Feedback
The Acting teaching staff regards feedback as a key aspect of your learning. The team operates within a framework which comprises four elements:
- The opportunity to receive verbal feedback from tutors during continual assessment and after assessed performances (both live and recorded) and presentations.
- The opportunity to receive verbal feedback from tutors when work is collected.
- Provision of commentary comprising of a) annotated engagement with the student’s text; and/or b) written summary of overall strengths and weaknesses.
- The return of marked written work and feedback to students within a maximum of 20 working days of submission.
The Acting teaching staff regards feedback as a key aspect of your learning. The team operates within a framework which comprises four elements:
- The opportunity to receive verbal feedback from tutors during continual assessment and after assessed performances (both live and recorded) and presentations.
- The opportunity to receive verbal feedback from tutors when work is collected.
- Provision of commentary comprising of a) annotated engagement with the student’s text; and/or b) written summary of overall strengths and weaknesses.
- The return of marked written work and feedback to students within a maximum of 20 working days of submission.
The Acting teaching staff regards feedback as a key aspect of your learning. The team operates within a framework which comprises four elements:
- The opportunity to receive verbal feedback from tutors during continual assessment and after assessed performances (both live and recorded) and presentations.
- The opportunity to receive verbal feedback from tutors when work is collected.
- Provision of commentary comprising of a) annotated engagement with the student’s text; and/or b) written summary of overall strengths and weaknesses.
- The return of marked written work and feedback to students within a maximum of 20 working days of submission.