Acting

Foundation Degree (validated by Luminate Education Group)

This is an intense, practical degree designed for anyone wanting to work as a professional actor in TV, fi lm, theatre, radio or digital.

About the courseCourse Code: W410 Full time: 2 years Location: Quarry Hill Campus and Prime Studios Leeds

WHAT’S NEXT? On successful completion of this programme, students can continue on to a one-year BA (Hons) Acting Top-up Degree or go straight into employment.

JOB OPPORTUNITIES MAY INCLUDE:

• Professional Actor • Director • Producer • Public Speaker and Facilitator • Presenter • Freelance Artist

Apply via UCAS using institution code L21. As you progress through our Acting Foundation Degree programme, you will train to a high level of technical ability. You will study multiple aspects of acting, including Shakespearean theatre, naturalism, postmodernism, circus and clowning. You will also explore contemporary acting, such as voiceover for animation, virtual reality (VR), computer generated imagery (CGI), television and radio. Alongside improving your core disciplines of voice, movement and acting, you will improve your creative and transferable skills, becoming an independent thinker and motivated and refl ective artist. You will become physically and vocally fl exible, ready to emerge into the industry. Our programme is based in the heart of the Cultural Quarter in Leeds, so you will be surrounded by local practitioners at organisations such as Leeds Playhouse, Northern Ballet, Phoenix Dance, Red Ladder, BBC and Munro House Arts Centre. Modules may include: Year 1 (Level 4) • Actor Development • Actor’s Toolbox 1 • Actor’s Toolbox 2 • The History of Theatre (A

Practical Exploration) • Identity • What is Acting? Year 2 (Level 5) • Actor Toolbox 3 • Contemporary Acting • Performance • Professional Engagement • Theatre for Contemporary Audiences

Top-up Degree (validated by The Open University)

Put your future in the spotlight with this exciting, one-year course in professional acting. Immerse yourself in classes and performances delivered and directed by industry practitioners and our local creative partners.

About the courseCourse Code: W411 Full time: 1 year Location: Quarry Hill Campus and Prime Studios Leeds

WHAT’S NEXT? On successful completion of this programme, students can continue on to further study such as a Masters degree or PGCE, or go straight into employment.

JOB OPPORTUNITIES MAY INCLUDE:

• Professional Actor • Practitioner

Apply via UCAS using institution code L21. The BA (Hons) Acting Top-Up Degree has been created to provide you with the knowledge and skills to work within the acting industry or progress to further study with an MA programme. You will receive technical training in acting techniques, along with various processes that advance your skill set. You will hone your chosen specialism, such as singing, puppetry, stage combat and scriptwriting, and will continuously develop these skills in line with your aspirational career trajectory. Using professional briefs to develop your technical and transferable skills, you will consider your own identity as a performer and prepare for professional work within the industry. This course emphasises independent learning and the development of critical thinking skills. In turn, you will become increasingly knowledgeable and refl ective in your academic development and practices within the acting industry. Modules may include: • Actor Specialism • Professional Performance • Community Practice • The Radical Actor • Personal Project