As an emerging actor we want to strengthen your essential skills, knowledge and audition techniques so you can improve your chances of successfully progressing to further study at one of the highly competitive drama schools/specialist Higher Education providers.
You undertake an intensive, highly practical and pragmatic 24-week course where preparation is key. You develop your individuality and authenticity as an actor, while generating a portfolio of contemporary, classical and musical material. You also put all you have learnt in to practice in a final performance project in one of our main production spaces. This course equips you with storytelling and stylistic skills, self-belief and industry knowledge to help you stand out from the crowd.
The Laine Theatre Arts Foundation Diploma in Dance and Musical Theatre is an intensive 28 week vocational training course. It is designed for students of 16+ years who may lack either the level of knowledge or experience required to become strong contenders for a place on their chosen performing arts diploma or degree course and/or the accompanying personal, psychological strengths. The focus is to build a sturdy base of technical skill in dance, singing and acting whilst developing a strong work ethic and allowing self-confidence to grow as a result of increased knowledge and understanding.
The Foundation Course is also the beginning of a longer journey – the exploration of a student’s own unique sense of individuality.
Throughout the course, students will study a full timetable of traditional and commercial jazz, classical ballet, contemporary, acting, singing technique and audition/interview preparation. Students are nurtured through the college application/audition process and are offered career advice in personalised 1-1 tutorial sessions throughout the course, guiding them towards the next stage in their development and/or training. Most of our past students would agree that the Foundation Course is intense, both mentally and physically, but that the resulting sense of achievement and progression is highly rewarding. They have often been noted for the professionalism of their approach when they move on to further training courses and we are very proud that a many ex-students describe their time on the Foundation Course as ‘the best year of my life so far’.
Validated by the University of Portsmouth
This innovative, one-year programme has been designed to enable committed performers to extend their understanding of musical theatre production. The course offers students and practitioners the opportunity to explore aspects of musical theatre not usually addressed in vocational training and provides access to further HE study and enhanced employment opportunity when considering career progression.
The course programme is flexible and adaptable and has been designed to accommodate professional working patterns. Following a two-day Induction at LTA’s Performing Arts Centre, students meet with tutors on one Sunday a month at a Campus Study Day (CSD) for a day of workshops, seminars, lectures and one-to-one tutorials. A comprehensive, online tutorial system ensures students receive full support and guidance from Personal tutors as they work on written research projects in the periods between CSDs.
Running from September to May each year, the course comprises three units: Research and Development in Musical Theatre Practice; Critical Analysis of Musical Theatre in Production and Production in Musical Theatre Practice.
All Diploma students work towards a vocational qualification in Musical Theatre or Dance.
The College aims to provide the broadest possible musical theatre and dance training, majoring on a student's individual talents and giving each student personal attention.
This enables them to graduate with professional confidence secure in the knowledge that they are prepared for whatever the industry demands of them.
The duration of our Diploma course is three years and the minimum age of entry is 16.
Certificate of Higher Education, Introduction to Acting, at Italia Conti will enable you to experience the rigours of vocational training and enable you to make informed choices about your future.
You will train in the professional and disciplined environment of a leading drama conservatoire and profit from the knowledge and experience of Italia Conti’s teaching faculty.
Individual sessions working on interview technique and monologue preparation will help to maximise your chances of success in future auditions. You will be encouraged to develop a self-reliance and independent working process on a programme that emphasises the importance of respect within the rehearsal room, generosity and a shared passion. Above all, Italia Conti aims to generate a secure and nurturing training environment that will allow you to be creatively fearless.
A series of organised theatre visits and excursions will develop your awareness and appreciation of current theatre practice. You will learn how to critically evaluate contemporary performance and to express your ideas with clarity and confidence, thereby improving your self-promotional skills.
Much of your work on the programme will be devoted to vocal and physical training, to the exploration of a range of techniques for creating and developing character and to working responsively within the space.
The modern actor is not a puppet who regurgitates words and movements for an audience, but a creative artist who uses their inner resources to create truthful fictions and constantly seeks new ways to communicate. Part of the programme will teach you to be original and individual in your work, to reinvent old techniques and to develop new ones.
Italia Conti's BA (Hons) Acting Programme does not seek to mould actors to any one method or system of Acting, rather, it makes available to its students a wide range of ideas and training methods, so that each student can construct a personal ‘tool box’ of methods of working.
The programme aims to produce versatile performers who can work in as wide a range of styles and media as possible.
The programme has clear theories about training and performance and upholds philosophies about the role of Theatre in society which permeates the teaching.
Level 6 Diploma in Professional Dance at Italia Conti aims to produce highly skilled, creative and thinking dance artists and provides students with a comprehensive training in all aspects of dance.
The course will give you the necessary technical, creative and performance experience and skills necessary to become a professional dancer. This is achieved through a rigorous curriculum, focused on studio-based practice and creative exploration, underpinned by key elements of contextual study.
The training programme offers core skills in a range of dance genres and skills, supplemented by supporting subjects that enable students to pursue their own interests.
Workshops and masterclasses throughout the course offer students the opportunity to work with a wide range of professionals who specialise in particular areas of dance.
Public performances and an Industry showcase consolidate everything that has been learnt in the classroom and gives students the confidence and experience to perform in front of an audience.
The BA (Hons) Acting programme is a leading actor training based in the heart of Manchester.
Led by a team of specialist and highly experienced directors, teachers and practitioners, the BA (Hons) Acting course at Manchester School of Theatre has an outstanding reputation for training actors with the skills necessary for a successful career in film, television, radio and stage.
We are looking for your imagination, empathy, curiosity, passion and wonder.
We are looking for expressive people who are energetic, dynamic and driven to tell stories.
We will nurture your ability, teach you your craft and encourage you on the path to creative excellence.
We encourage anyone with a passion for and commitment to acting to apply and we are dedicated to making our training as widely accessible as possible
You will work with a wide range of practitioners and a wealth of inspiring teachers and professional practitioners. You will train in all aspects of the craft including acting for stage, screen and radio.
Based in the Manchester School of Theatre, we have recently moved into our new building, specially built for us on Oxford Road. Our inspirational training venue includes:
A 180 seat fully equipped studio theatre, with dressing rooms and green room
Large movement and performance studios with sprung floors
8 additional rehearsal studios
TV and radio studios
Tutorial rooms
Computer labs
The Acting course enjoys very strong links with many of the region's key employers including BBC, RNCM, the Hallé Orchestra, Royal Exchange Theatre, HOME, Bolton Octagon, Oldham Coliseum, Hull Truck Theatre and The Lowry. We also have creative partnerships with a number of national and international organisations including: New National Theatre, Tokyo, the ETFI, Carnegie Mellon University,
This course is taught by tutors and visiting actors and directors with a wealth of experience and expertise.
A YEAR OF FOCUSED, FULL-TIME, APPLIED DRAMA TRAINING
Open to applicants between 18-24, our Peer Actor Development Programme (PAD) could help you continue learning whilst using your talent to make a difference in the lives of other young people. During your year at Peer you will have the opportunity to work with industry professionals, to tour in theatre productions and lead outreach projects - as well as getting support with Drama School applications and auditions. This is the perfect launch PAD for your future and career.
AND THE BEST PART? IT’S COMPLETELY FREE.
The PAD Programme has been designed with young people’s potential, talents, and ambition in mind. We want to equip them for whatever their next steps in life might be and help launch their careers.
Most of our young actors go on to drama school or higher education, and many former alumni have established successful careers in the industry.
The course is accredited using the RSL Level 4 Creative Practitioner Diploma, a qualification specifically designed for aspiring industry professionals. It offers specialist career-focused training for artists, producers and entrepreneurs across the creative industries. At Peer, our course runs for FREE, full time from Monday to Friday.
All the young artists who train with Peer Productions are individuals, with their own unique strengths, areas for development and ambitions. As a result, no two learners will have the same path through the qualification and learning opportunities offered.
Experience one of the best and newly re-imagined Performing Arts Foundation courses in the UK, with world-class training and incredible opportunities.
Introducing our newly designed Performing Arts Foundation Diploma Course.
Whether it’s acting, making, writing, film, music theatre, movement theatre, directing or producing you are interested in – this course can be your springboard into the performing arts. The course offers you the opportunity to experience first-hand the industry leading actor training at LAMDA, as well as expand your creative horizon in helping you identify who you want to be as an artist. It can act both as preparation for a degree or as a standalone course, providing the tools and connections to step into the creative industries.
Ever-evolving and responding to the current demands of a changing industry, this course focuses on YOU and what you want your creative identity to be. It helps you identify how you want to express yourself as an artist and it will empower you to trust your unique path, training the actors and artists of the future! You will connect with exciting theatre makers and directors from across the UK and London, giving you an opportunity to make connections beyond LAMDA, as well as learn from LAMDA practitioners and alumni who are making their own work and will share their experiences as artists with you
Every Module has been conceived in collaboration with associated artists, LAMDA practitioners and LAMDA alumni. Our approach to the training is to create equitable, non hierarchical and empowering rehearsal rooms in which it is safe to challenge each other, challenge pre-conceived ideas of what the responsibility of actors as artists and storytellers might be, whilst always championing accountability, professionalism and discipline within the ensemble.
Each module within the course will have its own structure, depending on the specialism you’ll be exploring. Throughout the intensive six months, you will receive core skills training in voice, acting, movement and music until you begin your final rehearsal to performance module.
