Tag: drama school
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Drama School Stories: Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
Alice McCarthy shares her experience of formal training, studying at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School The last in our current series of drama school stories, Alice McCarthy talks to us about her experience studying at Bristol Old Vic. Since graduating, Alice has been in a variety of great productions, including the Olivier award-winning Rotterdam. Here’s her story about her experience in…
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Drama School Stories: Royal Central School of Speech & Drama
Christopher Tester on the training offered at the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama Part of our series of perspectives from members on formal training as an actor, Christopher Tester discusses his time at the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama. With plenty of great insight on offer in this series, read the rest…
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Drama School Stories: Oxford School of Drama
Maimuna Memon shares her advice for those considering formal training, and her experience of studying at the Oxford School of Drama Part of our series of perspectives from members on formal training as an actor, Maimuna Memon discusses her time at the Oxford School of Drama. With plenty of great insight on offer in this series, read…
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Drama School Stories: Bow Street
Actor Patrick Flannery on the ins and outs of training in Ireland, and why he chose Bow Street Coming from America to study in Ireland, Spotlight asked Patrick Flannery, graduate from Bow Street, Dublin, to contribute his POV on his training experience. With plenty of great insight on offer in this series, read the rest of our…
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Drama School Stories: A Degree vs Drama School Training
Melissa Dalton on her undergraduate experience in a drama degree, versus a formal drama school programme This is the first in our series of perspectives from members on training as an actor in the UK/Ireland. To help you learn more about the training on offer out there, Spotlight asked Melissa Dalton, graduate of Trinity College Dublin…
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Drama School: To Be or Not To Be? The Pros & Cons of Formal Training
Actors Katie Redford and Katie Elin-Salt discuss the ins and outs of drama school training, comparing their experiences Somehow, by the good grace of Liza Minnelli, I was offered a place at Royal Welsh College and I shot off with my tap shoes in hand quicker than you could say: “You don’t need tap shoes,…
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Spotlighters Share Their Drama School Stories
With applications for drama schools about to open, we thought we’d share our funny and embarrassing stories from our time there! Ease the audition nerves and take a look…
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Alternative Training with Fourth Monkey
We speak to Artistic Director Steve Green about Fourth Monkey and their training programmes. Based in London and Bristol, Fourth Monkey is a contemporary drama school offering three full-time professional, accredited training courses: CertHE Acting and Theatre Making, BA (Hons) Acting and MA Collaborative Theatre. The training programmes are founded on the principles of ensemble and are designed…
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How to: Audition for Drama School
Deciding to audition for drama school is a great show of someone’s determination and passion to begin the path of following your dream but (and this is a big but) getting in to drama school is not the only path you could take to follow desire to become a successful actor. When I started auditioning for drama schools…