Rose Bruford College | News & Events

Our 2020 summer programme of short courses and professional masterclasses provide an intensive summer of learning whatever your level of experience. 

London’s Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance has launched a range of online summer masterclasses and workshops run by internationally renowned practitioners including; Catherine Fitzmaurice (Fitzmaurice Voicework), Michele Shay (Acting August Wilson), Forrest McClendon (Character Driven Dramaturgy for Storytellers) and Wendell Beavers (The Somatic Performer and Six Viewpoints).

Final year Rose Bruford College BA (Hons) Actor Musicianship student Christian Powlesland, has enlisted the help of fellow students, alumni and staff to perform and record a charity single he has written in support of the NHS and Acting for Others charity.

Following the latest Government measures to combat the Coronavirus, this event has been cancelled. 

2020 London Season at Stratford Circus

Keep up to date with the latest advice and information regarding the Coronavirus. 

Our London Season of productions for final year BA (Hons) Acting and BA (Hons) Actor Musicianship students will be held at Stratford Circus Arts Centre from 28 February - 21 March 2020.

Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance is delighted to welcome the first accredited cohort of students onto the GRAEAE Ensemble training programme. 

If you would like to explore our campus and Christopher Court Hall of Residence virtuall before you apply, our Student Recruitment Team will be running tours throughout the summer. 

Our 2019 Autumn Season of classic plays will run from 29 October to 23 November 2019 in The Rose Theatre.

Rose Bruford College has appointed Dr Brian Lobel as Professor of Theatre and Performance to continue the development and reputation of the College’s research profile and culture.

Join Andrea Buzzetti from award-winning Italian theatre company La Baracca for a 4-day exploration of dance-theatre aimed at an early years audience at The Place, London. This event is a collaboration between Rose Bruford College’s Theatre for Young Audiences Centre, Jo Belloli and The Place

Grade II listed Lamorbey House and grounds will be open to the public as part of the Open House London event on Saturday 21 September 2019. 

A devised performance being peformed at the Edinburgh Fringe by MA/MFA Actor Performer Training students, Directed by Gabriel Gawin. 

BA (Hons) European Theatre Arts graduate and Reykjavík Fringe Festival founder Nanna Gunnars talks about the influence the course has had on her career to date in our latest Spotlight on feature. 

The latest in our Spotlight series features BA (Hons) European Theatre Arts (ETA) graduate Molly Freeman who is co-artistic director of the award-winning Smoking Apples Theatre Company. 

Music and Lyrics by David Fallon, book by Sophie Bevan

A new musical inspired by the events of AIDS activist group: ACT UP New York.

MA/MFA Collaborative Theatre Making present a devised performance directed by Paul Hunter (Toldy By An Idiot).

Graduating students from Rose Bruford College’s School of Design, Management and Technical Arts hosted an industry-networking event for over 80 invited industry guests at the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) in London on Tuesday 14 May 2019. 

A five-year British Council funded partnership programme between London’s Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance and the Uzbekistan State Institute of Art and Culture, has culminated in the first ever UK performance of Hamlet in the Uzbekistan language.

Book by Larry Gelbart

Music by Cy Coleman

Lyrics by David Zippel

Final year students from our BA (Hons) American Theatre Arts programme perform in three production in our iconic Barn Theatre. 

Oscar-winning actor Gary Oldman returned to Rose Bruford College, on Thursday 14 February 2019, for an inspirational talk to students.  

BA (Hons) European Theatre Arts in collaboration with BA (Hons) Creative Lighting Control, BA (Hons) Lighting Design & BA (Hons) Stage Management presents:

Quisquilia

A performance by final year BA (Hons) Acting and BA (Hons) Actor Musicianship students from Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance has raised over £550 for the Mayor of Bexley’s charity appeal.

Second year BA (Hons) Lighting Design Student, Espen Karlsen has returned to Rose Bruford College following a successful industry placement at Hull City of Culture working on the Where Do We Go From Here? art installation by the internationally renowned Jason Bruges Studio. 

Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance and the Lighting Education Trust (LET) have announced a prestigious partnership to develop a new undergraduate Lighting Design degree pathway in Space and Architecture. 

MA/MFA International Theatre Practice and Performance. A New Global three-year postgraduate course in London, USA, & Moscow. 

New Writing Season 2018

Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance has been ranked as the top drama school in the world and one of only two creative arts specialist higher education institutions in the top 25 globally ranked universities for student mobility. 

Thursday 17 May 2018 saw the official release of Brecht: A Practical Handbook a new book by BA (Hons) Acting Programme Director David Zoob. 

Pupils from Trinity School in Belvedere had the unique opportunity to light the National Theatre as part of their prize for winning Junior Ready Steady Light 2018.

The College was saddened to learn of the death on 25 March 2018 of James Dodding, who had very longstanding connections with the institution both as a student, teacher and board member, and with Rose Bruford herself.