Directing

Entry requirements

You must have completed a college or university course, or have adequate professional experience to meet the demands of the course. You must also have been sufficiently involved in theatre (professional or student) in order to demonstrate serious professional intent on pursuing a career as a director.

Months of entry

September

Course content

This course will provide talented, emerging directors with contemporary and wide-ranging vocational postgraduate training.

At the start of the course, you will observe and participate in core LAMDA training alongside MFA Professional Acting students, working across the disciplines of acting, voice, movement and singing, to develop a working knowledge and understanding of the actor’s process. You will also participate in seminars in directing practice, understanding movement direction, the aesthetics and processes of screen making and how to prepare for a production. You will also assist and direct fellow acting students in short-scene studies.

In your second and third terms, you will assist professional directors on projects, onsite or on external placements. You will complete a design project with students from Royal Welsh College and during the spring, you will collaborate with LAMDA actors to devise an original piece of theatre – an opportunity to put into practice what you have learnt and develop your dramaturgical skills.

Your year will finish with you programming and directing a public performance of a play/project of your choice in one of our performance spaces. Previous industry guests to the performances have included Natalie Abrahami, Tim Etchells, Ned Bennett, Tom Littler, Mike Longhurst, Roxanna Silbert and Lyndsey Turner.

Fees and funding

If you’re starting a master’s degree, you could get a Postgraduate Master’s Loan to help with course fees and living costs. If you need any further information, please get in touch with our Admissions team.

Students can also apply for a Leverhulme Arts Scholarships, which awards between £3,000-£12,000 per annum and can support with fees and/or maintenance costs throughout the duration of a degree. These scholarships are available for all postgraduate courses.