Acting

Description

Our BA Acting provides you with a thorough preparation for a career in acting. We develop your individual talent, extending your existing skills in voice and movement for professional life. Our curriculum consists of acting, voice, singing, movement and contextual studies.

At the end of your final year, you have the opportunity to take part in a showcase performance at a major West End theatre for an invited audience of agents, casting directors and film, TV and theatre directors. Our course is accredited by the National Council for Drama Training.

Why study BA Acting at Essex?

Our East 15 Acting School has trained actors, directors, producers and theatre technicians for stage, TV, film and radio for almost 50 years. Our dedicated approach to teaching and support was reflected in our ninth placing in the UK in the 2012 National Student Survey.

Our work is based on Joan Littlewood’s famed Theatre Workshop but we are international in our outlook, regarding ourselves as a bridge between the best of British and worldwide performance traditions. We are also a member of the leading group of UK conservatoires, the Conference of Drama Schools, with many of our courses accredited by the National Council for Drama Training (NCDT).

Detailed Course Facts

• GBP 9000 Year (EEA)
• GBP 11950 Year (Non-EEA)

• English

Course Content

We operate a credit framework for our awards, which is based on principles widely used across the UK university sector. Each module has a credit rating attached and our standard three-year course consists of 360 credits (120 credits in your first year, and 240 credits across your second and final years).
Please note that module information on our course finder provides a guide to course content and may be subject to review on an annual basis.

Year 1

Introduction to Acting Theory, Methods and Practice, Development from Self to Character;
Verbatim Theatre and Contemporary Scene Study;
British Plays from 1956 to 1978;
Improvised Living History;
Voice I;
Movement I;
Music and Singing I; and
Contextual Studies I.

Year 2

Development of Acting Methodology;
Extension of Acting Methodology;
Acting Techniques and Styles;
Shakespeare and Elizabethan Verse Drama;
Voice II;
Movement II;
Music and Singing II; and
Contextual Studies II.

Year 3

Production – Text and Technique;
Professional Preparation;
Notions of Realism;
Screen and Radio;
Final Productions/Skills;
Voice, Movement, Music and Singing; and
Contextual Studies.

English Language Requirements

IELTS band : 6

To study at this university, you have to speak English. We advice you to

Requirements

• Successful audition, plus A-level grades EE or BTEC Diploma grades PP, or equivalent qualification.
• GCSE English Language: C
• Achievement of the Access to HE Diploma with a minimum of 45 level three credits at pass (or above)

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

Related Scholarships*

• Academic Excellence Scholarship

  "The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."

• Access Bursary

  Bursary for UK students all subjects where the variable tuition fee rate is payable.

• Alumni Bursary

  Alumni Bursary for UK Undergraduate students

* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than University of Essex.

Funding

For up-to-date information on funding opportunities at Essex, please visit: www.essex.ac.uk/studentfinance.