Acting Foundation Courses

• The Foundation Course in Sidcup is a 22 week course and includes 26+ hours of teaching and learning per week.  Classes are delivered between the hours of 9am and 9pm
• Delivered on our Sidcup parkland campus by experienced acting staff and visiting directors
• Masterclasses include; Building your audition portfolio, Grotowski, physical theatre, audition technique, Augusto Boal, acting through song, Uta Hagen, acting for camera, clowning, stage fighting and unarmed combat, Alexander Technique, musicality (all masterclasses are subject to change)
• Classes include; acting (studying Stanislavski and Meisner), performance/audition technique, movement, ensemble, voice, text study, sight-reading, Shakespeare, singing, acting for TV/film
• There are two full-time rehearsal projects during the course; Term 1 contemporary scene study and Term 2 Shakespeare, as well as weekly masterclasses with outside professional directors and theatre companies.

Split into two terms:

• TERM 1: The Actor and Foundation Skills (September to December)
• TERM 2: The Actor and the Audience (January to March)

• The Foundation Acting for Screen course is a 20 week course and includes 26+ hours of teaching and learning per week between Monday and Thursday. Students will also be expected to work independently outside of class
• This unique course is located in the vibrant heart of Belfast in Northern Ireland, which is the ‘go to’ location for big-budget films and TV, including Game of Thrones at the Titanic Studios, Star Wars, Line of Duty and Kenneth Brannagh’s new Disney film and The Derry Girls
• The course is delivered by experienced, professional actors, tutors and directors and in collaboration with casting directors and the Belfast Metropolitan College film course
• We aim to give you a rigorous foundation to pursue careers in film and TV or continue professional training. We provide a number of bursaries and scholarships for the course and have a track record for delivering world-class professional vocation training
• This intensive full-time course focuses on acting for TV, film and related career paths. The course is delivered over 20 weeks and delivers core classes in voice, movement, acting, improvisation, screen technique, professional preparation and text work, as well as two practical film projects and audition techniques
• Split into two terms:
  • TERM 1: The Actor and Foundation Skills (September to December)
  • TERM 2: The Actor and the Audience (January to March)

• The Foundation Course in Brighton is a 20-week course and includes 24+ hours of teaching and learning over 4 days per week
• The course is designed to support your development as an actor in training, auditioning and future practice in a way that is rigorous and professional. It will also develop you physically, vocally and imaginatively whilst encouraging an independent and in-depth approach to your work
• Classes include; Acting (studying Stanislavski and Meisner), Performance/audition technique, Movement, Ensemble, Voice, Text study, Sight-reading, Shakespeare and Singing
• There are two full-time rehearsal projects during the course: Term 1 contemporary scene study and Term 2 Shakespeare, as well as weekly masterclasses with outside professional directors and theatre companies. Highly experienced tutors from our performance B.A courses as well as professional practitioners deliver the course
• Masterclasses include: Building your audition portfolio, Grotowski, physical theatre, audition technique, Augusto Boal, acting through song, Uta Hagen, acting for the camera, clowning, stage fighting and unarmed combat, Alexander Technique, musicality (all masterclasses are subject to change)
• Split into two terms:
  • TERM 1: The Actor and Foundation Skills (September to December)
  • TERM 2: The Actor and the Audience (January to March)

• The Foundation Course in Edinburgh is a 20-week course and includes 24+ hours of teaching and learning over 4 days per week
• Daily classes (led by the staff team) will include practice in acting, voice, movement; acting methodologies; acting styles & contexts; professional preparation & audition technique
• Termly masterclasses may include audition technique, physical theatre, Boalian theatre, clowning, stage combat, acting for camera, building your audition portfolio, musicality, Alexander Technique, approaches to classical text (all masterclasses are subject to change)
•  Full-time rehearsal projects (led by the staff team and/or industry professionals) will include contemporary scene study, devising and a classical theatre project.
• Split into two terms:
  • TERM 1: The Actor and Foundation Skills (September to December)
  • TERM 2: The Actor and the Audience (January to March)