Financing your studies may seem daunting at first, but help is at hand. Bristol Old Vic Theatre School will provide all the support you need to take control of your finances.
For fees purposes, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School classifies students as UK or International. Your residency classification determines the amount you pay in tuition fees as well as the financial support available to help towards tuition fee costs and living expenses.
This programme aims to provide the vital support necessary for students to overcome the financial barriers they face to access and complete our training, allowing students to focus fully on their course without the burden of financial strain.
We currently provide scholarship support to 28% of students across our student cohorts. Applicants will be contacted about scholarships when they receive an offer to train at LAMDA, however some scholarships can be applied for externally.
All scholarship applicants must possess the means to fund their training costs at LAMDA before applying for scholarship support. This includes applying for applicable undergraduate or postgraduate loans in the UK, US or home countries.
There is always a greater need for scholarships than what we can currently provide, and we are working to increase the number of scholarships available to ensure that finance is not a barrier to students from under-represented groups who wish to access LAMDA’s training.
LAMDA’s scholarships usually range between £3,000 - £15,000 and are funded through grants from trusts and foundations, companies and individual donors and are reviewed on an annual basis.
We believe that talent and potential should be the only requirements for entry, and that a person’s circumstances should never prevent them from embarking on a successful career in theatre. Every year, Mountview awards a range of scholarships and bursaries to support students with the costs of study.
Scholarships are awarded on the basis of talent, potential and financial need and designed to ensure that cost is not a barrier to study. Mountview’s scholarships are generously provided by a variety of supporters including the Leverhulme Trust, The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation, Elaine Paige OBE, Crossroads Live Ltd, The Champniss Foundation, The Christina Smith Foundation, Jamie Lonsdale and many more.
The School is deeply committed to equality of opportunity and students are admitted solely on the basis of merit. In light of this, the School does its best to ensure that no student offered a place is prevented from enrolling on the grounds of financial hardship.
The School offers a wide range of scholarships to students regardless of domicile. These scholarships are supported by a variety of generous donors including City Livery companies, grant-making trusts and foundations, businesses and individuals.
A scholarship award may be made to cover either the full or partial costs of tuition fees, and may also include support for maintenance costs. Awards are made to individuals on the basis of their talent, potential and personal financial need. The School allocates in excess of £2million per annum to such eligible students.
RADA was founded on the principle that all students with talent can train regardless of their background and circumstances. Our Scholarship fund ensures that the most talented students can train here by reducing the economic barriers many students face when pursuing their training.
Tuition fees for UK (Home) undergraduates are currently £9,250 per year, and we estimate that students also incur maintenance costs of approximately £14,000 (over 10 months) to cover standard living expenses such as rent, food, travel and course materials.
The Wayne Sleep Foundation Awards are medium to large sized grants given to individuals who have obtained a place at a higher education Arts Institution, and are specifically to be put toward accommodation and living costs.
In previous years, the Foundation has supported students who have gained places at: Academy of Live and Recorded Arts, Central School of Speech and Drama, Dance for All, Elmhust School for Dance, Hammond School, Laine Theatre Arts, London Studio Centre, Northern Ballet School, Rambert School, Royal Academy of Music, Royal Ballet School, Royal College of Music.
The Foundation has also supported organisations and projects, including those organised by: Central School of Ballet, Circus Arts, British Ballet Organisation, Dance Forward Summer and Easter Schools, Dance Northern Ireland, Dance Teachers’ Benevolent Fund, English National Ballet School, Fertile Ground, Liverpool Theatre School, National Ballet of Cuba, One Dance UK, Peter Darrell Trust, Rambert School, Royal Academy of Dance, Urbana Academy, and Yorkshire Ballet Seminars.
Call out for writers based in East Midlands
The Alfred Fagon Award is offering a one-day writing workshop to ten new and emerging Black British playwrights based in the East Midlands. We encourage all playwrights no matter their experience, age (18+), or background to apply.
10 writers will be invited to attend a day’s workshop at Nottingham Playhouse on Saturday 15 November 2025.
This will be free to attend, and we’ll pay for your rail/bus travel to the venue.
What you will get out of the workshop:
Additional opportunities:
All eligible scripts will be entered in the 2026 Alfred Fagon Award.
What we’d like from you:
Interested but not based in the East Midlands?
Check out the writing workshop based in the South West
Check out the writing workshop based in West Yorkshire
Call out for writers based in West Yorkshire
The Alfred Fagon Award is offering a one-day writing workshop to ten new and emerging Black British playwrights based in West Yorkshire. We encourage all playwrights no matter their experience, age (18+), or background to apply.
10 writers will be invited to attend a day’s workshop at Leeds Playhouse on Saturday 8 November 2025.
This will be free to attend, and we’ll pay for your rail/bus travel to the venue.
What you will get from the workshop:
Additional opportunities:
All eligible scripts will be entered in the 2026 Alfred Fagon Award.
What we’d like from you:
Interested but not based in West Yorkshire?
Check out the writing workshop based in the East Midlands
Check out the writing workshop based in the South West
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