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overview
why choose this course?
The BA Acting degree course offers full-time industry-focused actor-training.
This course places a strong emphasis on screen acting – with 50% of the curriculum devoted to this area of the industry – alongside a rigorous training for the stage.
During our BA Acting you will:
- Perform in two full-length public theatre productions
- Take part in a West End industry showcase
- Make an original feature film
There will also be an emphasis on fostering the skills needed to create your own work – such as screenwriting, editing and producing.
Study in state-of-the-art theatre and studio spaces situated in our beautiful Grade 2-listed building – just 10 minutes from London’s West End.
At Collective we champion groups who have traditionally been underrepresented within the Performing Arts – specifically in terms of ethnicity, disability and class.
Belong to a diverse and inclusive community where everyone is welcome!
Being in a Collective class, is like entering a room full of energy. Where actors will constantly be pushing forward their work as actors – and more importantly as creatives. Everyone is offered a chance for their input on the work, and the teachers set a culture of holding ourselves as a creative to a high standard.
Bony Fonseca, BBC’s Eastenders
Course Overview
Our curriculum offers a comprehensive full-time professional actor-training – allowing you to develop the skills needed for a sustainable career as an actor for stage and screen.
Year 1
- Acting for Camera
- Scene Studies of Plays by Global Writers
- Practitioner Lab: Stanislavsky, Meisner, Laban and Katie Mitchell
- Voice
- Movement
- Accent/Dialect
- Character Transformation
- Filming a Web Series
- Creating your Own Work
year 2
During the second year you will undertake more stylised and genre-based forms of acting.
Projects include:
- Scene Study: American Film and Television
- American Accents
- Self-Tapes
- Voice for Animation and Audiobooks
- Radio
- Acting in different Film Genres
- Audio Dialogue Replacement (ADR)
- Screenwriting
- Shakespeare
- Devising, Puppetry and Physical Theatre
- Motion Capture
- Producing a Short Film
year 3
The final year will focus on public performance and preparation for the industry.
Projects include:
- Research and Development for New Writing
- Feature-Film Project
- Public Production of Two Full-Length Plays
- Voicereels
- Showreels
- Audition Technique
- Industry Showcase
You can see the full programme specification here.
course fees £9275*
*per year
entry criteria
Entrance to the course is via audition.
The standard minimum academic entry requirements for this course are one, or a combination, of the following qualifications:
- 2 A Levels at grade C or above
- Merit, Pass, Pass (MPP) at BTEC Extended Diploma
- Access to Higher Education Diploma
If a candidate passes the audition process, but does not meet the minimum academic requirements, they may still be offered a place if their audition is deemed outstanding.
taught by industry professionals
west-end agents’ showcase
make an original feature film
self-tapes & audition technique
two public full-length theatre productions
screen acting focus
Modules
Year 1
- Realism for Stage and Screen
- Developing Your Instrument: Movement and Voice
- The Digital Creator
Year 2
- American Screen Project
- The Independent Filmmaker
- The Actor and the Audience
- Genre in Film and Recording
- The Creative Ensemble
- Shakespeare Reimagined
Year 3
- The New Writing and Film Festival
- Entering the Industry
- Public Productions Season
meet the staff
paul harvard | programme leader
aly spiro | head of industry and development
anthony vander | head of film and television
joseph junkere | head of participation
gail sixsmith | movement teacher
niall walker | head of voice and movement
Queen Margaret University
Collective Acting Studio are proud that our BA Acting course is validated by Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh (QMU).
QMU offer a person-centred and career-focused approach to education and teaching, and like Collective, have a commitment to shaping a better world. As a university they have widely-recognised and longstanding expertise in many sectors, including the creative industries.
