East 15 Acting School

Prospectus 2020 Prospectus 2020 “East 15’s extraordinary legacy and its reputation for rigorous and inspired teaching ensures students consistently display an unusual degree of courage, vision and versatility that is very exciting to watch.”

Colin Firth OBE Contents

4 Director’s welcome 6 About this prospectus 7 About East 15 8 Actor Skills at East 15 9 Prizes and Awards at East 15 10 Loughton Campus 12 Southend Campus 14 Support Services 15 Accommodation 16 Staff at East 15 21 Undergraduate study at East 15 22 BA Acting 24 BA Acting (International) 26 BA Acting and Community Theatre 28 BA Acting and Contemporary Theatre 30 BA Acting and Stage Combat 32 BA Physical Theatre 34 BA World Performance 36 BA Stage and Production Management 38 BA Creative Producing (Theatre and Short Film) 40 Certificate of Higher Education in Theatre Arts 42 Applying to East 15 as an undergraduate 44 Undergraduate auditions 46 Postgraduate study at East 15 48 MA Acting 50 MA/MFA Acting (International) 52 MA/MFA Theatre Directing 54 Applying to East 15 as a postgraduate 56 Postgraduate auditions 58 Money matters 62 University of Essex 63 Further information 4 Welcome to the East 15 prospectus Director’s welcome Director’s

As you will read in the pages We have two first class campuses in I look forward to meeting many of you that follow, East 15 offers an Loughton, on the edge of London, and at auditions and interviews, and working extraordinary, dynamic and in picturesque Southend-on-Sea. This with those of you that join East 15 for your unique portfolio of courses that combination of resources and locations study and training. span many areas of training for enables us to offer a broad and diverse East 15 East 2020 Prospectus actors, directors, technical theatre range of courses at BA and MA/MFA specialists and students of theatre level, and make use of innovative and practice. In addition to the carefully excellently equipped learning facilities, selected UK students, we also teach such as the state-of-the-art Clifftown Leon Rubin and train students from over Theatre (www.Clifftowntheatre.com) and 26 countries worldwide suites of studios and technical facilities at (www.east15.ac.uk) both campuses. We have an outstanding

www.east15.ac.uk Here at East 15 we draw upon our student satisfaction rating in the UK of traditions of over 50 years, while 97% total satisfaction in national student combining this with a keen sense of the surveys. changing world of stage and screen today. As part of the University of Essex, one Our training is by professionals and for of the UK’s leading academic institutions professionals, allowing our graduates (www.essex.ac.uk), we pride ourselves to work successfully across the globe. on placing excellence at the top of our Our international, outstanding teaching agenda in all our work. East 15 Acting faculty is made up of professionals from School has been named as the top drama all areas of live and recorded performance. school in the U.K. in the Times and Sunday Times Good University guide Director Leon Rubin with recent graduates 5 6 About this prospectus

2-5 December 2014. This Review found that the University meets all expectations required of higher education providers, and commended the University's focus About this prospectus on improving the student learning experience. A copy of the full report is available on the QAA website at: www.qaa.ac.uk/ reviews/reports Further information East 15 Acting School is part of the University of Essex At Loughton East 15 Acting School Hatfields Campus Rectory Lane Loughton IG10 3RY Telephone: +44 (0)20 8508 5983 At Southend East 15 Acting School Southend Campus Elmer Approach Southend-on-Sea SS1 1LW Telephone: +44 (0)1702 328200 Fax: +44 (0)1702 328201

East 15 East 2020 Prospectus E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.east15.ac.uk This prospectus has been prepared in industrial action. For the most up-to-date Art Director/Editor: Kevin Wyatt-Lown Spring 2019 for courses available from information, please contact East 15 directly. September 2020. The full Procedures, Rules and Designer: Stephen Foster Design Although great care is taken in compiling Regulations for the University of Essex this prospectus, it is for the general are set out in the Charter, Statutes Photographers: Gemma Mount, guidance of prospective students only. and Ordinances and in the University Andrew H. Williams, Kevin Wyatt-Lown, www.east15.ac.uk East 15 Acting School cannot guarantee Regulations, Policy and Procedures. Robin Little the provision of all courses and services Copies are available on request from advertised in the event of circumstances the University. In accepting the offer of beyond its control and therefore reserves a place at the University, you consent to the right to make changes or cancel any incorporation of this notice as a term of course without notice, should this become contract between you and the University. ACTING SCHOOL necessary. The School cannot be held responsible for failure/delay in performing Quality assurance obligations caused by things beyond its The Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) last reasonable control, such as fire, flood or undertook a Review of the University from About East 15 7 About East 15 About East For over 50 years, East 15 has Jacques Lecoq, Peter Brook and other produced actors, directors, important contemporary trainers. theatre practitioners In 2000, East 15 merged with the and technicians for the international stage, TV, film University of Essex, a leading UK and radio. research-intensive university, opening East 15, based in an exciting new chapter in the history Loughton on the edge of of both institutions and offering more East London and founded opportunities to students. by Margaret Bury, grew from the work of Joan Since 2007, under the directorship Littlewood’s famed of Leon Rubin, more than 13 million Theatre Workshop, pounds have been spent on new buildings which broke new and facilities for East 15 in Loughton and ground, re-interpreting Southend-on-Sea, including the Clifftown the classics for a modern age, Theatre and Studios, once a Victorian commissioning new gothic church in Southend which now plays from socially enjoys a new lease of life, converted into committed writers, studios, workshops and a state-of-the- and creating an art theatre and performance space. In ensemble capable of inventing new work. that period several new programmes It evolved into an have also been developed to take the outstanding ensemble school into a new era of international that combined inspired, and culturally diverse stage and screen improvisational brilliance performance territories. with method, technique, research, text analysis and the intense expression East 15 is one of a leading group of truthful emotion. Much of the of UK conservatoires. It is now one of original approach was based upon the the largest specialist theatre schools in theories of Stanislavsky and over the the UK, with a distinguished international years new training methods at East 15 teaching staff and an undergraduate have now embraced approaches from diverse practitioners, such as Michael and extensive postgraduate population Chekhov, Rudolf Laban, Jerzy Grotowski, of over 770 students. 8 Actor skills at East 15

East 15’s training emphasises a balance Voice Music between personal discovery, intuition The voice teachers at East 15 aim to equip Students with the ability to play musical and technical skills. The aim is to give students with the skills required to release instruments can develop those talents Actor skills at East 15 East skills at Actor students the basic awareness and their full vocal potential beyond the and there are numerous possibilities to confidence that will allow them to limits of “habit” voice. Students combine play in ensembles for private and public continue to learn and perfect their emotional truth with theatrical energy performances at East 15. Although craft in the years to come. using techniques derived from leading instrumental playing is not part of the Movement physical and vocal practitioners like Laban, assessment, actors who develop such Chekhov, Berry and Linklater. skills certainly enhance their employability. The main focus of the movement programme at East 15 is to encourage Singing Media confident, focussed, flexible, imaginative, Actors must have a good feel for music, East 15 students are introduced to the physically expressive and truthful actors. even if they cannot sing a note. Students techniques and disciplines of working The course is based on dynamic alignment at East 15 will learn to understand the with recorded, digital and online media. (which may include Alexander, Authentic rudiments of music and be able to Movement, Bartenieff, Body Centring approach a song with confidence and Preparation for the industry Experiential Anatomy and Pilates), feeling. Students with musical theatre Guest lectures and workshops, given by characterisation techniques (including potential will be encouraged further industry specialists, help prepare East 15 Laban, Grotowski, Lecoq and Chekhov- although the overall emphasis is on students for the complexity of working based work), dance (including jazz and acting through song. in theatre, film, TV and related areas. ballet) and stage combat. East 15 East 2020 Prospectus www.east15.ac.uk Prizes and Awards at East 15 9

Edmunds (2017, £4,500), The Jacob’s Ladder Bursary Gabriella Leon (2016, was established in 2016 and makes £4.500) and Kathleen multiple awards totalling £25,000 Hood (2015, £4.500). each year. In 2016 there were eight, and 2017 fifteen, awards made. In The Laurence 2018 some twenty students benefited Olivier Bursary from the Bursary. The £500 Tim Welling Award This is worth up to £7,500 East 15 for and Awards Prizes commemorates a past student of the for a student entering the school and is awarded to a BA Acting third year of BA Acting and student. It was first awarded in 2014 is presented by the Society to Ellie Moon. Subsequent winners of London Theatres. East have been Katie Neil (2015), Hadley 15 students have regularly Brown (2016) Jacob Reid (2017) won this outstanding prize. and Molly Longworth (2018). In 2017 two awards were Also commemorating a past made: Precious Mustapha student, and again worth £500, was awarded £7,500 while the Thomas Bennett Comedy Jesse Jones received BA Acting and Community Theatre student Jennifer Woodward, Award is awarded to a BA Acting receives the 2017 Lillian Bayliss Award from David Suchet CBE. £4,000. Other winners and Contemporary Theatre student. have included; Paisley Harris Allen won this in 2018. As one of the UK’s leading acting schools, Fay Jackson (2016) Rebecca Saffir (2015) East 15 has a number of students and and Lottie Finklaire (2014) while in 2012 Edinburgh Festival and beyond Nayatia Hinds and Nathalie Wain were each graduates who have won awards and Supporting career progression is an awarded £2000. competitive scholarships over the last important part of the East 15 ethos. few years. Lilian Baylis Award There is an on-going annual programme of awarding New Production Awards, Carleton Hobbs Award This is worth £1,500 and has been made to new companies created by consistently won by students from East This Bursary provides winning students a both existing and past students. 15, including Rory Howes (2018) Jennifer As well as supporting productions at contract for six months work with the BBC Woodward (2017) Ben Ayers (2016) Radio Drama Department. A long list of the Edinburgh Fringe, these companies Isabella Javor (2015) Livia Heim (2014) have also taken plays to the Brighton, East 15 students has enjoyed recognition and Lucy Townsend (2013). through this competition. Camden and New York Fringe Festivals. In 2018 some £48,000 was awarded to Past winners and commended East 15 Awards nominees have included BA Acting new companies. There are several awards made which In addition, the University of graduates Patricia Allison (2017) Joseph are unique to East 15. Essex hosts a no-cost crowdfunding Ayre (2016) and Andrea Valls (2015). The Elizabeth Mills Award was programme which is open to all However, for the first time, 2018 saw established in 2015 and is worth current and past students and, in many East 15 secure recognition in every single £2,500. First awarded to BA Acting’s cases, also offers match funding for category of the competition with this year’s Patricia Allison, the 2016 recipient projects. Last year it supported some overall bursary prize going to Alexandra was BA Acting and Contemporary 22 productions to the tune of over Constantinidi. Theatre’s Cara Baldwin. In 2017 it was £23,250. won by BA Acting and Contemporary The John Gielgud Bursary Theatre student Louise Barron and Postgraduate Scholarships This is worth between £2,500 and £5,000. BA Acting & Community Theatre's There are a number of Bursaries Winning students from East 15 have Holly Matthams received the award and Scholarships available to included Lily Sinko (2018, £5,000) )Samuel in 2018. Postgraduate Students. 10 Loughton Campus

East 15 has three sites in Loughton: Just a short walk from Hatfields Hatfields, Roding House and Unit Four. is Roding House, a £1.3 million Loughton Campus Loughton Each is just a five-minute walk from the facility containing rehearsal spaces, nearest London Underground station, the Littlewood Studio and East 15’s Debden, on the eastern branch of the costume department. Central Line and only thirty minutes Unit Four is a £1.5 million facility by tube from Central London, West which is home to the Stage and End theatres and all other major tube Production Management department Student resources and mainline stations and termini and it is situated next to Roding House. including Eurostar. Additionally, East 15 Loughton Campus often presents students’ own work at Hatfields theatres and studios in London. There are 28 rehearsal studios at Computing facilities The campus offers a perfect balance Hatfields, including a dance studio, and the library between access to the rich, cultural radio recording room, Mac editing lab As part of a multi-million pound diversity of London while also providing and screening room. investment in the further an environment in which to study in an In the Summer of 2017 work began development of resources on the attractive and peaceful setting. Loughton on a major set of new buildings and Loughton Campus, 2017 saw the is situated on the edge of Epping Forest, facilities that will make this the best opening of a new IT suite and a 6,000 acre ancient woodland which equipped single campus drama school extended Campus library. In addition, is ideal for leisure pursuits including in the UK. there are also computer facilities at walking, running, cycling and horse riding. Roding House and at Unit Four, all The Corbett Theatre The residential area around Loughton providing internet access, printing and offers a rich variety of shops, restaurants, Hatfields is also home to the Corbett photocopying. There is also wireless pubs and cafés and has a Leisure Centre Theatre, named in honour of Harry H connectivity throughout the site. providing gym and pool facilities. Corbett, a key Theatre Workshop member Students can also use the library The hub of Hatfields is a beautiful and early benefactor of East 15. The resources at the Southend Campus Georgian dower house, set in six acres building is a medieval tithe barn that was and the University of Essex’s of lawns with orchards, flowerbeds and a dismantled and transported to Hatfields Colchester Campus library, which has small lake, providing an idyllic atmosphere in the 1960s. These unusual origins holdings of over one million books

East 15 East 2020 Prospectus for study, relaxation and performance. create a unique performance space with and microfilms, as well as some The site also offers a range of rehearsal a unique environment for students to 7,300 current periodicals. Books are spaces, a Dance Studio and the school’s perform in. Combined with full technical delivered to Loughton via a daily own, fully equipped theatre. The Corbett facilities, tiered seating for 125 people Theatre was built inside a medieval tithe and fitted dressing rooms, the theatre Roding House barn and is used extensively for student provides an excellent resource for public Roding House contains ten rehearsal productions. productions. Lectures, rehearsals and rooms, a green room/café, a sound technical classes also take place here, recording studio and a video editing www.east15.ac.uk while the adjacent Theatre Foyer Bar and suite. East 15’s extensive costume Café provides a social meeting point for department is also based here. students and staff. Unit Four Unit Four is situated next to Roding House and is home to East 15’s Stage and Production Management department. The Unit contains a large workshop, paint shop, prop shop, prop storage facilities and teaching spaces. 11 12 Southend Campus

The Southend Campus is sited in the heart of Southend-on-Sea and is Southend Campus served by excellent transport links. Southend Central railway station, with journey times to central London taking less than one hour, is adjacent to the Gateway Building and Southend Airport, offering budget flights to many European and UK destinations, including Edinburgh, is just three miles away. Southend is the largest town in Essex and a vibrant seaside resort with a cosmopolitan atmosphere. In recent years it has been transformed by a redevelopment and enhancement scheme. It has seven miles of award- winning beaches and the longest pleasure pier in the world. Other social amenities and facilities in the town include three theatres, Student resources The Students’ Union museums, numerous art galleries and The Gateway Building The Students’ Union facility at the libraries. There are over 650 acres of Southend Campus provides a dedicated parks and gardens, a fun park and a The Gateway Building houses a space for students to meet, have a watersports centre, a bowling alley, purpose-built suite specifically for East coffee, relax and watch films or sport. leisure centres, pubs, clubs, cafés’ 15 students. This includes fully-equipped, It runs a wide variety of entertainment and restaurants. state-of-the art rehearsal studios with throughout the term, such as panoramic views across Southend-on- international nights and open mic nights. Sea, plus seminar rooms, computer

East 15 East 2020 Prospectus labs and media production resources Clifftown Studios and Theatre including an Apple Mac edit suite. Following the purchase of this The Forum magnificent Victorian former church in the heart of Southend’s conservation Opened in September 2013, The Forum area, it has been converted into a Southend-on-Sea offers a brand new variety of unique spaces for rehearsals, resource to enhance your student technical and practical work and experience. East 15 students have round performances. The church nave, with www.east15.ac.uk the clock, secure access to the Learning its original organ and stained glass Hub, which provides innovative IT and windows now provides an inspirational study spaces. The Forum also houses an and atmospheric environment, re- integrated public and academic library, designed to accommodate the needs carrying books and other materials to of a 21st century performance space. support East 15’s course at Southend. In addition, students have access to the East 15 Loughton Campus library and the University’s Colchester Campus library, if required. 13 14 Support Services

We offer a range of support services Student administration

Support Services Support designed to help you to achieve your At the Loughton Campus, we are able full potential and to get the most out of to provide students with official letters your studies. These form a coordinated and documentation, such as bank network of support, and are an letters, confirmation of enrolment and important part of the overall student council tax exemption forms, as well as experience. Support Services aim to authenticating documents by providing be accessible to you and responsive a University stamp for specific forms. to your individual needs. General, non-academic advice can also We offer confidential advice and be given about other services provided information on many issues, including by the University of Essex and the finance and funding, entitlement to Students’ Union. benefits and immigration issues. At the Southend Campus, all of the There are Student Support Advisors above services are available from the available at the Loughton and Southend Student Administration Team located Campuses who can offer initial advice on the second floor of The Forum. and information. You may be referred to other services for specialist advice. Pastoral system Helpful information is also available on Conservatoire training can be the website at www.essex.ac.uk/students demanding and, in response to this, and the Students Union Advice Centre the School has developed a network website at either www.essexstudent.com/ of support to help with any academic loughton or www.essexstudent.com/ and personal pressures. A personal southend tutor is appointed to each student and Dyslexia and other they are a channel for any enquiries or anxieties that the student may have. learning difficulties We have a strong tradition of Graduate support encouraging and supporting students East 15 and the University are East 15 East 2020 Prospectus with dyslexia and other specific committed to helping graduates enter learning difficulties. Provision includes: their chosen career with confidence. screening and/or referral for a diagnostic This support is given in the second assessment and advice on the Disabled and final year of undergraduate Students’ Allowance. courses and throughout the year for postgraduate students. It includes Disability career guidance, planning of audition We aim to create an accessible and pieces and advice from working www.east15.ac.uk enabling environment. We would professionals. encourage you, before you arrive, to contact the relevant disability service to discuss access to the University and to your course. These discussions are confidential. Students may qualify to apply for the Disabled Students’ Allowance and can contact us for advice. www.essex.ac.uk/students/contact/ Accommodation 15

Loughton Campus local, private accommodation. All the Accommodation Those who wish to live close to the properties they work with in the area Loughton Campus can choose from a are accredited by Epping Forest District wide range of shared student properties Council. There are rooms in shared offering both Joint and Individual houses, living with a resident landlord Tenancies. There is also the option or letting an entire house. Click on to live with Resident Landlords who the “view our listings” area at www. can provide a more flexible tenancy. essexstudent.com/sulets and select The Students’ Union provides a Loughton area to see what’s available. property finding service, SU Lets, at our Loughton campus. They Southend Campus specialise in helping students secure Our state-of-the-art student residences in University Square offer 561 modern en-suite rooms arranged in flats, within seven houses around a central enclosed courtyard. You apply for accommodation directly to the University which aims to guarantee accommodation to all first-year undergraduates. 16 Staff at East 15 Staff at East 15 East at Staff

Professor Leon Rubin Dr Chris Main Matthew Lloyd Director Associate Director (Southend) Associate Director (Loughton) and Leon Rubin is a fellow of the Royal Society Chris Main holds an MA in Theatre Head of MA/MFA Theatre Directing of Arts and the Royal Asiatic Society . Practice and a PhD in Elizabethan/ After graduating from Oxford, Matthew He has an Honorary Professorship of the Jacobean Theatre from Exeter University. went on to study at Harvard and Columbia GITIS University, Moscow and Honoury He is a Certified Teacher of stage Universities. Whilst Artistic Director at the Degree from UNATC, Budapest. He is a combat with the BASSC, a fight examiner Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester his former Associate at the Abbey Theatre, for Stage Combat Germany and holds a productions included the award-winning Dublin, who began his career as Assistant black belt in Aikido. Chris has worked for An Experiment with an Air-Pump, and Director at the Royal Shakespeare many theatre companies including: the Waiting for Godot with Richard Wilson. Company and has been Artistic Director Orange Tree, Stephen Joseph Theatre, As Associate Director at Hampstead of three major UK theatre companies Royal & Derngate, Crucible Theatre, Theatre his work included the multi- including Bristol Old Vic. He is author of Graeae, The Northcott, and the BBC. award-winning The Fastest Clock in the The Nicholas Nickleby Story (the making He has directed several shows for East 15 Universe by Philip Ridley, Slavs! by Tony of the RSC production) and Performance – including a Martin Lynch premier and Kushner and the Olivier Award winning in Bali, published by Routledge. He has has also directed numerous productions The Lucky Ones by Charlotte Eilenberg. directed productions throughout the for the Royal Armouries at the Tower of East 15 East 2020 Prospectus Freelance credits include the Olivier- world, including Canada, China, Thailand, London. He was the fight arranger for the nominated Duet for One with Juliet Japan, Greece, USA, Ireland, Chile and feature film The Roundabout and Assistant Stevenson and productions at the Hong Kong, as well as throughout the UK. Fight Arranger on the feature, Faintheart. Almeida, Royal Court, the Bush, most of He has also trained and lectured actors In what feels like a past life, he performed Britain's leading regional theatres, plus and directors in Russia, Spain, Korea, in Conquest, a series for the History Off-Broadway and Parco Theatre, Tokyo. France, Holland and the Philippines. In Channel. the last few years, he directed a series of

www.east15.ac.uk Shakespeare productions for the Stratford Festival Theatre, Canada, and a major Japanese theatre company, Bungaku-Za. He is director of a major show in Thailand, which has been performed in a 3,000 seat theatre for the past 16 years. He has also directed in the West End and in New York. 17

Andrea Brooks Ensemble, Kent Opera and Welsh National Having worked with some of the most Head of MA Acting Opera. Previously Head Of Music at ALRA exciting International companies, including he has also taught at LAMDA and City Lit. De La Guarda, and taught at some of the Andrea Brooks was Artistic Director top drama schools in the UK, Simon of Zygo Arts, an award-winning theatre Steffany George emigrated to Sydney in 2003, where he and arts company working in the UK and Head of Movement (Southend) was Course Director of the Full Time internationally, most recently in Georgia. Steffany George has been working with Acting Course at Actors Centre Australia. She trained at the Drama Centre and actors for over seventeen years; first as In addition to over 50 shows and projects has worked as a freelance director and a movement director and choreographer, he has directed and created for drama business trainer and mentor. She is an and most notably, teaching movement schools, he has also worked professionally Associate Artist at BAC, London. for actors, coaching, and directing plays as both a Director and Movement Director at The Stella Adler Studio of Acting in Dr. Margaret Coldiron for TV and theatre projects. As an actor he New York City. Steffany has received a has worked at many theatres across the UK Deputy Head of BA World Performance commission from The Nagouchi Museum including The Young Vic, Victoria Palace in Margaret Coldiron is a specialist in Asian with Topaz Arts for her own work Gone the West End, Nottingham Playhouse, the performance and masks. She is a member Bye. She performed as a contemporary West Yorkshire Playhouse, Theatre Royal, of the Directors Guild of Great Britain and dancer in numerous productions in Plymouth and The Gate, Notting Hill. Simon a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society and both New York and Germany. trained at the Guildford School of Acting. is widely published. After taking a degree Christina Gutekunst in English and Comparative Literature she Dr Adrian James Head of Voice trained as an actress at the Drama Centre. Course co-ordinator for Certificate She holds an MA in Text and Performance Christina Gutekunst has been teaching in HE (Southend) Studies from King's College and RADA and coaching for nearly 20 years in and a PhD in Drama from Royal Holloway. Germany and the UK. She trained in acting Adrian James initially trained as an actor She has studied Topeng masked dance and voice at schools in Stuttgart, Bremen and for 12 years worked in theatre across drama and mask carving in Bali and has and Berlin in Germany and also in London, England and Europe. worked with Japanese Noh masters and gained an MA Distinction in voice He has taught at many of the leading Matsui Akira (Kita school), Umewaka studies at the Central School of Speech British acting conservatoires, having Naohiko (Kanze school) and Michishige and Drama. She taught voice in various learned his craft at East 15, working Udaka (Kongoh school). Since 1997 she drama schools and has been Head of for nine years during the 1980s with has been Associate Director of Thiasos, Voice at East 15 since 2003. Margaret Bury, the founder of the school. a theatre company specialising in Christina has coached for both theatre He was the Associate Director of the intercultural productions of ancient such as Night Breath by Brian Oliver and School of Acting and the Course Leader Greek plays. Sleeping Dogs by Philip Osment; and TV of the M.A. in Acting at Arts Educational She has also undertaken extensive productions such as Ant and Dec and The for eighteen years and has taught regularly fieldwork on masked performance in India, Bill. She has worked as a voice over artist at The Actors Centre and lectured at the Sri Lanka and Thailand. as well as directed voice overs at Les Dramatiska Institutet in Stockholm. Frogs and for Foreign Versions. Stephen Douse She was a founder member of Beyond Gordon Kemp Head of Music (Southend) Words Theatre Company and Re: Actors Head of BA Acting and Stage Combat Stephen Douse studied at the Royal Theatre Group. Gordon holds an MA (Hons) in Political Academy of Music and has been a Her book, Voice into Acting, is Science from the University of Dundee professional musician for 30 years. His published by Bloomsbury Methuen Drama. and a Postgraduate Diploma in Classical work has embraced cabaret, jazz, music Acting from the London Academy of theatre, opera and world music and he Simon Hunt Performing Arts. He is a certified teacher has made many TV and radio recordings. Head of BA Physical Theatre of stage combat with both the British He has worked throughout America, Simon Hunt is an actor, theatre director Academy of Stage and Screen Combat Europe and Japan, and with companies and acting teacher who has worked in (BASSC) and the British Academy of including Academy of Ancient Music and the Performing Arts Industry for the last Dramatic Combat (BADC) serving a 5 year D’Oyly Carte Opera Company, Hilliard 20 years. apprenticeship at Shakespeare’s Globe 18 Staff at East 15

Theatre as part of his training. As a Fight Dr. Tara McAllister-Viel Zois Pigadas Director & Performer he has worked with Head of Voice (Southend campus) Head of Contextual Studies and Course a range of venues and theatre companies Staff at East 15 East at Staff Tara McAllister-Viel worked for some coordinator for BA Acting (International) including Riverside Studios, The Royal 20 years as an actress, voice director Ballet, The Royal Opera, Shakespeare’s Zois Pigadas is from Athens, Greece and and voice-over artist. Globe and Theatre Royal, Bath. He has has studied Theatre at an undergraduate Before joining East 15, she taught at also worked as an action performer, level at York University in Toronto, Canada, Central School of Speech and Drama and most recently on the TV series Vikings. followed by Post-Graduate Studies at has been Visiting Professor for Voice at Goldsmiths College, University of London. Professor Rosemary Klich The Korean National University of Arts, He has been teaching actors and theatre Professor of Research School of Drama in Seoul. students for more than 15 years at, among Voice workshop credits include: other insitutions, E15 Acting School, Rosemary specialises in multimedia, Punchdrunk (UK), Centre for Performance Goldsmiths College, University of Kent and immersive, and participatory theatre. Prior Research (Wales) National Drama School Rose Bruford College. He specialises in to joining East 15 in 2017, she was Head of of Castilla and Leon (Spain), and workshopping and devising Forum Theatre Drama and Theatre at the University of University of Halle Institut für and has developed a methodology of Kent where she taught since 2007. Her Sprechwissenschaft und Phonetik Active Analysis based on the teachings current research investigates media, (Germany). of Jurij Alschitz. sound, and spectatorship, and her She studied a traditional Korean vocal teaching expertise is in the theory and art form called p'ansori, has published Alex Purser making of contemporary performance several articles regarding her intercultural Head of Stage and Production practice. Her co-authored book approach to training actors’ voices and has Management Multimedia Performance was published presented her work at international Alex Purser holds a BA (Hons) in Drama with Palgrave in 2012 and she has since conferences and symposiums. with English and an MFA in Theatre published in journals such as Directing. Contemporary Theatre Review, Gerry McAlpine He has spent the past 14 years working Performance Research, International Head of First Year Studies and Course in industry as Project, Production and/ Journal of Performing Arts and Digital co-ordinator for Certificate in HE or Stage Manager in a variety of contexts Media and Body Space Technology. She (Loughton) including musical theatre, opera, ballet, has also undertaken various practice-as- Gerry McAlpine is an East 15 graduate tours and events. research projects working in collaboration from the early 1970s. She worked with Alex has worked both in the UK and with performers, videographers, sound Margaret Bury, who founded E 15, during internationally, working on projects in designers and photographers.

East 15 East 2020 Prospectus the years before she retired, and is proud China, France, Italy, Spain, Holland and Rosemary holds a PhD from the to be able to pass on her East 15 training. Germany. His industry experience is University of New South Wales in Sydney, She worked as an actress in Canada and varied and wide ranging from local theatre Australia and has presented keynote talks England before returning to teach at productions, through large West End at conferences and symposia in Poland, East 15. musicals to events at the Royal Palaces Korea, Belgium and the UK. and even a Disney Theme Park ride! Ainslie Masterton

www.east15.ac.uk Head of BA Acting and Community Theatre Ainslie Masterton worked as an actor, director and voice coach in Australia, before focusing on community theatre and film projects based around Sydney and outback aboriginal communities. Since 1998 she has been involved in actor training at Bretton Hall and East 15. 19

Uri Roodner connection. His credits as a movement Neil Somerville Head of BA Acting and director include LOVE (National Theatre, Head of Music London), Britanicus (Wilton’s Music Hall, Contemporary Theatre Neil Somerville has been a Musical Director London), Doing the Idiots (National Theatre and Vocal Coach for 15 years and has Uri has an extensive career as a performer, Studio, London), Black Battles with Dogs worked across the UK, Scandinavia and director and mentor working in theatre, (Southwark Playhouse, London), Disco North America. He toured the UK with film and TV. Dementia (Banannefabric, Luxembourg) The Wind In The Willows, conducted the He has appeared in major British and Romeo and Juliet (Teatro Mercadante, Scottish Premiere of Ragtime and has theatres including The Royal Court, Naples). National Theatre Studio and The Arts been Musical Director for award-winning Theatre West End, and collaborated Dr. Ramiro Silveira productions of Sweeney Todd, West Side with leading companies including The Head of BA World Performance Story, Oklahoma! and The 25th Annual RSC, Gecko and The Clod Ensemble. Putnam County Spelling Bee. Many of Ramiro Silveira is a director, lecturer, his singing students currently work in He appeared in films by major directors actor trainer and researcher. such as Michael Winterbottom, Jose the West End, on cruise ships and on UK He holds a PhD in Theatre Pedagogy - tours. Neil regularly accompanies cabarets, Pedilha and The Brothers Quay. He Theatre Artist Training from University of appeared in TV, on radio and in TV master classes and concerts with some of São Paulo (Brazil) and an MFA in Theatre the best performers in the industry. He has commercials in more than 15 countries, Directing from University of Middlesex. and worked as a documentary film maker been a visiting Portfolio Coach at London He also trained with Eugenio Barba, School of Musical Theatre, Lecturer in for The BBC, Channel 4 and The Discovery Philippe Gaulier and Genadi Bogdanov. Channel USA. His award winning Theatre Singing at Colchester Institute and Head He is known for his innovative of Music at Ridley Studios. Company ‘Tottering Bipeds’ toured to theatre rehearsal process called Theatre many venues in Britain including The Lyric Playground, a study of presence and Philip Weaver Hammersmith, Sadler’s Wells, Sheffield relation based on rhythm, movement and Head of BA Acting Crucible, Edinburgh Traverse and Plymouth multicultural references in order to inspire Philip Weaver trained at The Royal Theatre Royal. The company toured abroad creative live theatre. Since 2001 he has Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and and their work was filmed for a dedicated been using his technique to direct plays Goldsmiths’ College, University of London. BBC2 documentary. and run acting and directing workshops Philip has worked as an actor and Uri’s eclectic training includes The all over the world. director for theatres including BAC, Drama Studio London, École Philippe He works with a wide range of global Birmingham Rep, Colchester Mercury, Gaulier Paris, Monika Pagneux, Pierre performance styles, many drawn from Glasgow Citizens, The Kings Head Islington, Byland, Desmond Jones School and African and Brazilian Drums, Music and The Lyric Hammersmith, Nottingham the National Film School. He has taught Rituals. actors in London, New York, Shanghai, Playhouse, The Oval House, RSC Summer Amsterdam, Madrid and Tel-Aviv. Robin Sneller Studio, Salisbury Playhouse, The Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Theatr Clwyd, Wolsey Head of MA/MFA Acting (International) Marcin Rudy Ipswich and The Young Vic, as well as BBC Robin Sneller trained at East 15. He has Head of Movement Radio Four. He has also worked in Holland, tutored and directed at Arts Educational, Belgium, Slovakia and Scandinavia. Marcin is a movement director, actor and East 15, the Royal Scottish Academy of He is co-founder and Associate Director lecturer in movement. Between 2000 and Music and Drama, where he directed of Spinning Wheel Theatre Company. 2012 he collaborated with a multi-award Richard III, touring to the International winning physical theatre company Song of Shakespearean Festival in Poland, and the Goat Theatre (Poland) as a performer/ at the Royal Welsh College of Music and deviser. He has performed in 22 countries Drama. As an actor he has worked in the on 5 continents, at venues including the West End with Sir Peter Hall in Mind Millie Barbican, Sydney Opera House, Taipei for Me by Feydeau, at the National Theatre, National Theatre and La MaMa New York. with Stephen Daldry at the Gate Theatre After leaving the company he focussed on and the Crucible, as well as many seasons creating training for actors with special at the Glasgow Citizen's Theatre and emphasis on the physical/emotional Edinburgh Royal Lyceum theatres. 20 www.east15.ac.uk Undergraduate study at East 15 21 Undergraduate study at East 15 East study at Undergraduate East 15 East 2020 Prospectus East 15 currently offers the following courses for undergraduate students:

Loughton Campus Southend Campus

• BA Acting • BA Acting and Community Theatre • BA Acting (International) • BA Acting and Stage Combat www.east15.ac.uk • BA Acting and Contemporary Theatre • BA Physical Theatre • BA Stage and Production Management • BA World Performance • Certificate of Higher Education • Certificate of Higher Education in Theatre Arts in Theatre Arts • BA Creative Producing (Theatre and Short Film) 22 BA Acting Loughton Campus UCAS code: W411 BA Acting BA

About BA Acting of character. Technical skills, such as movement, BA Acting offers a step-by-step voice and singing are process that begins in the first year integrated into the work and by introducing students to the basic students start to build their methods and theories of acting characters independently. technique in small groups, then They are also introduced to culminates in a final professional screen and radio work which preparation year in which students then runs throughout the perform full-scale productions to second year. public audiences. They are asked to adapt Applicant information to the differing demands of project and director, BA Acting provides a thorough encouraging them to take preparation for a career in acting and aims responsibility for their own to develop each individual student’s talent, creative work. Students extending existing skills in voice and experience a wide variety movement for professional life. of challenging roles from and self-employment, self-marketing and promotion. Additionally, students First Year nineteenth century naturalism, to exploring the textual and psychological undertake a showcase performance The first year curriculum covers acting, complexities of Shakespeare. Additionally, which is presented in a major West voice, singing, movement and contextual through the Brecht cabaret and End theatre for an invited audience of studies. Students explore their own Commedia dell’Arte projects, students influential agents, casting directors, film, creativity through work focussed on learn to devise, breaking the fourth wall. voice over, TV and theatre directors. co-operation, responsiveness to others and the ensemble, fostered by group- Third Year After East 15 shared experiences. Acting on this course The third year requires students to Graduates of BA Acting regularly appear

East 15 East 2020 Prospectus begins with objective self-assessment, meet the demands they will face in in stage, film, TV and radio productions development of observational skills professional performance industries. throughout the world. Recent graduates and imagination: recreating through They deliver a wide variety of plays to have gone on to work with major observation, research and improvisation. extend their performance repertoire companies such as the Royal National First-year work ranges from individual and work with industry professionals in Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, character study through to larger recorded media. Plays and performance Shakespeare’s Globe, Manchester Royal community based projects and the projects are chosen to meet the needs Exchange, BBC, ITV and in the West End. emotional upheaval of British realism. The of the individual group as far as possible. Students are consistently successful in www.east15.ac.uk first year culminates in a large scale Living All productions demand research, the BBC Radio Drama Carleton Hobbs History Project, in which students study, advanced skills and commitment. competition, resulting in a professional understand and live the lives of others Theatre productions place a particular contract. They have also been consistent through periods of conflict. emphasis on ensemble work and actor winners of both The John Gielgud and contribution. Through specialised The Laurence Olivier Bursaries. For the Second Year professional development workshops past eight years BA Acting students have The second year offers a journey of students are introduced represented East 15 at the Globe Theatre’s maturation. The focus of study moves to the administrative aspects of their Sam Wanamaker Festival. from improvisation to text and from the future profession: including audition They are known, and often cast, examination of self to the exploration technique, CV and letter writing, tax for their courage, originality and drive! 23

Daniel Ezra Coming to East 15 was one of the best and upon leaving, I felt confident that decisions I ever made. Growing up, I had an immense amount of experience Before graduating, I could never keep still, was always to draw upon to help me navigate this Daniel had full of energy and excitement and daunting industry. already been East 15 provided the perfect outlet. I am incredibly proud to be an East 15 cast in two BBC It is a thriving institute, everyone here graduate. We are known for our boldness, TV productions. has something positive to offer and East our fierce determination and commitment His agent at 15 allows everyone, no matter who they to our work, anybody entering East 15 Curtis Brown are, to express themselves and contribute should expect to have that commitment reported; “His to their art. tested on a constant basis. It is not easy, tapes are some Throughout my time on the BA Acting of the best I have ever seen and he’s course, I was pushed far beyond my but should you prevail the rewards are already making a buzz in America! He comfort zones and asked to explore areas incredible. My career has begun like a is one of the most committed and of myself I hadn’t been conscious of. I fell dream since leaving East 15 and I will be professional drama graduates I’ve in love with Shakespeare, tested myself forever grateful to every student and staff ever worked with and I really think in a variety of forms from Commedia Dell member for aiding me on my journey. he’s going to have a mighty career.” Arte to stage combat and historical dance 24 BA Acting (International) Loughton Campus UCAS code: W83A

Technical skills, such as movement, voice and singing are integrated into the work and students start to build

BA Acting (International) Acting BA their characters independently. They are asked to adapt to the differing demands of project and director, encouraging them to take responsibility for their own creative work. Students explore the textual and psychological complexities of Shakespeare and Elizabethan Verse Drama. Additionally, students are introduced to the challenge of adapting their skills for film, television and radio work. Third Year The third year requires students to meet the demands they will face in About BA Acting (International) First Year professional performance industries. Built on the methodologies that have The first year curriculum covers acting, They extend their performance helped establish East 15 as one of the voice, singing, movement and contextual repertoire and work with industry most internationally respected drama studies. Students explore their own professionals in recorded media. Plays training establishments in Europe, BA creativity through work focussed on co- and performance projects are chosen Acting (International) is influenced by operation, responsiveness to others and to meet the needs of the individual the Acting course that has always been the ensemble, fostered by group-shared group as far as possible. All productions at the core of the school's programmes. experiences. demand research, advanced skills and Acting on this course begins with East 15 East 2020 Prospectus It offers a step-by-step process that commitment. Theatre productions place objective self-assessment, development begins by introducing students to the basic a particular emphasis on ensemble work of observational skills and imagination, methods and theories of acting technique and actor contribution. re-creating through observation, research in small groups and culminates in a final Through specialised professional and improvisation. First-year work includes professional preparation year in which development workshops students are Verbatim Theatre and Contemporary students perform full-scale productions introduced to the administrative aspects Scene Study with the study of British Plays and graduate with a professionally from 1956 to 1978 of their future profession: including produced showreel. www.east15.ac.uk The first year culminates in a large scale audition technique, CV and letter writing, tax and self-employment, self-marketing Applicant information Living History Project, in which students study, understand and live the lives of and promotion. BA Acting (International) not only others through periods of conflict. Additionally, students will undertake provides a thorough preparation for a to complete their own, professionally career in acting while aiming to develop Second Year produced, showreel each individual student’s talent, but also The second year offers a journey of offers the added benefit to international maturation. The focus of study moves After East 15 students of gaining invaluable insights into from improvisation to text and from the Graduates of East 15 regularly appear British culture and its influences on the examination of self to the exploration of in stage, film, TV and radio productions global stage. character. throughout the world. 25

Miguel Angelo This course benefits from a clash of cultures, a clash of stories and a clash of experiences. Working in an environment with great talented people has pushed me as a creative being and person, in striving to be better. The struggles they had to go through, has motivated me. Their skills as artists, unique to their native countries has inspired me in my own work. First two years of skills and acting teaching, alongside incredible tutors and teachers, has prepared me to face one of our final projects: The IF festival. This event allows you to explore your skills not only as an actor but also a writer and director. Being able to be part of that, with such an amazing group of people and artists, has been a rewarding experience that reflects the quality of the course and my amazing classmates. For that I’m grateful. 26 BA Acting and Community Theatre Southend Campus UCAS code: W496

About BA Acting and Community Theatre This course is for students who believe theatre is for all and wish to train for a career in theatre practice focused in the community. BA Acting and Community Theatre graduates will be professional performers BA Acting and Community Theatre and Community Acting BA who also have additional skills as workshop leaders and project managers, with the musical, technical, video and web-based experience needed for community theatre practice today. Applicant Information BA Acting and Community Theatre is a dynamic and active course for people who want to influence their world through theatre. In an intensely practical, professionally-oriented course, a broad range of acting, performance and workshop facilitation skills are developed through projects with people in the local community and in partnership with singing skills is offered across the three justice system, develop a political theatre leading external organisations. This is years. project, a site-specific performance a professional route into the world of and create their own community play. participatory theatre in which actors can Second Year Students further develop their skills in East 15 East 2020 Prospectus create theatre for, with, and about the Second year students work in conjunction the production, marketing and evaluation communities in which they will live. with practicing professionals to create of projects. Students work extensively theatre based on the stories of local with communities and professionals First Year people, make new work with young throughout their training, making for The first year curriculum embraces acting people, make and edit videos, learn a seamless transition to a professional technique, voice, singing, movement and clowning, puppetry and circus skills career. At the end of the year, students contextual studies. Students explore their and develop workshop facilitation showcase their graduation projects

www.east15.ac.uk creativity through work that explores self skills. Students also manage our annual to theatre companies and industry and responsiveness to others. Southend Street Theatre Festival. professionals. Acting on this course begins with During this year students are also objective self-assessment, development placed with a professional company After East 15 of observational skills and imagination, as an intern to develop an understanding Since the course was established recreating through observation, research of the community theatre industry and in 2005, graduates have worked as and improvisation. First year work begins to forge professional links. actors, project leaders and facilitators in with individual character study, develops communities all over the world. Several through study and adaptation and Third Year companies formed by graduates are now culminates in the Living History project. In this year, students help facilitate theatre well established, respected and funded in Development of voice, movement and projects in health, social services and the an increasingly competitive industry. 27

Ashton Owen Theatre companies including, Quantum Omnibus Theatre won an Off West End Theatre, Divergent, Stratford Circus, Award. Being a part of this show wouldn’t The BA Acting Omnibus Theatre, Little Angel Theatre, have been possible if I wasn’t given the and Community Theatre-Rites and ITV. This course opportunity to learn the skill of puppetry. Theatre course introduced me to skills I never knew I couldn’t have been happier with my three encourages you I had, one of which includes puppetry. years at East 15. The tutors will support to use theatre as I have now worked with two established you during your training and beyond! a tool to enrich puppetry theatre companies, Little Angel I highly recommend this course if you people’s lives. Theatre and Theatre Rites. Our show want to become a well-rounded artist. Since graduating Zeraffa Giraffa which was a co-production I have worked with a number of TV/ between Little Angel Theatre and 28 BA Acting and Contemporary Theatre Loughton Campus UCAS code: W441

Applicant information plays, devised shows, physical comedy The BA Acting and Contemporary Theatre and short films. Preparation for post- course strives to respond to emerging training career is given such as guidance industry demands with an immediate and in forming companies as well as casting dynamic methodology. It offers eclectic exercises. teaching inspired by Lecoq, Grotowski, Boal Opportunities are given to stage and their followers. The training is tailored students’ work in the public arena around multi-talented performers wishing including a showcase event for agents, to experiment, explore and participate fully producers and casting directors.

BA Acting and Contemporary Theatre and Contemporary Acting BA in the creative process. After East 15 A unique policy of specialisation allows some students to expand in such roles Alumni of the BA Acting and Contemporary as actor/musician, actor/writer, actor/ Theatre course are participating in the choreographer and so on. industry not only as actors in theatre, film and TV, but also by staging their own work First Year to audiences worldwide. Recent graduates During the first year students share their have gone on to work with major work with peers on the parallel BA Acting companies such as The National Theatre, About BA Acting and courses, following the traditional East 15 Complicite, Cirque Du Soleil, The Globe, Frantic Assembly, BBC and ITV. Contemporary Theatre training and focus on the development of methodical characterisation based on the A highlight of the graduate year is This course is renowned not only as an work of Stanislavski. the staging of the acclaimed Debut innovative and highly influential training Attention is given to knowledge of self Festival, dedicated to staging new work program but also as a creative hub that and the development of a neutral starting written, directed, devised and performed produces original, bold theatrical work. point as part of rehearsal process and by students. Many past works have Alumni are known in the industry as preparation. Classes are given regularly in transferred to professional production and versatile actors who can join a creative voice, singing, movement and research. some major awards received by graduates

East 15 East 2020 Prospectus process as innovative partners. These will continue throughout the course. including: ‘Spotlight Best Actor’, ‘Scotsman The BA Acting and Contemporary Fringe First’, ‘Eddies Comedy Award’, ‘Sky Theatre course offers a unique and Second Year Arts’, ‘Olivier Bursary’, ‘Soho Theatre Young highly challenging pathway dedicated During the second year the focus Writer of the Year’, ‘BFI Best Short Film’, to training multi-talented actors who shifts to familiarisation with form and ‘BBC Films Screenplay First’ and ‘Cape have the competencies necessary to style. Students experiment with visual Town Best Play’ and ‘Total Theatre Award create vital new work and to realise impression, contemporary text, Commedia for innovation’. their own artistic inclinations. This Dell’Arte, the theatrical clown, script Most recently, alumni and theatre www.east15.ac.uk approach is underpinned by a philosophy writing, music and parody. companies formed on this course have that sees the actor as an independent, They explore the relationship between been staging original work in major venues creative and entrepreneurial ‘artist’. film and theatre as well as theatre as a tool including: The Royal National Theatre, While developing their skills as actors, for social change, and the year ends with a The Royal Shakespeare Company, BAC, students experiment with European site-specific production of a classical text. Birmingham Rep, Manchester Royal physical theatre, devising, creative Exchange, National Theatre of Wales, writing, composition and cross-media art. Third Year Soho Theatre and West Yorkshire The training relates in methodology to The final year focuses primarily on staging Playhouse. Work created in this course has contemporary international companies new work. Led by visiting practitioners also been staged Australia, Belgium, Cyprus such as Complicite, the Schaubühne and from the industry, students develop ideas Denmark, Iceland, Ireland, Mexico, Poland, the Wooster Group. and produce their own work including new South Africa and the USA. 29

Beatrice I am currently working on the set of my in venues in London and elsewhere. Grannò first Italian Feature Film where I’m playing While my filming career is flourishing I the lead. always maintaining strong connection You will develop As a pianist, this course gave me the with my “Superglue Assembly” roots, individuality as a opportunity to expand my musical skills and soon embarking on a new show. performer and as encouraged me to develop my own original This course taught me that being an an independent sound which then led to signing up with actor doesn’t always mean working for artist while a music label. immediate gain and instant recognition, but making artistic Throughout my training I had the mainly constructing a unique path that will partnerships for opportunity to meet and work with become consistent over time. The course life. This course’s fellow students who shared my artistic is now imitated by many but no other unique work method will provide a ambitions. We constructed the “Superglue course can offer the level of experience, clear map to your artistic identity. Assembly Line Theatre Company” and after enthusiasm and tenacity this team will put After graduation I was invited to Italy graduation took our Debut production in to the development of your original work. to play the lead role "Luce" in the TV “Juice Straws Are Bleak” to the Edinburgh Most importantly, no other place can offer series "Il Capitano Maria" and then in the Fringe Festival. It followed with numerous you the convergence of such a collection of Disney Channel sit-com “School Hacks”. invitations and commissions to perform multi-talented fellow students. 30 BA Acting and Stage Combat Southend Campus UCAS Code: W412

About BA Acting and through, and wish to express character Stage Combat and story with, their whole body. This course offers professional and First Year vocational training in stage combat During the first two years, the course and performance. Students prepare to a professional performance environment. BA Acting and Stage Combat and Stage Acting BA is structured into six modules in which follow a career path in theatre, film and This is supported with classes in students acquire and practice skills. In television where they may choose to contextual studies that cover health and stage combat they study at least four become actors, action performers or safety, fights in the cinema and theatre weapon systems; in physical skills they train history. action directors, movement specialists in aikido, ballet and gymnastics. The acting or continue their training to become training in the first year follows the East 15 Third Year instructors in related fields. philosophy, which is rooted in Stanislavski BA Acting and Stage Combat draws In the third year, students harness and principles, character work and the creation develop their talent in further study of on the East 15 philosophy of training of a fictitious yet truthful world. Students and is focused on training actors stage combat in performance, looking experience methods of acting from the specifically at choreography. They perform through a variety of demanding physical traditional inside-outside methodology, as performance skills. This includes use of in a number of public productions, which well as exploring outside-in approaches. include a text-based show, and a devised multiple weapons systems, martial arts, This traditional performance training is acrobatics and tumbling. performance. They also perform scenes supplemented with voice, movement, for camera and are given the opportunity It aims to create a performer who Commedia dell’Arte and devising. Classes to create their own work through the is emotionally connected, focused, are supported with modules in contextual graduation project. Graduating students disciplined and can use his/her voice studies, which sets the training in a wider are prepared for entry into the professional and body as a tool of expression. It will context. arena with sessions in audition technique, give students professional skills to work personal management skills, and study into creatively and safely. As specialists in their Second Year the process of production preparation. field, students will study in an historical The second year builds on the skills As part of the preparation for the as well as contemporary context, learning acquired in Year One as well as performance industry, students are guided

East 15 East 2020 Prospectus research skills required to develop their introducing new strands to the training. through research and the planning of a work within the industry. In stage combat they explore further, theoretical production. Students are given advanced weapons systems. Film is Applicant information assistance in marketing themselves. introduced and students continue to work BA Acting and Stage Combat has no towards higher belts in Aikido. After East 15 comparable training course, either In their physical skills they continue Over the years, a number of East 15 in the UK or in the rest of the world. with gymnastics, and are introduced to graduates have gone on to become leading Applicants must be able to face the the principles of acrobatics, tumbling, actors, fight directors and specialist stunt www.east15.ac.uk rigours of the course, which typically and social dance. In acting, they explore performers. This work extends from include gymnastics, martial arts and different methods of rehearsal and further performing and choreographing fights on strenuous physical effort. It may suit exploration into the scenic unit. Skills film, television, in the theatre, opera and those who already experience of such as voice, singing, and movement for ballet, as well as motion capture and green martial arts, gymnastics or similar actors continue to be developed. Through screen performance for the film and games physically demanding pursuits and have performance projects in Shakespeare, industries. This course intends to draw upon the potential to use these skills in a animal/mask and devised work the core this expertise and put stage combat and creative context as an actor/performer. elements of their training are integrated related specialist performance skills into a Additionally, East 15 looks for performers and refined. In the final term, students coherent context and improve practice in with a physical background who learn have the opportunity to apply their skills in this area. 31

Annabel Brook element, which meant I could still use course offers over the three years, I have my physical skills that I loved so much. I been able to transfer all my newly learnt I actually started could not have made a better choice than skills into many aspects of the industry, my training for to join the East 15 combat family. All the using both the acting and fight training, the industry in tutors on the course brought warmth sometimes combined and sometimes musical theatre, but and professionalism to our classes which separately, depending on the job at I didn’t feel there was enough focus created an open and creative environment. hand. I’ve gone on to work on theatre on the acting and The class sizes were perfect to get a productions, acting for tv and film, as well decided to look good balance of individual learning as as being a member of some incredible for other places well as being able to work as a company stunt teams for tv and film, including Game to train and gain these skills. ensemble. On the combat course you of Thrones, Disney, BBC and ITV. If I could When I came across the BA Acting get to work very closely with your class honesty tell you how fantastic this course and Stage Combat course at East 15, mates, from partner and group fight work is for anyone entering the industry as an it was exactly what I was looking for. (my favourite was sword and shield!) to actor or fight performer, both, or anything It had the professional acting training group singing lessons, and devised theatre. between, I think I’d need several pages to I was after, as well having the combat Because of the huge variety of training this cover everything! 32 BA Physical Theatre Southend Campus UCAS code: W494

About BA Physical Theatre voice, movement and singing classes BA Physical Theatre Physical BA East 15’s BA Physical Theatre combines you will be studying acting, improvisation, the best of traditional British neutral mask, expressive mask, mime, drama school training with exciting, Poor Theatre, bouffon, acrobatics, modern European acting and physical devising, storytelling and contextual performance methodologies. studies. Many of the modules culminate in a classroom based performance; What is physical theatre? these include Contemporary Scenework, Physical Theatre is the name given Poor Theatre, Narrative and Story Theatre, to a wide range of performance work Mime and Expressive Mask. A major that doesn’t fit the traditional idea of strand through both first and second year theatre. It is the increasingly popular is Theatre Café, where students present and mainstream style of work that their own work to their peers. includes the physical, visual, devised, Second Year ensemble, circus, mask and puppetry theatre traditions. The second year extends and builds The BA Physical Theatre provides on the skills developed through first companies for employment talks and students with opportunities to acquire year. The core acting, voice, movement workshops – companies have included a wide skills base to be able to work and singing classes continue, with the Frantic Assembly, Complicite, Told by an in all areas of the Industry. Alongside addition of more technically demanding Idiot, Gecko, Tangled Feet and the Royal the core Acting, Voice, Singing and subjects, such as Aerial Circus, Object Shakespeare Company. Students also Movement classes, the students produce Theatre and Puppetry, Commedia Del present a Showcase to an invited industry major projects in Devised Storytelling, Arte, Melodrama and Biomechanics. audience of agents, casting directors and Aerial Circus, Mask, Mime, Puppetry and Again, students perform two major major theatre companies. Clowning, leading towards full scale public classroom projects per term. performances in third year. Practitioners After East 15 covered include: DeCroux, Gaulier, Third Year As well working as actors and performers East 15 East 2020 Prospectus Grotowski, Johnstone, Lecoq, Meyerhold, The third year of training is all about on stage, film, television and commercials Spolin and Stanislavski. professional preparation and performance. in the UK and across the world, the BA Students work with Industry professionals Physical Theatre graduates have worked Applicant information on a number of full productions in as puppeteers, street performers, aerial This course appeals to actors, creators our state of the art theatre, including specialists, clown performers and have set and performers interested in devising an Ensemble Devised Performance, up their own theatre companies creating physical and visual work, who are excited a scripted play and a self-created small and touring new work including the award

www.east15.ac.uk about creating new shows as well as group devised Performance. Students winning Outbound Project, Ditto and Moth re-imagining traditional pieces. We are also study Acting for Camera and shoot Physical Theatre. Graduates have gone looking for actors who are passionate a Showreel. on to work on shows such as War Horse about physical performance working in Since 2016 we have collaborated with and A Comedy About a Bank Robbery with parallel with the traditional intellectual the David Glass Ensemble to create shows companies such as the Royal Shakespeare approach to acting. that can be professionalised and taken Company, the National Theatre, Improbable, beyond East 15. Les Enfant Terribles, Tangled Feet, Tall First Year The core classes continue as well as Stories, Graeae, La Fura Dels Baus, The During first year students will develop the an introduction to acting for camera. Globe, Theatre Royal – Stratford, the basic skills that will be used throughout Through the year students meet Barbican, Contact Theatre and the National their career. Alongside the fundamental Industry professional from the major Theatre of Scotland. 33

Farrell Cox Production of Don Quixote, Mimbre’s ourselves further within our work. Farrell Cox is an The Exploded Circus and Les Enfant I'm so grateful for Theatre Café, actor, physical Terrible’s Olivier Award nominated a performance lab where, every fortnight, performer and Alice’s Adventures Underground. you create work from a stimulus from any aerialist. Since medium. This has allowed me to develop I left East15 with a multitude of skills graduating from the skills to devise in the audition or and methods in how to approach a East15 she has rehearsal room either with an ensemble range of work, but perhaps the most been worked or creating solo work. Voice has been valuable skill has been how to market constantly extremely important so I haven't been and present myself as a multi-skilled across an array defined as just a physical performer and performer within the industry. of productions allowed me to branch out into many areas. All the teachers were, and are, so using many disciplines including UK I can always refer back to my training and supportive; they allowed us to explore, tours, International events, commercials. still learn from it. I owe a big thank you to discover and question our work. Giving Most recently in RSC's West End all at East15. us the freedom to push boundaries and 34 BA World Performance Southend Campus UCAS code: W495

About BA World Performance broad base of knowledge of different This is a unique course designed for traditions, approaches and issues in world BA World Performance World BA creative students who wish to combine performance, while at the same time practical performance skills with developing and applying a significant advanced understanding of global level of performance skill. There is performance approaches. It extends the an opportunity to work intensively western-centred teaching and learning with a visiting practitioner(s), resident processes at East 15 into a diverse and in Southend, in a non-Western or more global context. intercultural performance form. This BA World Performance offers a hybrid work culminates in a major performance. practice-based and theoretical study that During this year students also increase explores historical, theoretical and skill- their competence and confidence as centred approaches to performance forms independent researchers, conducting across the world. It will deal with selected independent study and presenting the aspects of performance forms, traditions and styles from Europe, Asia, Africa and results orally and in written form. North and South America. Third Year The course looks at theatre, dance- In the third year, students continue drama, masks, music and dance within different cultural environments, their study of context and analysis concurrently developing a broad range of through research projects, while creative skills in media, writing, performing skills work continues and is focussed and directing. It owns, in addition to other First Year on a series of major independent world instruments, a complete Balinese group performance projects, in which The first year offers a foundation of skills gamelan. students have increasing autonomy for study and performance, as well as Students are involved in devising, the key academic tasks of assimilating and freedom to pursue their own East 15 East 2020 Prospectus researching, creating and performing and recording information. There is aesthetic, intellectual and professional projects that reflect the influences a study of the role of music in world priorities. The emphasis is on of styles of performance worldwide. performance, allowing students to engage collaborative working and evolving Work develops into practical projects from the outset with a range of cultural a professional practice, supported allowing students to explore creatively influences and to experiment with their by teaching in organisational and in a performance environment, drawing own performance interests and abilities, entrepreneurial skills and by substantial on the styles and forms of performance and to broaden their knowledge of independent research tasks.

www.east15.ac.uk introduced during the three years. different cultural contexts of performance. Students gain a foundation in Western After East 15 Applicant information performance practices as a strong point of Graduating students will be equipped as BA World Performance is aimed at relation to the more intensive multicultural performers and could also be producers, students who have an interest in performance training they experience in writers or researchers because they performance but want to go beyond the second year. the definition of “professional actor” will have add-on skills that “traditional in the traditional sense. Typically, it will Second Year actors” do not possess. They will also interest students who are drawn towards In the second year, work is centred have knowledge of different cultures that complimentary performance art tradition on a set of case studies which allow will prepare them for working anywhere in a world context. students to gain and demonstrate a in the world. 35

Mikaela Western-world acting methodologies these skills to my own work. With so Ruddell and alternative world art forms. many devising opportunities, the World In studying numerous forms of Performance course naturally encourages BA World performance, I’ve found that there have you to be not just an actor, but also a Performance is been times where I have immediately theatre maker who can blend styles and a course that is clicked with a certain style and other use their body as well as their mind. ahead of its time, times, not so much. However, I have learnt That’s the ‘Worldie’ spirit. focusing on the a lesson from every single one. Now, fusion between in my third and final year, I am applying 36 BA Stage and Production Management Loughton Campus UCAS code: W453

About BA Stage and students are exposed to the latest creative Second Year Production Management and technical developments in one of the In the second year, students begin to world’s greatest theatre capitals. BA Stage and Production Management take on more responsibility for the is a full-time vocational course that Applicant information productions, developing their managerial prepares students to become versatile and organisational skills and developing BA Stage and Production Management further their stage and production professionals in a wide range of offers students multiple opportunities for production roles in theatre and related management skills. Students become creative and practical problem solving. fully responsible for production budgets industries. The course develops the Students come to this course at East 15 individual’s qualities and transferable and the collaboration with professional with a range of backgrounds, interests directors and designers. BA Stage and Production Management and Production Stage BA skills of communication, presentation and skills including performance, technical and analysis necessary for employment. theatre, art and design: these mirror the Third Year The course has a strong emphasis many and varied roles that make up a on learning through practice. Students In the third year, students will be working production team. Some understanding become part of a creative production at professional level and taking full and experience of a performance team within the first six weeks of starting responsibility for the organisational and environment is desirable, but not essential. the course. financial aspects of all public productions in a number of different venues. Students The course is based in a specially First Year equipped building, containing workshops, also undertake a professional industry- During the first year, students acquire an IT suite and seminar rooms. East based work placement. a range of established core stage 15’s close proximity to London is one of management and related skills whilst After East 15 the great advantages of this course as working on a number of public Employment prospects for graduates are productions each term. These will include excellent. In addition to the widespread an understanding of: Budget Management, opportunities offered in the stage, film Construction, Costume, Design, Event and television industry, suitably qualified Management, Health and Safety, Lighting, staff are in huge demand across an

East 15 East 2020 Prospectus Prop making, Sound, Specialist Software events sector worth over £39 billion and Stagecraft. to the national economy and which Students will work on productions in embraces the Corporate, Cultural, these areas to gain a firm professional Exhibition, Festival, Music, Outdoor and grounding for their future stage Sports markets. Students often gain management careers. Students also employment through successful work undertake a design project to support placements. Recent graduate employment their work with professional directors and has included: BBC TV’s Holby City, The www.east15.ac.uk designers. Students will take on full stage Entertainment Business Management management roles in public productions Company, Royal Shakespeare Company, throughout their first year. Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, Stage Electrics and Unusual Rigging (Dubai). BA Stage and 37 Production Management Loughton Campus UCAS code: W453

Jack Popay your skills, and not just stage management skills but we also cover lighting, sound, I have really costume and construction in our show enjoyed my time roles which makes us much more rounded at East 15 on this and employable in the industry. One of course, I originally the best things is that we are constantly chose it because working with different freelancers from it is such a the industry so there’s always learning practical and from different perspectives. I would hands on course. recommend this course to anyone who I’ve had the opportunity to work on is practical, hands on and ready to learn, over 10 shows a year so there are always it’s intense but all the hard work definitely new opportunities to learn and improve pays off in the end. 38 BA Creative Producing (Theatre and Short Film) Southend Campus UCAS code: W900

of production roles in theatre endeavour into a feasible, marketable and related industries. The product; they will also work behind the course develops the individual’s camera to make short videos (that can qualities and transferable skills exist on their own as a narrative or of communication, presentation support larger work as marketing and analysis necessary for material). These largely practical modules employment or, indeed, to are complimented by two further modules become employers themselves that develop requisite research skills and through their own creative provide a historical and cultural context endeavours. to theatre making. The course is based at our Southend Campus, affording Second Year the opportunity to not only be Throughout this year students develop About BA Creative Producing working alongside students their new skills by focusing on more (Theatre and Short Film) in training across a wide range of acting BA Creative Producing (Theatre and Short Film) (Theatre Producing Creative BA specific tasks. Students will also engage BA Creative Producing (Theatre disciplines but to also have direct access in writing for film and theatre and and Short Film) is a full-time course to the state-of-the-art Clifftown Theatre. develop their understanding of location that has been designed to provide Applicant information management, fundraising, preparing grant a vocationally-centred programme proposals, touring a production, editing BA Creative Producing (Theatre and in producing theatre and film that for a trailer and filming live events. draws together broad disciplines Short Film) offers students multiple of the theatre (such as, writing for opportunities for creative and practical Third Year problem solving while also developing performance, lighting and sound, The Third year has one core unit, their business and entrepreneurial skills. directing, dramaturgy, prop and digital a dissertation project, in which the Applicants to this course at East 15 are set design and creation) with business- students bring together all their ideas likely to have a broad range of interests focused aspects of the creative by planning a project that they could and skills including directing, filmmaking, East 15 East 2020 Prospectus arts and the associated industries feasibly achieve in the future. Alongside (including marketing, web-design and scriptwriting, performance, production this, there will be a number of options arts management). The programme arts management, arts funding, budget that permit them to practically engage is aimed at entrepreneurial artists and account management, business and with their chosen pathway. Through these with an interest in creating, producing, marketing. project-based exercises, students will be administrating and promoting theatre Some understanding and experience able to come together to work in groups, and short films. of a performance environment is With a strong emphasis on learning desirable, but not essential. or to work individually. www.east15.ac.uk through both practice and theory, After East 15 students work individually and as part of First Year creative teams from the first year onwards In the first year there are modules that The UK's creative industries are now and begin working with actors, directors build the foundations of knowledge and worth over £84 billion to the UK economy. and designers, to develop, manage and skills that students will need to progress While there has never been a shortage of promote projects for public performance. to more creative modules in years 2 creative talent to originate work across Building on East 15’s already and 3. In these units they will learn how the digital, live event, music, publishing proven track record for helping create to create both objects and scripts for screen and stage sectors, all of this talent International award-winning companies, theatre productions; develop the basic needs to be managed and employment the course prepares students to become skills for producing and develop their prospects for well-trained graduates versatile professionals in a wide range understanding of how to turn an artistic in this field are excellent. BA Creative Producing 39 (Theatre and Short Film) Southend Campus UCAS code: W900 40 Certificate of Higher Education in Theatre Arts Loughton and Southend Campus UCAS code: W410

About Certificate of Higher Education in Theatre Arts This course provides a foundation in acting and can prepare students for further study, either at East 15 or other acclaimed acting schools. The intention is to help create actors who will have an intellectual as well as a vocational life in the theatre. It will provide a sound foundation in theatre; introducing students to concepts and mechanics behind each. The Certificate of Higher Education in Theatre Arts aims to demonstrate to Certificate of Higher Education in Theatre Arts in Theatre Education of Higher Certificate students the relationship between theatre and other art forms, in addition to the cultural context which gives each era its distinctive identity. It is a highly-focused exploration of acting techniques. This includes (on a practical level) movement, music, improvisational skills and acting. Overall, it is an intensively practical scheme. Applicant information The Certificate of Higher Education in Theatre Arts provides a broad cultural and

East 15 East 2020 Prospectus modules encourage students to explore a small invited audience of staff and practical education. It prepares students imaginatively through various means of students. for entry to full-time training in theatre in communication and learn about the roots one form or another, either at East 15 or of theatre. Students also begin to study Third Term elsewhere. It gives students confidence, themselves in the same way as they will An acting module in this final term brings motivation and an understanding of the learn to study a character, deepening together all the work over the last year. art of theatre. During the first two terms their understanding of what it means The course then culminates in two at the Southend Campus students are to be human. The term culminates in an showings in campus theatre spaces.

www.east15.ac.uk also introduced to the acting courses assessed studio-based show to a small which specialise in Stage Combat, invited audience of staff and students. After East 15 Physical Theatre, Community Theatre During the year, students may audition and World Performance. Second Term for places on one of the acting courses First Term Within acting modules in the second term, at East 15. Many students are also heightened, poetic and classical texts accepted at other drama schools or at Throughout the three terms, students and characters will be studied. Students university drama departments. Students undertake a number of compulsory begin to establish approaches to textual will be helped to choose and prepare modules. These cover audition analysis and are introduced to the use of scenes for audition purposes. technique, movement, voice and singing. improvisation. Again the term culminates During the first term, additional acting in an assessed studio-based show to 41

Joshua Church of Higher Education is a wonderfully a willingness to work, and being prepared thrilling and advantageous form to take constructive feedback is crucial The need to of opening those curtains. for the training. With that said, it’s also recognise what The course offers a wealth of endearing imperative to remember that you will the industry experiences, all driving towards enhancing work as a company, meaning there is no want from you and applying your ability to theatrical room for inflated egos. Demonstrating is an imperative forms with a professional attitude. You your talent begins with giving yourself, starting point, will even have an informed glimpse of not showcasing yourself. but none more so East 15’s barrage of creative degrees, East 15’s foundation year ensured than beginning each with inspired approaches to theatre, that my ‘foot in the door’ of the acting to understand the peculiarity of to discover your desired creative path. profession was finely polished, but not human behaviour. East 15’s Certificate Entering sessions with an open mind, too brazen. 42 Applying to East 15 as an undergraduate

All undergraduate applicants to BA Acting and Community Theatre must BA Creative Producing (Theatre and East 15 must demonstrate their be successful at audition, and achieve Short Film) must be successful at suitability for entry. CDD at A-level or the equivalent in interview, and achieve BBC at A-level, There is no upper age limit for UCAS tariff points, to include 2 full or the equivalent in UCAS tariff points, applications, although applicants who A-levels. In addition all applicants require to include 2 full A-levels. In addition all applicants require GCSE English at grade do not hold academic qualifications GCSE English at grade C or above C or above (or equivalent). equivalent to the entry requirements (or equivalent). will need to provide evidence of their BA Acting and Contemporary The Certificate in Higher Education suitability to undertake undergraduate Theatre must be successful at audition, (CertHE) must be successful at audition, study (for example, completion of and achieve CDD at A-level or the and achieve A-level grade E or equivalent qualification. In addition all applicants

Applying to East 15 as an undergraduate 15 East Applying to an Access course, Open University equivalent in UCAS tariff points, to include require GCSE English at grade C or above qualification or relevant work-based 2 full A-levels. In addition all applicants (or equivalent). experience). It is a requirement that require GCSE English at grade C or above all students on the BA Acting and (or equivalent). English language Community Theatre course are required BA Acting and Stage Combat must be Applicants with English as a second or to undertake an enhanced DBS check successful at physical workshop audition, other language may be asked to provide because they will come into contact and achieve CDD at A-level or the evidence of their ability to understand with children and/or vulnerable adults equivalent in UCAS tariff points, to include and express themselves in English for through a work placement undertaken as 2 full A-levels. In addition all applicants academic purposes. This is important part of their course. DBS checks must be require GCSE English at grade C or above to ensure that students derive full benefit completed prior to commencement of (or equivalent). from their studies and meet the Home the relevant work placement or activity. BA Physical Theatre must be successful Office Tier 4 visa requirements. Details Students are required to declare a criminal at physical workshop audition, and achieve of any additional requirements will be record at the time of applying for the CDD at A-level or the equivalent in made clear to successful applicants within course and/or prior to completing a DBS UCAS tariff points, to include 2 full their offer. check application. A student with a DBS A-levels. In addition all applicants require Undergraduate application East 15 East 2020 Prospectus disclosure certificate containing details of GCSE English at grade C or above a criminal record will be referred to the (or equivalent). All students who wish to be considered University’s DBS Review Panel who will BA World Performance must be for a place on an undergraduate determine whether or not the student can successful at audition, and achieve BBC programme at East 15 will need to apply be admitted to the course or permitted to at A-level, or the equivalent in UCAS tariff through both the East 15 direct application continue on the course. points, to include 2 full A-levels. In addition system and the online APPLY system organised by UCAS (the Universities Undergraduate entry requirements all applicants require GCSE English at grade C or above (or equivalent) and Colleges Admissions Service). www.east15.ac.uk BA Acting and BA Acting (International) Students are able to apply for more BA Stage and Production Management must be successful at audition and than one course, if interested. Full details must be successful at interview achieve CDD at A-level or the equivalent of the process can be obtained from: and technical aptitude workshop, in UCAS tariff points, to include 2 full www.ucas.com and achieve CDD at A-level or the A-levels. In addition all applicants require Applicants who do not apply through equivalent in UCAS tariff points, to include UCAS will not be eligible for UK GCSE English at grade C or above 2 full A-levels. In addition all applicants government funding, tuition fee support (or equivalent) require GCSE English at grade C or or university bursaries. above (or equivalent). Please note that applicants who are engaged in full-time education when applying to East 15 will need to obtain 43

a reference from their current school, relevant interests, time management and interviewed, not auditioned, and therefore college or university. Applicants who are suitability for the course. do not have to pay an audition fee. no longer in full-time education should try Applicants are required to pay a non- For further, detailed information about and obtain a reference from their previous refundable audition fee of £55. Details our admissions process and links to our educational establishment. If this is from of the audition process and the 'terms online application system and UCAS, more than three years ago a reference & conditions' for the audition fee are please visit: www.east15.ac.uk/how-to- from a current employer would be available from our website. apply appropriate. Referees should be able to Students applying for BA Stage and comment on an applicant’s attitude to Production Management and BA Creative work and/or study, reliability, enthusiasm, Producing (Theatre and Short Film) will be 44 Undergraduate auditions

Auditions are required for all students BA Acting (be it a piece of writing, music or visual undertaking degree or certificate art). Applicants may also take part in a schemes that involve acting. BA Acting(International) group workshop.

Undergraduate auditions Undergraduate Auditions and interviews generally BA Acting and Community Theatre BA Acting and Stage Combat take place at the campus where the Certificate of Higher Education programme is based, either the Loughton BA Physical Theatre Campus or the Southend Campus. The in Theatre Arts (CertHE) Applicants may be asked to participate in auditions run from December through Please prepare a third speech, lasting no a physical workshop in which their fitness to June. more than two minutes, that contrasts and agility will be assessed. The audition day consists of a general well with the contemporary (post 1950) address, followed by a warm up and the speech. Applicants may also take part in BA World Performance presentation of audition speeches. The a group workshop. Applicants will participate in a workshop audition groups will generally receive and discussion group. feedback and suggestions during the BA Acting and Contemporary Theatre audition. Each course recalls some BA Stage and Production students for a specific workshop during Please prepare a third piece that is Management the second half of the day (see below). preferably something you have created The East 15 audition process is very Applicants for BA Stage and Production thorough and has been commended for Management must attend an interview the opportunity it provides for applicants and technical aptitude workshop with to demonstrate their full potential. The members of staff involved in technical audition lasts from four to six hours, theatre tuition at East 15. They will be including opportunities to ask questions asked about their interests in theatre, and engage with staff and current relevant experience and reasons for students. applying. Candidates for all acting courses must Students should bring with them a prepare two contrasting speeches portfolio of their work, demonstrating their experience in technical theatre and East 15 East 2020 Prospectus • One speech from a Shakespearean or Jacobean play, lasting no more than one will have to prepare a task which will be and a half minutes discussed. • One speech from a contemporary BA Creative Producing (post 1970) play lasting no more than two minutes (Theatre and Short Film) International applicants may submit Applicants for BA Creative Producing audition material via the web if they cannot (Theatre and Short Film) must attend an

www.east15.ac.uk attend an audition in the UK. Applicants interview and will be asked about their wishing to submit digital/online audition interests in creating stage, screen and material will have the opportunity to do live event productions, their relevant so via our direct online application form. experience and reasons for applying. East 15 also auditions internationally Students are invited to bring with them each year. Dates, venues and availability can a portfolio of their work, demonstrating be found on our website: their experience thus far. www.east15.ac.uk/how-to-apply/ international-auditions. Please also note the additional audition requirements for each course. 45 46 www.east15.ac.uk Postgraduate study at East 15 47 Postgraduate study at East 15 East study at Postgraduate East 15 East 2020 Prospectus East 15 currently offers the following courses for postgraduate students:

Loughton Campus

• MA Acting

• MA/MFA Acting (International) www.east15.ac.uk

• MA/MFA Theatre Directing 48 MA Acting Loughton Campus MA Acting

About MA Acting of character and the realisation of text. Third Term MA Acting is a challenging course that Acting classes promote the development The first part of term 3 focuses on acting gives students a personal methodology of intuitive, creative responses which for recorded media. The acting classes based upon East 15’s unique practices. are then framed by the introduction of address the skills of acting for the camera On one level it is a thoroughly techniques to build character and play and provide material for the actor’s show practical, highly intensive, vocational actions. Showings of short naturalistic reel. The radio drama project teaches course. On another level, it is a thought- scenes give opportunity to integrate and radio skills and microphone technique. provoking, life-changing reflection on the apply technical voice and movement work At the same time, students begin work function and art of the actor – exploring in the context of an acting exercise. on their MA Projects. The MA Projects techniques from some of Europe’s Second Term involve working in small groups on self- most influential practitioners as well as generated projects, in which participants innovative professional practice from the In the second term, skills classes continue. are given independence and autonomy as UK and internationally. The second term acting work begins with company members. These are performed an intensive Shakespeare module which in East 15’s Corbett Theatre or in other Applicant information develops and strengthens the integration venues as appropriate. MA Acting is a specialist course of one of technical skills with acting technique. The second half of term 3 sees a academic year with additional work on This is followed by the Research full production of an ensemble text- marketing students to the industry in a Performance Project in which students based play. Showcase. Participants will need discipline engage with specific time in history and and motivation to work at an advanced experience East 15’s distinctive Living Showcase level. Beyond these, the requirements are History Project. In September students return for a abundant energy, insatiable curiosity and This signature project is a long-form, short intensive rehearsal preparation a robust sense of humour. non-performative improvisation in which before the Industry Showcase, held in a Some students may already possess the actor can, through rigorous ‘actor- Central London venue for agents, casting a university degree (not necessarily in centric’ research and a residential period directors, film, television and theatre a related discipline) whilst others will away from the campus environment, directors and other industry professionals. have established themselves in other experience and identify with the practical East 15 East 2020 Prospectus career paths and now seek to change the and visceral realities, as well as the After East 15 psychological and emotional attributes, of direction of their lives towards that of a On completion of the MA Acting the character. professional actor. programme, participants are qualified Subsequent to this, participants This course also attracts professional as actors and recognised as graduates devise a studio performance based actors who feel the need to reflect on of East 15 training. They are equipped on their intellectual, emotional and their practice, extend their range, refresh to pursue acting careers in theatre, film, sensory experience. They are also given their creativity, increase their professional TV and radio. Graduates also have an responsibilities in stage management contacts and gain academic recognition understanding of how to create their own www.east15.ac.uk and production to enhance their overall for their skills. work, including how to form companies understanding of what it is to make and gain funding, as well as a variety of theatre and to prepare them for the First Term methodologies for developing their own realities of the industry. In the first term, there are classes in artistic practice. Towards the end of term 2 participants movement, voice and singing, as well as Graduates are encouraged to remain begin to research and develop their contextual studies. The entire programme in touch with the school, to watch the MA project and begin to work in of teaching across the course coheres development of succeeding students recorded media. to lead the actor from an exploration of and to benefit from informal support personal self to that of the body in time and mentoring as they continue in and space and from there to the creation their careers. 49

Lucy Kitson It taught me a great deal in regard to what is it to ‘be enough’. I write this from the actor training process and living and a two month tour of The Gingerbread Man The MA Acting playing in this world. I’ve learnt about the in Dubai, a mere 6 weeks after finishing course has values of compassion and self-worth and all the training, all the lines learnt, all the fundamentally it was a game changer in providing me feedback received, all the knockbacks changed the way with a clearer understanding of this world heeded and all the places visited that were I see myself as we all co-exist in. It equipped me with a so, so invaluable. Thank you East 15. a human being vast range of tools that an actor requires and, therefore, to go full steam out into the industry. I as an actor. now feel stronger and more fully aware of 50 MA/MFA Acting (International) Loughton Campus

About MA/MFA Acting First Term (International) The first term includes the module Acting This is a unique professional course Technique based on the Stanislavsky that has been designed specifically for approach, which addresses the key overseas students. physical and vocal skills for acting, MA/MFA Acting (International) enabling students who are coming MA/MFA Acting (International) Acting MA/MFA offers the full spectrum of acting skills, from a variety of training traditions to including voice, movement and singing, identify and achieve the required level of and approaches to rehearsal and public preparation for the subsequent modules. performances. It draws on existing It also allows tutors to make a diagnostic practice but supplements this work with assessment of students’ skills and specific teaching and learning processes potential, and identify and implement any Realist texts from the last 50 years. especially suitable for overseas students. additional work in these core areas. The module extends and applies Realist The course focuses on advanced The module on Shakespeare enables acting techniques, and includes a study practical acting skills and also takes in the students to develop their understanding of theories and assumptions underlying study of Shakespeare and other classical of the meaning and mechanics of Realism. traditions. Shakespeare’s text. It will introduce A module on Contemporary UK The MA runs for I year on a full-time students to specific vocal techniques Texts introduces students to key basis and the MFA for 2 years. MA and for the performance of Renaissance contemporary texts from the UK theatre, MFA students take the same modules in text and allow them to consider how and to scripts from the twentieth- their first year. In their second year, MFA a range of archaic and contemporary century that continue to have a place students work within a repertory company performance settings influence the actor’s in and to influence contemporary UK format to present a range of fully-staged and director’s approaches to Shakespeare theatre. It allows students to extend productions in each of the three terms, in performance. In addition, students their vocal, physical, and analytical skills followed by a written dissertation or will study a range of analytical and in the creation of roles that reflect a practical project. experimental approaches to Shakespeare current cultural context and offers the

East 15 East 2020 Prospectus Applicant information to develop students’ clarity, accuracy, and opportunity to perform in an ensemble expressiveness in speaking Renaissance production of a contemporary UK text in MA/MFA Acting (International) offers text. The Shakespeare module normally a Studio setting. regular classes, during the year, for English includes a two-week residency at first-language and English second-language Shakespeare’s Globe, where they have Third Term students. The English first language an opportunity to perform one-hour The ensemble perform in theatre students (USA, Canada, Australia etc.) ensemble versions of a Shakespeare text productions directed by outside will concentrate on accent/dialect on the Globe stage. professional directors currently working in www.east15.ac.uk and Received Pronunciation (RP), while the second-language students will work Second Term the UK theatre industry to showcase them towards RP but with a greater focus on The second term includes the Character in a second central London Theatre venue. accent, rhythm, clarity, stress and diction. and Scene Study module which extends After East 15 All students will participate in public the work begun in Acting Technique. performances during their study. By the It uses a Realist approach to acting as Graduates will have a comprehensive, end of the course, graduates will be able its base, allowing students to pursue professional training that will enable them to work in accurate English dialect and be longer and more challenging acting to pursue professional careers in theatre able to perform sophisticated texts with explorations. Scene work is undertaken and related professions in an increasingly confidence. on scripts by, for example, Ibsen, global industry. Strindberg, Chekhov, Rattigan and other 51

Nicole Palomba let the character come through. I am a firm I knew that my creative bounds could only believer that the more you put in; the more be positively stretched by surrounding As a Los Angeles you get out of any experience. The faculty, myself with actors from varying based actress who combined with the curriculum, history, and perspectives. Being around artists who had been working legacy of East 15 and the MFA International represented the global community, I have in the industry in Program, was the perfect storm of a set the USA for some of tools and techniques that are tried and been both humbled and fuelled to bring time, I gravitated timeless. This goes hand-in-hand with a a new perspective to every project I am a towards East15 well-placed challenge of adult, industry part of moving forward. As an artist who because the value ready accountability. This challenged me to considers herself a storyteller equally as and priority placed on character and work along-side the character and the text strongly as I consider myself an actress, it story above agency and network, was to perform at a level I never knew I could, has been such a joy to find a community of something working in the industry in an environment in which I felt not only artists who regard acting as a medium for had left me extremely thirsty for. safe, but completely invigorated to explore the greater narrative. The training at East15 went above and and risk. beyond anything I could have imagined, I can also only reiterate how important If you are an artist looking to more giving me the tools to confidently and and life changing working with international deeply hone your craft, listening, and safely move my actor-self out of the way to voices has been to my creative process. humility, you will feel right at home. 52 MA/MFA Theatre Directing Loughton Campus

About MA/MFA Theatre Directing British Drama, Comedy, This is a unique and renowned course Musical Theatre and designed specifically for those who are Opera, Physical Theatre, already practising as or who wish to Brecht, Techniques MA/MFA Theatre Directing Theatre MA/MFA establish themselves as professional of Adaptation, theatre directors. Improvisation and MA/MFA Theatre Directing is open Devising Techniques, to emerging theatre directors from Contemporary Irish the UK and to students from around Drama, Rehearsal the world. Teaching is by a wide range Processes and of leading directors and professional Workshops, practitioners from the UK and overseas. Collaboration with The programme benefits from its close Designers, Attachment ties with the London theatre world, which (Assistant Director), provides training expertise of the highest The Artistic Director, calibre and the professional networks that Commedia dell’Arte and are vital to launching a career. Directing for Camera. East 15 also runs some modules Overseas modules overseas, most recently in Moscow, Thailand and Bali, involving specialist in Bali and Thailand practical study in an alternative cultural include: World Theatre environment. and Theatre of the Theatre Directing workshop with Mehmet Ergen The MA runs for one year on a full-time East. In Moscow, at basis and the MFA for 24 months. For the the GITIS Institute, MA, you take four modules during three modules include: Stanislavskian consecutive terms, followed by a three- Acting Methodology, Meyerhold and “The director training at month period of independent study, at the Biomechanics, Michael Chekhov. East 15 East 2020 Prospectus East 15 is open to the needs end of which you present your Director’s Production Workbook (or, alternatively, Applicant information of its students and yet eager your MA Dissertation). MA/MFA Theatre Directing is open to maintain rigour. Without For the MFA, running over 24 to applicants with a background in dictating a particular path months, you take eight modules during theatre directing or related fields and six consecutive terms, followed by is specifically tailored to those seeking of inquiry, it encourages independent study that results in a fully professional development in this area. the students to enquire www.east15.ac.uk resourced practical project at one of East Study is full time but some module 15’s spaces or in a London theatre (or, and to do so as deep and choices enable periods of time away to alternatively, an MFA Dissertation). as wide as they are able. It Each year you have the opportunity to pursue professional theatre work. encourages questioning, and choose four modules out of the seven or After East 15 eight different options that we offer every original, personal thinking, year. The menu of modules rotates on a Former students now work as regular basis but always covers a range professional freelance directors, run both of which are essential of directorial practice that is unrivalled in companies and venues as Artistic to being a good director.” its diversity and will include several of the Directors or teach directing in universities following: Shakespeare, Contemporary and conservatoires around the world. Dominic Dromgoole 53

Wendy Bollard there I met artists from all over the globe. applied all of them to my theatre practice. This meant that I was not only learning Since graduating from East 15 I have In researching from my instructors but also from my worked with the David Glass Ensemble, universities to fellow students. I now have a worldwide obtain my master’s commissioned and collaborated on a new network of theatre artists. While obtaining degree I had three musical, assisted at various companies, my masters I was fortunate to assist priorities. I wanted directed various productions, taught acting on four separate productions, an East to gain experience in NYC, Vancouver, Rome and in the New 15 devised piece, two productions at in devised work, Year I begin work on a new devised piece collaborate with RADA and Improbable Theatre’s touring that gives voice to missing and murdered international artists and work with production of “Opening Skinner’s Box”. a professional theatre company. These experiences, as well as my time women. East 15 gave me the confidence, East 15 delivered all three of these in Bali and in class sessions, taught me a skills and network to move forward in my requirements and more. During my time vast amount about directing and I have directing career. 54 Applying to East 15 as a postgraduate

All postgraduate applicants to East suitability to undertake postgraduate YouTube or alternative online platform), 15 must demonstrate their suitability study (for example, completion of plus a first degree of upper second class for entry. an Access course, Open University standard or equivalent or suitable previous Postgraduate applicants are assessed qualification or relevant work-based experience. on their experience (both academic experience). MA/MFA Theatre Directing requires and practical) and potential for success. All applicants for East 15’s postgraduate a successful written application, plus a It would be unlikely that someone under courses (apart from MA/MFA Theatre first degree of upper second class the age of 21 will have gained the requisite Directing) will be expected to undertake a standard or equivalent or suitable academic qualifications required for successful audition. previous life experience. A CV or Resume

Applying to East 15 as a postgraduate 15 East Applying to entry. There is no upper age limit for (recommended) and a portfolio of work applications, although applicants who Postgraduate entry requirements (optional) may be submitted as part of an do not hold academic qualifications MA Acting and MA/MFA Acting equivalent to the entry requirements (International) require a successful live online application. Candidates may also be will need to provide evidence of their audition or digital audition (via Skype, invited for interview but most applications will be decided on the basis of the written application. English language Applicants with English as a second or other language may be asked to provide evidence of their ability to understand and express themselves in English for academic purposes. This is important to ensure that students derive full benefit from their studies and meet the Home Office Tier 4 visa requirements. Details of any additional requirements will be East 15 East 2020 Prospectus made clear to successful applicants within their offer. Your postgraduate application All students must complete the East 15 online application form. Applicants to postgraduate Acting www.east15.ac.uk courses (excluding Theatre Directing) are required to pay a non-refundable audition fee of £55. Details of the audition process and the 'terms & conditions' for the audition fee are available from our website. Further details about our admissions process, how to apply and the online application form can be found at our website: www.east15.ac.uk/how-to-apply 55 56 Postgraduate auditions Postgraduate auditions Postgraduate East 15 East 2020 Prospectus

MA Acting and MA/MFA Acting their auditions across North America. Candidates for all acting courses must (International) Dates, venues and availability can be prepare two contrasting speeches: obtained from our website: Auditions are required for all students • One speech from a Shakespearean undertaking degrees that involve acting. www.east15.ac.uk/how-to-apply/ or Jacobean play, lasting not more Auditions generally take place at the international-auditions. than one and a half minutes Loughton Campus between December The audition day consists of a general • One speech from a contemporary www.east15.ac.uk and June. address, followed by a warm up and the (post 1970) play lasting no more International applicants may audition presentation of audition speeches. The than two minutes via an online link (eg. YouTube/Vimeo) if audition groups will generally receive MA/MFA Theatre Directing they can not attend an audition in the UK. feedback and suggestions during the Applicants can provide links to digital audition. Applicants will be assessed on the basis audition materials within their online The audition lasts from four to six of their written application, although application form. hours, including opportunities to ask they may be called for interview or East 15 also auditions each year at questions and engage with staff and given a telephone or Skype interview. a host of international locations. current students. As members of U/RTA we also attend 57 58 Money matters – Undergraduate Money matters Money

UK and EU students living expenses Taking out a loan can feel like a big during the course. financial commitment, so we want to There is more make sure you know exactly how it works. information on the The UK Government provides UK and EU University website students with a tuition fee loan, meaning about the current you do not need to pay tuition fees UK Home Office upfront or during your course. requirements at: If you are a UK student you can also www.essex.ac.uk/ take out a maintenance loan, which helps ug17/immigration cover living expenses while you are at university. You only start repaying your Previous study loan once your income reaches a certain If you have level, and if your income drops below this, previously you’ll stop making repayments – so you studied at a don’t need to worry about not keeping up. higher education If you are an EU student, we encourage institution, this may you to research financial support offered affect the amount in your home country. National grants of financial support or loans may be provided by your available to you. To government or local careers service. find out more about Our UK and EU tuition fees for the this, or if you have academic year 2019-2020 are yet any other questions, to be confirmed, but as a guide, our contact our Student undergraduate fees for 2018-2019 were Funding Team via £9,250 per year. e-mail at: funding@

East 15 East 2020 Prospectus International students essex.ac.uk Our fees for the academic year 2019- Cost of living 2020 are yet to be confirmed, but as Beyond the a guide, our fees for 2018-2019 were academic fees you £14.020 per year. will pay for your programme, the other Scholarships and bursaries If you would like advice on whether you main costs are living expenses. Where would be classified as an overseas student We offer financial packages to support you choose to live will play a big part in www.east15.ac.uk in relation to your tuition fees, contact students, including those from lower determining how much money you will our Undergraduate Admissions Office via income households. Additional support need while studying. e-mail at: [email protected] for UK students includes bursaries for An estimate of living costs for a typical The UK Council for International care leavers, students with refugee Student Affairs (UKCISA) can also give you undergraduate student can be found status, and students from lower income advice and information on fee statuses. at https://www1.essex.ac.uk/fees-and- households studying on a year abroad, or Visit their website for more information funding/money/cost-living/ doing an industrial or voluntary placement. at: www.ukcisa.org.uk The figures are intended as a guide and Use our online scholarship finder to As part of the visa application process, will vary depending on individual lifestyle search for funding opportunities at: you will be asked to produce evidence of and circumstances. https://www1.essex.ac.uk/fees-and- your ability to pay tuition fees and to cover funding/scholarship-finder/ 59 60 Money matters – Postgraduate Money matters Money

Fees may be entitled to a government-backed Alternative sources of funding Our UK and EU tuition fees for the loan. Course eligibility and residency To help you navigate the world of academic year 2019-2020 are yet to be criteria will apply. For more information alternative funding we’ve taken out a confirmed but, as a guide, our fees for visit: subscription to The Alternative Guide to 2018-2019 were between £12,650 and https://www1.essex.ac.uk/fees-and- Postgraduate Funding Online. This vast £13.755. For International students they funding/masters/loans/ database will give you information on were between £13,800 and £15,175. www.gov.uk/postgraduate-loan alternative funding sources, including: studentships, charitable trusts and grants, Payment of tuition fees Scholarships private corporate sponsorship, research Your fees can be paid in full at the start New postgraduate students who councils, learned societies and more. of the academic year, or in three equal have accepted a place at East 15 To access the guide you’ll need a password. Email us at pgadmit@essex. instalments in October, January and April. will automatically be sent details of ac.uk and we will send this on to you: If you are a non-EEA student requiring our scholarships and bursaries with their www.postgraduate-funding.com/gateway sponsorship for a Tier 4 visa application, application form. To find out more and you must pay your first instalment as a to check your eligibility please visit: non-refundable deposit in order to be https://www1.essex.ac.uk/fees-and- assigned your Confirmation of Acceptance funding/masters/scholarships/ for Studies (CAS), or show proof that you are being sponsored by a body recognised by our University. Student visa requirements As part of the visa application process, you’ll be asked to produce evidence of your ability to pay tuition fees and to cover living expenses. www.essex.ac.uk/pg17/visa East 15 East 2020 Prospectus Cost of living Beyond the academic fees you will pay for your programme, the other main costs are living expenses. Where you choose to live will play a big part in determining how much money you will need while studying.

www.east15.ac.uk An estimate of living costs for a typical postgraduate student can be found at https://www1.essex.ac.uk/fees-and- funding/money/cost-living/ The figures are intended as a guide and will vary depending on individual lifestyle and circumstances. PG loans If you’re a home or EU student and looking to study a Masters degree you 61 62 University of Essex

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East 15 Acting School became part of We rank second in the UK for student the University of Essex on 1 September satisfaction. THE and QS World Rankings 2000. Subsequently, students at East place us in the top 2% of world universities. 15 have also become University of Essex The University has more than 11,000 students and receive University of students at three campuses in Essex, and Essex degrees. partnerships with education institutions The University of Essex celebrated its across the region. We offer a broad 50th anniversary in 2014, and in those 50 spread of subjects across 18 academic

East 15 East 2020 Prospectus years has become one of the UK’s leading departments and schools, with particular academic institutions. Essex is ranked ninth peaks of excellence in the social sciences in the UK for the quality of its research, and humanities. and in the top 20 universities in the world The University’s original campus is that are less than 50 years old. Essex is an situated in an attractive 200-acre parkland internationally-oriented, research-intensive estate on the outskirts of Britain’s oldest university with a commitment to excellence recorded town, Colchester, whilst its in research and research-led teaching, newest campus is located in the heart www.east15.ac.uk to the personal development of all its of the county’s most famous seaside students, and to offering an outstanding town, Southend-on-Sea, on the south campus-based student experience. Essex coast. Both campuses are served Essex is the most internationally by excellent transport links, with rail, road diverse campus-based university in Britain, and air links close by and journey times with 40 per cent of students coming from to London being 70 and 50 minutes 135 different countries outside the UK. respectively. Further information

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