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BA (Hons)

Acting

Duration
3 Years
Start
September 2024
UCAS Code
W410
Delivery
Campus Taught

This unique actor training programme taught by industry professionals provides you with the skills and knowledge to work as an actor on screen stage and in digital media.

Why study with us

  • 6th
    in the UK for overall positivity
    National Student Survey (Drama) (compared with unis in the Guardian University Guide)
    2023
  • Top
    10
    in the UK for academic support
    National Student Survey (Drama) (compared with unis in the Guardian University Guide)
    2023
  • This is production-based course, with the majority of your work directed towards performance, including to the public.
  • Research informed teaching including Meyerhold’s Biomechanics.
  • Our graduates include Mandip Gill (Yasmin in Doctor Who), Freddie Bolt (Ackley Bridge), Jordan Reece (Emmerdale). Riley Carter (Eastenders) Sarah George, Alexa Lee and Gary Hanks (Hollyoaks).
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Daniel Brazier as Oberon in a Midsummer Nights Dream
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What you'll do

  • Your studies will be practice based, emphasising the importance of technique - learning in workshops and assessed through performance.
  • This is a production-based course, with the majority of your work directed towards performance, including to the public.
  • You’ll learn from tutors who are experienced performing artists –professionals with a national, if not international, reputation.

Module overview

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Year 1

Compulsory modules
  • AT1008: Acting Fundamentals

AT1008: Acting Fundamentals

This module offers a range of sessions in movement-based, vocal, and textual practices to enable you to develop essential skills as an actor/performer. You will develop technique in improvisation and expressivity with specialist tuition in two essential acting techniques, laying the foundation for further exploration in Year 2.

Course delivery

This course is taught face-to-face at one of our UK campuses.

100%Face-to-face

Please note the delivery information for this course is accurate for the academic year 2023/24. The information displayed in this section may not yet accurately reflect how the course will be delivered in 2024/25 but this information will be updated by October 2023.

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information. However, our programmes are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may cause alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses. Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies or revisions to subject benchmarks statements. As well as to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.

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I genuinely love everything about my course. I am doing what I love day in and day out. I'm learning more than I ever thought I'd learn. I'm finding out not only who I am as an actor, but who I am as an individual.
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Imogen Woodward
BA (Hons) Acting
United Kingdom

What can I do with an acting degree?

Our BA (Hons) Acting course offers a programme of industry-focused, highly vocational training designed to prepare you for the realities of a career in the acting profession.

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Fees and funding

2023/24
UK
Full-time£9,250 per year
International
Full-time£14,900 per year
2024/25
UK
Full-time£9,250 per year
International
Full-time£16,500 per year

Scholarships and bursaries

We have a wide range of bursaries, scholarships and funds available to help support you whilst studying with us.

Select your country to see eligibility information and how to apply by selecting more info on the cards below.

  • Care Leaver Bursary

    Our Care Leaver Bursary is for students who need extra support because they have been in care or are estranged from their parents.

    Find out more about Care Leaver Bursary
  • Estranged student support

    Estranged Student Support Bursary is for students who need extra support because they are estranged from their parents.

    Find out more about Estranged student support
  • Dependants Bursary

    Students with financially dependent children may be eligible for our Dependants Bursary as part of our financial support package. 

    Find out more about Dependants Bursary
  • Contextualised Admissions Bursary

    We recognise that the last two years have been very challenging for young people and learning has been impacted. To help support students eligible for a contextualised offer we are offering a bursary of £250 in their first year of study.

    Find out more about Contextualised Admissions Bursary
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This course is based in the School of Arts and Media

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