PROSPECTUS A GUIDE TO LIFE AT LAMDA LONDON ACADEMY OF MUSIC & DRAMATIC ART THE TRAINING AT LAMDA IS INTENSE AND ALL-CONSUMING. YOU HAVE TO GIVE IT WELCOME FROM EVERYTHING. IT’S CHALLENGING BUT ALL THE MORE REWARDING FOR THAT. Samantha Gruskin Technician, Class of 2018 THE PRINCIPAL

THE THING I CHERISH MOST ABOUT LAMDA IS THE INTANGIBLE SPIRIT OF THE SCHOOL. Rory Kinnear At LAMDA, our mission is to seek out and train the Actor, Class of 2001 exceptional dramatic artists and technicians of every generation, so they can have the most extraordinary impact on the world through their work in theatre, film and television. A world-leading conservatoire, we are proud to have a faculty of experienced WHAT I VALUED MOST ABOUT MY TIME AT teachers and practitioners; all experts in their respective fields and dedicated LAMDA WAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP to the progress and well-being of our students. Our long-established relationships with industry colleagues mean we work closely with agencies, NEW IDEAS WITH TALENTED, COMMITTED production companies and technical partners, as well as professional writers, designers, directors and actors. This combined expertise ensures YOUNG ACTORS IN AN UNFAILINGLY our teaching reflects the latest developments and opportunities in the POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT. industry, and gives our students exposure to the most comprehensive and rigorous training possible. Polly Findlay Director, Class of 2005 We believe the dramatic arts have the power to transform lives – to move, challenge and inspire us. Our redeveloped £28.2 million training centre offers our students a space to bring about this transformation. With ten new rehearsal studios, two new theatres, a fully-equipped digital screen and audio suite, a dedicated library and much more, our new home provides IF I HAD TO DESCRIBE LAMDA IN THREE exceptional facilities to match the quality and innovation of our training. We want the students we train to reflect the multicultural and diverse society WORDS IT WOULD BE EXCELLENCE, we live in and to be recruited on the basis of their talent, passion and NURTURING AND FAMILY. commitment to learn, regardless of background or economic circumstances. Funding should not be a barrier and there is a wide range of financial support Samuel Barnett available to students who want to train with us; learn more on pages 6-7. Actor, Class of 2001 LAMDA nurtures the leading dramatic artists, trailblazers and collaborators of every generation. We deal in excellence and imagination and our students are encouraged to take risks knowing that there is a community of peers and mentors to support them on their journey. I hope this prospectus gives WHAT WE GET OUT OF A WEEK’S WORK you a taste of what we offer. IS INCREDIBLE. THE TEACHERS ARE SO I look forward to meeting you at LAMDA. COMMITTED. THEY CARE ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND THEY CARE ABOUT YOU AND

YOUR JOURNEY. Joanna Read LAMDA Principal Nic Jackman Actor, Class of 2013

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Welcome 1 Why Choose LAMDA? 4 Fund Your Training 6 LAMDA By Numbers 8

CHOOSE A COURSE 9 BA (Hons) Professional Acting 10 MFA Professional Acting 12 MA Classical Acting for the Professional Theatre 14 LAMDA Foundation Diploma 16 Semester Programme Classical Acting 18 Shakespeare Summer School 20 FdA Production & Technical Arts: Stage & Screen 22 BA (Hons) Production & Technical Arts Top-Up 24 MA Directing 26 LAMDA Short Courses 28 Industry-Ready Graduates 30

APPLY TO LAMDA 31 The Application Process 32 Auditions & Interviews 34 Living in London 36 Study Abroad & Visas 37 Connect With Us 38

TRAIN AT LAMDA 39 Our Facilities 40 Our Graduates 42 Student Support 44 The Journey To Training 46 Faculty & Visiting Artists 48 Our Supporters 50 Conservatoire for Dance and Drama 51 Contact Us 52

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Pioneering Spirit Experienced Tutors Our Facilities The LAMDA Community LAMDA is the oldest drama school in the UK. Founded Our training is delivered by a faculty of experienced In 2017 we opened the doors to our redeveloped At LAMDA, you’ll be part of a passionate community in 1861, we were the first such institution to offer acting practitioners and a large number of visiting specialists centre for world-leading drama training, offering of students, staff and tutors, both during your training tuition – defining LAMDA’s role as a pioneer in its field. and professionals. Together they enable our students to our actors, technicians and directors exceptional and beyond it. Regular social events, cross-course When we introduced our technical training in 1965, acquire the skills and develop the creativity necessary new training and rehearsal facilities, a screen and collaborations, student-led performances and other it quickly became a prototype for other institutions to excel in highly competitive professions. You’ll find audio suite, a dedicated library and three versatile activities mean LAMDA students have plenty of branching into this area. That pioneering spirit remains a list of our faculty and recent visiting artists on performance venues. Read more on pages 40-41. opportunities to get to know each other. at the heart of our work: we offer an inventive, diverse pages 48-49. and inclusive environment for artistic development; we Industry-Ready Graduates contribute to the progression of the dramatic art form The Ensemble With their exceptional talent and mastery of their through the new writing projects we commission each The ensemble is at the heart of our work; drama is a craft, our graduates shape the global performing arts year and the companies that emerge from our training; collaborative art form and we place great emphasis industry. Our students leave LAMDA equipped with the and our students and tutors are encouraged and on the individual’s responsibility to the group and the technique, skill and professional knowledge they need A Liberal Institution supported to produce innovative work in their craft. group’s responsibility to the individual. We are proud to to enjoy a successful and sustainable career in the LAMDA is a liberal institution. We believe in free cultivate an environment where creativity can flourish. industry. Read more on page 30. speech and promote a sense of responsibility Our Training Risk-taking, barrier-breaking and exploration can only for one’s actions in our students. In pursuit of Conservatoire training is, by its nature, selective as we occur because attitudes of mutual respect, support Financial Support excellence, we work with plays and texts that train only the best – limiting our course numbers and and celebration are firmly embedded within LAMDA. We believe funding should not be a barrier to training express the widest possible range of views and teaching in small groups. The training is vocational Our students work together to bring out the best in and there is a wide range of financial support available beliefs. Our students must therefore be willing to because drama is a vocation and we are training each other, hone their individual craft and produce to students who want to train with us. Read more on work on productions of any of these texts, or play students for a profession. The training is practical exceptional dramatic art. the next page. any character these texts may contain, including because drama is about doing and being. There is no roles of any gender, race, faith or sexual orientation. such thing as a LAMDA product. We develop each Acceptance of a place at LAMDA will be deemed student’s individual strengths, talent and potential. acceptance of our training requirements.

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Learn about the options available to fund LAMDA’s Scholarship & Bursaries Scheme US Loan Financing your training at LAMDA on these pages. Our student support system currently helps one LAMDA is eligible for the US Federal Direct Loan Be sure to visit the ‘Fund Your Training’ in five students on our undergraduate courses Program (school code: G21086). Students section of our website for full details and 1 and we award over £330,000 annually in means- 4 from the US may also apply for funding from the the most up-to-date information. tested scholarships and bursaries towards tuition student loans company Sallie Mae. US-based fees and living costs. If you are offered a place to Semester Programme applicants may only apply train at LAMDA, you will be invited to apply for a for Sallie Mae loans; this course is not eligible I’M I WANT I MAY BE ELIGIBLE TO LAMDA scholarship. for US Federal Loans. FROM... TO STUDY... FUND MY TRAINING THROUGH... Conservatoire Scholarship Scheme Independent Funding As LAMDA is a part of the Conservatoire for There are a number of UK and international Dance and Drama (CDD), means-tested CDD charities, trusts and foundations that can assist 2 scholarships are available for eligible UK and 5 students with their fees and living costs. These EU undergraduate students on our BA (Hons) organisations are generally able to make only LAMDA1 Conservatoire2 Student3 Loans US4 Loan Independent5 Professional Acting and Production & Technical small grants and many have very specific criteria Scholarship Scholarship Company Financing Funding Arts courses who are new to higher education. to determine who they help. UK/EU BA (Hons) Professional Acting The criteria for these scholarships are subject to change at the discretion of the CDD. If you are MFA Professional Acting Also Available offered a place at LAMDA, you will be invited to Audition/Interview Fee Waivers Production & Technical Arts apply for a Conservatoire scholarship. Through the CDD, LAMDA is able to offer a number of MA Directing Student Loans Company free audition and interview places each year. Students UK and EU students training on our BA (Hons) should apply directly to the CDD at www.cdd.ac.uk for Foundation Diploma Professional Acting and Production & Technical a waiver before submitting their application to LAMDA. Arts courses are funded in the same way as all Semester Programme 3 Study Abroad Funding other undergraduates at university or college Students coming to LAMDA as part of a Study Abroad US BA (Hons) Professional Acting* in England. This which means that fees are programme should speak to their home institution regulated and eligible students have access MFA Professional Acting* about funding options. to the same system of loans to help with tuition Production & Technical Arts* fees and maintenance costs via the Student Loans Other Scholarship Opportunities Company (SLC). Students who are studying MA Directing LAMDA works with a number of partners to offer at postgraduate level may be eligible for a additional scholarship opportunities, including the MA Classical Acting Fulbright-John Wood LAMDA Award Professional and Career Development Loan or Stavros Niarchos Foundation which awards scholarship a Postgraduate Loan. Visit the Student Loans Semester Programme funding to a Greek student to support their training at Company at www.slc.co.uk for more information. the Academy. ALL OTHER All Courses Visit the LAMDA website for more information on the funding options available to our EU students should check with the SLC directly COUNTRIES international students or contact our Admissions Team with any questions. If you are to determine what loans are available to them. from outside the UK/EU or US, we recommend you also contact the Department of Education in your home country for details of government scholarships or funding available for overseas study. The UK and the EU The government has confirmed that EU students *Limited number of scholarships available. applying for an undergraduate or master’s degree at an English university or further education institution in the 2018-19 academic year will continue to have Note access to student loans and grants, even if the Students on the Shakespeare Summer School and course finishes after the UK’s exit from the EU. LAMDA Short Courses must be self-financing.

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Our impact on the industry extends far 19 beyond the walls of the Academy. The number of regional and international centres where we host auditions and COURSE 100+ interviews for our courses, helping to make The number of industry awards that have been the process more accessible and affordable won by LAMDA acting, directing and technical for prospective students. graduates, including Academy, Olivier, Emmy and Tony Awards, as well as Golden Globes 1,000+ and BAFTAs. The number of young people we have MY LAMDA EXPERIENCE 100% reached through our Access and Widening Participation work since July 2016. EQUIPPED ME WITH A The employment rate of our 2016 FdA Stage Management and Technical Theatre graduates 3 FOUNDATION THAT I just weeks after leaving LAMDA. The number of on-site theatres at LAMDA, CONSISTENTLY DRAW ON 20+ including The LAMDA Linbury Studio, The Carne Studio Theatre and The Sainsbury AS I CONTINUE TO GROW The number of professionally directed and Theatre. designed productions our graduating classes AS AN ACTOR. produce and perform in each year. 156 David Oyelowo OBE £330,000 The number of years we have been training artists and preparing them for successful and Actor, Class of 1998 The amount we currently give in scholarships sustainable careers in the industry. and bursaries to students. 110,000 The approximate number of Learners across 31 countries who took a LAMDA Examination in 2016-17. You can read more about LAMDA Examinations on page 38. 30+ The number of states in the USA where we have delivered our Shakespeare’s First Folio masterclass. 70,000 The approximate amount of views LAMDA’s original short films have attracted online since 2011. We commission and produce 10 original short films each year, all shot on location; written, directed and edited by industry professionals; and featuring our graduating actors.

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Comprehensive, practical Year Three Validated by the training to guide students in their The year is structured around a sequence IT’S DEMANDING ON development as creative artists. of public productions and films. These productions take place in LAMDA’s three EVERY LEVEL. PHYSICALLY, Physical, emotional and creative abilities are performance spaces and some may tour stretched through rigorous training and public to venues across the UK and overseas. THE MOVEMENT TRAINING Duration productions. Students are equipped with Three years the knowledge and technique they need to Students complete the final phase of their IS REALLY TAXING; Entry Requirements meet the demands of the acting profession. screen and audio training, which includes Minimum entry age is a make-your-own film assignment and INTELLECTUALLY, YOU’RE 18. Admission is by Course Overview extensive audition preparation. They audition and interview. showcase these skills through performances PUSHING YOURSELF There are no academic Year One in a professionally directed and edited short requirements. Students develop core skills in acting, voice, film, shot on location, as well as radio TO EXPLORE AND Applicants should movement, singing and music through classes plays, a voice reel and video game voice be fluent English including stage combat, Alexander Technique, UNDERSTAND CHARACTERS speakers or, in the acting experience. case of non-native mask, vocal technique, accents, singing and speakers, be able to musicianship, and group improvisation. Professional Preparation AND THEN INHABIT THEM; provide a valid ILETS All students who graduate from LAMDA’s test report with an The skills required for screen and audio EMOTIONALLY, IT OPENS BA (Hons) Professional Acting leave with a overall score of seven. work are introduced and developed. professionally-shot show reel and a voice reel. YOU UP AND MAKES YOUR Funding Students are guided through an exploration Agents and casting directors are invited UK/EU students on of the craft, psychology and process to attend all public productions and film EMOTIONS MORE this course may be of acting. eligible for support screenings. Graduating students take AVAILABLE FOR YOUR with fees and The training is structured around classwork part in a duologue showcase in front of maintenance via the key industry professionals. Those eligible SLC. US students and scene work. WORK. should note that to work in the USA are able to participate LAMDA is eligible for Year Two in LAMDA’s showcases in New York and BA (Hons) Professional Acting the US Federal Direct Core skills training continues with class Los Angeles in the autumn following First Year Student Loan Program (school and project work. graduation. Eligible students can also take code: G21086). See part in the Next Generation showcase in Students take part in various exploratory page 6 for more Ontario, Canada. information on projects, developing a range of characters funding your training. and styles including Shakespearean, In their final year, students have access Restoration drama, 19th century European to the support and guidance of LAMDA’s naturalism and musical theatre. Careers Team and attend lectures, masterclasses and open auditions with Students develop their skills in screen and visiting industry professionals. Students audio work across a wide range of material eligible to work in the US also receive and explore the role that editing plays in bespoke classes from a US industry expert. shaping performance.

Students investigate the creation of original work through a new writing project, in which Learn more about this course and they collaborate with a professional writer and apply online at www.lamda.ac.uk/ director on the development of a new play. bahons-acting

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This exciting, new two-year course Professional Preparation Subject to programme approval by the replaces the FdA Professional All students who graduate from LAMDA’s Acting from September 2018. MFA Professional Acting leave with a professionally-shot show reel and a The MFA Professional Acting is LAMDA’s voice reel. established actor training, carefully reimagined and rewrought for an accelerated Duration Agents and casting directors are invited Two years two-year programme. It offers a unique to attend all public productions and film opportunity for students to create their own screenings. Graduating students take Entry Requirements work in the final year. The intention of the part in a duologue showcase in front of Minimum entry age course is to give students the tools to master key industry professionals. Those eligible is 18. Admission is their craft and be responsive to the demands by audition and to work in the USA are able to participate interview. There are of the industry, and to empower them to in LAMDA’s showcases in New York and no formal academic make the work they feel passionately about. Los Angeles in the autumn following requirements, but graduation. Eligible students can also take most applicants are It is a two-year, full-time course at part in the Next Generation showcase in likely to have a first postgraduate level, suited for those who Ontario, Canada. degree in a relevant already have an undergraduate degree and/ subject. Applicants or some relevant acting experience. In their final year students have access should be fluent English speakers or, in to the support and guidance of LAMDA’s the case of non-native Course Overview Careers Team and attend lectures, speakers, be able to The MFA offers conservatoire actor training masterclasses and open auditions with provide a valid ILETS combined with industry-level postgraduate visiting industry professionals. Students test report with an eligible to work in the US also receive overall score of seven. project work. Students are empowered to become agents of change through bespoke classes from a US industry expert. Funding intensive small-group teaching, rehearsal UK/EU students on this and performance, personal mentoring and course may be eligible imaginative use of high-end technology for a Postgraduate Loan via the SLC. to define and create new landscapes for US students should dramatic art. note that LAMDA is eligible for the US In the first year, the core disciplines of acting, Federal Direct Loan voice, movement and music are covered in Program (school intensive classes, alongside workshops on code: G21086). See the core stage repertoire, work on screen page 6 for more and audio, and sessions introducing information on funding your training. management and research skills. Drawing on these craft skills, the second year develops students’ preparation for the industry and opens up opportunities for creative, self-directed project work, interwoven with a series of public performances on stage and screen. Learn more about this course and apply online at www.lamda.ac.uk/ mfa-acting

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For international actors who wish Students are also required to complete a Validated by the to deepen and develop their craft thesis presentation in which they reflect on COMING OUT OF THIS through an intensive, practical the relationship between classical training exploration of classical plays. and contemporary theatre practice. COURSE YOU ARE READY Students on this course will discover The year culminates in the staging of a TO HIT THE GROUND Duration Shakespeare production to which agents, One year (four terms) the work that gave rise to contemporary theatrical practices: the craft of the actor casting directors and members of the RUNNING. YOU ARE public are invited. Entry Requirements and the actor/audience relationship. This course is for ABLE TO DO THE WORK international students. Professional Preparation Minimum entry age is Course Overview THAT YOU NEED TO DO, Agents and casting directors are invited 18. Admission is by This intensive MA is delivered through a audition and interview. programme of classwork, scene study and to attend public productions. Students ON YOUR OWN, TO SHOW Applicants should workshop performances, allowing graduates eligible to work in the USA are invited to be fluent English participate in LAMDA’s industry showcases UP AT CASTINGS AND speakers or, in the to re-enter the industry after only a 12-month break, equipped with enhanced knowledge in New York and Los Angeles in the autumn case of non-native following graduation. Eligible students speakers, be able to and a more complete skillset. AUDITIONS AND REALLY provide a valid ILETS can also take part in the Next Generation test report with an The course builds on the student’s prior showcase in Ontario, Canada. REPRESENT YOURSELF overall score of seven. experience and encourages growth through Applicants should have British conservatoire training, prioritising Throughout their training students have WELL. a BA or BFA degree ensemble work. access to the support and guidance of or equivalent or, if not, LAMDA’s Careers Team team and attend MA Classical Acting Student must demonstrate a Students work on plays from the masterclasses with visiting industry Class of 2017 comparable level of professionals. Those eligible to work in knowledge and Shakespearean, Jacobean, Spanish Golden experience gained in a Age, French classical and Restoration the US also receive bespoke classes from professional company periods. By discovering how classical a US industry expert, who works alongside or vocational drama theatre translates across centuries, cultures our team to ensure student re-entry into the school. and languages, students build an awareness industry is as successful as possible. of the historical, political and social context Funding No UK government from which these works emerged and their funding is available impact on modern theatre. for this course. US students should Classes in craft skills develop and note that LAMDA is strengthen students’ existing abilities and eligible for the US prepare them for the rehearsal process. Federal Direct Loan These classes include acting; voice, textual Program (school code: G21086). Funding is analysis and contextual studies; movement, also available through stage combat and historical dance; and the Fulbright-John music and singing. Classes are delivered Wood LAMDA Award across the year in long modules which focus scholarship. Learn on integrating language and action, and more at feed into workshop explorations of classical www.fulbright.org.uk plays that are closed to the public. Learn more about this course and apply online at www.lamda.ac.uk/ ma-classical-acting

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Entry-level training in acting. Ideal Graduate Destinations This course is not validated by a higher for students with some experience Graduates of this course have gone on to EVERYONE IS HERE education institution who want to explore their limits act professionally or to pursue further full- (HEI). It is part of and develop their skills. time training at LAMDA, other vocational TO CREATE SOMETHING. LAMDA’s own range drama schools and universities. This course of non-accredited The content and intensity of the curriculum YOU LEARN REALLY diplomas. also provides a foundation for many other make this one of the most exciting introductory careers in the dramatic arts, including QUICKLY THAT IT’S NOT Duration courses in the UK. writing, directing and designing. One year (two terms) ABOUT INDIVIDUAL Course Overview Entry Requirements Minimum entry age The course is taught through a combination PERSONALITIES; IT’S is 18. Admission is of technical acting classes, scene study and by audition and/or workshop performances, which are closed ALL ABOUT THE WORK interview dependent on to the public with the exception of the final experience and career devised performance. AND ABOUT CREATING intent. There are no academic requirements. Classes in acting, improvisation, movement, Applicants should be THE BEST THEATRE fluent English speakers. physical theatre, voice, singing, textual analysis and interpretation, Alexander POSSIBLE. Funding Technique, historical dance, period studies No UK government Foundation Diploma Student and design, and stage combat form a core Class of 2017 funding is available for part of the course content. this course. Students must be self-financing. Students work on scene study and workshop LAMDA offers one full presentations covering French comedy, tuition fee scholarship each year for this Shakespeare, European naturalism and course. Visit the modern drama. course page at www.lamda.ac.uk Students also participate in a devised for more information. movement performance and an extended improvisation project.

The course culminates in a collaboration with directors that allows students to explore the creation of a new piece of work, which they conceive, create and write through a process of research, improvisation and rehearsal.

Learn more about this course and apply online at www.lamda.ac.uk/ foundation-diploma

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An intensive burst of British Semester students are welcomed into the This diploma consists conservatoire training for UK LAMDA community and are invited to take THE TRAINING AT of four modules, each part in events like Dance Night, the annual of which is validated at and international students. UK HE Level 5 by the Carol Concert, Poetry Night and other LAMDA IS RIGOROUS, Taking place each autumn and spring, this students’ union activities, while enjoying course is designed to deepen students’ life in London. HOLISTIC, PRACTICAL engagement with classical texts and develop their practical skills. This course is an exhilarating introduction AND FUN ALL AT THE to vocational training in the UK. This course is SAME TIME. BECAUSE IT formally assessed Course Overview Professional Preparation and transcripts will The course content is based on the work DEMANDS SUCH GREAT be provided upon Visiting actors and directors deliver completion. of Shakespeare and either Jacobean or English Comedy of Manners playwrights. masterclasses throughout the semester, FOCUS AND DEDICATION Duration sharing their unique practice and industry 14 weeks Students undertake a minimum of 30 experiences with students. FROM ACTORS, IT ALSO hours practical work a week, spent in Entry Requirements class and rehearsal. OFFERS IMMENSE Minimum entry age is 18. Admission is Classes in acting, voice, movement, REWARDS IN ALL ASPECTS by application, not Alexander Technique, physical theatre, audition. Applicants singing and historical dance form a core part should be fluent OF THE TRAINING. English speakers. of the overall course content. Students have Applicants may apply the opportunity to apply their developing Semester Programme Student to LAMDA directly or, skills in scene study workshops. Spring 2017 for international students, through the In the autumn, scene study and workshop Study Abroad Office performances centre on Shakespeare’s of their home university late plays and comedies, and on Jacobean or college. tragedy. Students joining the spring Funding semester cover Shakespeare’s histories No UK government and tragedies, and English Comedies of funding is available for Manners. All performances are closed to this course. Students the public. must be self-financing. International applicants As part of the training, students attend West should speak to their End productions, including performances at home university for information on funding Shakespeare’s Globe, and travel to Stratford- Study Abroad upon-Avon to see the work of the Royal programmes. Shakespeare Company.

Housing Housing is available upon request and at an additional cost for Semester Programme Learn more about this course and students. apply online at www.lamda.ac.uk/ semester-programme

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Offering students a creative As part of their training, students attend This course consists approach to solving the productions by the Royal Shakespeare THOSE EIGHT WEEKS of two modules, each Company in Stratford-upon-Avon, as well of which is validated at challenges involved in performing as shows in London theatres such as UK HE Level 4 by the classical work. WERE THE MOST Shakespeare’s Globe. Drawing on dramatic material from both the VALUABLE TRAINING Elizabethan and Jacobean periods, this The course culminates in ‘open rehearsals’ course enables students to develop a of Shakespeare and Jacobean scenes for I’VE EVER HAD. THEY’VE an audience of LAMDA students and tutors. This course is greater understanding of poetic drama and DONE FANTASTIC THINGS formally assessed discover the connections and challenges in We also offer a four-week Shakespeare and transcripts will performing this type of work. summer short course. Read more about be provided upon FOR MY PERFORMANCE this on page 28. completion. Course Overview CAPABILITIES, MY Duration Designed to stretch and inspire students 8 weeks in a supportive environment, the course UNDERSTANDING OF LIVE is taught by the same tutors and industry Entry Requirements PERFORMANCE AND MY Minimum entry age professionals who lead LAMDA’s full- is 18. Admission is time training. by application, not ATTITUDE TOWARDS audition. Applicants Students are taught in small groups, with should be fluent work rooted in the core LAMDA disciplines THE PROFESSIONAL English speakers. of acting, voice, movement and singing. Applicants may apply ENTERTAINMENT to LAMDA directly Classes in acting, pure movement, physical or, for international theatre, stage combat, historical dance, INDUSTRY. students, through Alexander Technique, singing and textual the Study Abroad Shakespeare Summer School Student Office of their home analysis take place alongside scene Summer 2016 university or college. study workshops focusing on the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries; Funding writers like Jonson, Marlowe and Webster. No UK government funding is available for Students also undertake specialist sessions this course. Students on the social and historical context of must be self-financing. International applicants Shakespeare’s world. should speak to their home university for information on funding Study Abroad programmes.

Housing Housing is available upon request and at an additional cost for Summer School Learn more about this course and students. apply online at www.lamda.ac.uk/ summer-school

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Graduates of our comprehensive Professional Preparation Validated by the technical training are capable, Throughout the course, students are WORKING WITH creative and among the best in prepared for a career in the industry. the industry. INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS Two work placements offer students This is a sector-leading, practical two-year professional experience in an area of their AND BEING TAUGHT BY Duration course designed to equip students with the choice. LAMDA is currently the only UK Two years skills, knowledge and experience they need drama school to offer two placements PEOPLE WHO HAVE A VAST Entry Requirements to develop successful and long-lasting as standard. AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE Minimum entry age is careers in theatre, film, television and beyond. 18. Admission is by There are many other opportunities to AND ARE STILL WORKING interview. Interviews Course Overview network with current industry practitioners, take place in London. and topics covered in class ensure students Skype interviews Year One are prepared both for interviews with IN THE INDUSTRY IS A are available In their first year, students are given a thorough employers and for self-employment. for international grounding in four core disciplines – stage BIG PLUS. applicants. There management, scenic construction, lighting are no academic FdA Technical Training requirements, but and sound – and given an introduction First Year Student applicants must to the elements involved in stage and have some backstage screen production through classes in stage experience. Applicants management, production management, prop should be fluent making, lighting (including design), rigging, English speakers or, in the case of non-native sound, design, scenic construction, health speakers, be able to and safety, first aid, fire safety and AutoCAD. provide a valid ILETS test report with an Students are also introduced to related overall score of seven. work within television and radio, including the roles of First AD, Second AD and Funding Location Manager. UK/EU students on this course may be Practical experience is gained through work eligible for support on LAMDA’s public productions in the with fees and maintenance via the second and third terms. SLC. US students should note that Year Two LAMDA is eligible for In their second year, students undertake the US Federal Direct senior production roles on LAMDA shows Loan Program (school staged for key industry figures and members code: G21086). See of the public in our three performance page 6 for more information on funding spaces. Some of these productions may your training. tour to venues across the UK and overseas. Senior roles are also available on LAMDA Films and radio projects, which are shot, recorded and edited by industry professionals. Learn more about this course and apply online at www.lamda.ac.uk/ fda-technical-arts

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With specialisations in: In either the spring or summer term, and Validated by the • Lighting with LAMDA’s support, students secure a THERE ARE NEW 10 to 12-week work placement to assist • Sound in the development of further professional CHALLENGES EVERY • Stage Management practice and in making vital connections • Production Management within the industry. DAY. YOU’RE CONSTANTLY Duration • Scenic Construction One year • Screen & Audio Students also complete a self-directed LEARNING. IT REALLY dissertation, honing subject-specific skills Entry Requirements This course is designed to build on students’ in research and presentation, and engaging Minimum entry age PREPARES YOU FOR is 18. Admission is by experience and knowledge and provide critically with the latest thinking in their area. interview. Interviews them with intensive production experience THE REAL WORLD... take place in London. and specialised skills in one discipline. This course enables graduates to develop Skype interviews as independently-minded practitioners of IT’S INTENSE BUT SO are available Students who successfully complete the considerable professional versatility, with for international two-year FdA Production & Technical Arts: the knowledge and skills necessary to excel REWARDING. applicants. There are Stage & Screen at LAMDA at the required in theatre, film, television and beyond. no formal academic BA (Hons) Technical Training Student level can apply for this additional year of requirements but Class of 2016 applicants must have training, after which they will graduate with Professional Preparation a BA (Hons) qualification. completed the FdA Students have access to careers support course at LAMDA or have achieved a good Applicants who have not completed the FdA and guidance throughout their training. pass at Foundation course at LAMDA but who have achieved a The 10 to 12-week work placement Degree level in a good pass at Foundation Degree level in a also forms an important part of their relevant subject relevant subject elsewhere (normally with a elsewhere or have an professional preparation. appropriate level of classification of Merit), or can demonstrate experience. Applicants equivalent learning in a professional should be fluent environment, may also apply for this BA English speakers or, in (Hons) top-up year. the case of non-native speakers, be able to provide a valid ILETS Course Overview test report with an Students specialise in one discipline overall score of seven. chosen from Lighting, Sound, Stage Management, Production Management, Funding UK/EU students on Scenic Construction or Screen & Audio, this course may be and develop advanced production skills eligible for support with in that area. fees and maintenance via the SLC. US They also undertake a senior production students should role in their chosen specialism on at least note that LAMDA is one of LAMDA’s public productions. eligible for the US Federal Direct Loan Program (school code: G21086). See page 6 Learn more about this course and for more information on apply online at www.lamda.ac.uk/ funding your training. bahons-technical-arts

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COURSES DIRECTING - DIRECTING COURSES DIRECTING -

Offering talented emerging During the Easter break, students collaborate Validated by the directors a contemporary and with LAMDA actors to devise an original THIS COURSE GIVES wide-ranging vocational training. piece of theatre - an opportunity to put into practice what they have learned and YOU THE CHANCE TO WORK The MA is delivered through an intense develop their dramaturgical skills. These programme of practical classwork, reflective pieces are presented as a short workshop ALONGSIDE PROFESSIONAL Duration tutorials and attachments as assistant performance which is closed to the public. One year (four terms) directors on LAMDA productions, supporting DIRECTORS, SOMETHING the work of professional directors. The Students also have the opportunity to work Entry Requirements on a speculative design project with a Minimum entry age training culminates in productions directed WHICH I FOUND is 18 but, due to the by the MA students and staged at LAMDA. student designer from a leading Theatre experience necessary Design course. INCREDIBLY VALUABLE. for this course, incoming LAMDA has been training directors for students are usually almost 20 years. The success of our training Course tuition focuses on developing DIRECTING IS A SUBJECT aged 21 and over. There lies in our receptiveness to current industry skills and confidence in dramaturgy and is no upper age limit. practice, our commitment to preparing working with playwrights, designers and THAT IS LARGELY TAUGHT Applicants must be producers, devising, casting and auditioning, fluent English speakers students for all aspects of performance THROUGH OBSERVING AND or, in the case of non- production and our nurturing of the programming, understanding funding models native speakers, be able individuality of each student’s focus and and pitching for work. to provide a valid ILETS DOING, AND THIS COURSE passion. This results in visionary and The final term is dedicated to staging the test report with an versatile directors who enjoy sustainable overall score of seven. students’ own showcase productions. IS DESIGNED TO FOCUS careers in the industry. Applicants must have Professional Preparation ON THAT. completed a college Course Overview or university course, Throughout the course, students undertake MA Directing Student or have adequate In the first term, students observe and a number of assistant director attachments Class of 2016 professional experience participate in core LAMDA training within LAMDA, working with both in-house to meet the demands of alongside our acting students, working and visiting directors. Phillip Breen, Tinuke this course. They must across the disciplines of acting, voice, have been sufficiently Craig, Sarah Esdaile, Gwenda Hughes, involved in theatre movement and singing to develop an Iqbal Khan, Vik Sivalingam and Lisa Spirling (professional or student) understanding of the actor’s process. are just some of the directors who have in order to demonstrate worked with our students in recent times. serious professional They receive tuition in text analysis and intent in pursuing a interpretation, as well as the aesthetics and In addition to extensive work on LAMDA career as a director. processes particular to screen. They also productions, students receive masterclasses direct each other in short scene studies. Funding from visiting professional directors from UK/EU students on this In the second and third terms, MA students across the spectrum of British theatre. course may be eligible for a Postgraduate Loan assist professional directors on four projects, Industry guests are invited to watch students’ via the SLC. US students including two public productions, an original final productions, which are staged at LAMDA. should note that LAMDA short film and an actors’ workshop. is eligible for the US Federal Direct Loan Program (school code: G21086). See page 6 Learn more about this course and for more information on apply online at www.lamda.ac.uk/ funding your training. ma-directing

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Every summer at LAMDA, we run We also offer an eight-week These courses are not a series of short courses between Shakespeare Summer School. I KNEW I WOULD LOVE validated by a higher Read more about this on page 20. education institution two and eight weeks long. (HEI). They are THE COURSE BUT DID LAMDA’s own range Taught by the same tutors and industry of non-accredited professionals who lead our full-time training, NOT EXPECT TO LEAVE certificates. alongside recent LAMDA graduates and other visiting artists, these courses are an FEELING SO INSPIRED. I Duration intensive learning experience designed to Varies from two to eight HAVE GAINED SO MUCH weeks, dependent on bring out the best in our summer students. the course. Open to anyone aged 16, 17 or 18 and over VITAL INFORMATION AND Entry Requirements (depending on the course), our summer Minimum entry age short courses take place at our new £28.2 CAN’T WAIT TO PUT IT varies from 16 to 18, million centre for world-leading drama dependent on the training in West London. INTO PRACTICE AS SOON course. Admission is by application form In summer 2018, develop your skills and AS POSSIBLE! and short personal statement. push the boundaries of what you can do Introduction to Screen Acting Student with a short course in: Summer 2017 Funding No UK government funding is available Shakespeare (4 weeks) for the LAMDA Short Courses. Students must be self-financing. Audition Technique (2 weeks) Housing Housing is available upon request for students over the Introduction to Screen Acting (2 weeks) age of 18 and at an additional cost.

Introduction to Drama School (2 weeks)

English as a Foreign Language (This course is being revised for summer 2018. Visit the LAMDA website for more information).

Visit www.lamda.ac.uk/short- courses to learn more about the courses on offer in summer 2018, as well as entry requirements, dates and cost.

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INDUSTRY-READY APPLICATIONS GRADUATES APPLY TO

The arts are an exciting world to work We collaborate with the industry on our annual in, but can be a daunting place to enter new writing commissions for stage and screen as a new graduate. When our students – nurturing professional artists and offering LAMDA leave LAMDA, we make sure they have our students the experience of creating new the skills, knowledge and experience work. The Olivier Award-winning comedy Nell Gwynn started life at LAMDA as part of our they need to succeed. This is how we new writing programme. do it. Professional directors are brought in to watch LAMDA HAS DONE In their final year students have access to and feedback on our MA Directors final shows. LAMDA’s Careers Team and attend lectures, In recent times these have included Sally EVERYTHING FOR ME. masterclasses and open auditions with Cookson, Michael Longhurst, Joe Hill-Gibbins, visiting professionals. Ramin Gray and Giles Croft, among others. ABSOLUTELY EVERY PIECE Our acting students are used to performing in LAMDA is currently the only UK drama school OF WORK I APPROACH, I front of audiences of agents, casting directors to offer a minimum of two work placements as and other industry figures, who are invited to standard in technical training. Many students DRAW ON WHAT I LEARNT attend LAMDA public productions and film go on to secure employment with their screenings each year. placement companies after graduation. AT LAMDA. Showcases in London’s West End, and Our new fully-equipped digital screen and Hermione Norris in New York, LA and Canada for students audio suite offers our students an exceptional Actor, Class of 1989 eligible to work there, provide another resource to hone their skills, ensuring they are opportunity for industry exposure. ready to meet the demands of the global film, television and audio industries. Our North American acting students receive guidance from a US industry expert to ensure LAMDA and the Genesis Foundation are their re-entry into the industry is as successful working in partnership to provide crucial as possible. mentoring to the next generation of exceptional young artists. The Genesis LAMDA Network Acting students participate in a number of pairs a LAMDA graduate with a final year national events and competitions, including acting or technical student to support them the Sam Wanamaker Festival, the Spotlight as they enter the industry and continue their Prize and the Carleton Hobbs Bursary Award, professional development. among others.

Our final year students may transfer productions to professional venues across the UK and overseas, enabling them to gain valuable contacts and experience.

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1Apply Online 2Auditions & Interviews 3Deadlines *Important Notes: Click the Apply Now button on Once you have submitted your Applications for the 2018-19 • Deferred entry to any of our the course of your choice at application, it will be processed academic year opened on courses is not possible unless www.lamda.ac.uk and you will receive notification 2 October 2017. very exceptional circumstances of your audition/interview date. apply. • Register your details in our • The application deadline for the applications portal. Don’t worry • We hold auditions and interviews BA (Hons) Professional Acting, • We cannot accept auditions about trying to complete your from November each year in MFA Professional Acting and by video. application in one sitting; you can venues in London and across MA Classical Acting for the come back to it and make changes. the UK, EU and North America. Professional Theatre is • LAMDA reserves the right to 1 March 2018. alter the advertised courses and • The minimum entry age for LAMDA • Applicants are usually given two course content. courses is 18, except for some of to three weeks’ notice of their • The application deadline for our short courses which have a audition/interview date but it may the Production & Technical • We recommend that students minimum entry age of 16 or 17. be less, so you should be ready Arts courses, MA Directing insure themselves to cover any for your audition/interview when and Foundation Diploma is medical or transport costs and • Each of our courses has specific you submit your application. 1 May 2018. loss of fees in the event that entry requirements which you illness or accident prevents should review before applying. • If you are successful at your • There is no application deadline them from taking up their place first audition/interview, you may for our Semester Programme at the Academy. • When you are ready to submit be asked to attend a second Classical Acting, Shakespeare your application, you will be audition/interview or recall. Summer School or any of our • In the unlikely event that LAMDA is asked to pay an application fee short courses. compelled to close due to a force via our secure online system. majeure, no fees can be returned • You should apply as early as nor compensation be made for Tuition Fees possible. Applications cannot any period of tuition that may have The tuition fees for all our courses are published on be accepted after the been lost through the Academy’s the LAMDA website. Some courses have different advertised deadlines. inability to carry on its work. fees depending on whether you are assessed as being a ‘home’ or ‘overseas’ student. Students from the EU will normally be classed as ‘home’ for 2018-19 entry. If you do not meet the criteria for ‘home’ status, you will be classed as ‘overseas’. A fee assessment will be carried out during the admissions process. If you have any questions about which rate will apply to you, please contact our Admissions Team.

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We know how daunting a drama school For anyone applying to our technical audition can be. LAMDA’s Head of Acting, courses, here’s what LAMDA’s Head of Caroline Leslie, has this advice for Technical Training, Rob Young, has to say applicants to our acting courses. about the interview process. Choose a piece and a character which “The LAMDA interview panel, generally consisting of fascinates you the Head of Technical Training and two other tutors, want to get to know you and learn more about your “You can really tell when someone has chosen a piece interest in technical training. We want to see your that they connect with, and auditions almost always work passion for working behind-the-scenes and your better if the actor has chosen something they love.” determination to develop your knowledge and skills.

Listen carefully to what the panel tell you There are some set questions that we ask to give us “As well as taking a moment to focus, listen to the a better understanding of your current knowledge. instructions the panel give you. If they ask you to stand We’re not trying to trip you up, and we know that you in a certain place or do your pieces in a certain order, are unlikely to know the answers to everything we make sure you follow the instruction. Listening is such ask! The questions are usually designed to explore an important part of acting, so make sure you show your broad experience and general theatre that you understand that.” production knowledge.

Use your nerves You will have the opportunity to talk to us about what “Everyone gets nervous, it’s part of the work! Try to you have done in the past and, of course, to ask any harness your nerves to the character’s actions. Use questions you may have. The interview process lasts your imagination to focus yourself in the room. We about 30 minutes and you will also be given a full tour expect to see nerves; how you manage them is an of our facilities.” important part of the audition. Use whatever technique works for you.” Know your character “Think about what your character was doing directly Dress neutrally, sleep and eat well and before we meet them in your monologue and how that arrive in plenty of time is affecting them. Think about precisely where they are “With regard to what you wear, we are looking for a and what their relationship is to that place. Think about clear expression of the characters you will be exploring, who they are talking to, what they think of that person as opposed to an expression of who you are. Neutral and what they think that person thinks of them. What clothing choices tend to allow us to see the acting do they want to achieve by saying the things they say? more clearly.” Make sure you have fully harnessed your imagination and applied it to your character’s situation.” Connect with the panel “Don’t be frightened to take a moment to make eye Think positively contact with the panel and regain your focus once “The panel are trying to help you. We want you to do you’re in the audition room. At drama school auditions well and we’re assuming that every actor we see is certainly, the panel will have seen all manner of ways in good. Your job is to find as much connection, joy, which actors focus themselves, so don’t be afraid to do relaxation and play in the work as possible. If you whatever it takes to do your best.” enjoy the experience, we will too!”

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LAMDA is located in West London, in the Our international reputation means that If your passport is issued by a country Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. students from around the globe come in the EU, European Economic Area Only 15 minutes from Central London by to London to train with us and overseas (EEA) or Switzerland, you can enter the public transport, the borough borders the students are warmly welcome. We know UK freely. You do not need a visa. This River Thames, offering riverside walks, that diversity in training produces better includes dual nationals (people with two or more nationalities) who use their EU/EEA/ parks, cycle routes and water sports art and better artists, and LAMDA thrives Swiss passport to enter the UK. You are also centres (including rowing and sailing on the mix of cultures, backgrounds and free to work in the UK. clubs) on LAMDA’s doorstep. perspectives our international students bring to the Academy. If you do not hold an EU/EEA/Swiss Local arts venues, including the Lyric Theatre and the passport and you want to train with Eventim Apollo, host some of the UK’s most exciting us for more than six months, you’ll contemporary theatre, live acts, bands and comedians, need to apply for the Tier 4 (General) while world-renowned landmarks the Victoria and student visa. If you have a Tier 4 (General) Albert Museum, Natural History Museum, Royal Albert student visa, you will be allowed to work in Hall, Kensington Palace and Hyde Park, among many the UK with some restrictions. others, are a short bus ride away. If you do not hold an EU/EEA/Swiss Excellent Tube and bus links mean that our students passport and you want to train with us have quick and easy access to the heart of London, for less than six months, you may need and with five airports servicing the city (and Heathrow to have a short-term study visa. If you Airport just a Tube ride away from LAMDA), other major are in the UK on a short-term study visa, you European cities are on our doorstep. are not permitted to work here.

Accommodation The visa requirements for students coming to study in the UK are subject to change, particularly in light of Like many universities in the city LAMDA does not have Britain’s planned withdrawal from the EU, so we advise its own halls of residence, however our Admissions Team are on-hand to provide information and assistance applicants to check the UK Visas and Information to students. Advice on finding suitable housing is also website for the most up-to-date regulations and included in the enrolment information pack. Many of our guidance on the visa application procedure at www. students move to London to train with us and lots find gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and- future housemates among their classmates. immigration. More information is also available at I’VE NEVER LIVED IN A BIG www.lamda.ac.uk/our-courses/lamda-life Off-site housing is available upon request to students aged 18 and over enrolled on LAMDA’s Semester CITY AND LONDON IS THE Programme Classical Acting, Shakespeare Summer School and LAMDA Short Courses. It is assigned on THEATRE CAPITAL OF THE a first come, first served basis however and interested students should contact LAMDA’s Admissions Team. WORLD. I ENDED UP SEEING 20-30 SHOWS IN THE EIGHT WEEKS I WAS THERE. Shakespeare Summer School Student Summer 2016

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APPLICATIONS CONNECT WITH US TRAIN AT

Training at LAMDA isn’t the only way to be part of what we do. LAMDA Joining the LAMDA audience is one of the best ways to get a feel for our work and reduced ticket rates are available for students and other groups to come along and see our productions. You can also watch LAMDA Films on our YouTube channel. KEEP ON DOING WHAT If you are coming to see a show as part of YOU’RE DOING. KEEP ON an organised group (with your school, youth organisation, etc.) get in touch and we’ll try to FILLING THE CORRIDORS arrange a free post-show Q&A for your group. AND CLASSROOMS WITH Each year we host Production & Technical Arts Open Days so that you can meet LAMDA PASSION AND LOVE tutors and current students, and learn more about our technical training. Open Days will BECAUSE IT’S TRULY take place on Saturday 2 December 2017 and LAMDA Examinations in acting, mime, 17 February 2018. musical theatre, public speaking, INSPIRING AND IT’S Shakespeare and much more can help If you’re US-based, you may be able to you to develop your performance and SOMETHING THAT I LOOK catch our Head of Drama School, Rodney communication skills and knowledge. Cottier on his annual masterclass tour. There are no age restrictions; the BACK ON FONDLY. We have created Pathways – a targeted qualifications are for everyone. Eleanor Fanyinka programme to help young people who are Every July, LAMDA Examinations also Actor, Class of 2009 under-represented in higher education and the offer a week-long programme of half- arts find a path into the creative industries. day workshops covering a range of At various times in the year we take part in communication and performance topics. festivals and industry and careers fairs in the Learn more at UK and US. If you see LAMDA at a fair you’re www.lamda.ac.uk/our-exams attending, come and chat to us!

In the Explore Our Training section of the LAMDA website you’ll find videos and interviews to give you an insight into what the LAMDA student experience is really like.

Get a taste of our training with our summer Follow Us short courses, which are taught by the same Connect with LAMDA on social media; you’ll find tutors and industry professionals who lead us almost everywhere as LAMDAdrama. our full-time training.

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In 2017 we opened the doors to our new Training & Rehearsal Studios 2 centre for drama training. This 5,500m Our new studios provide tailored spaces for students to redevelopment, combined with our existing realise their full potential. Equipped with semi-sprung facilities, means that our students are floors, the studios can accommodate work in every working in spaces tailored to meet the discipline, from voice class to stage combat, demands of their training, rehearsals improvisation to historical dance. and performances. The LAMDA Linbury Studio The Sainsbury Theatre Our original black box theatre, recently refurbished A purpose-built, state-of-the-art theatre that allows us to to the highest standards, gives students a place to build complex staging and scenery, showcasing the skills develop their craft in front of a live audience. of our technical students and supporting our actor training Screen and audio work Our new studios with excellent production values and the latest equipment. The Sackler Library A welcoming environment for quiet personal study and The Carne Studio Theatre research. Students with specific learning differences have Our most versatile performance space designed for continuous access to software and resources that benefit maximum flexibility. With a fully-equipped technical them in their studies and LAMDA’s Library Officer is on- gallery, high-level acoustic treatment and dedicated hand to help with research and general learning needs. dressing rooms, it’s where our students take risks and explore the boundaries of performance. Explore More See more of our new home through the photo galleries and Digital Screen & Audio Suite videos on our website and the LAMDA YouTube channel. Bespoke facilities that allow our students to record radio plays and voice reels, shoot and edit short films, build sets, screen movies and record additional dialogue for films (ADR), giving them the skills and experience they need to meet the highest demands of the global film The Carne Studio Theatre The Sackler Library and television industries.

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Our acting, technical and Stage Managers & Actors Natalie Simpson, 2015 Hamlet, Cymbeline, King Lear directing alumni excel across Technicians Angus Imrie, 2017 Royal Shakespeare Company the global entertainment Maria Colette Bukley, 2017 The Kid Who Would Be King industry, shaping the future Assistant Stage Manager Feature film Callum Woodhouse, 2015 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof The Durrells of the dramatic arts. Here Grace Molony, 2017 The Young Vic at the Apollo Theatre ITV you’ll find a small sample The Country Girls of what some of our most Tomos Derrick, 2017 Chichester Festival Theatre recent graduates have gone Stage Manager Winner, Best Actress in a Play Directors on to do. Sid & Viv The Stage Debut Awards 2017 Aydan Tair, 2016 Theatre503 Lady Windermere’s Fan Director Vaudeville Theatre Still I See My Baby Pada Schaaf, 2017 Pleasance Theatre Production Assistant Jordan Peters, 2017 Director Pride and Prejudice Call the Midwife Top Trumps ‘Baby Girl’ BBC 4 BBC Theatre503 Stephen Settle, 2017 Elizabeth Schenk, 2017 Lighting Operator Matthew Dann, 2015 The Royals Assistant Director The Road Sky One Royal Court Theatre Twelfth Night Laurie Davidson, 2016 Royal Shakespeare Company Lucy Barker, 2016 Will Nathan Crossan-Smith, 2014 Stage Manager TNT The Roundabout Winner, Deutsche Bank Award in Park Theatre The Ferryman Dramatic Art 2014 Gielgud Theatre Graeme Pugh, 2016 Tinuke Craig, 2010 Sound Technician Anna Demetriou, 2016 Associate Director Royal Shakespeare Company Viking Destiny Gate Theatre Feature film Erin Rankin, 2016 Polly Findlay, 2005 Stage Management Rosalind Eleazar, 2015 Director Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Rellik Limehouse Palace Theatre BBC Donmar Warehouse Harlots Director Victoria Skinner, 2016 Hulu The Alchemist LX Technician Royal Shakespeare Company Gangsta Granny Tour Leah Harvey, 2016 The Tempest, Julius Caesar, Director Beth Woodford, 2016 Henry IV As You Like It Sound No. 4 Donmar Shakespeare Trilogy National Theatre Hamilton Victoria Palace Theatre On The Road Lisa Spirling, 2005 Feature film Artistic Director Theatre503 Joseph Quinn, 2015 Dickensian, Howard’s End BBC Mosquitoes National Theatre Benedict Cumberbatch (Hamlet) in Hamlet at the Barbican Theatre. 42 WWW.LAMDA.AC.UK Photo credit: Johan Persson. WWW.LAMDA.AC.UK 43 TRAINING STUDENT TRAINING SUPPORT

At LAMDA, we are committed to the well-being of our students. THE ADMISSIONS TEAM Our Admissions Team are on-hand to answer queries ARE HERE TO HELP, SUPPORT and provide information regarding accommodation, financing your training, visa support for international AND ADVISE STUDENTS students, insurance and other related issues. (AND PROSPECTIVE LAMDA is able to assist students seeking medical support in a number of practical ways and a free STUDENTS) IN ANY WAY counselling service is available. WE CAN THROUGH THEIR The LAMDA Students’ Union meets once a month to discuss concerns of the student body. Representatives LAMDA JOURNEY. OUR from each year group act as a channel of communication between the staff and student bodies. DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN. Amy Richardson Equality & Diversity LAMDA Registrar We do not discriminate on the grounds of disability, ethnicity, background, gender, sexuality or religion. LAMDA does, however, judge applicants critically on their suitability for a course, according to their ability and their potential to complete the training successfully. The work is rigorous and requires high levels of energy and commitment.

Throughout our admissions process we are committed to supporting applicants with disabilities, learning needs and access requirements. Applicants and students are encouraged to disclose their needs and requirements so that we can endeavour to meet them during the audition/interview process and the training.

We recognise that everyone is an individual. We will work with students to identify potential barriers to training and will do what we can to remove these barriers. We will make any reasonable adjustment to ensure that disabled students can train at LAMDA.

More information is available at www.lamda.ac.uk/ our-courses/lamda-life or by emailing our Registrar at [email protected]

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Auditioning and BA (Hons) Technical Training BA (Hons) Foundation Diploma BA (Hons) interviewing for a place at Professional Acting Second Year Student Professional Acting Class of 2017 Professional Acting drama school can be a Second Year Student First Year Student Class of 2016 nerve-wracking experience. And whether or not you “I worked for two years after I “Before I came to LAMDA I was “Before I came to LAMDA I was “I came to LAMDA straight from “I applied to LAMDA three times finished school and was involved worried that everyone else on my training with the National Youth school. Originally I auditioned for before I got in! I was shortlisted are successful, you’ll have in productions with my local theatre course would be older than me (I’m Theatre four days a week and the three-year acting course, but on my second application and questions and concerns at the same time. At one stage I 18) and have way more experience, working in my spare time... In my I was offered a place on the one- offered a place on my third. That about what comes next. had five jobs on the go! In my third but that’s not the case. It’s a level first year of applying to drama year Foundation Diploma instead. year I actually got offered a place year of applying to drama school I playing field here; we are all equal school I didn’t get in anywhere, Initially I was disappointed but now, at four different schools but I Many of our students felt the got into LAMDA… All the students and the tutors bring out a sense of but the next year I was offered having gone through the year, I can knew LAMDA was the one for same way you do on their journey I met when I was auditioning there camaraderie not competition in the places at four different schools see how much of a good thing it me. Between leaving school and to training with us. Here’s what were the kind of people I wanted class. We’re all in it together!” and I accepted LAMDA. I wouldn’t was that I didn’t get a place on starting at LAMDA I spent a couple some of them have to say. to work with and be friends with have been able to take up my place the three-year course straight of years working and travelling and, and that was what really made me if it wasn’t for the scholarship away. A year ago, I don’t think I in retrospect, I’m really glad I had see myself living a life in London funding I got.” really appreciated how intense the this time out. It meant that, when I studying at this school. It seemed training was... I auditioned for the did begin my training at LAMDA, I like something possible; I didn’t feel BA at the end of my Foundation felt really ready for it.” like I’d have to change myself in year and got in! I feel really ready order to fit in here.” for it now.”

46 WWW.LAMDA.AC.UK WWW.LAMDA.AC.UK 47 Singing & Music Natalie Wilson Fire Risk Solutions Ben Cox Philip Wilson Rachel Freck CDG Casting Director Ben Holder Celia de Wolff Tracey Gillham CDG TRAINING Anthony Ingle Casting Director TRAINING Theo Jamieson Visiting Writers Philip Gladwell Interview Practice FACULTY & Micci Gorrod Sarah Kershaw Simon Ashe-Browne The Conscious Creative Jon Laird Jon Brittain Steven Hartley Audition Preparation Caryll Newnham Vickie Donoghue Jo Hawes Kids in Theatre Gary Peacock Lisa Evans Charmian Hoare Accent Assessor Jeremy Sams Robert Evans VISITING ARTISTS Hatty Hodgson Production Manager Mia Soteriou Tim Fountain Sophie Holden Agent, Curtis Brown Sasha Hails Gareth Hulance Production & Technical Ming Ho Stage Managing Events Arts Courses Roger Hyams & Show Calling Jayne Byrom Daniel Kanaber Zeljko Ivanek Screen Acting Stage Management Tutor Elizabeth Kuti Martin Jenkins Voice Reels Adam Crosthwaite Lighting Tutor Garry Lyons David Johnston Spanish Golden Age Robert Gale Technical Director Cyril Nri Andrew Killian Q-Ing From Music Patron Phil Edgerley Amy Cudden Screen Performance Sheena Heueston Kaite O’Reilly Bridget Kimak Gretchen Egolf Caroline Martin Screen Performance Wardrobe Supervisor HRH Princess Alexandra, Shaun Prendergast Model Making & Design Hannah Eidinow Simon McLinden Diane Norburn the Hon. Lady Ogilvy KG GCVO Alex Warren David Lazenby Screen Performance Senior Stage Management Tutor Scott Ellis Joseph Wilde Agent, Vivienne Clore Management President Ben Morris Screen Performance Lesley Read Emma Gersch Richard Martin Lighting Andrew Nolan Editing Deputy Wardrobe Supervisor Timothy West CBE FRSA Nick Haverson Hannah Miller CDG Chris Robinson Construction Tutor Visiting Designers Tatty Hennessy Tristan Shepherd Editing Head of Casting, RSC Vice-Presidents Mike Robinson Roy Bell Reyes Hiraldo Jack Thrush Susie Parriss CDG Casting Director David Suchet CBE Screen & Audio Technician Senior Construction Tutor Richard Bullwinkle Jonathan Humphreys Sophie Parrott CDG Casting Director Dame Janet Suzman DBE Paul Rowland Senior Lighting Tutor Norman Coates Nick Hutchison Movement Alistair Petrie Screen Acting Will Scarnell Deirdre Dwyer Emily Jenkins Principal Elizabeth Ballinger Pure Movement The LAMDA Linbury Dinah England Geraldine Pilgrim Gari Jones Site Specific Acting Joanna Read Isabel Baquero Spanish Dance Studio Technical Manager Philip Engleheart James Kemp Annelie Powell CDG Pascal Burgess Movement Gary Trow Production Sound Tutor Adrian Gee Colin Cook Emeritus Vice-Principal Helen Leblique Assistant Casting Director, RSC Angie Herzberg Ruari Murchison Rodney Cottier Jenny Lipman Alexander Technique RB Health and Safety Solutions Head of Drama School Visiting Directors Lucy Osborne Helena Lymbery Emily Holt Show Dance Paul Ready Audition Preparation Rob Young Bill Alexander Sara Perks Sarah Malin Vincent Manna Movement Vicky Richardson CDG Head of Technical Training Richard Beecham Fi Russell Sean McCann Heriberto Montalbán Casting Director Ian Brown Dora Schweitzer Adam Meggido Movement Theatre Kate Rhodes James CDG Acting Courses Jo Cichonska Fabrice Serafino Casting Director Tanya Moodie Sinéad O’Keeffe Movement Heads of Department Anthony Clark Nancy Surman Digby Robinson Interview Practice Brendan Murray Sage Pierce-Higgins John Baxter Tinuke Craig Ginny Schiller CDG Casting Director Movement Donnacadh O’Briain Alexander Technique Caroline Leslie Kirstie Davis Visiting Lecturers & Rachel Sheridan CDG Acting Matthew Peover Bethan Pugh Alexander Technique Judith Phillips Rebecca Frecknall Organisations Casting Associate Voice Veronica Quilligan Lou Saucell Alexander Technique A J Quinn Rupert Hands Actors Centre Spotlight George Richmond Scott Diana Scrivener Historical Dance Screen & Audio Performance Tatty Hennessy Autograph Stage Electrics Joshua Roche Kristina Søeborg Combat Louise Shephard Singing & Music Louise Hill Samuel Barnett Screen Acting Stage Management Association Graham Roos Jonathan Waller Combat Roger Hyams BECTU Erica Stokes Scenic Art Senior Tutors Dominic Rouse Serena Woolf Alexander Technique Terry Worroll Accompanist Martin Jenkins British Red Cross First Aid Liz Stoll Casting Director, BBC Penny Cherns Amelia Sears Matthew Lloyd John Byrne Business Coach Adam Sushchitzsky BSC MA Classical Acting for the Jonathan Young Movement Theatre Clarence Smith Chris Monks Cinematography Professional Theatre Philippe Carden Tax Specialist Mark Sutherland Voice Jeremy Mortimer Rosemarie Swinfield Classical Style James Kerr Foundation Diploma Ben Cogan Casting Director Beth Vyse Alex Bingley Speech & Text O Nathapon Emma Thomas Continuity Training Debbie Seymour Chris Cowell Theatre Design Alex Waldmann Jeremy Finch Speech & Text Joanna Town Interview Practice MA Directing & Semester Courses Cyril Nri Mike Cunningham Careers Paul Hill Dialect & Phonetics Mary Papadima Performance Coach Sharon Tucknott Prop Making Acting & Direction Mary Howland Aisling Walsh Film Director Laura Dickens CDG Ria Parry James Daffern Dyslexia Workshop Speech, Dialect & Phonetics Luke Beattie Dramaturg Industry Liaison & Professional Vik Sivalingam James Davies Agent, Sainou Paul Webster Film Producer Oliver Birch Development Melanie Mehta Emma Sullivan Christopher Dietrich White Light Speech & Speech Therapy Joseph Blatchley Sarah Trevis CDG Industry Consultant Adele Thomas Actors Connection Rebecca Wright CDG Rachel Nicholson Speech & Text Kate Budgen Alex Warren Emma Dyson Spotlight Casting Director Screen & Audio Hugh O’Shea Dialect & Phonetics Kirsty Bushell Pier Wilkie Equity Yamaha UK Digital Sound Nathan Crossan-Smith Michelle Bonnard Robert Price Speech & Text Mark Estdale Screen Performance Isabelle Duperray Stevie Rickard Speech & Text Video Games & Voiceover Tamsin Collison Audio Performance 48 WWW.LAMDA.AC.UK WWW.LAMDA.AC.UK 49 TRAINING OUR CONSERVATOIRE TRAINING SUPPORTERS FOR DANCE

LAMDA extends an enormous thank you to all our generous supporters. AND DRAMA

Redevelopment Campaign Jim Broadbent The Clothworkers’ Foundation LAMDA is a part of the CDD, a higher Supporters Tom Chandos The Elizabeth May Florence Mills Fund education institution made up of eight Hugh Bullock Ellen Terry Fellowship Trust The Monument Trust specialist schools delivering world- Jonathan Cohen QC & Bryony Cohen Gordon Fraser The late Jeremy Angliss & Leslie Heritage Endemol Shine UK The Genesis Foundation* leading education and vocational Philip Carne MBE & Christine Carne Fenwick Ltd The Hedley Foundation training in the performing arts. The other Manny & Brigitta Davidson Patricia Hodge OBE The Joanna Butterworth Scholarship Fund Conservatoire schools are Bristol Old Garfield Weston Foundation Nicholas Hytner JP Jacobs Charitable Trust Vic Theatre School, Central School of HEFCE Zeljko Ivanek LAMDA’s 40th Anniversary Stage Ballet, London Contemporary Dance Roshan Seth OBE Nigel & Caroline Keen Management & Technical Theatre Fund School, National Centre for Circus Arts, Rupert & Alice King The Leverhulme Trust David Ross Foundation Northern School of Contemporary Dance, Victoria Legge-Bourke The Lionel Bart Foundation The Foyle Foundation RADA and Rambert School of Ballet and John & Mary Lithgow The MLDauray Arts Initiative* The Marina Kleinwort Trust The Mackintosh Foundation Ng Ping Kern Contemporary Dance. The Overstall Charitable Trust Mischief Theatre The Overstall Charitable Trust The Sackler Trust As a higher education institution, the CDD is funded and The MLDauray Arts Initiative* Oliver & Helen Prenn Stavros Niarchos Foundation monitored by HEFCE (known as the Office for Students The late Ann Money-Coutts The Royal Victoria Hall Foundation – Lilian The Woodward Charitable Trust Baylis Awards from 2018 onwards) and quality assured by the Quality Robert Noble The Sir John Gielgud Charitable Trust Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA). The American Friends of the London Oliver & Helen Prenn The Snipe Charitable Trust Academy of Music & Dramatic Art Joanna Read (LAMDA) Inc. The Society of London Theatre - The Conservatoire for Dance and Drama performs Luke Rittner The CASE Foundation Laurence Olivier Bursary consistently well in the National Student Survey and Harold Sanditen & Thanasis Kalantzis* The Estate of F Peter Cundill The South Square Trust in 2017 scored above the sector average in overall The Spencer Wills Trust The Deborah Loeb Brice Foundation* The Stanley Picker Trust satisfaction, with 87% satisfied. The quality of teaching Dame Maggie Smith The late Robert Hudson Sue Stapely was rated highly by its students at 90% satisfied, Sue Stapely John Lyon’s Charity Stavros Niarchos Foundation exceeding the sector average by 5%. David Suchet CBE & Sheila Suchet Panasonic UK Ltd David Suchet CBE & Sheila Suchet Dame Janet Suzman The William & Katherine Longman In 2017, the CDD received Gold in the Teaching Sir Siegmund Warburg’s Voluntary Wates Foundation Charitable Trust Excellence Framework (TEF) awards. Based on the Settlement Timothy West CBE FRSA The Zoë Dominic Fund evidence available, the TEF Panel judged that the CDD The Wolfson Foundation Project Supporters And all those who wish to remain anonymous. delivers consistently outstanding teaching, learning and The Badenoch Trust outcomes for its students. It is of the highest quality HEFCE Our thanks also go to all of LAMDA’s found in the UK. A separate HEFCE review of specialist Paul Arthur Gismondi Paul Hamlyn Foundation Patrons, Supporters & Members. institutions in 2016 confirmed the Conservatoire as a The Headley Trust *generously supports our work through The American Dr Neil & Sarah Brener Friends of the London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art provider of world-leading teaching. Kirby Laing Foundation Eranda Rothschild Foundation (LAMDA), Inc. The London Borough of Hammersmith Genesis Foundation Please note that if you are intending to make independent Learn more about the Conservatoire at & Fulham applications for funding, we ask that you do not contact The Lennox Hannay Charitable Trust www.cdd.ac.uk The Loveday Charitable Trust any of the supporters named here or LAMDA graduates Old Possum’s Practical Trust as they already choose to support our students through Sir Howard Panter & Rosemary Squire OBE LAMDA. If you would like further information about making independent applications for funding, please contact The Hon. Michael Samuel Scholarship & Bursary LAMDA’s Development team. The late Derek John Walls Supporters The American Friends of the London For more information about how The William & Katherine Longman Academy of Music & Dramatic Art Charitable Trust (LAMDA) Inc. you can support LAMDA, please The 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust contact our Development Team: The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation HIGHER EDUCATION Bedford Estates FUNDING COUNCIL FOR ENGLAND The Boris Karloff Charitable Foundation E [email protected] The Behrens Foundation The Carne Trust T +44 (0)20 8834 0510 Philip Carne MBE & Christine Carne* 50 WWW.LAMDA.AC.UK WWW.LAMDA.AC.UK 51 THE ACTORS I WORKED WITH AT LAMDA CONTACT US WERE SO GENEROUS AND THEY LET ME TRY AND FAIL AND TRY AGAIN AND ACHIEVE, ALWAYS BRINGING A COMBINATION OF OPENNESS AND CRITICAL THINKING TO THE ROOM. Lars Harald Maggero Director, Class of 2016

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