Actor and Performer Training

Applicants for Masters Programmes will be expected to have a good undergraduate degree in a related subject area. The College also encourages applications from those without formal qualifications who may be accepted on the basis of professional experience.

What you'll study

The MA/MFA Actor/Performer Training is a practice-based programme for those seeking intensive advanced training as actors and performers alongside rigorous academic study and performance research. The programme focuses specifically on actor/performer training, theatre creation, performative writing, informed critical reflection and practice research.

The uniqueness of the programme lies in the way it seeks to integrate traditional text-based conservatoire training and practices with the physical collaborative approach that has grown out of Eastern and Central Europe over the last 60 years. The MA/MFA includes an expedition which offers a unique context for learning and ethnographic and cultural research.

Why choose this course

Expert training: Provide specialist professional teaching and opportunities for study, research and embedded practice that is focused to enable you to build, enhance and take ownership over your own practice as an innovative and empowered actor performer and theatre-maker

Unique approach: Provide in-depth training and study to develop your artistic and academic expertise within highly specialised performance systems and ecologies and offering opportunities to work within dynamic and diverse, performance cultures

Exploration of text and physical performance: The uniqueness of the programme lies in the way it seeks to integrate traditional text-based conservatoire training and practices with the physical collaborative approach that has grown out of Eastern and Central Europe over the last 60 years

Learning environment: Create a pedagogical culture dedicated to providing advanced, rigorous and challenging learning and development opportunities in an environment that seeks to draw inspiration from traditional performance cultures and practices and to fuse these elements with contemporary global theatre and performance and outwardly facing theatre-artist, ready to take their place as citizens and active participants in cultural life

• Module One: The Advanced Actor
• Module Two: Performative Writing/Vade Mecum
• Module Three: Expedition to Performance
• Module Four: Final Research Project

MFA Actor/Performer Training

Year One MFA

There are three modules in year one:

• Advanced Actor Training (30 credits)
• Performative Writing/Vade Mecum (30 credits)
• Expedition to Performance (60 credits)

Year Two MFA

There are two modules in year two:

• The Widening Field (60 Credits)
• Final Independent Project (60 Credits)