The Actor Musicianship Programme offers unique, practical, NCDT accredited training for actors who have musical skills. It is taught by the same team as the Acting Programme, and shares the same core disciplines and approaches to performance. You will be guided by experienced staff, including industry professionals, who will help you to develop the skills of the actor musician though practical classes in movement, voice and approaches to text and character. You will also be developing your existing musical skills for use within a variety of performance contexts. Perhaps most importantly, you will explore how these skills interconnect. Your actor’s imagination will be developed to help you create, lead and make music, whilst acting classes will explore the musicality of performance.
Your final year will introduce you to the profession through a series of fully mounted productions, including a London Showcase. You will develop skills for a range of media including theatre, film, television and radio. Your employability will be enhanced, as the range of skills you will develop on this unique programme will help to make you versatile and adaptable – ready for the ever changing and highly competitive world of professional theatre and associated media.
The Programme at a glance
Years 1 and 2
There are two semesters in each year, each including:
- A Skills Block: timetabled weekly classes in movement, voice, music making, composition, MDing and arrangement, acting, musicality, singing and study
- Performace Projects: full-time rehearsal processes culminating in performances that include music as a fully integrated element.
Year 3
- Independent Research Project: research and develop your own area of interest
- Recorded Media: developing skills in TV, film, radio and voice-over
- Professional Preparation: mock auditions, industry lectures and a London Showcase
- The Devising Season: your chance to further your devising skills
- Main House Production: a fully mounted public production with students from the Acting Programme
- The New Writing Season: a series of commissioned pieces for actor musicians and including a touring children’s theatre piece.
Duration
3 Years.
Term Start
September, 2010.
Entry Requirements
Suggested A-Levels or equivalent subjects: Theatre Studies, Music. All applicants are invited for an audition. See Admissions information for more details.
How to Apply
Please apply through UCAS:
Institution code name: Rose
Institution application code: R51
Programme code: W4W3
Career Progression
Graduates have gone on to work with West Yorkshire Playhouse in Privates on Parade, ITV’s Footballers Wives, BBC’s Fanny Hill and The History Boys at The National Theatre.
NCDT Accredited