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n most vocational colleges offering Education Funding Agency, degree programmes, fees are now in it is outside mainstream excess of £9,000 as in universities. student funding which Most schools set their annual tuition is the responsibility of Ifees at around £9,250 per year which the Higher Education can be covered by a student loan. Some Funding Council. For schools, however, charge higher fees. students with a family For example the Mountview fee for UK income under £27,000 per year, the award students for 2019/20 is £13,160 and the pays the entire tuition fee and provides Arts Ed one is £14,910. This means that a £5,185 maintenance grant to contribute students may have a funding shortfall, to living costs for a student in lodgings although there are scholarships and in London. Many students get less bursaries to be applied for. depending on where they live and study, It sounds a lot of money, but bear in and if their household income is higher. Dance and Drama Awards mind it is still only just over 50 per cent These are effectively scholarships awarded (DaDA) of the actual cost. Performance students at the discretion of the colleges in the www.gov.uk/dance-drama-awards are very expensive to train because they scheme, so you have to demonstrate a lot need – and get – 30 hours of tuition a of potential to be considered. Federation of Drama Schools week. Be aware that many universities To be DaDA eligible, applicants must be – finance, funding and run academic drama courses whose main aged 16–23 to apply for funding towards bursaries: purpose is not the training of performers: dance courses and 18–23 for acting www.federationofdramaschools.co.uk/ tuition fees will still be £9,000 plus, but courses. The 17 DaDA eligible schools studying-at-an-fds-school/finance- there is much less face-to-face practical for the 2019/20 academic year are shown funding-and-bursaries tuition – 12 hours a week teaching time is in the box at the end of this feature. fairly typical. Students offered places on courses at Student Loans Company Any UK student on a degree course DaDA awarding schools who are not www.slc.co.uk may also apply for a maintenance loan the offered a DaDA scholarship are, of course, level of which depends on location and responsible for funding their full course Gov UK guidance whether or not the applicant is living in fees and living expenses – the total cost of www.gov.uk/student-finance/overview the family home. The maximum is £11,672 which can be more than £20,000 per year. per year for a student in London living away from home. Scholarships, bursaries and Tuition fees have to be repaid, but other funding DaDA Schools for 2019-2020 no one has to pay ‘up front’. You do Many drama and other performing arts The following schools offer DaDAs for the 2019 to 2020 academic year: not begin repayment until your annual schools have trusts and benefactors ALRA (Academy of Live and Recorded income reaches £25,725 a year. If you behind them, so there are a number of Arts) never reach the threshold, your debt is specific scholarships and bursaries about. Arts Ed., London finally cancelled after 30 years. A scholarship is typically awarded to an Bird College – Dance and Drama outstanding student whom the college Theatre Performance really wants to work with and who, almost Living costs Bodywork Company There are separate arrangements for always, goes on to a successful career. Elmhurst Ballet School all higher education students needing Bursaries tend to be quieter and more English National Ballet School support. You can take out a student loan to discretionary where a college can see that The Hammond School cover these costs. Amounts vary depending an individual student will be unable to Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts on your situation (e.g. whether you are continue without a top-up, for example. Laine Theatre Arts living at home while studying; living away There are also schemes and initiatives, Liverpool Theatre School from home outside London; living away such as the Access to Learning Fund Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts from home in London and so on). This too which (in theory) help to provide Northern Ballet School has to be repaid as a tax-like percentage access to higher education to anyone, The Oxford School of Drama once your income reaches £25,725. irrespective of financial background. Performers College Remember: knowledge is power – SLP College Leeds Dance and drama awards research your options and make sure Stella Mann College Another possibility is the Dance and you fully understand what you’re Urdang Academy. Drama Awards scheme. Funded by the committing to. SGDE
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Acting
BY ARIAN NIK PHIL SHARP
What course did you study at directly to character and text. We would I left – the gift of the industry is that you what institution? then share the pieces at the end of each learn on every job. I studied a BA in Acting at Mountview term. Since leaving, Mountview has held the Academy. door open. Whenever I’ve needed support What did you find most for an audition, departments have always Why did you choose that challenging? welcomed me back and given me their particular course? Managing my time. We were training time. Above all, I left after three years I wanted a hands-on course that was from nine in the morning until six, with a deeper understanding of myself, primarily practice-led. I wasn’t interested Monday-Friday, not to mention the that’s something I will forever be thankful in theorising but wanted to explore acting additional work we were given to for. on my feet in a studio. complete at home, for example learning lines, nailing accents, reading scripts, Did you know what you What were the entry writing some of our own, and so on. wanted to do as an occupation requirements? The upside was being surrounded by 30 before you started the course? The only academic requirements were other classmates who were spinning the Did that change during the five A*- C at GCSE [now five passes same number of plates as I was. course? and two A Levels]. However, the course I always knew I wanted to perform, but had a rigorous audition process where What did you like about the the course also ignited my passion for the faculty were essentially creating an institution? creating, especially when it came to ensemble of actors who could work and Everything! Even today, seeing the writing my own scripts and producing my grow together for three years. buildings and meeting up with old course own work. I attended the first round in mates brings back the fondest memories Manchester and then was invited to the of my life. It was a hub of creativity, What is it that you do now, Academy for my recall. The audition we were encouraged to explore, grow, and what are your plans for process gave me a real feel for the course challenge ourselves and fail. It felt like the future? as I saw classes, explored the building and running off to the circus – I finally felt I’m an actor. also met current students and teachers understood. From the faculty to the who answered any questions. students, we all shared a passion for What advice would you give drama. to someone when picking a What did you enjoy most about course? the course and why? Do you feel that the course Audition the school just as much as they It was the projects that I enjoyed most. has equipped you with the are auditioning you. Most institutions are Each term we would work on a play from appropriate skills to work in very similar in what they offer training- a different era/style of theatre. From the theatre industry? wise, but it’s about finding the school you Shakespeare to American playwrights, I left the course with relevant skills feel the most at home in. Don’t be swayed the projects would be an opportunity for that I could apply to all mediums of by the name. Ask yourself questions: us to put into practice the things we had performance, whether it be stage, screen Where will I thrive? Where do I feel I’ll be learnt in our skills classes and apply them or audio. But my training didn’t end when challenged? SGDE
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008_SGDE_FEAT-WhatItsLike-Acting [APPROVED].indd 8 01/08/2019 09:23 What it’s like to study… Acting for Musical Theatre BY MICHELLE JAMES
What course did you study at What did you like about the What advice would you what institution? institution? give to someone when I studied the BA in Musical Theatre at the The conservatoire’s facilities are second picking a course? Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS). to none and I loved being part of a Research, research, research! Make sure community of students who were all you know everything about the course Why did you choose that so passionate about their art. It truly is before you accept a place. It’s not fair particular course? like nowhere else, and it will hold a very on yourself, your classmates or your At RCS they really emphasise the special place in my heart for the rest of teachers, if you study a course that importance of collaboration – whether it my life. I also loved the conservatoire’s doesn’t make you happy. be with different art forms or courses – inclusive environment – no one judges It’s important to talk to current and the possibility of this really excited you for who you are. students and alumni, look at class sizes me. When I left school, I wasn’t sure what and get to know the teachers. It’s also type of theatre I wanted to specialise in, Do you feel that the course useful to know what networks and but the Musical Theatre course at RCS has equipped you with the partnerships the institution has. SGDE was the perfect solution. It allowed me appropriate skills to work in to keep my options open and explore a the theatre industry? range of creative disciplines. I loved that I While the industry is forever changing, found a course where I would not only be RCS equipped me with the skills I need learning singing, acting and dancing, but to be a versatile performer. During my musicianship and actor-musicianship too. time on the course, I expanded my interests to include newly devised work, What were the entry physical theatre, children’s theatre and requirements? actor-musician work. Students at RCS Academic requirements were listed but are encouraged to build a strong were not essential. Following on from ensemble ethos and each graduate is the application there was an audition equipped with the skills required to hit process, consisting of three stages: First, the ground running. there was dancing which was followed by singing, acting and musicianship later Did you know what you that afternoon, while the third round was wanted to do as an occupation a recall day consisting of workshops and before you started the course? a solo audition. Did that change during the course? What did you enjoy most about While I have always been passionate the course and why? about the arts, I never really knew During my time on the course I was treated where it would take me. At RCS I had like an individual and was encouraged the chance to experience so much,: to develop my creative identity – no one directing, producing, writing, facilitating… expected me to try and fit in a box. The the list goes on. I believe I will use all one-on-one tuition was also exceptional, of these skills in my career, since you and I liked that there was a real emphasis must be adaptable in this unpredictable, placed on devising and creating our own gruelling industry. I have graduated as a work, as well as being taught how to professional actor which I will continue survive artistically in a commercial world. to work as, but as my career progresses, I am sure I will explore as many different What did you find most areas of theatre as I can. challenging? The actor-musician element, although What is it that you do now, it was also the most rewarding! Being and what are your plans for expected to sing, act, dance, memorise the future? the music and embody my instrument At the moment, I plan to stay in was tough! I decided to pick up the Scotland as I have signed a contract saxophone in first year so that I could for a production at the end of the be a melodic part of an actor-musician year. But who knows what will ensemble. It was a huge challenge, but I happen in the future, the industry left RCS a confident actor-musician ready is just so unpredictable, and I find
to seize any opportunity. that exciting! NICK JAMES PHOTOGRAPHY
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Theatre Directing BY KITTY BALL
What course are you studying at what institution? I am currently studying the MA in Theatre Directing at The Academy of Live and Recorded Arts (ALRA) in Wigan. Why did you choose this particular course? As a born and bred Northerner, I was very excited to see a brand new course that wasn’t in London. Close to many creative cities in the North West and connections with outstanding theatres, ALRA gives me the opportunity to create a network of creatives where I want to live and create work in the future. What were the entry requirements? After an online application, there was a practical weekend at ALRA. There was a workshop with a movement director alongside some of the current BA Acting students, and then a one-to-one interview with the Head of the Course about our previous experiences, inspirations and ambitions. We were then given 2 actors, a rehearsal room and a picture with which to create a devised piece, which we would
later perform and then discuss. CÉIRE EDGE
What do you enjoy most about and see how they grow and develop as The course has also helped me to expand the course and why? performers, has allowed me to develop my theatrical interests beyond theatre There are so many opportunities to collaboration and directing techniques directing. I have taken an active interest create and play with varying mediums. that I couldn’t in other settings. Also, in audio pieces as well as technologically You are encouraged to take ideas and the range of theatre practitioners and driven pieces of theatre. work with them in radio, film and stage, professionals that pass through the doors creating multimedia pieces, pushing the and share their knowledge is fantastic. What is it that you do now, and boundaries of storytelling. Having the what are your plans for the independence to work on projects outside Do you feel that the course future? of the course allows you to further has equipped you with the In October 2019, I will be starting the develop your practice and range. appropriate skills to work in second year of the course where I will the theatre industry? be travelling to Japan to take part in a What do you find most By working with recorded arts such as cultural residency at a theatre in Nagoya. challenging? film and radio, the places my career I am then assistant directing the BA I started the course after quitting my full- can go after graduation has grown Acting finalists’ show, Treasure Island, time job aged twenty-five and took a big considerably. In studying this course, at Christmas, as well as The Jungle Book, leap into the creative industry. Getting I am now aware of all the new cutting- at Oldham Coliseum directed by Sarah used to reading and writing, as well as edge technologies being implemented in Punshon at Easter. I will also be preparing analysing my own work took some time! theatres. an independent production for my final Also, being strict on myself and saying no assessment at ALRA. to so many extra-curricular opportunities Did you know what you offered by the ALRA community was at wanted to do as an occupation What advice would you give to times a challenge. before you started the course? someone when picking a course? Did that change during the Think about what excites you and what What do you like about the course? you can give to the course. Make sure institution? It has always been my dream to work in the thing that drives you, whether it be The integration of the acting courses the theatre, and after taking the chance working with actors or new techniques, is with ours has been fantastic. Being to study and become integrated into that something you can develop during your able to work with actors from day one, world, it has confirmed my passions. time at the university. SGDE
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010_SGDE_FEAT-WhatItsLike-Directing [APPROVED].indd 10 01/08/2019 09:29 What it’s like to study… Applied Theatre BY SAMUEL SPEED
What course did you study at course, such as finding inspiration for What is it that you do now, and what institution? ideas, but I still struggled to convey what are your plans for the I studied the BA in Applied Theatre at the my thoughts clearly and effectively future? Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. in writing. Through many drafts, an I am due to begin a two-year contract extension and one-to-one support, I with Faust International Youth Theatre, Why did you choose that managed to achieve a first for my working as one of 6 programme particular course? written work. Moral of the story: never coordinators and drama leaders. I wanted to gain a deeper understanding be afraid to ask for help. of theatre in education. The What advice would you give Conservatoire was very passionate about What did you like about the to someone when picking a helping students learn more about what institution? course? it takes to become a theatre practitioner; I nurtured close working relationships Be yourself! You will only be truly someone who would appreciate the with different theatres and companies confident if you trust your instincts and bigger picture when making theatre. This connected to the institution. These make peace with your identity. Also, don’t interested me a lot. included the Birmingham Repertory be afraid to question people: without a bit Theatre where I worked as a production of healthy debate, theatre cannot move What were the entry assistant and blogger in South Korea on a forward. SGDE requirements? play called ‘Orange Polar Bear’ which was I took part in a group audition and directed by the head of my course. interview with the head of the course, I have been able to collaborate with Peter Wynne-Willson. This began with other young artists such as Graduates an introduction to the course, followed Unleashed, a company whom I worked by icebreakers which helped to put all us with for two years as a project assistant. nervous auditionees at ease. From there I was also approached by my singing I took part in group activities. In one, we tutor to play the role of Shrek for a were presented with a wooden box and musical theatre school, which has since then instructed to create three still images developed into a project leader and involving the object, which we then acting mentor role. The production is performed in front of the other groups. called An Ogre’s Tale. The interview was very relaxed and for the first time ever in an audition I Do you feel that the course remember being asked the question, has equipped you with the ‘What do you want out of life?’ appropriate skills to work in the theatre industry? What did you enjoy most about The theatre industry is constantly the course and why? evolving and changing. Although the In our second year, we were given the course has given me many skills, one of opportunity to take a six-week placement the most important lessons I learned and I completed mine at the Faust during my time at the Conservatoire was International Youth Theatre, a company that you must respect other’s needs and based in Hong Kong. They provide abilities – everyone works in different workshops and direct small and larger ways. The course has also built on my scale productions for early years, primary, confidence and pushed me to make secondary and older years up to 18. the most of every opportunity – Saying During my placement, I gained key ‘yes’ to almost everything is the way to facilitation and assistant experience, progress and get your name known! helping with young children aged three to five. The experience showed me how Did you know what you drama can be an integral educational tool wanted to do as an occupation for children of all ages. before you started the course? Did that change during the What did you find most course? challenging? I had always wanted to be a theatre In our third year, we had to create our director, but during my time on the very own project proposal. I had course I nurtured a passion for producing
learned a lot during my time on the theatre also. SPEED SAMUEL
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Stage management BY BETH COTTON
What course did you study at What did you like about the what institution? institution? I studied Stage Management at the The emphasis placed on practical learning Royal Central School of Speech and was a big part of why I chose to study at Drama from 2013-2016. Central. I also really liked the lecturers that I met on the open day, as well as the Why did you choose that community that Central has. Today, I particular course? often find myself working alongside I chose Central as it specialised in other Central alumni. stage management rather than being a combined technical course. It still Do you feel that the course allowed me to learn elements of other has equipped you with the theatre pathways, but in a more general appropriate skills to work in way. This meant I could focus on jobs the theatre industry? specific to stage management, especially One of the main skills on the stage how the stage manager works alongside management course was the ability to the rest of the creative and production adapt to new working situations – as no team. two productions are ever the same. These basic skills that I learnt are What were the entry always at the core of everything I do, requirements? supplemented by things that I have I had to attend an interview where I picked up by working professionally. was required to bring in a portfolio of previous work. I took this as an Did you know what you opportunity to showcase my paperwork wanted to do as an occupation as well as a selection of programmes before you started the course? and photos from things that I had Did that change during the
BETH COTTON worked and things that I was interested course? in learning more about. Central also It was one of my drama teachers at ask for between 64- 120 UCAS points, Hereford Sixth Form who suggested that but the interview and portfolio are given I try Stage Management. I hadn’t heard more weight. of it before but gave it a go and instantly fell in love. For me, my mind didn’t What did you enjoy most about change when I was on the course, if the course and why? anything it made it clear that this was The practical projects you do are great! what I wanted to do. You take part in a lot of different types of theatre and events and get a real What is it that you do now, glimpse into life as a stage manager. I and what are your plans for liked that the course didn’t just grade the future? you on your essays but on how well I am currently a freelance stage manager, you worked on productions too. Third mainly working as an ASM in various year was also particularly great, as it theatres in London, recently the Young functioned as a combination of student- Vic, Almeida, and the Hampstead made productions and professional Theatre. I would like to continue in the placements. I spent my third year on industry as an ASM as well as moving placements at the Donmar Warehouse, into other industries such as live events, Chicago the Musical UK Tour and Disney’s film and TV. Aladdin the Musical in the West End. What advice would you give What did you find most to someone when picking a challenging? course? There were some challenging productions Go to open days and visit the that I worked on, and at the time it felt institutions that you are thinking of as though I was being asked to do the applying to – only then will you get a impossible. Now when I look back, I see feel for the place and the people. If you that the challenges that I was faced with do visit for an open day, talk to current allowed me to grow and adapt as both students and make sure to ask them a person and a professional. I learned plenty of questions. SGDE things that I still use to this day.
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Stage lighting BY MOLLY JEFFERIES
What course did you study at together! Overall, my favourite part of the desirable skill and will open many doors what institution? course was probably the placements. to you in the future. I studied the BA Hons Stage Management and Technical Theatre at the Royal Welsh What did you find most Did you know what you wanted College of Music and Drama (RWCMD). challenging? to do as an occupation before The most challenging element of the you started the course? Did that Why did you choose that course for me was writing my dissertation change during the course? particular course? – it is a difficult process with lots of edits When I first undertook my studies at I chose Stage Management and Technical and re-writes. However, the industry RWCMD, I wanted to be a stage manager, Theatre at RWCMD as I wanted the best contacts are one of the most valuable but the more I learned about lighting, possible start to my career. I wanted things you can take from the course as they the more my passion grew! I loved being a course that would allow me to learn can lead onto future work opportunities. able to manipulate mood and the overall and explore multiple disciplines within context of the staging. theatre, but that would also allow me to What did you like about the specialise later on. institution? What is it that you do now, It’s so cliché to say, ‘it’s like a family’, but and what are your plans for What were the entry at RWCMD it is really is! I made lifelong the future? requirements? friends from my time there, as well as Currently, I am a freelance lighting The entry requirements for the course are building contacts with many graduates technician and have worked all over the determined after a face to face meeting which has led onto many job opportunities. country on many productions – including with the course leaders. In my case, I opera, fringe and commercial theatre. needed to achieve three set grades in my Do you feel that the course I want to continue freelancing, and to A Level qualifications. Other merits such has equipped you with the travel extensively with my work. as work experience, hobbies and a general appropriate skills to work in interest in theatre are also taken into the theatre industry? What advice would you give consideration. Definitely! I wouldn’t be able to do to someone when picking a the work I do today if it wasn’t for the course? What did you enjoy most about skills I learnt at RWCMD. Thanks to my You don’t have to know which route the course and why? studies, I can tackle any lighting plan, in theatre you want to go down, that’s As a student on the course you get to lighting desk or production, it taught me what university is all about, learning and build, create and perform shows at the so many transferable skills, for example discovering your passions. university, and being able to be involved my knowledge of programming lighting Pick a course that allows you the with the full creative process – from desks allowed me to programme video freedom to experiment with what you lighting to rigging and having a full servers through one! All the skills learnt enjoy or don’t enjoy, play around with technical rehearsal period – was a lot at RWCMD can be applied to any job or equipment, and get things wrong in the of fun. The whole process really bonds scenario which makes you more flexible process. Ultimately, you must pick a you to your course mates, and you feel as a theatre professional. Being flexible course that allows you to explore who you so proud of all the work you’ve achieved within an ever-changing industry is a very are and the person you want to be. SGDE
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Sound Design BY TINGYING DONG SAM TAYLOR SAM
What course did you study at production. We took on junior roles Did you know what you wanted what institution? during the first year, then senior roles to do as an occupation before I completed an FDA in Stage Management during the second and third. The variety you started the course? Did that and Technical Theatre (now called of productions on offer allowed us to gain change during the course? Production & Technical Arts) at the first-hand experience working backstage When I started the course, I thought that I London Academy of Music and Dramatic for all types of theatre. would like to work as a stage manager, and Art (LAMDA) in 2018, and then finished although I’d considered working in lighting, my studies with a top up BA specialising What did you find most I never thought I would be interested in in Sound Design. challenging? sound. My first year at LAMDA completely Being a sound designer for the LAMDA changed this. After working on a sound Why did you choose that productions was intimidating at first, as project and spending time in the sound particular course? I was working with professional theatre department during my second year, I I was looking for a course which would directors. Initially, I was quiet and held decided to take on as many sound roles as allow me to work backstage at a theatre, back on ideas, but gradually I realised I could. Eventually I specialised in sound and since I didn’t have much experience that this experience was crucial for design. at the time, I wanted to sample a range allowing me to develop a confidence of work. Therefore, a course providing in my own vision. What is it that you do now, and teaching and practice in all disciplines what are your plans for the was beneficial to me. In the second year What did you like about the future? at LAMDA, students get to do two work institution? I currently work freelance for Autograph, placements, which is a great chance I had the opportunity to work closely a leading sound equipment and service to gain experience and make valuable with other students who were studying hiring company. It’s great getting hands- connections in the industry. a variety of subjects – whether it be on experience in the industry – helping directing or acting – and who varied in the company to prepare for large scale What were the entry age and ability. The experience not only productions. I’m also a freelance sound requirements? made us grow closer, as we supported designer and I would like to work more in I was interviewed by the course director and learnt from one another, but it also devised theatre. and a few tutors. We were asked to prepare allowed for future collaboration. a portfolio in advance, as well as answer What advice would you give to questions on our past experiences and Do you feel that the course someone when picking a course? knowledge of backstage work. The most has equipped you with the Know what you want from the course, important thing was that you demonstrated appropriate skills to work in and check the curriculum can provide a passion for working in the theatre. the theatre industry? that. Talk to alumni and people from the In the world of theatre sound there is industry if you can, and ask them about What did you enjoy most about always more to learn, but the course the course. It’s also important to get a the course and why? helped me to establish a solid foundation. feel for the environment when you go I loved getting to work on so many I gained essential knowledge, learned for that all-important interview. There LAMDA productions – although lessons good practice, and developed positive are so many good courses out there and are valuable, nothing beats the knowledge habits and attitudes that will stay with me you need to find one that you really and skills gained from working on a throughout my career. click with. SGDE
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Costume Design BY SOPHIE MERRY SOPHIE MERRY SOPHIE MERRY
What course did you study at that would most benefit my future, as Did you know what what institution? well as ensuring that I understood the you wanted to do as an I specialised in costume on the Theatre industry. occupation before you Arts course at Greater Brighton started the course? Did that Metropolitan College (GBMC); What did you find most change during the course? completing the course in Summer 2019. challenging? Before the course, my dream was to For our final project, we had to work as a costume designer or maker Why did you choose that collaborate with other students on our in the film and theatre industry. particular course? course to formulate and execute a body However, my time at GBMC For me, it was the natural next step as I of creative work. Problems included developed my interests and made had previously completed the Costume different work ethics, clashes in character me realise I am more interested for Performance and Film Foundation and poor attendance, meaning that the in project development. While Degree at the same College. The course group was often fractured and unable to completing this course, I also is all about bringing together the meet its potential. From this experience discovered that my skill set is more different artistic disciplines that make I have learnt how to tackle group issues, compatible with those of a costume up the theatre. mediate, and problem solve. maker than a costume designer. I believe it is so important to know what other roles there are within your What did you like about the What is it that you do now, workplace and how to collaborate institution? and what are your plans for successfully to make an excellent One thing that really stood out for me the future? production. was the fantastic support. The tutors are Currently, I am a freelance costume always available to give advice, review maker around the West Sussex area, What were the entry work, or just listen to any concerns you working in the theatre, film, and requirements? may have. Even tutors from other courses television industry. I love how I am As I was already a student at GBMC, my are always willing to help and teach you always meeting people and being requirements would have been different to use facilities that would otherwise be challenged by new environments, if I were applying from elsewhere, but I unavailable. All the tutors really go out as well as having the opportunity to had to complete a progression promise of their way to help make the projects learn from all sorts of experienced application form and then complete my the best they can be, from assisting practitioners. The jobs are never the current course with a passing grade. with booking venues to making their same and I’ve been told by multiple You can apply through UCAS or connections with the Brighton Fringe costume makers that you never stop the GBMC website and need to have Festival available to students. learning no matter how long you’ve completed a relevant Foundation Degree been in the industry. or HND. There’s a very friendly interview Do you feel that the course where you’ll need to bring your portfolio, has equipped you with the What advice would you give or an audition, depending on what you appropriate skills to work in to someone when picking a want to specialise in. the theatre industry? course? GBMC focuses predominantly on My advice would be to pick something What did you enjoy most about teamwork rather than skill set, although that you are truly passionate about. the course and why? it is included. It’s given me the tools to Make sure the university has good GBMC gave me the freedom to hone problem solve and compromise within a facilities so you can get the most out of specific skills so I could focus on the parts group and taught me the importance of your course, as well as excellent tutors of the industry I was most interested in. organisation, leadership, and keeping up who are willing to dedicate their time My tutors pushed me to pursue projects group morale. to nurturing your talents. SGDE
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One year full time or two years part time. Online application form, course handbook and further information at www.thelir.ie
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0_SGDE_2019/20.inddUntitled-1 1 16 05/08/2019 12:5111:18 Foundation courses in acting Strong foundations A foundation course in acting is a great way to prepare for drama school. Freddie Machin investigates some of the options available to young people aged 16 and up who are looking to dip their toe into the acting world ROBIN SAVAGE SAVAGE ROBIN
f you’re trying to decide whether ArtsED Acting students in rehearsal drama school is the right option for you, then a one-year course might be the perfect thing. The rundown Italia Conti – Introduction to Acting Iwhich follows highlights potential QUALIFICATION Certifi cate of Higher Education (CertHE) accredited by University of courses, as well as the criteria that must East London be considered when you are applying for LOCATION South London – nearest tube Clapham North a further education drama course. While FEES £9,000 these courses require a lot of your time, AUDITION Two monologues – one from a list of Shakespeare that you will be they’re also not cheap. So make sure to sent, and one modern (post 1960). You will also take part in an do as much research as possible, and use improvisation workshop, followed by an interview with the panel. £45 each audition process as an opportunity audition fee. to fi gure out if the course and institution are the right fi t for you. Overview Many of the audition days require Italia Conti is a well-respected member of the Federation of Drama Schools (FDS) you to spend a whole day at the venue alongside much of the UK’s best conservatoire training. The CertHE takes place in so come prepared with plenty of water, the same building as their three-year course, so you will be rubbing shoulders with a packed lunch, and loose-fi tting acting students throughout your time there and are encouraged to quiz them about clothes that you can move in. It’s worth it on the audition day. checking if the school are doing any The fi rst term of the course focuses on practical techniques for building and public performances while you are there. inhabiting character, these skills are then developed in the second term through Watching a third-year show will give you monologue workshopping and audition technique. Covering a range of theatre more insight into the course and might professions, the programme then concludes with a variety of workshops that focus earn you some brownie points in the on playwriting and aspects of technical theatre, among others. Theatre excursions interview too – even at this early stage the are encouraged by the course leaders and seen as a crucial way of developing audition panel will be looking for passion analytical skills. Free tickets for third year shows are available for all students. and dedication. SGDE
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Fourth Monkey – Year of the LIPA Sixth Form College – Acting Monkey QUALIFICATION Level 3 extended diploma (equivalent of 3 A-levels) accredited by QUALIFICATION Unaccredited University of the Arts London LOCATION North London – nearest LOCATION Liverpool, L1 9HF tube Finsbury Park FEES No fees – funded by the Department for Education FEES £6,600 + £700 non- AUDITION Application deadline is the end of January with a minimum of five refundable course GCSEs at 9-4/A*-C required for entry. An audition, workshop and acceptance fee interview day will then take place in February/March before places are AUDITION Two monologues – one offered in April. contemporary and one classical of your choice. Overview This will be followed by an This intensive two-year course is one of only a handful of courses in the UK which informal interview with the offers a performing arts-focused college education for 16-18-year olds. Alongside panel, as well as a series core studies of Maths and English, students choose to specialise in acting, of afternoon ensemble dance, music, sound technology, technical theatre and design. The curriculum is workshops. £25 audition fee supplemented with work experience opportunities, as well as an employment, enrichment and pastoral programme which promotes social, moral, and cultural Overview wellbeing. The acting strand covers both the theory and practice of performance, as Established in 2010, Fourth Monkey is an well as offering an introduction to directing, writing, and producing. The curriculum intensive acting training centre that aims is project based, with regular homework assignments, and ongoing feedback and to break actors into the industry. While assessment. The course was rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted in February 2019. the course is unaccredited, they are proud of their independence which allows them to champion inclusivity, diversity and Mountview – Acting for Stage innovation. and Screen Performance The first two terms are made up of QUALIFICATION No formal qualification practical workshops three nights a week LOCATION South London – trains and a whole day on Saturday, covering a from Peckham Rye and wide range of skills from clown to acting Queens Road Peckham for camera. The third and fourth terms FEES £8,160 + £180 additional are full time hours and focus on building costs for materials etc. an ensemble company which rehearses AUDITION One monologue from a and then performs together at the play post-1997, and one Camden Fringe. classical monologue in Once a month, they offer a free evening verse (not prose), written taster workshop. Attending one of
prior to 1800. There is SAVAGE ROBIN these sessions gives you a sense of their also a movement and ArtsED Acting students performing training without paying audition fees. improvisation workshop, which is followed by a short interview. £45 audition fee. ArtsEd – Acting Foundation QUALIFICATION No formal qualification Overview LOCATION London – nearest tube for ArtsEd is Turnham Green, while While these details refer to the full-time Hammersmith is the closest tube to the Lyric Theatre acting foundation, Mountview also offers FEES £9,000 a foundation course in musical theatre, AUDITION One monologue from a post-1980 play, and no more than 10 lines and both are offered on a part time and from a Shakespeare play of your choice. This is then followed by a full-time basis. games and improvisation workshop, and a guided tour from current Creativity, technique, and readiness students. Audition fee £45. underpin the two terms of study which run September – April. In turn, the Overview course focuses on developing skills – This full-time course prepares students for drama school, and the industry beyond. such as finding truth and connection While the course doesn’t culminate in any formal assessment, the timetable is no in performance – mastering audition less rigorous – acting, movement, voice, and an introduction to screen acting are technique and unlocking personal creativity. all covered. A mixture of talks from industry professionals, seminars, and weekly Mountview is an FDS member, and the meetings are designed to inform you of the opportunities available post-graduation. foundation course is taught by the same A major benefit of the course is that half the workshops taking place at the Lyric staff that deliver the three-year training. For Theatre in Hammersmith. The Lyric’s exceptional rehearsal facilities are built the full-time foundation course, auditions around an original 19th century auditorium, allowing students not only to get a feel are held in London, Swansea, Birmingham, for drama school, but also a professional working environment. Manchester, Newcastle, Edinburgh, and The EXCELerate program acts as the part time version of the foundation course and Belfast. The part time acting foundation costs around a third of the full year (payable in instalments). It takes place on weekday mirrors the intensity of full-time study evenings, with several intensive Sunday sessions. ArtsEd also has a Sixth Form college but takes place three evenings a week, for where students can study a combination of BTEC and A-Level subjects over two years. around a third of the cost.
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AVAILABLE IN RHINEGOLD PRINT & DIGITAL BRITISH MUSIC & DRAMA FORMATS HIGHER EDUCATION CHOICES EDUCATION YEARBOOK PERFORMANCE ANXIETY Higher education2018–19 www.rhinegold.co.uk Prepared performance choices Performance anxiety – be it for a large-scale concert, a small event, or even an exam – affects almost all For talented music students wishing for a career in music, there is no clear-cut path to take in regards to pupils. Rebecca Pizzey speaks to some experts about methods for learning to control the symptoms higher education, and each route has its own benefits. Assuming that a university-level course is in order, there are three main options: attending a conservatoire, doing a music degree or doing a degree in another She is famed for her incredible voice and e important thing is to open up the Mental versus physical subject (arts-related or otherwise) ‘The essential guide she has performed in front of some of the dialogue around performance anxiety So what are these physiological symptoms? largest audiences in the world – so you’d and remind your pupils that it doesn’t Jane Oakland, music psychologist and be forgiven for assuming that Adele laughs discriminate. Performance psychologist founder of StressPoints, says: ‘When faced to music and drama in the face of performance anxiety. In fact, Noa Kageyama recommends introducing it with danger the body triggers the ght-or- Studying at a conservatoire is increasing all the time. Not to mention musicians who have similar goals. And she su ers from it so intensely that it with athletes in mind: as with musicians, ight response to prepare an individual for If your child intends to pursue a career as the scope for improving technically when they do graduate, they are likely education.’ takes her a long time to commit to a tour. athletes’ bodies may react a particular way action. Unfortunately, the body does not a performing musician, there is no doubt and musically in an intensely creative to have the best possible access to the Understanding that even a talent before certain events. Your pupils should, he di erentiate between real danger and an that attending one of the UK’s dedicated environment. Previously non-traditional network of performers and performing like Adele experiences anxieties around says, be assured ‘that it’s totally normal and activity such as performance. conservatoires is a great rst step. Here, genres such as jazz and indigenous music organisations they will need to develop performing certainly normalises what expected to get a bit excited, and it’s how our ‘Physical symptoms include a raised may, for some pupils, be a debilitating body gets us ready to bring our A-game’. heartbeat, shallow breathing, impaired motor a relatively small number of students from around the world are now well their career. issue. One of the problems with anxiety Greg and Alison Daubney – respectively control – such as tense or shaky movements receive specialised, high-quality training embedded in conservatoire syllabuses. On the other hand, this may be a less is that many people are afraid to open a chartered sport and exercise – and changes in body temperature.’ Not from people who are often well known in e type of education oered by suitable path for those who have not fully up about it, for fear they are alone or an psychologist, and a music educator, ideal physical symptoms for a musician, the industry. Your child’s fellow students conservatoires provides huge advantages decided on what they want to do within the anomaly. The reality is that most, if not researcher and trainer – agree. A pupil who then. Indeed, Oakland says that the physical are likely to be equally talented or more to students with the right temperament: music industry, or those who do not have all, musicians will have experienced it to recognises the di erence between stress symptoms experienced by musicians tend talented than them, which may push them those with ambition, a strong work ethic, the potential to be exceptional performers. Includes over some degree. While some may feel slight and excitement – which both have very to be instrument-specic: ‘String players harder, but also leave them in no doubt of some idea of what they want from their butterflies before stepping in front of a similar physical symptoms – can positively may experience a shaky bow arm, pianists the work ahead. career and, not forgetting, exceptional raw thousand-strong audience, others may harness these symptoms as part of their get sweaty palms, and wind players and ree UK conservatoires have drama talent. 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How to get the most out of your audition monologues SAM TAYLOR SAM
Finding and preparing a monologue for your auditions can feel like an overwhelming mission – there’s so much to think about: casting, audience, voice, movement…and that’s before you’ve even learnt your lines. Well fear not, actor and drama school teacher Kim Durham is here to provide you with some essential tricks and tips
ou’ve applied to several drama to prepare both a classical monologue against using monologue books, but if this schools and now you’re at the (probably Shakespeare or similar) and is not possible due to limited resources, daunting stage of preparing for a modern/contemporary piece – each make sure it is from a very recent those crucial auditions. It’s no speech will need to keep to the specified edition – this way you will ensure you are Ysecret that competition is tough for places, time limits set out prior to the audition – performing a monologue from a new play and you’re probably having to shell out do not run over! that the panel is less likely to be familiar cash for audition fees and travel, so let’s with. Once you’ve decided on your try to maximise your chances. Here are Choices are key speech, it is of tantamount importance some important pointers to remember. For your contemporary monologue, that you buy the whole play and read it. you need something age appropriate, Make sure to study it thoroughly so that Know what to expect featuring a character that you can really you understand the context of the speech. Firstly – yes, do prepare yourself to be a embody and own. If your knowledge of With the classical piece, you must little unnerved by the sight of a group of contemporary plays isn’t particularly also find something that fits within your people probably sat behind a desk, pens extensive, it’s worth seeking out a teacher playing age-range, but when it comes to poised over pads, ready to scribble notes who might be able to point you in the gender, particularly with women, you can on your every move and utterance. They right direction. Generally, I would advise really have fun subverting expectation. may well do their best to appear friendly, What with the recent shifts in theatre to put you at ease, but you know they’re ‘Once you’ve decided practice having really opened things up going to be judging you – so you might be a regarding gender in classical theatre, you little nervous! The way to prepare yourself on your speech, it can take on roles originally written for for this feeling is to be so on top of your men. As well as those wonderful Viola, material so that nerves won’t throw you. is of tantamount Helena, Lady Macbeth and Duchess of Some schools audition you in groups, Malfi speeches, you can feel free to tackle others bring in a current acting student importance that you the swagger of King Lear’s Edmund, or for you to direct your pieces to, but buy the whole play the agony of Richard II. Don’t forget to more commonly it’s just you and the choose a piece that offers some contrast panel. Most auditions will require you and read it’ with your contemporary speech.
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A deep understanding is need to hear that line in your head glue themselves to the fl oor, their feet crucial before you start, it’s your springboard. never move, or they do a bit of vague It’s vital that you understand every It’s this very energy that propels the meandering – big mistake. Think word and every line of your monologue. speech forward. Make sure to learn the physically! The fl oor is yours! Of course, How else can you expect to embody a speech accurately, with an emphasis on you won’t know until you go into the character fully if you don’t understand precision. audition room what your acting space what they’re saying? If there are any is, but, I promise, it will be bigger than a words that you can’t make sense of, in The importance of delivery telephone kiosk, so feel free. either your contemporary or classical and staging speech, then google them! Google can ‘To be or not to be’ may well work as Essential points to remember: even help you with pronunciations, internalised thought on screen, but it § The panel will want to see you. Don’t although this isn’t entirely reliable. won’t work on stage. In theatre, you’re feel you need to play the version of When it comes to Shakespeare – the always talking to someone, even if you’re yourself that you think they want. The master of complex wordplay – it is alone on stage. In this instance you industry values authenticity common to read some of his dialogue must deliver your speech outward to the § You may have heard that when again and again and still not grasp the audience. While practising your speech, performing your pieces, you shouldn’t meaning. If this is the case, fi nd an get a friend or a teacher to be your make eye contact with the panel. While edition with lots of explanatory notes focus, so you can become accustomed to some auditions don’t allow this, I’d or check out the very helpful No Fear performing the monologue outwards. recommend it where possible – make Shakespeare for a modern paraphrase. Whether you’re delivering your speech sure always to ask the panel before Don’t worry too much about the technical to an audience or to another character you start, and if they do say no, then side and specifi cs of playing Shakespeare: on stage, you must imagine that the be prepared to play to that imaginary iambic pentameter and the like. They character and audience are real, since in presence are looking for raw talent and fl air – theory when you perform any monologue § You may have heard that you shouldn’t tightening up on the technical side is on stage people, whether audience or bring props. Well, no, don’t bring what drama school is for. other characters, will react to what it is anything ridiculous or dangerous Make sure to consider the you are expressing. In an (please no knives or guns). But a ring? context of the speech. Even audition, few things are (“I left no ring with her, what means those at the opening of more exciting and this lady?”) or a piece of paper? (“Enter a scene or a play are a telling than a sense Lady Macbeth, alone, with a letter”). response to something or of the auditioner’s You’ll fi nd that you’re much more someone. Consider who presence, when comfortable if you have those things. you are speaking to and they react – You’re not being assessed for your what your character is trying positively or miming abilities to achieve through speaking. negatively § Don’t sit for the duration of both I often ask auditionees what – to your pieces. If you really want to sit for one the cue line was preceding performance. or part of one, make a choice about their speech, and hardly So often how you are sitting and why anyone knows – crazy! You auditionees § Accents can be great to show contrast, but only choose those you feel completely comfortable with § Don’t make a big song and dance about preparing to start - deep breathing, jiggling your shoulders, and so on: it will only make you feel more self- conscious. Know in advance the energy level, the impulse, the intent that propels each speech forward and just dive in. SGDE
Alongside a lengthy theatre, TV and radio acting career, Kim Durham has worked as a visiting acting tutor for many years, at Birmingham School of Acting, ALRA, East 15, and latterly at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, where he was full-time Senior Acting Tutor and MA Acting Course Leader for 8 years until 2017. As well as running the International course, he taught and directed across the School and was a An audition monologue in action at permanent member of the audition panel the Royal Central School of Speech for the UK Acting courses.
and Drama BALDWIN PATRICK
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No matter your ability, singing in front of a panel of scrutinising judges can seem like a daunting task. As the course leader for the BA in Acting at the London College of Music, Paul Harvard is just the person to turn to for some crucial advice on nailing your singing audition
f you’re applying for a place at drama showcases your vocal range. The panel will demonstrate characterisation. If singing school – whether for a musical theatre be looking to see if you have the potential isn’t your strongest skill, fi nd a song or acting course – it’s highly likely to develop an extended vocal range – so that is simple, and fi rst and foremost, that you’ll be asked to perform a short you need a song that shows off your top highlights your strengths as an actor. Imusical number. In my fi fteen years notes. Conversely, ensure that your chosen training actors, I’ve sat on hundreds of material doesn’t stretch your voice to Get acquainted with musicals audition panels, and unfortunately, I see breaking point – the panel doesn’t want to Songs composed specifi cally for many talented candidates who fail to hear you straining and cracking. Remember, musicals are generally preferable to pop secure a place due to a poor song choice. you need to be able hit the high notes even material. These are written specifi cally So how do you know what makes a good if you’re feeling incredibly nervous! for characters, so are better for audition song? For those applying for an acting demonstrating your ability as an actor. programme, showing off range is less If your knowledge of the genre is Make the most of your range important. The panel are more concerned limited, listen to the songs written When applying for a musical theatre that you can sing in tune and keep in by some of the great musical theatre course it is important to fi nd a song that time with the piano, while being able to composers and lyricists. From Bernstein
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‘Songs composed speci cally for musicals are generally preferable to pop material’ PATRICK BALDWIN PATRICK A group of students rehearse their singing parts at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
personality. Look out for words that crop Don’t be afraid to get into up more than once or seem to strike you character as especially accurate. Are you quirky or While hitting the right notes and singing up tight? Sensitive? Adventurous? All can well is important, you must use this be interesting casting types. This simple opportunity to demonstrate your acting process will help you identify what kinds skills. In order to make the most of your of characters might suit you best – and performance, try practising the song Three students engage in vocal warm-ups at therefore what material you should be as a spoken text, as if you are performing The Academy of Live & Recorded Arts looking for. a monologue.
HELEN MURRAY It is also crucial to read the entire play Practise, practise, practise that the song features in, only then will Once you’ve found the perfect song, it is you have a comprehensive understanding to Sondheim, Gershwin to Hammerstein crucial to go through it in advance with of the action leading up to and following – you are sure to fi nd a song that will grab a pianist – failure to do so is the most the song. This way you will know: your imagination. common form of self–sabotage I see in 1. Who you are singing to (a friend, an auditions. A music teacher at school or ex-lover, a higher power...) Find your casting type college might be able to help, or it may 2. What you want from that person For all applicants, it is highly be worth undertaking private tuition (your ‘objective’). advantageous to choose a song that with a singing teacher. This preparation In having this information, you will not refl ects your casting type, i.e. one written is crucial in helping you to familiarise just be singing the words, but performing for a character with whom you share yourself with the length of the musical and feeling them too. Therefore, you will physical attributes and personality traits. introduction (so you know when to come be able to enter your singing audition When auditioning potential students, I in), but it will also help you to practise feeling as confi dent and prepared as tend to picture what roles an applicant fi tting your vocals alongside the piano possible. SGDE might be cast as when they graduate, so accompaniment. selecting the right material makes that job If you don’t read music, you can also much easier for panellists like myself. If get a teacher to help you cut your song Paul Harvard is a professor at the London you’re bubbly and have a fl air for comedy, down to an appropriate length, which is College of Music, University of West show us. If you’re a strong and determined approximately two minutes in duration. London. He is the author of Acting Through person, perform a song that conveys that. When you are at the audition, make sure Song and the forthcoming guides Audition To better understand your casting type, to put your sheet music in a display fi le so Songs for Women and Audition Songs for ask some close friends to select three it is easy for the audition pianist to read Men – all published by Nick Hern Books. adjectives that they think describe your and follow.
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Applying for Technical courses: your experience and portfolio There are a myriad of career pathways available backstage: lighting, sound, costume and set design to name but a few, all offering rewarding and exciting opportunities. Rob Young, Head of Technical Training at LAMDA, is here to walk you through the numerous training possibilities
career in the Theatre is covers all technical/backstage areas – or vocational than it is academic. It should challenging, but more a more specialised area of study such as be noted that all the schools have diff erent importantly it is exciting and lighting. I don’t think it’s really possible, at application processes, some go through hugely rewarding. While most the end of Year 13, to have gained enough UCAS, some CUCAS (the Conservatoires’ peopleA have an idea how to train as a experience in all the disciplines in order to UCAS) and others are completely professional actor – the most common know which one is right for you. independent. In selecting a course, you route being Drama School – how to train Courses that are broad usually allow need to consider what is important to as a theatre technician, stage manager, a student to specialise in the second or you. Factors that may be relevant are the lighting or sound designer is something third year. They also give students the qualifi cation, duration, funding, location, that isn’t covered very often. In fact, many opportunity to experience and study in facilities, and industry connections such as people aren’t aware of the numerous all departments, allowing them to make work placement opportunities. careers available in the backstage area. more of an informed decision about the Many courses are rooted in the skills Usually young people will have worked area in which they will specialise. However, needed for a career in theatre, but in on a theatre production at a basic level in if a student has had a comprehensive fact many of these are transferable, and their school or college career, for example experience of all disciplines and are graduates can take up opportunities in as a member of the stage crew, lighting completely sure which area they would like fi lm, TV, radio, festivals and corporate team, or helping with the props cupboard. to work in, then there are some excellent events. Graduates can go on to enjoy an It is this experience that will spark a specialist courses on off er. international touring career, work on passion for a backstage career. major theatre productions, cruises, or If you are considering a career in How to fi nd the right course even run the opening ceremony of the theatre production, it is important that When it comes to looking for courses, a Olympic Games! you look at every possible option of good starting point is the Federation of All institutions hold open days, and I training, it’s best not to settle on one Drama Schools – the group of established would advise you to sign up to attend the course. While you may have an interest drama schools with conservatoire training. ones at schools where you are interested. in lighting design or becoming a lighting These schools only exist to train people These events will give you the chance to technician, it is unlikely that you will have for the theatre, and while they all off er look around the facilities, meet staff and had enough experience in other technical degree courses, the training is much more students and really get a feel for the place. disciplines to dismiss them completely, so keep an open mind! ‘If you are considering a career in theatre Keep an open mind There are many things to think about production, it is important that you look at when applying to courses. An important every possible option of training, it’s best question to ask yourself is whether you should opt for a broad course – one that not to settle on one course.’
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Opposite page: A LAMDA student operates the desk during a technical rehearsal. Above: LAMDA about you, but don’t worry about not being able to answer certain things. Our job as Production and Technical Arts students get to grips TAYLOR SAM with the tools of their trade. educators is to train you, and everything we ask in interviews you will learn during I would suggest that you write down the training anyway. For me, these questions to ask, so that you don’t forget questions are purely there to demonstrate them in all the excitement. The best the knowledge you have so far: not getting people to speak to at the open days are the answers right will not necessarily current students, who can tell you what hinder your chances of getting in. the course is really like. Also, make sure In the interview always be positive and to take someone with you to the open day honest! I once had a candidate who went – it will allow you to compare notes and into great detail about a two-week work discuss what you have learned. A LAMDA Deputy Stage Manager at her prompt desk experience that they had undertaken on All institutions that offer technical a west end musical, without knowing theatre training will also put on production experience – so make sure that one of the interviewers had been productions, which are generally open you include all the jobs that you have the Stage Manager! The things that I am to the public. I would recommend trying done, whether at school or with other looking for when interviewing potential to see one of these at your top choice theatre groups. Remember that all your students for LAMDA are a passion for institutions, this will show you the quality experience is relevant, however small! the arts, determination to succeed, an of the finished work and hopefully inspire It is also likely that you will have been openness to learn new skills, enthusiasm you even more. If the school does not asked to bring a portfolio along to your and a total commitment to the course. put on shows, then I would question the interview. For me, the portfolio should It is entirely possible to enter the industry practicality of the training. While there include things that we can talk about, that without any formal training, and by learning is a lot of theory that must be learned in will give me an idea of the experience on the job. However, landing that first job the world of technical theatre, the most you have so far. It could be as simple as a is much harder these days without having a important aspect of training is always the collection of show programmes with your recognised qualification. It is not the type practical side – learning by doing. name in, photographs of productions you of qualification that is important: more that have worked on, props you have made, you have received training and passed. The all-important interview or lighting plans that you have drawn. The theatre is a highly competitive After you have submitted your As a whole, the portfolio is used to break industry and those working in it have a application, you will be invited to an the ice, allowing you to talk passionately drive and passion to be a part of it. If this interview. Even if you didn’t include about something you are familiar with is where you want to be and you are willing a CV in your application, I would still and interested in. to invest your time in learning and honing suggest taking a copy to your interview. There will always be questions at the your craft, then you are setting yourself up In candidates’ CVs I want to see their interview, the panel want to know more for a successful and rewarding career. SGDE
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026-027_SGDE_FEAT-TechCourses [APPROVED].indd 27 01/08/2019 09:35 Backstage training pathways Training for backstage careers
When it comes to technical training for the entertainment industry, you have a number of available paths before you. Jo Franklin from Guildford School of Acting at the University of Surrey and Glen Rowe from Backstage Academy got together to talk through some of the options
Fitting a period
costume at GSA DEAN WHITING
Why was Backstage Academy with them. The industry is just getting in the West End, as a contrast one of created? bigger and bigger – just look at the rise our recent graduates is stage managing Glen: The Academy was born out of of e-sports where audiences will pay to a YouTuber’s live tour – a far cry from a need for the next generation of well watch gamers live. Production values and traditional theatre. trained live events professionals – young audience expectations are rising all the We also know that careers advice to bands need young crew to tour with. It time and people are always looking for a young people about these fields is often was clear that not enough young people great live experience. really lacking. Students discover these were coming through the pipeline Jo: This really chimes with me! Drama careers often by accident, through a from schools and colleges into the school technical courses were originally drama teacher, youth theatre leader or entertainment industry. The facilities started in the 1960s to provide a way friend and family connections. enable them to learn on the job and find in to stage management and technical There are just so many out how the industry works. Generally roles as distinct jobs rather than being opportunities. I really believe that speaking, young people don’t know that something that actors ‘fell back on’ or people will always want to come backstage jobs exist so a cultural shift is did when they weren’t acting. Now we together with others for a communal necessary to get that information out. are offering specialist training for both experience, whether a play or a band – For example, there are four members theatre and the wider entertainment and that is great news for employment in Coldplay but 400 crew on the road industry. Although many go on to work in the creative industries.
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What is the difference does lead to a recognised degree – a great What advice would you give to between traditional degrees advantage to any young person whichever young aspiring technicians and and vocational programmes, way their career takes them. stage management? as offered at both Backstage Jo: We are part of the University of Glen: Get as much experience as you can. Academy & GSA? Surrey, so graduates have a degree from a If you’ve got a mate in a band, offer to help Glen: I like to say that our degrees are top-ranking university. at their gigs. Volunteer at local venues and a three-year job interview. Our staff are events as well as school performances. active and well connected in the industry, What are your typical graduate This will all pay off when you get your leading to work opportunities at an early destinations? place on a degree programme. stage in the training. Unlike a traditional Glen: Just to give a couple of examples: Jo: Go and offer to help at your local university, we won’t let you miss lectures. a recent graduate went to Japan on tour theatre, get involved in amateur drama, youth In the industry reliability and punctuality with Paul Weller as a backline tech; theatre or school performances and events. is expected so you need to learn that another went on tour with The Specials Also, go and see as much live performance discipline early. I sometimes compare and Kaiser Chiefs; and others have gone as you can, of all types, to understand what our degrees to being in a snow globe – we on to further study at masters level, either is current and exciting in the industry. shake you up and if you’re still standing at Backstage Academy or elsewhere. after three years, it means you’re ready Jo: West End shows, touring and How can young people find out for life in the events industry! We also regional theatre, arts venues and lots of more about these courses? have a great programme of masterclasses freelance lighting and sound work. Glen: From our website. We have open with visiting experts and support from days, and you can look online for the manufacturers and suppliers to ensure we What are the long term dates of these. We also run an annual bus have the latest kit for students to use. employment prospects? tour to schools and colleges to spread the Jo: Drama schools have a very similar Glen: Excellent – we have graduates word about the many opportunities in ethos. Students learn self-discipline from working all over the world in various live event work – contact us if you would the culture and professional context of aspects of the entertainment industry. One like us to visit you! the training, from the staff and through example recently toured with Ed Sheeran. Jo: You can find out more from our teamwork with their fellow students. As Jo: Coincidentally, we’ve had a website. Open days are listed online a school with a great reputation for both graduate on tour with Ed Sheeran too, and can be booked at the University of acting and musical theatre, we are very in the lighting team! He has also toured Surrey’s website. SGDE well connected with that industry and with Robbie Williams and worked at many students begin finding short term Glastonbury. Although our graduates Backstage Academy and freelance professional work at a very predominantly go into theatre work, the backstage-academy.co.uk early stage of their degree. skills they learn are definitely transferable GSA into other areas of the entertainment gsauk.org • surrey.ac.uk/opendays Why should young people industry such as music and events. study for a degree rather than get straight into the industry after school? ‘Young people don’t know that backstage Glen: Having a degree accelerates your career path. You can start from school on jobs exist so a cultural shift is necessary’ the ‘warehouse route’ – getting a junior job in a warehouse and working your way up – but with a degree and the contacts you’ll gain from a vocational training, you can go straight in at a higher level. Jo: The same is true for drama school. You can go to work in your local venue or hire company as a technician but it will take you a while to climb the ladder to more interesting jobs. In a lot of theatres and companies, the name of your drama school gets you a foot in the door – it’s a guarantee to the employer of a certain level of training and achievement. Also the networks you gain during training will stand you in good stead for the rest of your career. How are your degrees accredited? Glen: Our programmes are currently accredited by the University of Bolton, although Backstage Academy is working towards gaining its own degree awarding powers. Either way, vocational training The Rex Doyle Studio Theatre at the Guildford School of Acting
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028-029_SGDE_FEAT-Backstage [APPROVED].indd 29 05/08/2019 10:56 Training to be a playwright Writing lines Does your love of theatre lie in the story itself? Do you enjoy crafting interesting characters and gripping plots? While becoming the next Tennessee Williams or Harold Pinter may feel like a daunting task, Chris Foxon and George Turvey are here to provide you with some crucial advice about training as a playwright
t is increasingly common, but by no the practical rather than the academic. A means expected, for playwrights to big advantage of drama schools is access train. A structured programme can to people training in a range of theatre
have many advantages: discussions RICHARD DAVENPORT disciplines. It makes fi nding talented Iand tasks and a framework within which collaborators easier. Likewise, drama to write should stimulate your creative schools have superlative resources: process. Moreover, meeting peers theatres; rehearsal rooms; libraries of with varied interests and skills plays a plays. They attract industry professionals huge part in the development of any as teachers, a vital chance to network. playwright. Training will enable you to Don’t pick between university or share work-in-progress, have a support drama school for the labels; successful network to help solve problems or playwrights with practical know- provide inspiration, and access industry George Turvey and Chris Foxon (l-r) how graduate from universities, and professionals. academics with profound theoretical Institutions off ering qualifi cations in want to write specifi cally for the stage, insights emerge from drama schools. playwriting are usually either universities studying all its components? Where you study will not defi ne you. or drama schools (often affi liated to a Whichever you choose, the breadth Pick a course that excites you. If you’re university). Both normally off er: of learning within an umbrella studying the right material, you’re in the § An undergraduate programme, undergraduate degree is wonderful. It right place. awarding a Bachelor’s degree (BA), is a great way to broaden horizons and studied over three years full-time or think in depth about the kind of writing Life beyond training longer part-time you enjoy. Equally, a structured series An undergraduate qualifi cation is only the § A postgraduate programme, awarding of exercises will examine your process. initial stage on your playwriting journey. a Master’s degree (MA/MPhil/MFA), Hitherto, you may have only experienced Even a fi rst-class degree won’t command studied over one or two years full-time short-form writing (one-act plays, much attention outside of academia; after or longer part-time. short stories, articles etc.); completing all, it’s only measured against a handful If you’re just leaving school, your likeliest ensemble plays with two acts or writing a of students on your course, not the vast option is a BA. novella will prove new challenges. A good numbers of writers within the industry. degree should stretch your range and Equally, end-of-course showcases are not What to expect compel you to interrogate what skills you guaranteed to draw in theatre’s movers Undergraduate programmes usually need. The chance to work with students and shakers. There are simply too many require A-levels or equivalent. You interested in diff erent elements of writing courses for professionals to keep an eye may also be asked for a writing sample. and/or theatre will help you envisage all on graduates every year. Alternative experience or qualifi cations that makes up a script. Don’t be disheartened! Depth and are also valid; consider discussing these This breadth results in a fl exible range of study over several years with the institution before you apply. qualifi cation that can support your future. provide an excellent foundation for Few undergraduate courses specialise Few make a living solely from playwriting; future recognition. Having a ‘safe’ space in playwriting. Instead you’re likely to a broader qualifi cation could help to alongside other committed creative study a mix of disciplines. The course sustain your writing by making other jobs people in which to learn, try things out, title is likely to be Creative Writing possible. and perhaps fail and therefore improve, is or Theatre Studies (or some variant). a golden opportunity. SGDE There’s a diff erence between these. In the Drama school or university? former you’ll probably tackle playwriting Universities are oriented towards academic alongside other literary forms, such discourse; you will study plays, examine This is an edited extract as prose fi ction, journalism, poetry theory and write essays. If a course that appears in Being etc. In the latter you’re likely to study specifi es playwriting then there should a Playwright: A Career playwriting alongside related theatre- be a practical element, but this will be in Guide for Writers making disciplines such as directing, conjunction with academic work. This by Chris Foxon and producing, performing and designing. gives you stronger critical appreciation, George Turvey, £10.39 Choosing between Creative Writing builds analytical skills, and fosters the paperback, published by and Theatre Studies will aff ect the nature ability to write clearly and concisely. Nick Hern Books. www. of your training. Do you want to hone Drama schools are often affi liated with nickhernbooks.co.uk/ your literary skills and experiment with universities, but their roots in vocational beingaplaywright writing in diff erent forms? Or do you training are apparent. Courses focus on
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HH-Litchenstein-Ad-210x276.indd 1 08/05/2019 10:08 Aordable theatre tickets Drama on a dime BRINKHOFF MOEGENBURG
Want to reap the educational and entertainment benefits of going to the theatre but can’t quite make your money stretch? Rebecca Pizzey rounds up some of the best cheap ticket schemes for young people in the UK
ights at the theatre hardly have a Young Barbican Leah Harvey in the National Theatre’s production of reputation for being cheap – but if The Barbican offers a discounted ticket Small Island in 2019 you’re looking to study a theatre- scheme for those aged 14 to 25, with based subject in higher education, the opportunity to enjoy tickets across Birmingham Repertory Theatre Nyou’ll need to keep up to date with live art, dance, film, music and theatre Ensuring theatre is affordable for offerings. Here’s how you can go to the for between £5 and £15. Members of everyone, the Birmingham Repertory theatre on the cheap – or even for free. Young Barbican can also attend Young Theatre offers a small selection of Barbican Nights for creative development discounts and concessions: Shakespeare’s Globe opportunities, with sessions allowing you § REP Memberships, of which there are If you’re happy to stand in the Yard, to connect and create with leading artists. four, offer varying annual membership Shakespeare Globe offers £5 tickets to all www.barbican.org.uk schemes, which could come in handy shows. If you don’t want to stand, prices for groups of friends or family; in the Lower Gallery begin at £20. Young Vic § Preview Club, for those aged 16 to 30, www.shakespearesglobe.com The Young Vic offers several discounted offers £5 tickets on selected preview ticketing schemes: performances; Mousetrap § Lucky Dip tickets, which cost £10, § New and Nurtured, allows you to buy Mousetrap Theatre Projects offers three guarantee you a standing position – tickets to three different shows for just age-dependent tiers for discounted tickets: but if a seat becomes available at the £20. § theatrelive4£5 is for those aged 15 to 18 last minute, you may be given one; www.birmingham-rep.co.uk who are at a state school or college, and § First Preview Lottery tickets are offers tickets to London shows for £5; available for £5 via the TodayTix app, Norwich Theatre Royal § westend4£10 is for 19 to 23 year- and allow you to purchase before The Norwich Theatre Royal offers a old students of drama or a drama- the first preview performance of selection of membership schemes which related subject, and offers tickets to each production; can save you money in the longer term. For professional theatre for up to £10 – and § For full-time students and those under £15 a year, students in full-time education Mousetrap often organise exclusive 25, there is a selection of £10 tickets will get priority booking, money off their pre- or post-show Q&As with the show for every performance – though tickets, and emails informing them of cast and creatives; availability is limited and age or student special events with show casts and crews. § For those aged 24 to 29, theatrescene status must be proven on entry. www.theatreroyalnorwich.co.uk members can see professional shows www.youngvic.org for up to £20 a ticket – with past shows having included Book of Mormon, School Masterclass Other schemes of Rock and Hamlet. Masterclass offers discounted tickets for RSC Key: 16 to 25-year-olds can see www.mousetrap.org.uk gigs and workshops, recent favourites five shows in Stratford-upon-Avon or covering collaborating with actors, verbal London for £5, and they can attend Donmar Warehouse and non-verbal communication, and how their sixth for free; www.rsc.org.uk As part of YOUNG+FREE, the Donmar to maintain your mental health as an actor. Almeida Theatre: £5 tickets for those Warehouse offers free tickets by ballot to www.masterclass.org.uk aged 25 or under, or £15 for those aged 16 to 25 year-olds who are signed up to 26 to 30; www.almeida.co.uk the YOUNG+FREE mailing list. Chichester Festival Theatre Manchester Royal Exchange: under www.donmarwarehouse.com Moving away from London, Chichester 26-year-olds and students can buy Festival Theatre’s Prologue scheme offers weeknight tickets for just £7 – a saving of National Theatre £5 tickets for those aged 16 to 25, with their up to 80%; www.royalexchange.co.uk For those aged 16 to 25, Entry Pass is a website boasting ‘great seats’ as well as Nottingham Playhouse: tickets at £11 each free membership that offers tickets to all ‘exclusive events’. These events include for a group of eight or more students; NT shows for £7.50 – as well as exclusive workshops that have been tailored to help www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk events, workshops and discounts across actors, writers and designers who are less Battersea Arts Centre: concessions the theatre. A friend aged 16 to 25 can confident in their abilities to harness their tickets available, with prices often under purchase their ticket for £10 too. skills in an encouraging environment. £10; www.bac.org.uk www.nationaltheatre.org.uk www.cft.org.uk
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033_SGDE_FEAT-CheapTheatre [APPROVED].indd 33 05/08/2019 11:03 Tips from the front line An actor’s advice Adrian Wheeler wasn’t the average acting student when he started out. He offers words of wisdom from his own experience about how to get started in the industry
came to acting at the age of 45, after on what to wear and how to look. If you my branding agency fell foul of the have no footage from real film projects financial crisis. I’d never acted in my there are firms that specialise in creating life – not even at school – but in 2010, showreels for actors. Some will write II volunteered for a community project at scripts for you and even provide other The Rose Theatre in Kingston. Nine years actors to work opposite you. Your CV on, I have acted in multi award-winning will be a list of all the acting work you’ve features and shorts, commercials, theatre done. Remember that marketing is not a (West End, fringe and immersive) and cost but an investment, so invest wisely performed in front of 15,000 people at in targeted marketing. You don’t need a the O2. website. A Facebook page is sufficient for I approached my acting career as if you to grow and communicate with your I were building a brand and I would network easily. encourage you to do the same. The more you understand what you are selling, and 5. Work target it to what the market wants, the In the beginning, just work. You can be easier it will be for you to find work. more discerning when you have built up your confidence and your skill. If 1. Know your market you want to be a screen actor, for Whatever you want to do, immerse example, sign up to an extras agency. yourself in it. Just as your bank manager Working as a ‘background artist’ will will read the FT, you need to be up to help you understand how a film set date on what’s going on in the industry. works. You may even get offered a line Read The Stage, listen to podcasts such as if you’re very lucky. ‘Nerdist’ or ‘ID10T’, but by far the best Student films are a great way to learn place to learn is in the audience. If you the craft. There are some excellent film know what works from the stalls, you’ll schools and you could find yourself part know what works from the stage. of an award-winning short film. There are many digital platforms you can join to put 2. Train yourself up for acting work. Mandy.com Every working actor I know is continually and Shootingpeople.com are the best. and, in my experience, people are very developing their craft. Learn the basics, They work a bit like online dating. You generous and willing to collaborate. Your master the basics, then find classes that build a profile of yourself that includes network is where your reputation lives put you out of your comfort zone. They everything a casting director might be so nurture it – it is your most powerful will make the biggest difference. looking for and they post the jobs – some marketing tool and your most precious paid, some not. You’ll get lots of email asset. It will be your strength during the 3. Know your product alerts so it’s good to have a standard dry periods. Most of us will only ever be cast as letter template to tailor and upload as people quite similar to who we are. you apply for each job. Sometimes 7. Be excellent Knowing your casting type is essential you’ll be asked for a self-tape, or be People buy from people. If they like you, as this allows you to focus your training invited for an audition. Only apply for they will remember you, whether you get and target your marketing. Ask industry those roles where you know you are a cast or not. You can only control what people what roles they can see you really good fit. I recently got the lead you can control, so prepare, learn your playing. You may be surprised at how role in a cast of 5 actors. The producers lines, turn up on time with a smile on similar their answers are. You now have used mandy.com and received over a your face, do your best and then put it your focus – better to be the ‘go-to thousand applications! Nothing builds behind you. The audition is the work, the Nurse’ than the ‘out-of-work Juliet’. confidence like performing when the job is the bonus. stakes are low so don’t underestimate the 4. Invest in the best marketing power of ‘amdram’ [amateur dramatics] 8. Never give up. SGDE you can afford as a stepping-stone. Just don’t put it on You will need headshots, a showreel, your CV. www.thestage.co.uk and a CV. Only use a photographer www.actorscentre.co.uk who specialises in headshots for actors. 6. Network like crazy www.mandy.com Discuss your casting type with them 90% of my work comes from my network. www.shootingpeople.com before the shoot and they will advise you It’s a very close-knit industry to be in
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034_SGDE_FEAT-Advice [APPROVED].indd 34 05/08/2019 11:05 Arts administration careers Creative problem-solving Sarah Lambie learns about career possibilities in arts administration
achel Wood started her professional life as the Editorial Assistant on Teaching Drama magazine. A handful of years Rlater she’s responsible for the day to day running of a major regional theatre in the south of England. ‘My job title is Theatre
Administrator,’ she tells me, ‘it’s kind of IMAGES PETER PHIPP/TRAVELSHOTS/BRIDGEMAN all-encompassing… When I started, I asked the person leaving “what’s an average day like?” and they said “no day is ever the same.” It’s very true.’ One of Wood’s main roles is to look after programming at the theatre, which is what’s known as a ‘receiving house’ where tours stop to play for a week at a time. ‘That involves making phone calls There are many capacities in which to work in theatres such as the Royal Shakespeare Theatre pictured here to producers and production companies, and asking what shows they’ve got “Rachel…” and I have to think “how do I writing newsletters or guide documents coming up, and what dates they have free. fix the phones?!”’ to lessons; but when they started a Then it’s about putting together a big However, being in a position where you production arm I was doing things like jigsaw puzzle of what show-weeks people cover lots of different aspects of theatre casting which was really exciting, and can do, and working out box office deals. administration is in many ways a dream that was a transferrable skill because I do At the moment I’m looking at 2020,’ she early job, because it helps you to find out casting for panto in the job I’m in now.’ says (it’s the summer of 2019 when we where you might like to specialise. I ask Wood what the main skills are have this chat), ‘but some of the bigger Wood talks me through her own career that someone in a role like hers should scale theatres are already doing 2021.’ trajectory and it’s clear that learning lots have. ‘Organisation,’ she lists, ‘attention I remark on the creative input this of different skill sets on-the-job has been to detail, and being really personable.’ aspect of programming gives to Wood’s the key to her progression: ‘I studied There are a host of careers available in role. While the final say on programming theatre and performance studies at the the administrative side of the arts, many is given to those above her, she agrees: University of Warwick. That wasn’t a of them hugely creative. Wood’s big tip is ‘Of course I have to do things like process practical course, it was theoretical with to seek out work experience, whether that invoices and email out invitations – knowledge compounded by practical be in marketing, box office or ushering: all the things you would think of as work. It was never the idea that you ‘Get in touch with an organisation local administrative; I hand out the post and would go out and be a performer. to you, even if they don’t have a work deal with people’s holiday forms, but then ‘When I graduated I worked for experience programme, and ask “would I also have a role that is creative, in that Teaching Drama magazine, and I loved you be willing to give me things to do for you think “is that type of show suitable that because I got to go and see theatre, a week?” It’s free labour so what company for our audience?” while being logistical and obviously I was engaged in the is going to say no to that?! When I wanted because that company has that week free industry, though on the periphery. Then experience in marketing I just said to the small venue in my local town, “can I come and speak to someone for an hour a week, ‘I wish I’d done more student productions can I hand out flyers?” I got to know and more stage management, to get that about what they did and how that venue worked, and that knowledge and the fact experience earlier’ that you’ve made that effort gives you the edge in an interview.’ in their performance schedule and that’s I worked for a stage school franchise ‘I wish I’d done more student the week you’re looking to fill!’ where I gained more practical skills. We productions,’ she adds, ‘and more stage Wood’s particular position is in part a did some productions in theatres and I management, to get that experience feature of working in a smaller regional learnt all about get-ins and deputy stage earlier.’ But the take-home message is touring theatre: ‘I think the role in management. that there is work out there to be had: larger organisations is split up more,’ What I’ve always learnt is to grab those ‘Agents, casting directors, and production she says, ‘for example you’d have an opportunities that come up – sometimes companies want assistants. They’re office manager – we don’t have someone they’re a bit curveball but you learn problem solving, on the ground, go-and- looking after operations, which means skills and you make contacts. I was do-it jobs.’ There’s plenty out there for that if the phones go down people say in an administrative role, laminating, the tenacious and hard-working. SGDE
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035_SGDE_FEAT-Admin [APPROVED].indd 35 05/08/2019 11:05 Recommended reading Books to read
There are many, many books about the practicalities of all aspects of training or having a career in drama. Here are a few bookshelf essentials divided into six broad categories. Buy and read a couple of each and you will be very well prepared for your applications to train
Theatre careers So you want to be in 100 Acting Exercises Different Every Night: musicals? for 8-18 Year Olds Freeing the Actor Theatre in Practice: by Ruthie Henshall and by Samantha Marsden by Mike Alfreds A Student’s Handbook David Bowling (Methuen Drama) (Nick Hern Books) by Nick O’Brien and Annie (Nick Hern Books) ISBN: 978135004994, 2019 ISBN 978-1-85459-967-4, 2007 Sutton (Routledge) ISBN 978-1-84842-150-9, 2012 Tried and tested Described as ISBN 978-0-41550-853-7, 2012 While it doesn’t in the author’s ‘the most Theatre in aim to train you own classroom, complete Practice provides itself, this book is this book rehearsal students with an excellent contains practical methodology ‘must have’ companion to a exercises to in print since Drama skills musical theatre inspire, ignite imagination Stanislavsky’, Alfreds’ book through training, giving thorough and encourage confident offers a masterclass for practical, step-by-step guidance on and what to performances. actors and directors, packed exercises and diagrams. It’s expect and how to behave with techniques for bringing clear and concise with a through your career. Written How to do accents the text to life and keeping helpful format and scenarios by professionals in the field, by Edda Sharpe and Jan it alive. and characters to enable a drawn from their experience. Haydn Rowles (Oberon) variety of approaches. ISBN 978-1-84002-957-4, 2009 The Improv Book An introduction to A useful, detailed by Alison Goldie (Oberon) Being a Playwright: theatre design GCSE and post-16 ISBN: 9781783191802, 2015 A Career Guide for by Stephen Di Benedetto resource that is A smart, witty Writers (Routledge) very strong and and accessible by Chris Foxon and George ISBN 978-0-41554-754-3, 2012 practical on guide to the Turvey (Nick Hern Books) With numerous techniques for rewarding and ISBN: 9781848426917, 2018 illustrated case perfecting regional and joyful practice of Being a Playwright studies, international accents. improvisation, offers practical Benedetto’s this book includes classic advice about all book explains Acting Through Song: improv games and variations elements of a the theories, Techniques and for telling stories and creating career in strategies and tools of theatre Exercises for Musical- characters to make theatre playriting, from design in a style and to a Theatre Actors from monologues to full-scale training options when you are level aimed at undergraduate by Paul Harvard productions. starting out, to finding a students with numerous (Nick Hern Books) playwriting model to the illustrated case studies and ISBN 978-1-84842-229-2, 2013 Directing/devising ‘business’ of being a analysis of key terms. A comprehensive playwright, and progression in guide with a skills the industry. Acting skills well-supported A Beginner’s Guide to approach to Devising Theatre So you want to work In-Depth Acting understanding by Jess Thorpe and Tashi in theatre? by Dee Cannon (Oberon) and mastering the Gore (Methuen Drama) by Susan Elkin ISBN 978-1-84943-232-0 art of musical theatre. ISBN: 9781350099746, 2019 (Nick Hern Books) A practical guide This book ISBN 978-1-84842-274-2, 2013 for actors of all The Actor and the explores creative The first in Nick ages and at all Target ways to make Hern Books’ points in their by Declan Donnellan original theatre So you want to... careers, this (Nick Hern Books) from a series, this is an book sets out the ISBN 978-1-85459-838-7, 2005 contemporary essential guide methods used by Dee A fresh and stimulus, offering a structure for young people Cannon, who has trained radical approach within which to approach the who want to work in the students at RADA and to acting, written creative process, practical theatre - but aren’t sure professional actors in in 2005 by a ideas for use in rehearsal, and exactly what they want to do, London, Los Angeles and world-famous grounding in terminology to or how to get to do it. throughout the world. director. support a confident approach.
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Inventing the Audition technique Classical Monologues The Oberon Book Truth: Devising and for Men; for Women of Monologues for Directing for the The Excellent edited by Marina Caldarone Black Actors: Classical Theatre Audition Guide (Nick Hern Books) and Contemporary by Mike Bradwell by Andy Johnson ISBN 978-1-85459-869-1; Speeches from (Nick Hern Books) (Nick Hern Books) 978-1-85459-870-7, 2006 Black British Plays, ISBN 978-1-84842-153-0, 2012 ISBN 978-1-84842-297-1, 2013 Volume One An engaging, Aimed at the by Simeilia Hodge-Dallaway instructive and ambitious, (Oberon) practical read, this motivated and ISBN 978-1-78319-056-0, 2014; book by a leading dedicated student, 978-1-78319-057-7, 2013 theatre director a not-for-the- explores the faint-hearted Marina Caldarone has processes and techniques of guide to auditioning success. selected over forty-five devising and directing, and monologues for men and also contains the full texts of Monologue books another forty-five for women two plays. drawn from classical plays National Youth Theatre throughout the ages and Each monologue comes with a Then what happens? Monologues: 75 ranging across all of Western thorough introduction to the Storytelling and Speeches for Auditions theatre. Each piece is prefaced play, and provides an adapting for the edited by Michael Bryher with a neat summary of the invaluable resource for any theatre (Nick Hern Books) vital information you need BAME students seeking work by Mike Alfreds ISBN 978-1-84842-676-4, 2018, to place the piece in context they can identify with. (Nick Hern Books) A collection of and to perform it to ISBN 978-1-84842-270-4, 2013 audition speeches maximum effect. Oberon Modern An extraordinarily from material Monologues for Men; thorough produced by Shakespeare for Women: Teens to textbook for world-leading Monologues for Thirties, Volumes 3 directors and youth arts Young Men; for Young edited by Dee Cannon adaptors, written organisation the National Women (Oberon) by the renowned Youth Theatre of Great Britain. edited by Luke Dixon ISBN 978-1-78319-937-2; founder of Shared Experience (Nick Hern Books) 978-1-78319-939-6, 2016 Theatre Company. The Oberon Book of ISBN 978-1-84842-265-0; Queer Monologues 978-1-84842-266-7, 2012 Dictionary/ edited by Scottee (Oberon) ISBN 978-1-786-82347-2, 2018 reference bookshelf The first must-haves collection of its The Oberon Glossary kind, this book Monologues are an essential of Theatrical Terms chronicles over part of an actor’s toolkit. (Oberon) one hundred With 40 monologues from Revamped for these volumes by ISBN 978-1-84943-091-3, 2011 years of queer and across the entirety of author of best-selling In-Depth A concise trans performance, combining Shakespeare’s canon, these Acting, Dee Cannon, This resource stage plays with spoken word books include contextual volume comes in a brand new explaining all and performance art in over descriptions and a glossary, as format, acting as an actor’s theatrical jargon; 40 extracts. well as introductory advice. workbook as well as monologue a must for resource, with a casting age of performing arts Contemporary Hear Me Now teens, twenties or thirties. aficionados and students in Monologues for edited by Titilola Dawudu all disciplines. Teenagers Male/Female (Oberon) National Theatre edited by Trilby James ISBN 9781786824615, 2018 Connections Actions: An Actor’s (Nick Hern Books) A collection of Monologues Thesaurus ISBNs: 9781848426085 / original audition edited by Anthony Banks by Marina Caldarone 9781848426078, 2019 pieces written (Methuen Drama) (Nick Hern Books) by and for actors ISBN 9781472573100; 2016 ISBN 978-1-85459-674-1, 2004 of colour, An anthology Action-words commissioned of monologues, (mostly transitive by Tamasha Theatre written for young verbs) to revitalise Company. The book provides people to perform, rehearsal and varied, nuanced stories that having been taken performance, set Forty speeches for male/female expand beyond the range of from plays out in a teenagers, all written since the existing material available commissioned as part of the systematic and comprehensive year 2000, by some of the and seeks to inspire, empower, National Theatre Connections way, and also available as a most exciting and acclaimed and create a legacy for over the past 20 years. With a smart-phone app. writers working today. generations to come. foreword by actor Matt Smith.
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036-039_SGDE_REVS-Books [APPROVED].indd 37 05/08/2019 11:07 Recommended reading Plays to read
Reading lots of different types of plays and understanding where they fit in and what they contribute to theatre history can only be of benefit to your drama education. Get ahead and start reading now!
Othello A Doll’s House in time for his birthday party. Synopsis: In 1950s by William Shakespeare by Henrik Ibsen Why it’s a must-read: One New York, a jury (The Arden Shakespeare) (Methuen Drama) of Pinter’s most performed have to come to a ISBN: 9781474272360, 2018 ISBN 978-1-4081-0602-0; 1879 plays, it’s been described as a judgement on the Synopsis: Othello, Synopsis: ‘comedy of menance’. life of a defendant a respected Housewife Nora in a murder trial. General, is becomes Mother Courage and Debate becomes pretty heated. convinced by his discontent with Her Children Why it’s great: It’s a modern scheming married life. by Bertolt Brecht classic with fantastic examples underling Iago Why it’s a must- (Methuen Drama) of on-stage conflict. Fierce and that his wife is cheating on read: Groundbreaking at its ISBN 978-0-413-49270-8; 1941 passionate, it cuts straight to him. He murders Desdemona time, it criticised the norms of Synopsis: Follows the heart of the issues of civil in this great Shakespearean 19th-century marriage. the journey of liberties and social justice. tragedy. Why it’s great: Iago is ‘Mother Courage’, one of the most compelling Doctor Faustus a woman Look Back in Anger villians in Shakespeare, and by Christopher Marlowe determined to by John Osborne the play touches on many (Oxford English Drama) make her living (Faber & Faber) important issues – race, ISBN 978-0-19-953706-8; 1592 from the war – at any cost. ISBN 978-0-571-03848-0; 1956 sexism, jealousy… Synopsis: Based on Why it’s a must-read: Build an Synopsis: The lead the German story understanding of Brecht’s Jimmy marked a The Bacchae Faust, a man sells theatrical techniques. shift in character by Euripides his soul to the for a generation, (Oxford English Drama) devil for power, Tartuffe as you watch him ISBN 978-0-19-954052-5; 405BC experience, by Molière (Nick Hern Books) engage in a love Synopsis: This pleasure and knowledge. ISBN 978-1-85459-637-6; 1664 triangle. Why it’s a must-read: Greek tragedy is Why it’s a must-read: Synopsis: A comic This play is considered to be based on the myth A contemporary of masterpiece about the birth of the ‘kitchen-sink’ of King Pentheus Shakespeare’s, it’s good to an irreclaimable drama. of Thebes and his have an awareness of his work. hypocrite. Why it’s mother Agave’s a must-read: One of Blasted punishment by the god Lysistrata the most famous by Sarah Kane (A&C Black) Dionysus. Why it’s a must-read: by Aristophanes (Penguin) French plays of all time. ISBN 978-0-413-76620-5; 1995 It is considered to be one of ISBN 978-0-14-044814-6; 411BC Synopsis: A Euripides’ best works and is a Synopsis: Lysistrata Modern classics naturalistic great example of the origins of persuades the twohander Western theatre. women of Greece (last 70 years): featuring eyes to withold sexual Waiting for Godot being sucked out, The Importance of privileges from by Samuel Beckett rape and baby Being Earnest their partners in (Faber & Faber) eating. Why it’s a must-read: by Oscar Wilde an effort to end the ISBN 978-0-571-22911-6; 1953 Kane’s debut caused a huge (Penguin Classics) Peloponnesian War. Why it’s a Synopsis: Vladmir stir, making it an important ISBN 978-1-4791-4835-6; 1895 must-read: A great example of and Estragon wait text in theatre history. Synopsis: Two an ancient Greek comedy. for the arrival of bachelor friends someone called Angels in America lead double lives The Birthday Party Godot. Why it’s a by Tony Kushner to be able to court by Harold Pinter must-read: Its (Nick Hern Books) their chosen (Faber & Faber) form and plot (or lack ISBN: 978-1-848-42631-3; 1992 ladies in the ISBN 978-0-571-16078-5; 1958 thereof) was groundbreaking Synopsis: America country. Why it’s a must-read: Synopsis: Stanley in its time. in the mid- 1980s. Nearly 125 years old and still Webber receives In the midst laugh-out-loud funny, this is two unexpected Twelve Angry Men of the AIDS still an ever popular play for (and rather by Reginald Rose crisis and revival on stage and in film. ‘A suspect) mystery (Methuen Drama) conservative handbag?!’ guests who arrive ISBN 9781474232326, 2016 Reagan administration, New
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Yorkers grapple with life and brilliant two-man show Constellations Something Dark death, love and sex, heaven consisting of 26 vignettes, by Nick Payne by Lemn Sissay (Oberon) and hell. commenting on and satirising (Faber & Faber) ISBN 978-1-786-82229-1; 2017 Why it’s a must-read: A true life under the apartheid ISBN 978-0-571-30196-6; 2012 Synopsis: The true theatrical epic, it won the regime. Synopsis: A story of Sissay who Evening Standard Best Play Why it’s great: It’s one of the metaphysical was given up by his Award, two Tony Awards, and most popular and influential love story. Ethiopian mother the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. plays to have come out of the Why it’s a as a baby in the South African cultural struggle must-read: A 1960s, renamed Rosencrantz and of the 1980s boy-meets-girl Norman Greenwood and spent Guildenstern are Dead tale featuring parallel a turbulent childhood in care by Tom Stoppard Educating Rita universes is definitely worth before becoming a (Faber & Faber) by Willy Russell a read. performance poet and, aged 21, ISBN 978-0-571-08182-0; 1966 (Methuen Drama) leaving for Gambia in search of Synopsis: The title ISBN 978-0-413-76790-5; 1980 Oil the truth. Why it’s a must-read: characters step Synopsis: by Ella Hickson An essential example of out from Hamlet’s Influenced by (Nick Hern Books) contemporary Black British shadow for their Bernard Shaw’s ISBN: 978-1-848-42603-0; 2016 literature. own moment Pygmalion, the Synopsis: Oil centre stage. plays examines follows the lives Posh Why it’s a must-read: A fun, the relationship of one woman by Laura Wade (Oberon) postmodern exploration of between Rita and her and her daughter, ISBN 978-1-84002-984-0; 2010 Shakespeare’s classic. university tutor Frank. drilling deep Synopsis: An inside Why it’s a must-read: An early into the world’s look into the lives The Weir undermining of the relationship with this finite of the privileged by Conor Mcpherson assumptions of the British resource. and future (Nick Hern Books) class system. Why it’s a must-read: The powerful at ISBN: 978-1-854-59643-7; 1999 Evening Standard called it Oxford’s dining Synopsis: Set in a New writing ‘the single most gloriously society The Riot Club. bar in rural audacious piece of playwriting Why it’s a must-read: Puts Ireland, chilling (last ten years): of the last few years.’ those of the elite class under tales of the The Fall the mircoscope. supernatural by James Fritz Punk Rock combine with (Nick Hern Books) by Simon Stephens That Face small-community banter. ISBN: 978-1-848-42773-0; 2018 (Methuen Drama) by Polly Stenham (Faber & Why it’s a must-read: Beautifully Synopsis: Two 9781474229357; 2016 Faber) observed and rich in suspensful teenagers sneak Synopsis: In the ISBN 978-0-571-24421-8; 2007 realism, it won the Olivier for into an old man’s library of a Synopsis: The Best New Play in 1999. home. A young grammar school, apple doesn’t fall couple try to look students prepare far from the tree The Crucible after an ailing for their mock when siblings by Arthur Miller (Penguin) parent. A care home offers its A Levels. Mia and Henry ISBN 978-0-14-118255-1; 1953 residents the opportunity to Step-by-step, dislocation, begin dabbling Synopsis: The unburden their children. disjunction and latent in drugs and alcohol due to partially Why it’s a must-read: It aggression is revealed. their mother Martha. fictionalised story confronts the frightening Why it’s a must-read: Simon Why it’s a must-read: An of the Salem witch prospect of ageing in a Stephens is great, and this interesting and dark look at trials, written by country undergoing crises of play features students parent-children relationships. Miller as an housing and care. your age. allegory of McCarthyism in Barber Shop the US in the 1950s. Why it’s a People, Places and King Charles III Chronicles must-read: Tense, engaging Things by Mike Bartlett by Inua Ellams (Oberon) and thrilling – a gripping story. by Duncan Macmillan (Nick Hern Books) ISBN: 9781786821782, 2017 ISBN 978-1-78319-909-9 ISBN 978-1-84842-441-8; 2014 Synopsis: Set in Woza Albert! Synopsis: Emma Synopsis: The barber shops in by Percy Mtwa, Mbongeni is in rehab: queen is dead, and Johannesburg, Ngema, Barney Simon When intoxication her successor – Harare, Kampala, (Methuen Drama) feels like the having waited a Lagos, Accra, ISBN: 9781350025080, 2018 only way to lifetime for the and London, Synopsis: The survive the throne – begins conversations among men Second Coming of modern world, how can she his reign. explore Black masculinity Jesus Christ ever sober up? Why it’s a must-read: A and mental health. taking place in Why it’s a must-read: It played creative imagination (in Why it’s great: It’s a generously apartheid South to huge critical acclaim at the blank verse) of Britian’s funny, heart-warming and Africa in a National Theatre in 2016. possible future. insightful play.
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040-041_SGDE_ADV-CDMT [APPROVED].indd 41 01/08/2019 09:40 Advertorial ALRA – The Academy of Live and Recorded Arts
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ALRA encourages students thinking about a career change. to view their performance practice as If English is not your first language you Courses offered continual development: furthering their must be fluent in English. You may be ALRA offers comprehensive training for own particular strengths. The Foundation asked for proof of this. We need a level actors and directors with the following Course has an excellent record for student 6.5 in the IELTS (International English choice of courses: progression in to higher level Drama Language Test System). § Foundation Acting Diploma (1 Year) School courses. § BA (Hons) Acting (3 Years) Application method § MA/Post Graduate Acting (15 Months) Fees, bursaries, and other Apply directly to the Academy via the online § MA Directing (2 Year. ALRA North only) finance information application system from October 2019. Course fees differ depending on which Course content overview campus you choose to study at. We are Audition process/preparation ALRA’s Foundation Diploma in part of the Dance and Drama Scheme required Acting gives students an insight into through an association with Trinity Entry is by audition/interview and conservatoire actor training and College London, this means that students applicants are selected on the basis of preparation for working in the industry on the BA and MA Acting courses can their aptitude and ability to contribute – designed for those wishing to pursue apply for full bursaries and help with to and successfully complete the course. professional training at a higher level. living and accommodation costs. Standard audition fees are £45 but ALRA The BA (Hons) Acting programme also offers some free auditions, so check trains professional actors for today’s Accommodation options our ‘How to Apply’ section of the website ALRA does not provide on-site to see if you are eligible. accommodation but students normally group together to rent privately in the Contact surrounding areas. See our full guide to auditions and videos that will help you get the most out of Entry requirements: the experience on the FAQ pages of our § Foundation Acting Diploma – You website www.alra.co.uk. don’t need any formal qualifications but ALRA also runs CPD for teachers those seeking to pursue a University and practitioners. See our page on the place will need a Level 3 qualification Northern Centre for Voice and Movement. and should seek further advice. 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042_SGDE_ADV-ALRA [APPROVED].indd 42 01/08/2019 09:41 Advertorial Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
Courses offered interview. For Production Arts, applicants Undergraduate and foundation degrees: are normally expected to meet UWE § BA Professional Acting; Bristol’s minimum entry requirements. § FdA/BA Production Arts*; For postgraduate courses, applicants § FdA/BA Costume for Theatre, Film and TV. would normally be expected to have an honours degree in a related subject Postgraduate degrees: area. We will also consider evidence of § MA Theatre Design personal, professional and educational § MA Scenic Art experience which show an ability to meet § MA Drama Directing the demands of the course. For more info, § MA Drama Writing visit oldvic.ac.uk/course-finder. § MA Film Production § MFA Professional Voice Studies Application method § MFA Professional Acting (for All applications for full-time degree international students). courses are made via UCAS. Applications for Production Arts should be made via Short courses: UCAS Undergraduate (institution code 10 week summer foundation course in B64) while applications for Costume and
acting and a range of acting short courses PHOTOGRAPHY MARK DAWSON Professional Acting should be made via for adults. UCAS Conservatoires (institution code (2017), recognising that the education B65). Applications for MA/MFA courses *Our Production Arts courses provide we provide is of the highest quality. The are made via UCAS Postgraduate. broad-based training in the core production School’s degrees are currently validated We charge an audition fee for the BA disciplines needed to work professionally for and awarded by the University of the West and MFA Professional Acting courses, stage or screen, including stage management, of England (UWE Bristol). currently £50 and £75, respectively. lighting, electrics, sound and scenic crafts. Applications for short courses are direct The FdA is stage-focused, whilst the three- Fees, bursaries, and other to the school – see www.oldvic.ac.uk/ year BA course additionally incorporates TV/ finance information short-courses for further information. film and radio drama production skills. For fee purposes, the School classifies students either as UK, EU or international. Audition process/preparation Course content overview Your residency classification determines required Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (BOVTS) the amount you pay in tuition fees, which At present, we aim to audition or has led the way in training theatre also vary according to whether the course is interview all students who meet our professionals for over 70 years. Our an undergraduate or postgraduate degree. course entry requirements. For BA courses are recognised nationally and Each year, the school offers over Acting, auditions are a two-stage process internationally as a benchmark of quality £200,000 in student support through a with preliminary auditions followed by in acting, creative and technical arts range of bursaries and scholarships. If recall days. Preliminary auditions are All our courses are practical and career- you are called to interview or audition, held at venues across the UK. You’ll focused. Learning is immersive and course staff will explain more about be required to present a speech from a you will have a full and busy timetable the funding options available. The CDD classical English play (written before throughout each term. As a student also offers a range of financial support, 1800), a piece in prose from a modern at BOVTS, you will have unparalleled including tuition fee discounts and cash play (written after 1956) and a short, opportunities to perform in, design, write, bursaries, with eligibility dependent on unaccompanied song. You’ll also be given direct, produce or stage manage shows household income. a short piece of sight-reading prose. For that take place for the paying-public technical and creative courses, you’ll be across Bristol and the West Country. Accommodation options interviewed at the school, exploring your We regard all our students as While the school does not own halls motivation for the course, any relevant professionals in training; your first day in of residence, Bristol is a student city experience, and discussing your portfolio, the School is the first day of your career. and there is no shortage of high-quality where relevant. Our graduates leave confident in their accommodation within walking of creative and technical skills, with tenacity distance. Many of our students choose Contact to succeed in building a sustainable, to rent in groups. Our Accommodation For details of open days, visit varied and fulfilling career in the arts. Officer can provide guidance to new opportunities or for more information The School is a member of the students – for example advice on fair contact Student Recruitment (student- prestigious Conservatoire for Dance and rents, landlord relations, and council tax [email protected]). For Drama (CDD) which includes a further five exemption. information about making an application, institutions providing rigorous training in contact Admissions (admissions@oldvic. the performing arts. The Conservatoire Entry requirements ac.uk). You can sign up for updates about was collectively awarded a gold standard We typically make unconditional offers our courses and news from the school at in the Teaching Excellence Framework based on your performance at audition or www.oldvic.ac.uk/mailing-list
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We audition for our acting courses in 11 cities in UK and Ireland. Come to a Production & Technical Arts Open Day at LAMDA - 30 Nov 2019 and 15 Feb 2020. Head to lamda.ac.uk for more info on travel bursaries, audition fee waivers, scholarships and bursaries, and to book for an Open Day.
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FdA Production & Technical Arts: Stage PHOTOGRAPHY S AM TAYLOR and Screen, BA (Hons) Production & Technical Arts top-up and a MA towards tuition fees and living costs. to have achieved at least a Merit in a Directing course. If offered a place to train at LAMDA, Foundation Degree (or equivalent) in prospective students will be invited to Stage Management or Technical Theatre Brief course content overview apply for a scholarship. or be able to demonstrate equivalent We ensure all our graduates are industry learning in a professional environment. ready, with the skills, knowledge and UK Student Loans Company experience needed to succeed. UK and EU students training on our Application method Our acting courses provide intensive, BA (Hons) Professional Acting and Applications for acting courses are via our vocational training which will equip Production & Technical Arts courses website. Apply via UCAS for Production students with the knowledge, insight and are funded in the same way as all other & Technical Arts and MA Directing. technique they need to forge and establish undergraduates at university or college Applications open in October and run a successful and rewarding career. in England. Fees are regulated and through to Spring (2020 entry dates TBC). Students spend time developing core skills eligible students have access to the same Auditions fees are currently £54, with in acting, voice, movement and music, plus system of loans to help with tuition fees audition fee waivers and travel bursaries screen and audio work. Students on the BA and maintenance costs via the Student available. (Hons), MFA Professional Acting and MA Loans Company (SLC). Students who Classical Acting courses will take part in are studying at postgraduate level may be Audition process/preparation public productions in front of key industry eligible for a Postgraduate Loan. required professionals. Once a prospective student has submitted Students on our production and UK/EU fees for courses are currently: an application, it will be processed technical arts courses develop a thorough § BA (Hons) Professional Acting, and they will receive notification of grounding in four core disciplines: stage Production & Technical Arts courses: an audition/interview date. We hold management, scenic construction, £9,250 per year auditions and interviews in London and lighting and sound. Practical experience § MFA Professional Acting: £12,360 across the UK, EU and North America, is gained working on LAMDA’s in- § LAMDA Foundation Diploma: £13,397 running from November through to May. house theatre productions as well as § Semester Programme: £4,625 LAMDA has three potential audition undertaking work placements. § MA Directing: £15,189 rounds: § A first-round audition, which every Fees, bursaries, and other Accommodation options applicant is guaranteed to have. finance information Like many small colleges and Applicants should present one We believe the arts should be accessible conservatoires LAMDA does not have monologue from an Elizabethan or to everyone and that funding should not its own halls of residence, however our Jacobean play; and one monologue be a barrier to training. There are many admissions team are on-hand to provide from a play written in either the 20th or ways students can be supported to fund information and assistance to students. 21st Century. their training. Depending on financial § A second audition – offered in certain circumstances, there are scholarships to Entry requirements cases where the panel would like to see help with course fees and living costs, as All of LAMDA’s full-time courses have an applicant again. well as audition fee-waivers – so students a minimum entry age of 18. There is § A recall audition – a full day taking don’t need to pay to audition – and no upper age limit. For undergraduate place in April and June. After a recall separate support to cover things like technical and acting courses there are no audition the panel would be in a travel costs. academic requirements. position to offer a place on a course. Applicants for our postgraduate Full details of requirements will be sent LAMDA’s Scholarship & Bursaries courses (MA Classical Acting, MA with an audition offer. Scheme Directing course) must have either Entry for production and technical arts This currently helps one in five students completed a college or university course courses is by interview. on our undergraduate courses and we or have adequate professional experience. award over £340,000 annually in support Applicants for the BA (Hons) Production Contact for people from low income backgrounds & Technical Arts top-up are required www.lamda.ac.uk (0)20 8834 0500
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ELLIE RAMSDEN contemporary plays and musicals as well as devising original work for the theatre Fees, bursaries, and other Mountview finance information Courses offered Production Arts, Sound – On Visit Mountview’s website to view § FDA Acting Full-Time/Part-Time Mountview’s hands-on courses in sound individual course fees. § FDA Musical Theatre Full-Time/ you’ll begin with workshops covering core There are a number of student Part-Time skills in all areas of production arts before bursaries and scholarships available § FDA/BA (Hons)Theatre Production moving quickly on to practical show for UK/EU students. For more details Arts – Lighting roles. What sets Mountview apart from visit www.mountview.org.uk/courses/ § FDA/BA (Hons) Theatre Production other drama schools is that you get vast funding-and-scholarships/. Arts – Sound experience working on large musicals, § FDA/BA (Hons) Theatre Production mixing sound for West End-scale casts. 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Entry is based on Course content overview giving stage management students a vast performance and previous formal Foundation Acting Full-Time/Part-Time array of learning experiences. academic qualifications are not essential. – This course will strengthen your ability Foundation/BA (Hons) Top-Up in as an actor, getting you ready for future Scenic Art and Prop Making – Training Application method drama school auditions and a life-long places a strong emphasis on developing All courses at Mountview are subject to career. Classes focus on the core skills specialist skills and practical problem entry via an audition or interview. At £45 of voice, movement and performance- solving in scenic art and prop making. Mountview’s audition fees are among the based work. 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Balancing musical theatre course and our graduates are detailed guidelines for each course core technique training across acting, continue to dominate the industry. listed on our website at www.mountview. singing and dance, the course is The course develops technical skills org.uk/courses/auditions-and-interviews/ split evenly between skills, audition through practical classes, workshops and preparation and performance-based work. performances and is split equally between Any other information Foundation/BA (Hons) Theatre the three essential musical theatre skills: Notable Mountview alumni include Production Arts, Lighting – Mountview acting, singing and dance. Giles Terera (Hamilton, Olivier award has been training lighting designers BA (Hons) Performance, Acting – winner), Louisa Harland (Derry Girls), and technicians for over 40 years. Mountview’s vocational actor training Tyrone Huntley (Jesus Christ Superstar), Our vocational courses place a strong thoroughly prepares students for a Rebecca Trehearn (Showboat, Olivier emphasis on learning through practice career in theatre, TV, radio and film. The award winner) Arian Nik (Ackley Bridge), and have seen graduates go on to be course develops technical skills through and Michael Longhurst (Aristic Director Chief Electrician at the Royal workshops and performances. Classes are at Donmar Warehouse). Shakespeare Company, freelance designed to inspire imaginative engagement production electricians, and notable and develop practical experience enabling Contact lighting designers. you to take risks, expand your range and www.mountview.org.uk Foundation/BA (Hons) Theatre develop your strengths. [email protected]
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Courses offered Fees, bursaries, and other § Are being auditioned overseas. Acting and Performance Degrees finance information We offer auditions in centres around § Acting BA (Hons) Tuition fees for our taught BA (Hons) the UK, and these will be free for many § Actor Musicianship BA (Hons) degrees for UK/EU students are £9,250 applicants who would otherwise find it § American Theatre Arts BA (Hons) for the 2020/21 academic year. Fees vary difficult to attend. § European Theatre Arts (Training the for international students and our online Details and the criteria for free Contemporary Performer) BA (Hons) Theatre Studies degree. Please visit auditions are outlined on the relevant individual course pages at www.bruford. programme pages on our website. Design, Management and Technical ac.uk for full details. Arts Degrees UK and EU students can apply for a Design, Management and Technical § Costume Production BA (Hons) number of government funded loans and Arts Interviews § Creative Lighting Control BA (Hons) grants. Interviews for our design, management § Lighting Design BA (Hons) Please visit www.bruford.ac.uk for up- and technical arts courses are free. § Lighting Design for Architecture BA (Hons) to-date information on scholarships and § Scenic Arts (Construction, Props & bursaries. Audition process/preparation Painting) BA (Hons) required § Stage and Events Management Accommodation options The audition process and content varies BA (Hons) Our Christopher Court Hall of Residence for each course. Please visit the college § Theatre Design (Set and Costume) includes 168 en-suite rooms and is a short website for full details. BA (Hons) walk away from the campus and Sidcup Railway Station. Any other information Online Degrees We also have other accommodation TEF Gold § Theatre Studies BA (Hons) options available in the area. Based on the evidence available, the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF We also run a range of postgraduate, Entry requirements Panel) judged that we deliver consistently acting foundation, part-time and summer Entry requirements vary and are detailed outstanding teaching and learning courses. on individual course pages on our website outcomes for our students and have at www.bruford.ac.uk granted us a Gold Award. Brief course content overview We offer a range of degree programmes Application method (UCAS/ Contact for careers in the theatre and live events direct; audition fee; deadlines) www.bruford.ac.uk +44(0)20 8308 2600 industry. You can apply for our taught BA (Hons) [email protected] Our Acting and Performance degrees degrees via UCAS. Application deadlines Rose Bruford College Lamorbey Park, provide a range of opportunities to vary for each course and can be found Burnt Oak Lane, Sidcup Kent, DA15 9DF develop your skills in preparation to on the individual course pages on our enter the industry and include public website. performances in the third year. Our BA (Hons) Acting and BA (Hons) Acting and Performance Auditions Actor Musicianship programmes include Audition fees vary for each of our a West End showcase in front of agents, programmes. Full details can be found on casting directors and directors. There are the Interview and Audition page on our also opportunities to spend a semester website. training in America (through BA (Hons) We don’t charge an audition fee if you: American Theatre Arts) or Europe (BA § Audition as part of a progression (Hons) European Theatre Arts). agreement Our Design, Management and Technical § Have a household income of under Arts degrees cover a range of skills £25,000 per year including costume production, lighting § Are in receipt of benefits including design, lighting and video programming, disability benefits: Universal Credit, scenic arts, stage and events management Personal Independence Payment (PIP), and theatre design. The courses include Disability Living Allowance (DLA) industry placements, experience § Are Care Experienced (Care Leaver/in working on productions and an industry the care of your Local Authority) networking event in the final year. § Have Caring Responsibilities (Young Our online Theatre Studies degree in is Carer/ Carer) an ideal choice if you want to learn online § Can offer other evidence of financial
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Courses offered of other universities (£9,250 per year be entitled to a free audition. Last year, Under three broad headings, 16 degree for 2019 entry). Eligible students are Central awarded over 1,200 free audition courses are offered: entitled to a loan from Student Finance vouchers. More information about free § BA (Hons) Acting England (SFE) which will cover the auditions can be found at: Acting/Musical Theatre/Collaborative cost of tuition, and maintenance loans www.cssd.ac.uk/undergraduate- and Devised Theatre are available but means-tested. There applications/audition-fee-waivers § BA (Hons) Contemporary are also a number of scholarships and Performance Practice bursaries available to all students ranging Audition process/preparation Drama, Applied Theatre and Education/ from £1000 to £10,000. required Performance Arts/Writing for Performance Everyone who makes an application § BA (Hons) Theatre Practice Accommodation options to Central will be invited to audition/ Costume Construction/ Design for the As part of the University of London, interview depending on the course that Stage/Production Lighting/Prop Making/ Central is allocated a small number of they are interested in. Scenic Art/Scenic Construction/Stage rooms within their intercollegiate halls, For the BA (Hons) Acting audition, Management/Technical and Production however the majority of students will students will audition for all three Management/Theatre Lighting Design/ privately rent from the first year with courses and will have to prepare a series Theatre Sound support from our Student Advice Service of monologues and songs. Auditionees (SAS). The SAS run onsite sharers days will also take part in assessed workshops. Course content overview as well as an online accommodation page Please note that our audition process All of Central’s courses benefit from which current students and offer holders is subject to change, therefore please do exceptionally high contact hours with have access to. As Central is a small and double check our requirements before a typical week on the BA (Hons) Acting specialist institution, our SAS team are preparing for your audition. courses being 8:30am–6pm Mon-Fri. able to be very supportive in helping our Those interested in the BA (Hons) Students will be taught by some of students find places to live. Theatre Practice courses will be invited the industry’s leading professionals and in for an interview and be asked to academics, supported by an extensive Entry requirements: bring in a portfolio of previous work, roster of visiting lecturers including BA (Hons) Acting – 64 UCAS Points and and those applying for the BA (Hons) lighting designers, directors, stage combat selection through audition. Contemporary Performance Practice specialists, playwrights and applied theatre BA (Hons) Contemporary Performance courses will also be invited to attend an practitioners all working in the industry. Practice – 120 UCAS Points and selection interview day. More information about A lot of the training offered is heavily through interview. our selection process can be found focussed on learning by doing, allowing BA (Hons) Theatre Practice – 64 to through our website. students to put their newfound knowledge 120 UCAS Points and selection through All audition/interview days allow and skills into practice through practical interview with portfolio. applicants to learn more about the school projects, industry placements and public All applicants will be invited to and courses and undertake a tour. productions. Opportunities for students interview/audition. to undertake placements occurs on all of Any other information the courses except the BA (Hons) Acting. Application method: Central is a collaborative environment Recent placements have occurred at the Applications are all made through UCAS where students across the school will National Theatre, Shakespeare’s Globe between September and January. Those work together on public facing shows and Pinewood Studios as well as other who apply for the BA (Hons) Acting will and projects either in external theatres/ international companies, and are often be required to pay £55 for their audition companies or within our professional tailored to the individual’s interests. which covers all stages of the audition standard theatres and facilities. process, there is no interview fee for the We host open days throughout the year Fees, bursaries, and other other courses. Students who engage with for both the BA (Hons) Contemporary finance information our Outreach department or applicants Performance Practice and BA (Hons) Central’s fees for home/EU students at based in England who may face barriers Theatre Practice courses, however we are undergraduate level are in line with that in accessing drama school training may unfortunately unable to offer open days for the BA (Hons) Acting courses: instead the audition day will double up as an open day. You can also come and see any of our third year BA (Hons) Acting shows at Central which will take place in one of our three theatres. Contact www.cssd.ac.uk [email protected]
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Highbury College DJ and mixing music mgt Independent second yr and develop specialisms in a network of studios for music tech Tudor Cres Portsmouth Hampshire record label A level music and dance range of areas inc popular theatre drama new workstation facilities inc ‘native PO SA in educ technical theatre perf skills and instrument’ labs Number of practice t Kirklees College directing Strong community theatre studios each with pno Vestry Hall for e info@highburyacuk Waterfront Quarter Manchester Rd links rehearsals and concerts also houses part w wwwhighburyacuk Huddersfield HD HH of music tech facilities with studios Contact Emma Patchett head of dept t Liverpool Institute for Performing All main teaching rooms equipped with Courses Lvl diploma in perf arts & e info@kirkleescollegeacuk Arts LIPA pnos college also has a Steinway in theatre lvl extended certificate and w wwwkirkleescollegeacuk Mount St Liverpool L HF St Mary’s Church main studios and diploma in perf arts acting lvl 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London School of Musical Theatre Masters Performing Arts College Milton Keynes College associated with rock and pop music Perf Borough Rd London SE DN Arterial Rd Rayleigh SS UQ Chaffron Way Campus Woughton arts HND yrs the course specialises t t Campus W Leadenhall Milton Keynes in popular music and the college e info@lsmtcouk e info@mastersperformingartscouk MK LP is equipped with multitrack digital w wwwlsmtcouk w wwwmastersperformingartscouk t recording and video studios BA popular Contact Adiran Jeckells principal & Contact Wendy Headford Matthew e info@mkcollegeacuk music BA yr topup after completing course dir Plummer Michaela Headford Liam w wwwmkcollegeacuk HND at Atrium Centre University of Courses Perf arts¡ yr f/t diploma course O’Donoghue dirs Courses BTEC level perf arts BTEC Glamorgan Cardiff Music music tech designed for those who wish to realise Courses Dance/musical theatre¡ diploma level perf arts BTEC level production theatre studies and dance A levels their full 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Kingdom perf and dance Facilities Fully equipped throughout the yr The Burroughs London NW BT t theatre dance studio rehearsal rooms t e enquiries@mountvieworguk and multitrack recording studio London South Bank University e zbeaven@dxacuk w wwwmountvieworguk Performance opportunities Public Borough Rd London SE AA w wwwmdxacuk/courses/performing Mountview is one of the UK’s foremost perf opportunities across a range of t arts/music drama schools with an international disciplines dance shows cabarets e lsbuinfo@lsbuacuk Contact Dr Zuleika Beaven Programme reputation for excellence We offer musicals theatre and film w wwwlsbuacuk Leader students of all backgrounds a wide variety Courses Arts and festival mgt MA Arts Management f/t p/t of courses training them to work both New College Durham BA Hons¡ yrs work placement module Interdisciplinary course designed to on and off the stage Mountview alumni Framwellgate Moor Durham DH ES inc in each yr of the course For students support students’ individual needs/ include Olivier Award Winner Giles t with a lively curiosity about the arts interests and to equip them with the Terera Evening Standard Award e help@newduracuk and festivals and the ability to acquire knowledge and skills to succeed in the winner Tyrone Huntley Olivier w wwwnewcollegedurhamacuk managerial and critical skills Covers creative industries and beyond Taught Award winner Rebecca Trehearn Eddie Courses Drama ND yrs the course general business skills arts and festival by leading practitioners and academics in Marsan Douglas Henshall Ken Stott and consists of core units in production and mgt skills and critical and creative work music/business students have immediate renowned directors Michael Longhurst perf techniques and options in drama Facilities On site theatre access to emerging theories and Ed Hall Iqbal Khan and Maria Aberg technical theatre and dance Delivery of contemporary debates Students benefit the course is through practical projects 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study in association with University of HNC/D perf arts dip level / Plymouth Modules in acting techniques contextual studies arts mgt professional York Literature Festival Warwickshire College practice promotion and employment t Rugby Centre Technology Dr Rugby acting for television and film voice and e info@yorkliteraturefestivalcouk Warwickshire CV AR singing dance and movement technical w wwwyorkliteraturefestivalcouk t theatre stage and wardrobe mgt Second Contact Miles Salter festival dir e info@warwickshireacuk yr partially run as a full production days celebrating the written w wwwwarwickshireacuk company professional attachment and spoken word Guest authors Courses BTEC extended dip in perf arts opportunities Theatre studies and dance broadcasters poets politicians etc We acting musical theatre and dance level AS/A levels also feature theatre cinema comedy and BTEC dip level Facilities Fully equipped music Dates thth March theatre dance studio and practice rooms Wigan School for the Arts part of the Performance opportunities Regular Wigan and Leigh College Group York St John University large scale perfs in house and on tour in Marketing Services Parsons Walk Wigan Lord Mayors Walk York YO EX the community Perfs of musical theatre WN RS t plays and dance projects t e artsadmin@yorksjacuk e applications@wiganleighacuk w wwwyorksjacuk West Lancashire College w wwwwiganleighacuk/centresof Courses BA Hons in film and College Way Skelmersdale West excellence/creativeartsexellence TV production film production Lancashire WN DX Courses BTEC level dip¡ perf dance documentary production screenwriting t drama music media BTEC level dip¡ dance dance choreography dance e enquiries@westlancsacuk perf arts acting dance music media community practice music music w wwwwestlancsacuk BTEC level extended dips¡ music perf composition music perf applied Courses L extended dip perf arts arts media Foundation degrees in music music production theatre perf dance L dip perf arts music conjunction with UCLAN¡ theatre and practice perf writing applied theatre Facilities seat theatre with full digital perf studies creative and digital media MA in perf fine arts applied theatre sound and lighting systems dance studio Apprenticeship in creative and digital music composition film production music room Performance opportunities media in conjunction with the British documentary production Facilities Public perfs times a yr in all yrs of Youth Film Academy Facilities seat Specialist dance studios drama studios study studio theatre dance studios TV and and several large perf venues inc a range Radio studios with multiple edit suites of rehearsal spaces Recording studio West Thames College sound recording studios large music fully equipped broadcast television London Rd Isleworth Middlesex technology suite rehearsal rooms studios and editing suites TW HS t Wiltshire College Young Persons Concert Foundation e info@westthamesacuk Southampton Rd Salisbury SP LW YPCF w 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