Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, BA, Acting

The course divides itself roughly into 2 parts: Intensive work on individual skills and the application of those skills to work on group projects and productions for public performance; the individual work is on voice; movement and acting; in voice students have the opportunity to develop projection; range; clarity; strength and flexibility; without losing your individual characteristics of speech; the study of dialect and phonetics enables mastery of new; perhaps unfamiliar; speech patterns; rudiments of music are taught and you have individual singing lessons; a complex of movement skills; combining group work and individual classes in Alexander Technique forms the basis for interpretative expression and the ordered movement of armed and unarmed combat and dance; movement and voice are brought together as the course develops; in the 2nd year students are also taught radio; television and filming techniques; throughout the course professional links are established through a series of lectures and workshops on career enhancement, information and guidance; all final year productions are directed by professional freelance directors.