PROSPECTUS
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4–5 Why choose RADA 6–7 How we support you 8–9 RADA life 10-11 Acting and Performance 12–17 BA(Hons) in Acting 18–19 MA Theatre Lab 20-21 MA in Text and Performance 22 Foundation Course in Acting 23 RADA short courses 22–27 Graduates 28–29 Technical Theatre Arts
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30–33 Technical Theatre and Stage Management
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34–35 Postgraduate Diploma Theatre Costume 36–39 Graduates 40–41 Widening Participation and Outreach 42–43 How to Apply 44–45 Our Partners 46–49 Staff, Patrons and Sponsors
INTRODUCING RADA At the heart of what we do at RADA is a belief in possibility - in particular the possibility of change and growth. That’s very clear in our actor training, where we aim to give our students the capacity to grow and transform beyond their natural ability and to embrace characters and worlds beyond their experience. But for us it is no less thrilling to see someone pick up a paintbrush or a welding torch or a needle and discover a talent and passion for scenic art, or construction or costume making. Our many Oscar nominees and winners include costume designers, directors, writers and producers as well as actors, while our award-winning theatre graduates include lighting and set designers and stage managers. Because we believe that possibility of growth exists in everyone, we are keen to provide access to our training without regard to social, financial or educational background. That talent and capacity for growth and change is what we’re after: if you have that, then we can work with you to find out how to support you through the training. We are fortunate that a large number of people, including our own graduates, charitable trusts and major corporations like our principal partner Warner Bros. Entertainment, all believe in what we do. Their support enables us to award a wide range of bursaries and scholarships: last year over 50% of our students received financial support from RADA.
Many of those same people also support our training in other ways, mentoring students, offering placements and giving masterclasses. RADA is alone amongst major drama schools in being founded by actors: professionals who understood the need to pass on the craft and knowledge that they had accumulated, and that philosophy runs through our training to this day. We believe that you learn how to excel in the dramatic arts by doing, and so all our training – rigorous, intensive, focused – is based upon practical experience in conditions that will prepare you for the professional world. And because not everyone is cut out to be a professional actor or stage manager or technician - and many people may just not know if they are yet - we are always expanding the range of ways that people can encounter our training – through our short courses, education work and taster days. We hope that this prospectus will whet your appetite to know more about what we do and how you can be a part of it. If it does, then come and see a show, an exhibition, sign up for a taster day, a workshop – or maybe even apply for a course. Edward Kemp, Director
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WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT OUR TRAINING? We offer a conservatoire training that is rigorous, practical, collaborative and creative.
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Our specialist staff help you explore the practical challenges that you will face in a professional environment. Our students have a significant amount of contact time a week with their teachers: up to 40 hours per week on some courses.
We offer you a unique and personal training under the guidance of some of the best teachers in the business. With our facilities and unparalleled links to the industry, we will prepare you for a sustainable and varied career. We train outstanding actors, technical theatre specialists, stage managers and designers, who care deeply for their craft and go on to contribute a huge amount to the performing arts industry and beyond. In addition, we offer our own bursaries and financial support to enable any talented student to study with us regardless of their background.
We prepare students for the industry through practical experience. We run three professionally equipped theatres in-house. We provide specialist workshops, masterclasses and events in many aspects of practical and professional development, all specifically designed to support your training. You will frequently meet and work with RADA tutors and graduates in all fields, and have the opportunity to attend workshops and Q&As with leading industry professionals. Getting to know the industry is central to the projects you will undertake. Students have opportunities during their training to showcase their skills in the UK and often internationally, in recent years collaborating in recent years with students from the Juilliard School in New York, the Ecole Jacques Lecoq School in Paris and the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin. Our Technical Theatre students visit industry-leading workshops and venues, including the Warner Bros. Studios, the Royal Opera House, Glyndebourne and the National Theatre. You will also learn how to work on films, radio plays and design and technical exhibitions. Almost all of our Technical Theatre Arts courses include an industry placement and many students go on to work with the company where they had their placement.
THEATRES JERWOOD VANBRUGH THEATRE: Our largest auditorium, seating up to 190, and fully flexible in terms of its configuration. The theatre also doubles as a fully functional digital cinema, equipped for cinema screenings from visiting filmmakers and for exclusive in-house screenings. GBS THEATRE: Our mid-sized studio theatre, seating up to 80 GIELGUD THEATRE: An intimate studio space, seating up to 50 FACILITIES –– Scenic art workshop, including paint frame –– Scenic construction workshops: wood and metal –– Costume workroom and fitting rooms –– Costume store with over 20,000 costumes –– Sound studio with three associated control rooms –– Digital cinema screen –– Various screening facilities –– Video recording and editing equipment –– Properties department –– Box office & foyer bar –– Design studios –– Library with over 25,000 books and access to digital resources –– Dance and fight studios –– CAD suite –– Refectory –– Specially equipped rehearsal studios
EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS In industries notorious for short-term and intermittent employment, our graduates have an impressive record, with 82% still active in the profession 20 years after graduation. Over the past few years, our graduates have gone on to work in many places. ACTING & PERFORMANCE Theatres and theatre companies: Abbey; Almeida; Arcola; Theatre Royal Bath; Bush; Chichester; Complicite; Donmar Warehouse; Dreamthinkspeak; Dublin; Royal Lyceum Edinburgh; Headlong; National Theatre; Royal & Derngate, Northampton; Northern Broadsides; Old Vic; Orange Tree; Paines Plough; Regent’s Park Open Air; RSC; Shakespeare’s Globe; Young Vic. Television, radio and film: BBC Radio and TV; BBC Films; Channel 4; Ecosse Films; Eon Productions; Hat Trick; ITV; MGM; Sky; Tiger Aspect; 20th Century Fox; Universal Pictures; Warner Bros; Working Title. TECHNICAL THEATRE ARTS Cirque du Soleil; Clockwork Scenery; Disney Theatrical/ Joop van den Ende Productions; English National Ballet; English National Opera; Glastonbury; Glyndebourne; Kensington Palace; Kneehigh; Little Angel; Lyric Hammersmith; National Theatre; Old Vic; Really Useful Group; Royal Opera House; Sonia Friedman; Sadler’s Wells; Theatre 503; Young Vic/American Repertory Theatre.
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We provide the following assistance: Finance, travel and accommodation: RADA scholarships for fees and living expenses (see p7 for more information), council tax letters, railcard and travelcard proof of study, visa support for international students, help with accommodation and any related issues. Wellbeing and counselling: drop-in and appointment-based service for advice, a chat or a more formal assessment, counselling support is available for students through the training and with any personal problems, talks on sexual health, nutrition, drugs and alcohol. Healthcare, injury prevention and response: relationship with GP practice, access to specialist medical support, physiotherapy and osteopathy. SUPPORTING YOUR TRAINING You will find that your training at RADA is very intensive. Our Student and Academic Services team are there to support you throughout your student experience at RADA.
Disabled students’ support: ensuring Learning Agreements are in place, access to dyslexia, dyspraxia and other learning support needs, access to specific support for students with other impairments, support in applying for Disabled Students’ Allowance. Chaplaincy: spiritual and religious welfare Please note that MA Text and Performance students are registered with Birkbeck College, so all your support needs can be met through the My Birkbeck service www.bbk.ac.uk/ mybirkbeck/services/facilities
THE RADA LIBRARY The RADA Library is an important resource for students, providing access to plays, screenplays, films and research materials. RADA holds around 10,000 plays, many of which are rare and out of print. There is also a very good selection of poetry, theatre history, criticism, biography, stage design, costume, technical theatre and fine art, books on film, screenplays and social history, as well as theatre periodicals, which are very useful for researching previous productions of plays, including digital resources such as Drama Online. A stock of more than a thousand VHS films, documentaries, TV dramas, animal videos and over 600 DVDs are stored in the library. There is also a small audiotape collection that covers dialects, poetry readings and some plays.
UNDERGRADUATES: If you are a home/EU student, new to higher education and eligible for a tuition fee loan, there are no upfront fees to pay. You will only have to repay the loan once you leave RADA and are earning over £21,000. If you are a home undergraduate student (from England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland) other support may be available in the form of a maintenance loan and/or grant (actual amounts will depend upon your household income). For other undergraduate students, we permit students to pay fees in three instalments annually plus deposit. RADA scholarships are available for UK (and some EU) students. POSTGRADUATES Eligible UK/EU students may apply for a tuition fee loan (MA courses) or for Professional and Career Development Loans.
WHAT FINANCIAL SUPPORT IS AVAILABLE? If you believe you have the talent and the commitment to succeed, then the most important thing is to apply. If you are offered a place, RADA will work with you to ensure you receive all the financial support available to you. TUITION FEES Tuition fees at RADA are much the same as those charged by the majority of universities. The amount you will pay depends on your course, whether you are from the UK, EU or outside the EU. EU students are eligible for student finance for entry in 2017-18; please check back on our website for updates.
We provide further details about financial support on our website at www.rada.ac.uk. You can also read our Tuition Fees Policy on the website. RADA SCHOLARSHIPS RADA is committed to making its training available to students from all backgrounds and raises over £300,000 annually towards its Scholarship Fund. Once you have gained a place at RADA, if you are a UK/EU student, you will be invited to apply for a RADA Scholarship. This includes the scholarships offered by the Conservatoire for Dance and Drama: please see www.cdd.ac.uk/students/fees-andfinancial-support/ for up to date information. You apply once to RADA to be considered for both schemes and scholarships are available for both tuition fees and living expenses. Scholarships are offered on the basis of financial need, with the majority of awards going to students with an assessed family income of less than £42,600.
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We are based in the heart of London. With the museums and libraries of Bloomsbury on one side, and the West End and film world of Soho on the other, no other training institution is better connected to all that London has to offer. Studying and living here gives you access to one of the most vibrant cultural hubs in the world. There are over 17,000 theatrical performances each year in London with venues at the forefront of theatrical innovation. The West End represents some of the highest quality commercial theatre in the world and the wealth of fringe theatres means you can experience unique performances right on your doorstep. Our graduates go on to work in many of these venues, both on and off the stage.
he course is by far the most “ Taccurate simulation of real world
situations that anyone could ask for. I have now moved to a full time job with a company I made links with in my first term, and am using skills that I have learned and honed in the last two years. It is safe to say that I have definitely been trained by the best, but I have also been supported by the best.
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through the doors to audition for the first time. Now that I’m at RADA, it means growth on so many levels. From the longevity of the process, self and artistic development and constantly staying open and responding.
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Experienced and expert RADA teachers and directors work on all our acting and performance courses. We are unique amongst UK drama schools in employing a fulltime dramaturg and have a long history of supporting and developing new writing for stage and screen.
BA (HONS) IN ACTING
MA THEATRE LAB
Our three-year BA (HONS) IN ACTING is designed for students with the talent and dedication to pursue a career as a professional actor.
Our MA THEATRE LAB is a performancebased course for experienced professionals who want to explore ensemble and experimental theatre-making.
FOUNDATION COURSE IN ACTING Our FOUNDATION COURSE IN ACTING offers an insight into life at drama school and is suitable for students considering a gap year before academic or conservatoire training.
MA IN TEXT AND PERFORMANCE The MA IN TEXT AND PERFORMANCE, run jointly with Birkbeck, University of London, explores dramaturgical and textual aspects of the theatre-making process. Graduates from this course have gone on to work as playwrights, dramaturgs, directors and teachers.
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ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Fluency in the English language 18 years old by September 2017
COURSE DETAILS Our full-time, three-year BA (Hons) in Acting (conservatoire training) provides a thorough preparation for a career in a wide variety of media including theatre, television, film and radio.
THE PROGRAMME Our programme trains actors to a high degree of technical facility and flexibility, and develops their individuality and imagination. Our training is classicallybased because we believe this provides the best foundation for acting in any form or media. We also include thorough training in contemporary plays and styles, and classes in camera and microphone technique. The development of individual skills in the areas of acting, voice, movement and singing provides the building blocks of our training. These are applied and developed in a variety of projects, productions and recorded media across the three years.
ACTING TRAINING Training in the first year develops from Stanislavskibased exercises to scene and project work around realist material. This work runs in parallel with classes on classical text and improvisation, with imaginative, textual and technical skills developing across the whole year.
Your work is assessed both continuously and through specific assessment points. Extensive feedback is given through classroom feedback, written reports and one-to-one tutorials. Throughout the training, reflective practice classes help to develop resilience and a capacity for self-discovery and self-assessment.
In the second year the skills training continues with class and project work. The project material stretches students both imaginatively and technically and includes: Shakespeare and other Elizabethan and Jacobean writers; Greek Tragedy; contemporary writing; 19th century plays; Restoration/18th century comedy. Screen acting training starts in the first year, building on the work of the acting classes with a series of screen-related exercises before developing into scene study in the second year, where the technical challenges facing an actor while shooting are explored. Students also devise their own film in order to better understand and demystify the process and to encourage students to create their own screen work in the future. Other areas of screen work are also explored including casting, self-taping and green screen before the final year film productions. Screen training at RADA is supported by our Principal Partner, Warner Bros. Entertainment. 13
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VOICE TRAINING Voice training is an integral part of our curriculum. Classes are separated into specialist strands, to ensure a thorough grounding in all elements of voice training and to develop the foundation skills of voice and speech, including range, clarity, strength and flexibility. Singing classes (individual and group choral) focus on breath, rhythm, tune, phrasing and releasing the authentic truthful voice in heightened forms (all of which are also applicable to speech). Dialect classes help in the mastery of unfamiliar speech patterns and accents while sight-reading develops the skills necessary for the spontaneous interpretation of text. With an unprecedented number of winners in the prestigious BBC Carleton Hobbs Bursary Award in recent years, microphone work is seen as an integral part of the course, allowing students to stretch themselves in a different medium. Microphone technique is developed in the second and third years and includes radio plays (often broadcast online), poetry, commercials, voice overs and voices for animation. The work culminates with the creation of individual commercial and drama voice reels in the third year for students to use on graduating.
MOVEMENT TRAINING Movement, also an integral part of the training, is taught throughout our course so you develop the physical competency and physical imagination necessary for transformation into character. Our teaching draws on a variety of sources including Laban, Pisk and Lecoq, with an emphasis on the ensemble and play. Classes range from core skills (flexibility, release, engagement and connection) to period dance (medieval to 20th century), animal work, mask (neutral and character), stage fighting (armed and unarmed combat), physicality and Alexander Technique. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Professional development sessions and workshops introduce you to guest speakers who will stimulate, provoke, and broaden your understanding of the profession. Directors, actors, writers, international artists and performers provide professional insights from their own experiences and allow opportunities for you to develop links to the profession throughout your training.
PUBLIC PRODUCTIONS AND SHORT FILMS A combination of theatre and short film work ensures a balance of professional practice. Public performances begin from the end of your second year when you will tour a production to schools which also performs in a RADA theatre. The third year programme is dedicated to rehearsal and performance work alongside classes that ensure the integration of the skills learned in the first and second years. Theatre productions are staged in one of our three theatres and are directed by industry professionals, often of national or international standing. Recent guest directors at RADA include Michael Fentiman, Polly Findlay, Giles Havergal, Paul Hunter, Natalie Ibu, Iqbal Khan, Nancy Mecker, Jonathan Miller, Lindsay Posner, Paulette Randall, Eve Shapiro, Jessica Swale and Richard Wilson. Recent productions have included works by Aphra Behn, Edward Bond, Noël Coward, Charlene James, Sarah Kane, Arthur Miller, Jean Racine, Anya Reiss, William Shakespeare, Stephen Sondheim, Simon Stephens and Timberlake Wertenbaker. You will also work on a number of short films during your training. These are shot on location and employ the expertise of professional directors, camera and sound operators and have specially commissioned screenplays by writers recently including Nathaniel MartelloWhite, Ursula Rani Sama and Ella Hickson. These films are screened to industry and public alike and have been selected for various film festivals including Aesthetica Short Film Festival, London Short Film Festival, Raindance and Rushes.
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MENTORING As a final year student you will benefit from the RADA Buddy mentoring scheme. This programme supports your transition from student to professional actor with graduate ‘buddies’ providing professional advice, feedback and networking opportunities throughout your final year and beyond.
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INDUSTRY SHOWCASE Our industry showcase or the ‘Tree’ (named after the Academy’s founder, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree) normally takes place in April each year. You will rehearse and perform scenes and/or speeches for an invited audience of agents, casting directors and industry professionals. RADA’s short films are screened and made available for agents and casting directors.
ADMISSIONS FOR BA (HONS) IN ACTING There are 28 places, 14 female and 14 male. APPLICATIONS For our application form and detailed application information please visit www.rada.ac.uk Course validated by King’s College London.
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MA THEATRE LAB
Appropriate honours degree or recognised diploma and significant professional experience or a minimum of three-years’ experience as a practising performer/actor
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IELTS level 8 or above for spoken English and 7.5 or above for written English (for non-native English speakers). If you already have your IELTS qualification you should enclose a copy with your application. We do not currently accept any alternative certificates.
COURSE DETAILS Our one-year (four-term) MA Theatre Lab will empower you to take control of your artistic future. The course, validated by King’s College London, enables you to use your strong background in performance to reexamine and develop your skills in a truly experimental framework by exploring non-mainstream theatre practice. The emphasis throughout the year is on devised and group work, as you develop your understanding of performance from a post-Stanislavski standpoint. Each term you will complete written assignments that engage with theories of performance and will provide a reflective assessment of your work. In your final term you will work as an ensemble (in one group or more where appropriate) to create an experimental devised piece for public performance. The rehearsal process, the performance and the accompanying critical analysis will make up your MA degree dissertation work.
The course is built around three strands: 1. ACTING AND PERFORMANCE: PRACTICE AND METHODOLOGY Working from the foundation of the Stanislavski ‘system’, you will engage with the approaches and responses of later practitioners, including Bertolt Brecht, Jacques Copeau, Vsevolod Meyerhold and Jerzy Grotowski. Contextual studies place emphasis on the links between historical context and text, improvisational and physical practice, developments in experimental theatre internationally, new writing, and performance since the early 20th century. 2. DEVELOPMENT OF PERFORMANCE This dual aspect of the course builds on your strengths and skills, whilst improving areas where you are less experienced. The first strand supports you as you refine and improve your understanding of how to develop as an individual within an ensemble environment. The second covers vocal and physical performance training, supplemented by commedia, creative writing, improvisation and singing. 3. SCENE STUDY Scene study is woven throughout the course and provides a forum for you to develop and experiment with the techniques you are learning.
TIMETABLE The course is taught over a period of four terms, September to September. The first three terms (September to July) are 12 weeks each with teaching taking place from Wednesday evening to Saturday for an intensive 25-30 hours. Additional specialist all-day masterclasses take place on at least two Sundays per term. The fourth term (end of July to September), is a Mondayto-Saturday six-week full-time block of supervised devising work, leading to a public production at RADA, followed by a further two weeks of independent work for an individual critical analysis written assignment. In exceptional circumstances we can waive the need for a first degree, because we welcome performers who are in need of a rigorous professional refresher and who wish to broaden the range of their skills to research, analyse, rehearse and perform. However, we cannot waive the requirement for significant professional experience. The course is very physically demanding but there is no upper age restriction. APPLICATIONS For our application form and detailed application information please visit www.rada.ac.uk Course validated by King’s College London. 19
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ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Honours degree in arts-based subject In exceptional circumstances career experience may be considered IELTS level 8 or above for spoken English and 7.5 or above for written English (for non-native English speakers)
COURSE DETAILS This highly distinctive MA course, run in partnership with Birkbeck, brings together cutting-edge practice and scholarship in theatre and performance. Join us and you will work with our faculty and visiting theatre practitioners and Birkbeck’s experts in theatre and performance studies to experience both making and studying theatre. This course does not offer actor training, but will deepen your critical and practical understanding of theatre and performance practices in context. You can study full-time for one year or part-time over two years.
THE PROGRAMME You will take dramatic text as a critical starting point, and explore drama from the early modern period to the contemporary. In the rehearsal room, you will create new theatre and performance work, responding to set texts and themes. You will also engage with performance techniques to develop your skills as a playwright, director and dramaturg. In academic lectures and seminars, you will encounter theoretical, historical, critical and philosophical writings. You will analyse live performance and write about the ways in which new performance work is informed by both contemporary concerns and older theatrical traditions and legacies. In the final dissertation project, you will have the opportunity to exercise your own creative voice as a director, dramaturg, playwright or scholar. The course should appeal equally to candidates with an academic knowledge of drama who wish to increase their practical and creative awareness, and to candidates already involved in their own practice who wish to explore it through academic study. Students must be prepared to engage in practical theatre-making as well as class discussions. There are no upper age restrictions and the intake is normally enriched by a wide spread of nationalities, backgrounds and levels of experience.
APPLICATIONS Applications are made directly to Birkbeck, University of London, and are accepted from October until May. See more at www.bbk.ac.uk/text_performance. Course validated by Birkbeck, University of London.
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FOUNDATION COURSE IN ACTING
The course is taught by RADA tutors and directors, and runs from September to the end of March.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Applicants must be 18 or over by the start of the course IELTS level 5.5 or above in all four components
COURSE DETAILS This is a full-time course that runs for two twelve-week terms (weekly contact hours of not less than 30 hours). You will experience rigorous training in the foundations of acting that will give you an insight into life at a conservatoire drama school. The course is particularly relevant if you are considering whether actor training at degree level will suit you, but is also invaluable if you are considering a career that demands communication and presentation skills at the highest level.
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THE PROGRAMME The curriculum offers acting classes, skills classes, rehearsal projects and workshops to help with future drama school applications. Rehearsal projects cover contemporary playwrights, the Realist movement and Shakespeare. You will also receive a solid introduction to the history of Western theatre and acting. During the course you will have the opportunity to explore careers in theatre and related industries, and will be introduced to guest speakers who can discuss the range of career options available. CLASS SUBJECTS INCLUDE –– Acting technique (focusing on Stanislavski and Meisner) –– Movement (including Laban, animal studies and group Alexander Technique) –– Dance (covering a wide range of periods) –– Voice –– Group and solo singing –– Text analysis –– Acting for screen –– Introduction to playwriting –– Introduction to filmmaking –– Clowning APPLICATIONS For our application form and detailed application information please visit www.rada.ac.uk
Come and learn with us. There is a RADA short course for everyone, whether you are a complete beginner, want to build on your existing experience, or simply get a taste of our training. Courses draw on RADA’s essential teaching, many combining rehearsal with intensive classes in core skills, conducted by RADA’s senior staff, alongside directors and teachers from the profession. Courses run throughout the year and during the summer months. For further information please see www.rada.ac.uk.
CURRENT COURSES INCLUDE: ACTING & PERFORMANCE –– Acting Shakespeare –– RADA Shakespeare Summer School –– A Question of Shakespeare –– RADA Contemporary Drama Summer School –– Young Actors Summer School –– RADA Musical Theatre Intensive –– Ages and Stages of English Drama –– Close Encounters: An Introduction to Combat for Stage and Camera –– Clown –– Drama on the Dance Floor –– European Greats –– Acting for Film and Television PRODUCTION AND DESIGN –– Corset Making for Theatre –– Lighting Design for Theatre –– Property Making for the Stage: An Introduction –– Scenic Art for the Theatre –– Set and Costume Design for the Theatre –– Sound Design for the Theatre: An Introduction –– Scenic Construction for the Theatre –– Costume Lab
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CYNTHIA ERIVO (top) ‘The Color Purple’ Photograph by Matthew Murphy
— JAMIE PARKER ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ Photograph by Charlie Gray
KENNETH CRANHAM (above) ‘The Father’ Photograph by Mark Douet
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PHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE ‘Fleabag’ photograph by Tony Miller DoP BSC
TANMAY DHANANIA (above) ‘Brahman Naman’ Photograph by Tiziana Puleio
— JANET MCTEER (right) ‘Les Liaisons Dangereuses’ Photograph by Johan Persson
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Our technical training courses produce graduates skilled in the many areas that contribute to the making of a production: theatre, ballet, opera, concert, radio, film, television, or indeed any number of allied events that need technical, design, management or skilled craft support to make them happen. We are also increasingly aware of innovative and alternative production styles and technology within the training. Our graduates have a very successful employment record because our courses develop the creative and practical skills necessary to work in a collaborative environment and with creative teams. We have excellent links to industry and the technical teaching staff are themselves drawn from all areas of theatre and related professions. Our courses give you hands-on experience from the start. You will be working immediately on our public productions staged across our three theatre spaces. In the later part of the programme you will define your own vocational pathway by choosing production roles that suit your ambitions — this includes senior theatre production roles and the opportunity to transfer your skills by working on one or more of RADA’s short films and radio productions, or as part of the annual RADA Festival. Our theatres are designed to support the intense, varied and detailed vocational theatre training, and are used for classes, demonstrations and individual tuition, as well as for performances. You will also have our industry-standard workshops to work in. As a final year student you will benefit from the RADA Buddy mentoring scheme. This programme supports your transition from student to professional with graduate ‘buddies’ providing professional advice, feedback and networking opportunities throughout your final year and beyond.
FdA TECHNICAL THEATRE & STAGE MANAGEMENT Our full-time, two-year Foundation Degree (FdA) in Technical Theatre and Stage Management offers a broad and comprehensive training in all aspects of technical theatre, allowing you to specialise in your second year. Many of the intake go on to pursue successful careers in stage management, and you can also choose from the varied and fascinating technical career options: lighting, sound, props, scenic art, construction, costume, technical and production management.
POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN THEATRE COSTUME This two-year, full-time, course covers all areas of costume making and costume supervision, from pattern cutting through to the finished garment, as well as organisational and managerial skills, budget control and ordering.
BA (HONS) TECHNICAL THEATRE AND STAGE MANAGEMENT (PROGRESSION YEAR)
We also offer a BA (Hons) progression year, which is an opportunity to deepen your specialist knowledge to BA level and further prepare yourself for a highly successful career. This year may be taken in one or more of the following areas, with a limited number of places in each subject area depending on space and training need: –– Costume supervision –– Lighting design –– Production lighting –– Production management –– Production sound –– Property making –– Scenic art –– Scenic construction –– Sound design –– Stage management –– Technical management Admission for all conservatoire technical theatre courses is by interview.
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ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: IELTS level 5.5 or above in all four components 18 years old in September 2017 Some practical experience
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FOUNDATION DEGREE (FdA) IN TECHNICAL THEATRE & STAGE MANAGEMENT COURSE DETAILS Join our full-time, two-year Foundation Degree in Technical Theatre & Stage Management to gain a broad, practical training in all the areas that contribute to a theatre production, plus the opportunity to specialise fully in the area you wish to take into a long-term successful career. Your training will be almost entirely vocational and practical, with the focus on preparing you for work in the industry. Career guidance and professional development sessions are given throughout the course. In your second year you will specialise in the vocational area that interests you, choosing from stage management, lighting, construction, sound, property making, scenic art, or costume.
You will also undertake a professional placement in your second year for up to six weeks with a theatre company, organisation or practitioner. Rich and diverse in its scope and facilities, our course combines in-depth technical instruction with a clear insight into the organisational, managerial and collective skills which form the core of successful work in theatre and other areas of the entertainment industry, for example film, radio, television, conferences, events and other commercial ventures.
We encourage clear personal development, considered reflective mechanisms and strong individual growth because these are the skills that will support you through a complex, high-pressured and rewarding career. From the outset, you will work on RADA public productions as crew and/or operator. These productions are directed by professional directors and designers and in your second year you will work alongside them in more senior roles, for example: stage manager, deputy stage manager, assistant stage manager, production electrician, head of construction, wardrobe supervisor, scenic artist, assistant production manager or property maker. You will also have the opportunity to develop your skills further by undertaking project work in your chosen skill areas, such as prop making, costume making, scenic art or scenic construction; by taking part in projects based on alternative theatre styles and digital production processes; or by working on one of the six short films or radio recordings we make during the year. The course involves significant evening and Saturday work.
OUR FOUNDATION DEGREE TRAINING COVERS: –– Stage management –– Stage electrics/lighting design –– Sound –– Scenic art –– Scenic construction –– Property making and procurement –– Costume –– Set design –– Stagecraft –– Alternative theatre production –– Digital technology –– Production management –– Technical and creative film roles eg script supervisor, first assistant director, location manager –– First aid certification –– Health and safety in the workplace –– Technical drawing –– Music score reading –– History of theatre –– Company management ADMISSIONS There is an intake of up to 36 students in September each year, typically taught in groups of six. APPLICATIONS For our application form and detailed application information please visit www.rada.ac.uk Course validated by King’s College London.
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PROGRESSION YEAR TO BA (HONS) ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: Fluency in the English language A high award in our Foundation Degree in Technical Theatre & Stage Management, or similar level qualification elsewhere
COURSE DETAILS The BA (Hons) programme is offered only as a progression opportunity and award to a Level 6 honours degree. It is suitable for students with foundation degrees, analogous qualifications or those who have completed two years of a BA programme (at Level 5, with 240 credits in total) without completing. It is not suitable for students with a different degree wishing to ‘convert’ to another discipline. This award is not a stand-alone qualification but, as the name suggests, offers an additional third year of study that ‘progresses’ a Foundation Degree to a BA (Hons) in Technical Theatre & Stage Management. This programme is a fully vocational and practically-based course of study in line with all our technical courses – utilising our state-of-the-art workshops, studios and theatres and making use of opportunities within our public production showcases.
The course involves significant evening and Saturday work. Places are available in a number of subject areas: –– Costume supervision –– Lighting design –– Production lighting –– Production management –– Production sound –– Property making –– Scenic art –– Scenic construction –– Sound design –– Stage management –– Technical management Combinations of subjects may also be considered. For example: –– Property making and stage management –– Technical and production management –– Scenic construction and technical management –– Scenic art and property making A limited number of places are available in each subject area in order to allow for a high level of individual focus in your studies. ADMISSIONS There is an intake of up to 16 students in September each year, but places in each subject area (or combinations) will be limited. 33
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ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: Fluency in the English language A related first degree with significant practical experience Hold an undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline, or be able to evidence that you have adequate prior learning in this or a related area for study at Level 7 A portfolio and samples of previous work brought to your interview This is a vocational course so if you can evidence prior learning which can be accredited by us, you will be considered regardless of your academic qualifications.
Our full-time, two-year Postgraduate Diploma in Theatre Costume is for you if you are working towards becoming a costume maker or supervisor. You will cover all areas of costume-making, from pattern-cutting through to the finished garment, and gain the skills needed to take a design or costume reference and transform it into a finished garment. You will be prepared fully for a career in wardrobe supervision and will gain experience and confidence supervising costume on RADA’s public productions, where you will work with professional directors and designers. This will also improve your organisational and management skills and give you budget control and ordering experience. You will gain an understanding of the employment framework of costume/ wardrobe departments within theatre and related industries, and graduate with the requisite skills to be employed within a costume department. In your final term you will exhibit your work in an annual exhibition held at RADA, giving you the opportunity to talk about your work with an invited group of industry contacts.
THE TRAINING COVERS –– Role of costume supervisor on RADA productions –– History of costume and costume props –– Pattern cutting – flat and stand –– Corset making –– Ruff making –– Costume construction –– Wig and hair maintenance and make-up –– Fabric and costume dyeing –– Tailoring –– Millinery The course involves some evening and Saturday work. ADMISSIONS There is an intake of up to four students in September each year. APPLICATIONS For our application form and detailed application information please visit www.rada.ac.uk Course validated by King’s College London.
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MAYA KAZMARSKI (above top) Scenic Artist on ‘Elegy’ photograph by Johan Persson
— CLEO MAYNARD Deputy Stage Manager on ‘Boy’ Photograph by Kwame Lestrade
JOSHUA CARR (above bottom) Lighting Designer on ‘Henry V’ Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre 2016. photograph by Johan Persson
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KATE JEWITT (above top) Metalworker–props on ‘Il Trovatore’ Production image © ROH. Photograph by Clive Barda
— VICKY EAMES Deputy Stage Manager on ‘Doctor Faustus’ Photograph by Marc Brenner
FLY DAVIS (above bottom) Costume Designer on ‘Unreachable’ Photograph by Matt Humphrey
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We are committed to opening up our training to everyone. Here are some ways you can join us.
RADA IN SCHOOLS Drama and technical theatre workshops for schools and colleges in London and beyond. RADA also hosts tours of the Academy for schools as well as careers talks and question and answer sessions with recent graduates.
CAMDEN COO-L PROJECT & CAMDEN SUMMER UNIVERSITY Week-long projects in partnership with Camden Council to bring young people living in the local area into RADA by experiencing an intensive programme of theatre activity.
FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES
SHAKESPEARE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES The opportunity for London schools to host a 90-minute production performed and produced by RADA students. Schools can also take part in a preproduction workshop as well as a post-show Q&A session.
RADA YOUTH COMPANY Supported by the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation, our Youth Company continues as one of our flagship outreach programmes. The Acting strand is an annual, year-long course for 16 young people aged 16-20 concluding in two performances in the Jerwood Vanbrugh Theatre at RADA. From 2016-17, we are launching a new, additional Technical strand for the Youth Company. Please check the website for more details during the autumn.
TECHNICAL TASTER DAYS Workshops to give young people aged 16-20 the opportunity to try out elements of technical theatre. Held on Saturdays, participants are introduced to two areas of theatrecraft including props, lighting, stage management and construction. Places are still available on these for 2016-17. FOR AGES 60+
THE ELDERS COMPANY Supported by ICAP, the Elders Company is a programme of activity for people over the age of 60, providing year-long drama training for nonprofessional actors. The Company meet once a week, culminating each year in a production at RADA’s GBS Theatre. Alongside these regular sessions, we also provide one-off drop-in workshops for members of the community interested in the arts.
For information about all these initiatives please visit www.rada.ac.uk
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We audition or interview all eligible applicants who apply before the deadline. Late applications will not be considered under any circumstances. HOW TO APPLY Entry to RADA is by audition or interview, so we see everyone before deciding whether to offer them a place. You apply directly to us and our Admissions & Registry team are there to help you with the process from the start. We audition students in London, across the UK and in New York.
All the information you need to make an application is on RADA’s website. Visit the page for the course that interests you and you will find all the necessary information: –– Application deadlines –– Information about open days (where available) –– Application process, including audition details and guidance –– The location of auditions and interviews and the deadlines for applying if you wish to be auditioned/interviewed outside of London at the first stage. –– Application fees: we charge these because the application process is lengthy and can involve a number of rounds. For more information about our application fee policy, please visit www.rada.ac.uk
GENERAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Candidates must have complete fluency in the English language. The minimum age for admission is 18. You will need to demonstrate an intellectual, creative and practical ability to undertake degree level training.
SPECIALIST TECHNICAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS These are vocational courses therefore we will consider Accreditation of Prior (Experiential) Learning to enable students without appropriate qualifications to access the training. If you have no prior qualifications and little previous experience, we strongly recommend you look at the two-year Foundation Degree in Technical Theatre and Stage Management, the first year of which will fill your technical theatre experience gap and the second year will allow you to specialise in your chosen subject.
Application forms and instructions for all courses are available from www.rada.ac.uk or reception@rada.ac.uk for a printed copy.
EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INFORMATION FOR DISABLED APPLICANTS We consider diversity to be enriching and a vital part of what makes us one of the world leaders in providing vocational training. We encourage the opportunity for self-development regardless of age, gender, disability, ethnicity, marital status, nationality, sexual orientation, parental status, religion or belief. We welcome applications from disabled applicants and encourage you to disclose relevant information regarding any disability or impairment when completing your application form, to enable us to provide additional support during the interview process. There is more information for disabled applicants on the Conservatoire for Dance and Drama website www.cdd.ac.uk RADA’s buildings are accessible to those with mobility impairments, although not from every entrance. If you are considering applying and would like to talk to someone about access to our buildings and the support that we can offer disabled students, please email admissions@rada.ac.uk and mark your email prominently with ‘access query’ and for the attention of Sarah Agnew, who will then contact you to answer your questions. 43
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CONSERVATOIRE FOR DANCE AND DRAMA RADA is a founding member of the Conservatoire for Dance and Drama, (CDD) established in 2001. The Conservatoire is a publicly-funded higher education institution. It is important to note this because when you are making student finance applications, it is ‘Conservatoire for Dance and Drama’ that you must use on your application, rather than ‘RADA’.
CDD is a partnership of eight schools, all of which offer world-leading training in dance, drama or circus arts. The other seven CDD schools are Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Central School of Ballet, LAMDA, London Contemporary Dance School, National Centre for Circus Arts, Northern School of Contemporary Dance and Rambert School. You can find out more information about CDD, and how the schools work together at www.cdd.ac.uk.
KING’S COLLEGE LONDON RADA has had a relationship with King’s College London for 25 years and King’s continues to validate the majority of our higher education courses. You will graduate with a King’s degree if you have trained on our BA Acting, FdA/BA Technical Theatre and Stage Management, PgD Theatre Costume or MA Theatre Lab courses. Students receiving King’s degrees will be jointly registered by RADA and the Conservatoire for Dance and Drama. BIRKBECK COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON RADA offers one programme in partnership with another university: the MA Text & Performance. If you are an MA Text & Performance student, your study will be split between RADA and Birkbeck (just across Malet Street or nearby in Gordon Square) and you will be able to use Birkbeck’s library and facilities. You will be registered as a higher education student at Birkbeck and registered separately as a RADA student with us.
CONTACT US RADA 62-64 Gower Street London WC1E 6ED United Kingdom T +44 (0)20 7636 7076 F +44 (0)20 7323 3865 www.rada.ac.uk
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PATRON Her Majesty The Queen PRESIDENT Sir Kenneth Branagh
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RADA COUNCIL Chair: Sir Stephen WaleyCohen Bt COUNCIL MEMBERS Catherine Bailey Zac Barratt The Hon. Peter Benson LVO Josh Berger Simon Berry Matthew Byam Shaw Chipo Chung Paul Clay Buster Dover Judy Grahame Stephen Greene Laurence Isaacson CBE Mike Leigh OBE Geoff Locker Rishi Madlani Tanya Moodie Glen Moreno Paul Pyant Fiona Shaw CBE Anthony Smith CBE Robin Soans Imogen Stubbs Andrew Sutch Michelle Terry Richard Wilson OBE Professor Michael Worton CBE DEVELOPMENT BOARD Chair: Simon Berry DEVELOPMENT BOARD MEMBERS Joseph Abrams Deborah Bangay QC Marcus Bicknell Julia Budd Beth Clayden Aidan Clegg Kathryn Jacob Richard Lissack QC Giulia Loewy Guy Mainwaring-Burton Sharon Maughan Philip Noel Sam Phillips Sir Stephen Waley-Cohen Bt Richard Wilson OBE RADA AMBASSADORS Gordon Ashbee The Hon. Michael Attenborough CBE Patsy Baker Duncan Bannatyne OBE Peter Bennett-Jones
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SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM Director Edward Kemp Director of Actor Training Lucy Skilbeck Director of Development Penny Saward Director of Finance & Operations Fraser Jopp Director of Marketing Helen Slater Director of RADA in Business Kevin Chapman Director of Student & Academic Services Julie Crofts Director of Technical Training Neil Fraser
COURSE LEADERS AND DIRECTORS Head of MA Courses Andrew Visnevski MA Associate Director Tom Hunsinger Director of Short Courses Goeff Bullen Foundation Course Director Joan Oliver Associate Director Nona Shepphard Head of Film, TV and Radio Edward Hicks Academy Dramaturg Lloyd Trott Director Emeritus Michael Attenborough ACTING AND PERFORMANCE TEACHING STAFF ACTING Lead Tutor in Acting John Beschizza Improvisation Teacher Christopher Heimann Acting Teacher Melanie Jessop Acting Teacher Annie Tyson MOVEMENT AND COMBAT Lead Tutor in Movement Shona Morris Senior Movement Director Francine Watson Coleman Movement Teacher Elizabeth Ballinger Movement Teacher Katya Benjamin Stage Fighting Teacher Philip d’Orleans Alexander Technique Teacher Bethan Pugh Stage Fighting Teacher Bret Yount SINGING Lead Tutor in Singing Jane Streeton Choral Singing Teacher Jonathan Butcher Singing Teacher Frances Jellard Singing Teacher Darell Moulton Singing Teacher Philip Raymond Singing Coach Tom Wakeley
VOICE AND TEXT Lead Tutor in Voice Joe Windley Accent and Dialect Teacher Helen Ashton Voice and Speech Teacher Annie Morrison Voice and Speech Teacher Joel Trill Sight Reading Teacher David Timson Voice and Speech Teacher Kay Welch Voice and Speech Teacher Emma Woodvine TECHNICAL AND PRODUCTION TEACHING STAFF LIGHTING Head of Lighting Neil Fraser Assistant Head of Lighting Matthew Leventhall Production Technician (Lighting) Dan Bywater PRODUCTION Production Manager Dave Agnew Production Technician (Production/Technical Management) Callum Finn PROPERTIES Head of Properties Deryk Cropper Deputy Head of Properties Davy Atkinson SCENIC ART Head of Scenic Art Daniel Collins SCENIC CONSTRUCTION Head of Construction Mark Tweed Deputy Head of Construction Jeff Bruce-Hay SOUND Head of Sound Steve Mayo STAGE MANAGEMENT Head of Stage Management David Salter Stage Management Tutor Chantal Hauser THEATRE COSTUME Head of Wardrobe Diane Favell Deputy Head of Wardrobe Helen Chattaway Wardrobe Assistant Paul Aspinall Wardrobe Assistant Pippa Batt THEATRE DESIGN Lead Tutor - Design Gary Thorne
YOUTH COMPANY DIRECTOR Philip Sheppard ELDERS COMPANY DIRECTOR Vivian Munn ACADEMY ASSOCIATE TEACHERS Annabel Arden Jo Bartlett Mick Barnfather Timothy Bird Colin Blumenau David Carey Alison Cartledge Andrew Charity Judith Christian Tamsin Collison Andrew Cuthbert Caroline Eves Robert Fried Lisa Goldman Tim Hardy Giles Havergal Karen Hebden Alison Hodge Robert Hooper Nick Hutchison Trilby James Stephen James Liz Kay John Leonard Peta Lily Dewi Matthews Cara McBride Vanessa Mildenberg Gabrielle Moleta Tanya Moodie Ian Morgan Drew Mulligan Vivian Munn Jüri Nael David Neat Deborah Paige Brigid Panet Daniela Peleanu Hardie April Pierrot Guillaume Pigé Greg de Polnay Rowena Ritchie Alice Robinson Darren Royston Matthew Scott Alison Skilbeck Paul Sirett Daniel Sherer Philip Sheppard Brian Stirner Jeremy Stockwell Adrienne Thomas John Tucker Jessica Turner Zoe Waites Che Walker Charlie Walker-Wise Gary Yershon
STUDENT AND ACADEMIC SERVICES Registry Manager Sarah Agnew Counselling and Wellbeing Manager Tracy Keating Admissions and Registry Officer Alisa Stewart Higher Education Courses and Programming Manager Elizabeth Timms HE Courses Officer (Technical and MA) Daisy Watford Widening Participation and Outreach Coordinator Carys Williams HE Courses Officer (BA Acting & Student Engagement) Stephanie Zissler SCHOLARSHIPS AND BURSARIES SUPPORTERS The Amy Mitcheson Fund The Boris Karloff Foundation The Clothworkers’ Foundation The Desmond Gill Memorial Award D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust Gilbert & Eileen Edgar Foundation Raymond Gubbay The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation The Josephine Hart Poetry Foundation The Laurence Olivier Award The Leverhulme Trust Lilian Baylis Award The Ogden Trust Anne Pack The Richard Carne Trust The Rotary Club of Langley Park Santander Universities UK Sophie’s Silver Lining Fund The South Square Trust Stanley Picker Charitable Trust Lord & Lady Stevenson of Coddenham The Wall Trust Warner Bros. Entertainment The William & Frances Branagh Memorial Fund William & Katherine Longman Trust
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PRINCIPAL PARTNER Warner Bros. Entertainment IN KIND Autograph Sound Cadac Champagne Taittinger M.A.C Cosmetics MDG Neg Earth Panalux UK PRG UK ROBE Lighting Shure Stage Electrics Limited Swarovski Triple E RADA ATTENBOROUGH CAMPAIGN BENEFACTORS Eric Abraham Celia & Edward Atkin CBE Christine & Philip Carne MBE Nicholas & Philippa Cooper, Sterling Insurance Sir Evelyn de Rothschild The Hintze Family Charitable Foundation Victor & Giulia Loewy Dame Jillian Sackler DBE Dame Theresa Sackler DBE Warner Bros. Entertainment Mr & The Hon Hilary Weston The Lord Leonard & Lady Estelle Wolfson Foundation CONTRIBUTORS CHK Charities Limited David Schwartz Foundation The George Lucas Family Foundation Golden Bottle Trust The John S Cohen Foundation The Josephine Hart Poetry Foundation Levin Capital Strategies, LP Lord & Lady Puttnam The Thornton Foundation The Tony Randall Theatrical Fund RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH CLUB PLATINUM PATRONS Marcus & Susie Bicknell Aidan Clegg Kent & Gaye Gardner John Gray
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David Hunt Laurence Isaacson CBE Vivian Munn Nigel Pivaro Elizabeth Sebok Fiona Shaw CBE Michael Simkins John St Brioc Hooper Felicity Trew Bruce Wall Camilla Whitworth-Jones Margaret Williams AWARDS IN PERPETUITY The Constance Roberts Bursary Dame Irene Vanbrugh Bursary The Friends of RADA Bursary Garth Wilton Student Bursary - dedicated to Ann Wilton The John Thaw Student Bursary Kate Dreyer Memorial Bursary Keely Donovan Bursary The Keith Waterhouse Bursary The Lady Pilkington Scholarship
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Eunice Black Fund Gillian Wilson Memorial Award The Lionel Gamlin Scholarship Lord & Lady Attenborough Bursary Marianne Pearce Fund Mary Higgins Bursary Mary Morris Bursary Max Reinhardt Scholarship Peter & Sheila Bennett Scholarship Peter Barkworth Bursary RADA Associates Student Hardship Fund RADA Student Hardship Fund The Rayne Foundation The Searle Scholarship Sir John Gielgud Bursary St Clair Bayfield Bursary Sylvia London Student Bursary WCRS Student Bursary
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