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Acting: Collaborative and Devised Performance, BA (Hons), Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

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BA (Hons)Full-time3 yearsOctoberGBP 9250 per yearGBP 25200 per year

About Acting: Collaborative and Devised Performance, BA (Hons) - at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

  • 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.

Learn more about Acting: Collaborative and Devised Performance, BA (Hons) - at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

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Notes about fees for this course

Current fees for The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama can be found here: https://www.cssd.ac.uk/fees-funding/tuition-fees-and-additional-costs

Entry requirements

Our minimum academic entry requirement is 64 UCAS tariff points or above - these can be from any Level 3 qualification (eg. A-levels, BTECs, etc.) which attract UCAS points, and selection by audition.

You can see how many tariff points your qualifications would gain on the UCAS Tariff Calculator. International qualifications and others not covered within the UCAS tariff can also be accepted.

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.

Admissions

This is an intensive professional training course and must be followed in its entirety. 

Candidates must be eligible to satisfy the general admissions requirements. Admission will be based on the reasonable expectation that you have the potential to complete and contribute positively to the programme and that you would benefit from honours study. There is no alternative to selection by audition.

Selection for audition will normally depend on you meeting, or being predicted to meet, minimum entry requirements, and on written references and demonstration of the following in the UCAS written statement:

  • engagement with theatre and acting at national/local level
  • evidence of a real commitment to acting and a long-standing interest in acting and theatre
  • knowledge of a range of theatrical forms and genres
  • experience gained in post-education contexts, such as the workplace, travel and voluntary settings.

In the absence of formal qualifications, an indication of academic potential will be sought in your UCAS statement.

Fees, Funding and Scholarships at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

Central have multiple scholarships, bursaries and awards for incoming and continuing students including the Leverhulme Scholarship of up to £10,000.

You can find out more about the funding currently available for Central students here

Other courses at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

There are 23 other courses listed from Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. A selection of these are displayed below:

Acting - Classical MA

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Acting - Contemporary MA

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Acting for Screen MA

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Acting: Collaborative and Devised Performance BA (Hons)

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Acting: Musical Theatre BA (Hons)

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Acting: Stage and Screen BA (Hons)

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Actor Training and Coaching MA, MFA

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Advanced Theatre Practice MA, MFA

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