Rose Bruford College | News & Events

Join students and tutors from our School of Performance for a tour of our campus and facilities. 

Following the success of the first European Stage Management Symposium at Rose Bruford College in 2017, join us again for a week of learning examining European and British stage management practices.

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Rose Bruford College are proud to be running the first ‘Mental Health First Aid’ certificate at work for Company/Stage and Production Managers and freelance professionals as part of The Mental Health Charter for the Performing Arts. 

We will be holding free open workshops for our Folkestone Acting Foundation Course at Quarterhouse. 

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

2015 BA (Hons) Acting graduate Bally Gill has won the prestigious Ian Charleson Award, which is given to an actor under the age of 30 for playing a classical role.

Audiences of students, staff, alumni and members of the public helped raise over £130 for the Graeae Ensemble campaign following the theatre company’s two performances of And Others in the College’s Rose Theatre, Sidcup on Tuesday 16 April 2019.

Students from Rose Bruford College's Theatre for Young Audiences and Actor-Musicianship MA programmes have collaborated with local students on a groundbreaking project exploring how classic theatre texts can be unlocked for a range of ages. 

A talent show featuring Rose Bruford College students and graduates has raised over £160 for Mind in Bexley.

Belfast and Brighton have been announced as new locations for the College's popular Acting Foundation Course, starting in September 2019.

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:

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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.

Our 2018 Autumn Season of classic plays will run from 30 October to 24 November in The Rose Theatre.

Performed by final year students on our BA (Hons) Acting and BA (Hons) Actor Musicianship programmes, in collaboration with the School of Design, Management and Technical Arts, it's the ideal opportunity to see the next generation of performers, designers and technicians before they embark on their careers.

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. 

Guest speakers from a range of prestigious opera companies will present papers on Children’s Opera this Autumn as part of the seventh biennial international “Music On Stage” conference.

On Sunday 1 July 2018, 2012 Rose Bruford College BA (Hons) European Theatre Arts graduate Nanna Gunnars will host the launch of the inaugural Reykjavik Fringe Festival, a festival she has founded to provide opportunities for Icelandic and International artists to showcase their work.

Prospective applicants interested in the Access to Higher Education Diploma in Production Arts can get a taste for the course by booking onto our free workshop on Saturday 16 June.  

New Writing Season 2018

Join final year students Ugly Duck in Tanner Street for Beginners' Call, the 2018 Graduate Exhibition by the School of Design, Management and Technical Arts , featuring scene, costume, lighting and sound designs and other individual pieces of work by over 100 new graduates, showing the diverse talent, creativity and skills of a new generation of theatre artists.

Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance is delighted to announce the awarding of their 2018 The Stage Scholarship to Yadel Gebeyehu. 

Final year BA (Hons) Creative Lighting Control (CLC) student, Ash Holdon, has been awarded a bursary by leading stage electrical company SLX. 

A promenade production in Sidcup Manor House written and directed by Steven Dykes. 

Our latest BA (Hons) European Theatre Arts spotlight is on 2007 graduate and Freelance Theatre Practitioner Kate Bradnam. 

Our latest spotlight is on film and TV actor James Eeles who graduated for BA (Hons) European Theatre Arts in 2003. 

Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance are building on their reputation as world leaders in the training of actor-musicians by launching a new Actor-Musicianship* MA/MFA programme from October 2018. 

Steven Dykes, Programme Director for American Theatre Arts, spent the summer in New York performing with theatre company PTP/NYC, his fourth season with the critically acclaimed ensemble.

Professor Michael Earley, who has served as Principal and Chief Executive Officer of Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance for the past eight-and-a-half years, retired on 15 September 2017.

Rose Bruford College were pleased to host a conference on Mental Health and Well being for Performing Arts Colleges on June 30th...

2012 Graduate and Milkshake presenter Olivia Birchenough is the latest in our series of BA (Hons) European Theatre Arts alumni profiles.

Award winning actress and BA (Hons) European Theatre Arts graduate Sophia Eleni talks about life after Rose Bruford.

It’s full swing in the Australian festival season and four BA (Hons) European Theatre Arts (ETA) graduates have been strutting their stuff in Melbourne, Perth and now Adelaide.

Rose Bruford College is now accepting applications for the Jubilee Fund 2017. This year the fund will be used to subsidise graduate company performances in our managed space within the Summerhall complex in Edinburgh throughout the Edinburgh Fringe 2017.

BA (Hons) Lighting Design students Abi Waller and Jessica Sanders have provided a lighting installation for Bexley council’s Looked After Children Awards.