RADA's Prospectus 2018 - 19 by Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

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PROSPECTUS

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 18–21 MA Theatre Lab 22 Foundation Course in Acting 23 RADA Short Courses 24–27 Graduates 28–29 Technical Theatre Arts 30–33 Foundation Degree in Technical Theatre and Stage Management 34-37 BA (Hons) in Technical Theatre and Stage Management

CONTENTS

38–41 Postgraduate Diploma in Theatre Costume

42-45 Graduates 46-47 MA in Text and Performance 48–49 Widening Participation and Outreach 50-51 How to Apply 52-53 Our Partners 54-55 RADA Now 56-59 Staff, Governance and Supporters

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 programme. Edward Kemp, Director

We offer you a unique and personal training under the guidance of some of the best teachers in the business. With our facilities and extensive links to the industry, we will prepare you for a sustainable and varied career.

WHY CHOOSE RADA?

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 scholarships to enable talented students to study with us regardless.

WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT OUR TRAINING? We offer a conservatoire training that is rigorous, practical, collaborative and creative. 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 many programmes. 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 sometimes internationally, 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 programmes include a short industry placement and some students go on to work with the company where they had their placement.

THEATRES JERWOOD VANBRUGH THEATRE: Our largest auditorium, seating up to 190, is 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 and foyer bar –– Design studios –– Library with over 25,000 books and access to digital resources –– Dance and fight studios –– CAD suite –– Specially equipped rehearsal studios

EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS Our graduates have an impressive record of employment in the theatre and entertainment industries, with 82% still active in the profession 20 years after graduation. The list below outlines some recent graduate destinations. ACTING & PERFORMANCE Theatres and theatre companies: Albany Theatre; Almeida; Cardboard Citizens; Chichester; Donmar Warehouse; Finborough; Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company; Liverpool Playhouse; Manchester Royal Exchange; National Theatre; Old Vic; Palace Theatre; Royal Court; RSC; Samuel Beckett Theatre; Sam Wanamaker Playhouse; Shakespeare’s Globe; St Martin’s Theatre; Tara Arts; Theatre Royal Bath; Theatre Royal Haymarket; Tobacco Factory; Victoria Palace; Wyndham’s; Young Vic. Television, radio and film: BBC Radio and TV; BBC Films; Channel 4; Fluidity Films; Hat Trick; ITV; MGM; Sky; Thin Man Films; Tiger Aspect; 20th Century Fox; Universal Pictures; Warner Bros; Working Title. TECHNICAL THEATRE ARTS Almeida; BBC Strictly Come Dancing; Bush; Cambridge Theatre, Chichester Festival; Dominion Theatre; Donmar Warehouse; Everyman; Finborough; Garsington Opera; London Coliseum; Lyric Hammersmith; Menier Chocolate Factory; Oxford Playhouse; Quantum Special Effects Ltd; Regents Park Open Air Theatre; Royal Opera House; Spirit Productions; Southwark Playhouse; St James Theatre; Theatre Royal Drury Lane; Trafalgar Studios. 7

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.

HOW WE SUPPORT YOU

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, advice about 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 available for students throughout 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. 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, with over 40,000 acquisitions including more than 12,000 plays. It is possibly the largest collection of rare and out-of-print plays in the English language, as well as a good stock of books on many other aspects of theatre. Subjects include: acting, voice and speech, movement and dance, Alexander Technique, music, theatre history, theory of drama, playwriting, directing, stage design, stage management, sound, lighting, art, poetry, film, photography and social history. There are also several thousand films including recent releases, British and Hollywood classics, foreign language, TV dramas, the animal world and social history documentaries. There is access to the following digital resources: Drama Online, Cambridge Journals, Theatre in Video, Digital Theatre Plus and RADA Accents Archive. TUITION FEES RADA publishes its tuition fees on its website. Please check the website for updates. UK/EU undergraduate students at RADA who are new to higher education are charged regulated fees and have access to student financial support. These students are eligible for a tuition fee loan, which means there are no upfront fees to pay. You will repay the loan, including interest, once you leave RADA and are earning over £21,000.

GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED FINANCIAL SUPPORT UK/EU students who are new to higher education and on an undergraduate degree are eligible to apply for fee loans (as above) and also means-tested maintenance loans and/or grants. There are slight differences in place for English, Northern Irish, Scottish and Welsh students, so you are directed to your home country’s student finance information for more information (please see RADA’s website for links). Postgraduate students studying at MA level may apply for a tuition fee loan. Postgraduate students studying at postgraduate diploma level may apply for Professional and Career Development Loans. RADA SCHOLARSHIPS All RADA undergraduate students who are new to higher education are immediately eligible for financial support through the Conservatoire for Dance and Drama’s scholarship scheme (www.cdd.ac.uk/students/fees-and-financialsupport). RADA aims to ‘top up’ these scholarships, which are based on income assessments for people with a family income of under £42,876. Amounts may vary, as RADA raises funds for these scholarships, but for the last two years, the amount offered to each eligible student has been a minimum of £3,000 per year (inclusive of the CDD support). RADA will consider other home/EU students for financial support and we have a very small number of scholarships which will cover fees and, in some cases, living costs. Our priority is supporting students on undergraduate degrees (BA (Hons) in Acting, FdA/BA Technical Theatre and Stage Management), although we will consider applications from students on the MA Theatre Lab and the PgD Theatre Costume in exceptional circumstances. Please note, we do not usually offer scholarships to students from outside the UK or EU. Students will be invited to apply for scholarship support once the offer of a place is made. Please keep an eye on the website for more information about our Scholarship Scheme.

RADA LIFE

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. 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.

has changed me “ RADA wholly, entirely, and brilliantly

am a mature student and could not have “ Icome to RADA without funding support. I was

a teacher in Essex and was advising my students to follow their passion when choosing their university, when I realised I needed to follow my own advice. Going back to train was the best thing I could have done, but I would have never been able to afford the fees and dedicate myself fully to the intensive training without my Warner Bros. scholarship. Their support has been incredible. Thanks to all this, I am now ready and excited to start a new stage of my life.

as well. Everyone here accepts who you are and trusts that is enough, but training teaches you to open doors in your mind and grow your imagination to transform yourself. RADA has instilled the belief in me that I can do anything as long as I truly apply myself. I am excited about what lies ahead, but I am so grateful for the experiences I had here - I wouldn’t have had them anywhere else.

Jack Condon BA (Hons) in Acting 2017

Jamie Trott Foundation Degree in Technical Theatre & Stage Management 2017

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Experienced and expert RADA teachers and directors work on all our acting and performance programmes. We are unique amongst UK drama schools in employing a full-time dramaturg and have a long history of supporting and developing new writing for stage and screen.

BA (HONS) IN ACTING Our three-year BA (Hons) in Acting is designed for students with the talent and dedication to pursue a career as a professional actor.

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 THEATRE LAB Our MA Theatre Lab is a performance-based programme for experienced professionals who want to explore ensemble and experimental theatre-making.

2018-2019 TERM DATES Induction: Wed 12 Sep - Fri 14 Sep 2018 Autumn: Mon 17 Sep - Sat 8 Dec 2018 Spring: Mon 7 Jan - Sat 30 Mar 2019 Summer: Mon 15 Apr - Sat 13 July 2019 Term 4 MA Theatre Lab only: Mon 29 Jul - Sat 21 Sep 2019

WHERE WILL YOU BE TAUGHT? In RADA’s Chenies Street and Gower Street buildings in central London.

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PROGRAMME 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. 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. TEACHING AND LEARNING AIMS The programme aims to provide a thorough training for the professional actor, with an emphasis on preparing for work in the English-speaking classical and contemporary theatre. The programme includes training for employment in all media that a modern performer may encounter. The RADA three-year degree in acting has the following particular aims: 1. To provide student actors of exceptional talent with a vocal, physical, emotional and imaginative training that will allow them to attain their full potential. 2. To provide the entertainment industries with actors skilled and confident in all storytelling media, be they live theatre or recorded drama. 3. To stimulate in students an awareness of their potential for growth, and for the need to continue the learning process throughout their lives.

4. To create and sustain within the Academy a spirit of enquiry and discovery, to nurture and develop the potential of both students and tutors. 5. To generate in as wide a spectrum of students as possible, a life-long commitment to the development of creative skills, to enrich both their own lives and those of their audiences. 6. To enhance the quality of the dramatic arts, both nationally and internationally. ACTING TRAINING Acting technique training, rooted in Stanislavski and some of his successors, develops an individual process and the ability to listen, receive, process and respond to fellow actors. Scene study and project work provide opportunities to apply the developing process using contemporary and Realist material. This work runs in parallel with improvisation classes and the whole acting training encourages playful spontaneity, imaginative responsiveness and technical facility. In the second year, acting technique and improvisation classes continue and project work moves into the classical repertoire. The project material stretches students both imaginatively and technically and includes: Shakespeare and other Elizabethan and Jacobean writers; Greek Tragedy; contemporary writing; Restoration/18th century comedy. These two years of training ensure students are fully equipped for the third year productions. Screen acting training runs throughout first and second year in anticipation of third year film productions. As well as regular screen acting classes students 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 explored include casting, self-taping and green screen before the final year film productions. Our Principal Partner, Warner Bros. Entertainment, supports screen training at RADA.

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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 breath, range, clarity, strength and flexibility. Text, speech systems (accent and dialect), sightreading and practical voice study are all covered within the voice curriculum. 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). Specialist voice projects include Poetry Week and Political Speeches as well as Musical Duologues, integrating the skills of voice and singing with acting and movement. Voice support and teaching continues through all project and production work as well as class work.

With an unprecedented number of winners of the prestigious BBC Carleton Hobbs Bursary Award in recent years, microphone work is seen as an integral part of the programme, 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 is taught throughout the programme to ensure the student develops the physical competency, imagination and expressiveness necessary for character transformation and to meet the demands of a physical medium. Our teaching draws on a variety of sources including Arnold, Laban, Pisk and Lecoq, with an emphasis on the ensemble and play as well as a thorough technical training. Classes range from core skills (flexibility, release, engagement and connection) to period dance (medieval to 20th century), animal work, mask (neutral and character), chorus and stage fighting (armed and unarmed combat). Specialist movement projects include 20 Movements, Greek Lab project and Prize Fights. Movement support and teaching continues through all project and production work as well as class work. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT As well as a progressive curriculum that assists the students’ understanding and development of professional practice, and the skills to maintain a life as a professional actor, professional development sessions and workshops introduce the students to guest speakers who will stimulate, provoke, and broaden their understanding of the profession. Directors, actors, writers, international artists and performers provide professional insights from their own experiences and allow opportunities for students to develop links to the profession throughout the 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 second year with the Shakespeare Schools Tour, which performs at RADA, in secondary schools and at an international festival. The third year programme focuses on rehearsal and performance work. Classes continue throughout third year to ensure the integration of the skills learned in the first and second years and to develop those skills with the additional experience of public performance. 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 Polly Findlay, Giles Havergal, Paul Hunter, Natalie Ibu, Iqbal Khan, Nancy Meckler, Jonathan Miller, Lindsay Posner, Prasanna Puwanarajah, Paulette Randall, Eve Shapiro, Bijan Sheibani, Jessica Swale, and Richard Wilson. Recent productions have included works by Kwame KweiArmah, Aphra Behn, Edward Bond, Moira Buffini, Caryl Churchill, Noël Coward, Charlene James, Sarah Kane, Rona Munro, Jean Racine, William Shakespeare, Stephen Sondheim, Simon Stephens and Tennessee Williams. Students also work on a number of short films during training. Films are shot on location, employ the expertise of professional directors, camera and sound operators, and have specially commissioned screenplays by writers recently including Nathaniel MartelloWhite, Ursula Rani Sarma 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 In the third year students benefit from the RADA Buddy mentoring scheme. This programme supports the transition from student to professional actor with graduate ‘buddies’ providing professional advice, feedback and networking opportunities throughout the final year and beyond. INDUSTRY SHOWCASE Our industry showcase (or the ‘Tree’, named after the Academy’s founder, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree) takes place in April each year. Students 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.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS –– Fluency in the English language –– 18 years old by 1 September 2018 ADMISSIONS FOR BA (HONS) IN ACTING There is an intake of up to 28 students in September each year. We audition all eligible applicants who apply before the deadline and offer 14 places each to male and female students. You may only apply once per academic year, but you may apply for our Foundation Course in Acting at the same time and using the same form as our BA (Hons) in Acting. Auditions run from November until June, with the option to audition in London or regional and overseas venues. AUDITION PROCESS See our website for full details of our auditions. COSTS NOT INCLUDED IN THE FEES Students should allow approximately £300 for practice clothes and books over the three years.

APPLICATIONS For our application form and detailed application information please visit www.rada.ac.uk This programme is validated by King’s College London and is scheduled to be revalidated by King’s for the start of the 2018/19 academic year as part of a regular cycle of review. TIMETABLE There are three terms of 12 teaching weeks each year beginning in September and finishing in July. The programme is highly intensive and can involve evening and Saturday work. 19

MA THEATRE LAB

MA THEATRE LAB PROGRAMME DETAILS RADA’s MA Theatre Lab re-addresses the actors craft as an embodied and varied contemporary discipline at the heart of the theatre process. Through an intensive exploration of both established and emerging acting practices, the programme will expand your ability to work collaboratively and independently in various contexts. Working rigorously with expert practitioners you will experiment with a range of practices, from Stanislavski’s later action-focused approach to the strategies of contemporary performance making; empowering you to play a re-vitalising role in today’s theatre making landscape. Each term your practical exploration will be extended through a supported written assignment; reflecting on your experience using existing and emerging theories of performance. In your final term, you will work as an ensemble (inone group or more where appropriate) alongside a professional director to create a piece of work for public performance. The rehearsal process, performance and accompanying reflective document will together constitute your MA dissertation project. Throughout the year there will be further opportunities to share your work and receive extensive feedback from staff and visiting professionals. The course is built around four compulsory strands: 1. ACTING AND PERFORMANCE: PRACTICE AND METHODOLOGY Each term’s work centres around rigorous studio based approaches to performance, emerging out of the actor’s creative process. In the first term you will explore text through approaches to acting from Stanislavski’s innovatory later period of work. In terms 2 and 3 you’ll extend your acting practice through experimenting with other approaches: from Expressionism and Epic Theatre, to work inspired by Jacques Copeau, Vsevolod Meyerhold and Jerzy Grotowski.

Development of Performance sessions throughout the year, will underpin your creative work with training in the practices introduced. Here you will test out specific core exercises relevant for the field of work each term. In term 3 your ‘making’ skills will be furthered through an intensive studio project under the direction of a specialist practitioner. 2. CONTEXTUAL STUDIES/THEATRE HISTORY Contextual studies places emphasis on the links between historical context and text, examining developments in theatre internationally through radical writing and performance aesthetics. Through practical engagement with plays ranging from Ancient Greek drama up to contemporary performance of the 20th century, you will discover how theatre grew out of social and political contexts, how each play expresses its time and place. 3. VOICE AND MOVEMENT All year you will develop an integrated training approach to body and voice, nurturing your embodied discipline in weekly classes throughout. Vocal Performance will hone your skills in text work, as well as introducing you to alternative approaches in vocal work.

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In terms 2 and 3, you will also explore song, starting with individual singing and culminating in polyphony. Physical work will grow out of an ensemble approach to embrace both ‘via negativa’ and aesthetic based exploration.

MA THEATRE LAB

Further contextual vocal and physical Performance work will also be integrated within other projects.

4. THE PUBLIC PERFORMANCE LAB In the first five weeks of term 4 you will engage in the intensive, full-time process of devising a production for public performance. This is the opportunity to test your ability as a collaborative, creative artist and theatre-maker within an ensemble environment working with a professional theatre-maker. Offering the opportunity to apply the skills you have developed, crystallising and putting into practice the ethos of your training. The build-up to this performance process will begin at the end of term 2, when you will be introduced to the director of the Performance Lab and decide on the starting points for the production. During term 3, six Devising Lab seminars are timetabled, during which you will work on the emerging piece. TEACHING AND LEARNING This is a practical programme, so you will spend around 25–30 hours per week in practical class, plus your own preparation and practice. You will have timetabled meetings at least twice a term with the programme leader and receive regular feedback from other members of faculty. The programme includes academic support sessions in academic writing, and written English. You will receive an induction to the Library. For information about how we support disabled students and student wellbeing, please go to pages 6-7.

TIMETABLE The first three terms (September to July) are 12 weeks each, with compulsory attendance from Wednesday evening to Saturday evening for an intensive 25-30 hours. You may be asked to attend on Mondays and Tuesdays on occasions. Additional specialist all-day masterclasses take place on at least two Sundays per term. The fourth term (end of July to September), is a Monday-to-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. WORKLOAD Please be aware that although the regular teaching of this programme takes place from Wednesday to Saturday each week, the workload will require your time throughout the week. All the scheduled classes engage you in practical work, it is therefore necessary for you to set aside time on the days when you are not in class (Mondays, Tuesdays, daytime Wednesdays and most Sundays) for preparation, such as line-learning, reading of recommended supporting material, rehearsal with your fellow students and the upkeep of your portfolio. Time-management will require your attention, as the programme is cumulative and the workload will gradually intensify. Also, additional seminars will be offered to you outside of class hours, and there are optional extracurricular activities, including participation in the studentled production for possible festival visits, commitment to which will add to the workload. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS –– An undergraduate honours degree or equivalent (Level 6 in the Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) AND –– A minimum of three years’ significant experience as a practising actor or performer –– In exceptional circumstances, RADA will also consider candidates for the MA with sufficient professional experience who do not hold a undergraduate degree or qualifications equivalent to Level 6

If English is not your first language, you will need an IELTS score of 8.0 for spoken English and 7.5 or above for written English. Please note that this is a physicallydemanding practical programme. ADMISSIONS PROCESS See our website for full details of the admissions process and audition requirements for this programme. COSTS NOT INCLUDED IN THE FEES There will be extra costs of approximately £300 to cover board and lodging for any festivals or performances outside of London and for practice clothes and books. APPLICATIONS For our application form and detailed application information please visit www.rada.ac.uk This programme is validated by King’s College London and is scheduled to be revalidated by King’s for the start of the 2018/19 academic year as part of a regular cycle of review. 23

The course is taught by RADA tutors and directors, and runs from September to the end of March.

FOUNDATION COURSE IN ACTING

THE COURSE 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 practitioners who can discuss the range of career options available.

COURSE DETAILS This is a full-time course that runs for two 12-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.

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 ENTRY REQUIREMENTS –– Applicants must be 18 or over by the start of the course –– If English is not your first language, an IELTS level of 5.5 or above in all four components is required 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, or you want to build on your existing experience, or simply get a taste of our training. All classes and rehearsals are conducted by RADA staﬀ, alongside directors and teachers from the profession; and incorporate RADA’s essential teaching. Courses run throughout the year. For further information please see www.rada.ac.uk or email sallypower@rada.ac.uk.

CURRENT COURSES INCLUDE:

RADA SHORT COURSES

ACTING AND PERFORMANCE –– Acting Shakespeare –– Ages and Stages of English Drama –– A Question of Shakespeare –– Close Encounters: An Introduction to Combat for Stage and Camera –– Clown –– Contemporary Drama Summer School –– Drama on the Dance Floor –– European Greats –– Introduction to Acting for Film and Television –– Musical Theatre –– Shakespeare Summer School –– Stanislavski: Physical Action –– Young Actors Summer School PRODUCTION AND DESIGN –– Corset Making for the Theatre –– Costume Lab –– Lighting Design for the Theatre –– Property Making for the Stage –– Scenic Art for the Theatre –– Scenic Construction for the Theatre –– Set and Costume Design for the Theatre –– Sound Design for the Theatre

GRADUATES

JAMAEL WESTMAN (top) ‘Torn’ Photograph by Helen Maybanks

NORAH LOPEZ HOLDEN AND ABRAHAM POPOOLA ‘Othello’

BERTIE CARVEL (above) ‘Ink’

Photograph by The Other Richard

Photograph by Marc Brenner

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KATE O’FLYNN ‘The Glass Menagerie’ Photograph by Johan Persson

TAMARA LAWRANCE AND PHOEBE FOX (right) ‘Twelfth Night’ Photograph by Marc Brenner

MICHELLE TERRY (below) ‘As You Like It’ Photograph by Simon Kane

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Our technical training programmes 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. We are also increasingly aware of innovative and alternative production styles and technology within the training. Our graduates have a very successful employment record as our programmes 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 programmes give you hands-on experience from the beginning. As soon as you start, you will be working 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 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; this includes senior theatre production roles and the opportunity to transfer your skills by working on one or more of RADAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s short films and radio productions, or as part of the annual ten-day 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. Students receive the highest skilled professional tuition and mentoring, some of which will occur in our bespoke property making, wardrobe, scenic art, metalwork or carpentry workshops and sound studio.

FOUNDATION DEGREE IN 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 technical career options: lighting, sound, props, scenic art, construction, costume, video, technical and production management.

BA (HONS) IN TECHNICAL THEATRE & STAGE MANAGEMENT

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN THEATRE COSTUME This two-year, full-time programme 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.

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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 –– Video and digital design Admission for all RADA Technical Theatre Arts programmes is by interview.

2018-2019 TERM DATES Induction: Wed 12 Sep - Fri 14 Sep 2018 Autumn: Mon 17 Sep - Sat 8 Dec 2018 Spring: Mon 7 Jan - Sat 30 Mar 2019 Summer: Mon 15 Apr - Sat 13 Jul 2019

WHERE WILL YOU BE TAUGHT? In RADA’s Chenies Street and Gower Street buildings in central London. 31

FOUNDATION DEGREE IN TECHNICAL THEATRE & STAGEÂ MANAGEMENT

FOUNDATION DEGREE IN TECHNICAL THEATRE & STAGE MANAGEMENT

Rich and diverse in its scope and facilities, our TTSM programme 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.

PROGRAMME DETAILS

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.

RADAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two-year Foundation Degree in Technical Theatre and Stage Management (TTSM) offers 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. Many Foundation Degree graduates 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.

From the outset, you will work on RADA public productions as crew and/or operator. These productions are directed by professionals and usually involve professional designers. 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.

Your training will be vocational and practical, focusing on preparing you for work in the industry. Career guidance and professional development sessions are given throughout the programme. In your second year, you will have the opportunity to 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.

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THEATRE & STAGE MANAGEMENT

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The Foundation Degree in Technical Theatre and Stage Management covers the following areas: –– Stage management –– Stage electrics/lighting design –– Sound –– Scenic art –– Scenic construction –– Property making and procurement –– Costume –– Set design –– Stagecraft –– Alternative theatre production –– Digital technology –– Projection and the manipulation of digital imagery –– 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 Students learn by doing. During the first year, you combine ‘rotational’ teaching in each of the different disciplines with work on a production. You cycle through the areas over each half term (six rotations in total). You will also receive ongoing training in stage management through classwork, some project work (for example in design) and theatre history lectures. You will also have the opportunity to develop your skills by undertaking project work in your chosen skill areas such as: prop making, costume making, scenic art, 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.

SECOND YEAR In the second year, you will specialise in a chosen area and work exclusively through productions or project work, as well as completing a placement. Students are assessed through their practice. We include a ‘selfassessment’ where you reflect on your work in that rotation, but all assessment is practical. You will also complete a portfolio in relation to your work. Students will be working for a minimum of 35 hours per week. During production periods, this will be extended into weekends and evenings. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS –– If English is not your first language, an IELTS level of 5.5 or above in all four components is required –– 18 years old on 1 September 2018 –– Some practical experience of technical theatre disciplines or related activity ADMISSIONS There is an intake of up to 36 students in September each year, typically taught in groups of six.

INTERVIEW REQUIREMENTS You may be asked to complete a questionnaire about technical theatre. We want you to tell us about your passions and theatre experience. If you have a portfolio of work or portable examples of the work itself, please bring these with you, although this is not an essential requirement for this programme. COSTS NOT INCLUDED IN THE FEES You will need to purchase some equipment and clothes (including appropriate boots). We estimate the overall costs of materials for the programme to be not more than £400. APPLICATIONS See our website for full details and to download an application form. This programme is validated by King’s College London and is scheduled to be revalidated by King’s for the start of the 2018/19 academic year as part of a regular cycle of review. TIMETABLE There are three terms of 12 teaching weeks each year beginning in September and finishing in July. The programme is highly intensive and does involve evening and Saturday work.

Admission is by interview, with a panel drawn from the technical teaching faculty and including one BA TTSM student. Interviews are held between November and April with the option to interview in London or at regional venues. All applicants are offered an interview. Please note: –– You may be called for an interview at short notice –– We do not provide feedback to candidates –– You may apply only once per academic year

BA (HONS) IN TECHNICAL THEATRE & STAGEÂ MANAGEMENT

BA (HONS) IN TECHNICAL THEATRE & STAGE MANAGEMENT (PROGRESSION YEAR)

PROGRAMME DETAILS The BA (Hons) programme is offered only as a progression opportunity and award to a Level 6 honours degree. This is an opportunity to deepen your specialist knowledge to BA level and further prepare yourself for a highly successful career. This programme is vocational and practice-based, using our state-of-the-art workshops, studios and theatres and making use of opportunities within our public production showcases. 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 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.

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TEACHING AND LEARNING Teaching is through work on productions and projects, individually and in small groups. You will also be leading groups of other students as part of your work. Students are assessed through their practice. We include a ‘self-assessment’ where you reflect on your work in that rotation, but all assessment is practical. You will also complete a portfolio in relation to your work. Students will be working for a minimum of 35 hours per week. During production periods, this will be extended into weekends and evenings.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS –– If English is not your first language, an IELTS level of 5.5 or above in all four components is required. –– Equivalent to a high merit (a mark of 76) or an equivalent performance on our Foundation Degree in Technical Theatre & Stage Management or equivalent Level 5 qualification. –– This programme is suitable for students with a prior qualification in technical theatre (Level 5, 240 credits) or those who have undertaken two years of a BA programme without completing. It is not suitable for students with a different degree wishing to convert to another discipline. ADMISSIONS RADA offers around 16 places per year for this programme. Places in each subject area (or combination) will be limited to allow for a high level of individual focus in your studies.

COSTS NOT INCLUDED IN THE FEES If you do not already own them from prior courses, you will need to purchase some equipment and clothes (including appropriate boots). We estimate the overall costs of materials for the programme to be not more than £400. APPLICATIONS See our website for full details and to download an application form.

Application is by interview if you meet our entry requirements. INTERVIEW REQUIREMENTS You should come prepared to talk enthusiastically about your passions and your theatre experience. If you have a portfolio of work, or portable examples of the work itself, please bring these with you.

This programme is validated by King’s College London and is scheduled to be revalidated by King’s for the start of the 2018/19 academic year as part of a regular cycle of review. TIMETABLE There are three terms of 12 teaching weeks each year beginning in September and finishing in July. The programme is highly intensive and does involve evening and Saturday work. 39

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN THEATRE COSTUME

PROGRAMME DETAILS 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 skills to be employed within, or in support of 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 TEACHING AND LEARNING The main purpose of the programme is to provide a broad-based practical training in the area of theatre costume and production wardrobe, enabling students to pursue a career in costume-making and wardrobe, including making, pattern cutting and managerial skills and aims to prepare the students’ for careers in related fields within the entertainment industry. The programme will enable students to gain an intelligent understanding of the creative and collaborative process of the wardrobe department and the ability to transfer that understanding to other entertainment fields.

TECHNICAL THEATRE AND POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN STAGEÂ MANAGEMENT THEATRE COSTUME (CONTINUED)

Due to the creative nature of the programme, the required balance of practical skills and independent learning ability are considered mandatory to progress within the programme. Attendance at RADA productions and development of the individual’s own breadth of creative knowledge is actively encouraged as part of the programme, which also requires an understanding of the best possible experience of the theatre and the creative industries as a whole. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS –– If English is not your first language, an IELTS level of 5.5 or above in all four components is required –– A related first degree (Level 5 or 6) –– Significant practical experience (gained through education or professional practice) We will consider applicants without a relevant first degree, provided that they can evidence prior learning in this area or a related area for study at Level 7. ADMISSIONS PROCESS This programme admits four students each year. Admission is by an interview with members of the Technical Theatre Arts teaching faculty.

INTERVIEW REQUIREMENTS You are required to bring a portfolio and samples of your previous work to interview. COSTS NOT INCLUDED IN THE FEES Most materials are included in the programme fee, however, allow between £20-£100 for personal choice items. APPLICATION PROCESS See our website for full details and to download an application form. TIMETABLE There are three terms of 12 teaching weeks each year beginning in September and finishing in July. The programme does involve evening and Saturday work. This programme is validated by King’s College London and is scheduled to be revalidated by King’s for the start of the 2018/19 academic year as part of a regular cycle of review.

GRADUATES

CANDICE WEAVER (above top) Sound No 2 ‘Angels in America’ Photograph by Helen Maybanks

LIAM BUNSTER Associate Designer to Anna Fleischle ‘Don Juan in Soho’ Photograph by Helen Maybanks

VICKY EAMES (above bottom) Company Stage Manager ‘Guards at the Taj’ Photograph by Marc Brenner

GRADUATES

LIZZIE FRANKL (above top) Props Supervisor ‘King Lear’ Photograph by Manuel Harlan

CHARLOTTE LOCKYER (above bottom) Senior Automation Engineer ‘Woyzek’ Photograph by Manuel Harlan

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PROGRAMME DETAILS This highly distinctive MA programme, is jointly delivered 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 programme 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.

MA IN TEXT AND PERFORMANCE THE PROGRAMME You will take dramatic text as a critical starting point, and explore drama from the classical 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, dramaturg and producer. 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 programme 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 theatremaking as well as class discussions. There are no upper age restrictions and the APPLICATIONS intake is normally enriched by a wide Applications are made directly spread of nationalities, backgrounds and to Birkbeck, University of London, levels of experience. and are accepted from October until May. See more at ENTRY REQUIREMENTS www.bbk.ac.uk/text_performance –– Honours degree in arts-based subject –– In exceptional circumstances career Programme validated by Birkbeck, experience may be considered –– If English is not your first language, you University of London. will need an IELTS level 8 or above for spoken English and 7.5 or above for written English

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We are committed to opening up our training to everyone. Here are some ways you can join us.

SHAKESPEARE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES

RADA IN SCHOOLS

In schools and at RADA

Acting 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 Q&A sessions with recent graduates.

The opportunity for London schools to host a 90-minute production performed and produced by RADA students. Schools can also take part in a pre-production workshop as well as a post-show Q&A session.

RADA YOUTH COMPANY: ACTING AND TECHNICAL THEATRE 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 1620 concluding in three performances of a Shakespeare production in the Jerwood Vanbrugh Theatre at RADA. The Technical Theatre strand of the Youth Company gives young people the opportunity to try out different elements of technical theatre before deciding what area they would like to specialise in for the August Youth Company production. Members must live in or around London and scholarships to the course are offered to those from low-income backgrounds.

YOUNG THEATRE MAKERS COURSE For young people aged 11-14 this course explores both the acting and technical elements of theatre. Participants will work together to devise a presentation for the end of their week together.

CAMDEN SUMMER UNIVERSITY A week-long project in partnership with Camden Council. The course brings local young people aged 15-19 into RADA and offers them an intensive programme of theatre activity. The course culminates in a presentation performed for friends and family members.

REGIONAL ACCESS WORKSHOPS Partnering with theatres, charities and youth groups in a variety of areas around the UK, RADA delivers workshops and Q&A sessions that explore the admissions process for either the BA Acting or Technical Theatre and Stage Management programmes. These workshops give a taste of RADA to young people living in areas outside of London and encourage applications to our full-time programmes.

ACCESS TO ACTING A three-year programme that integrates disabled young people (specifically with physical and sensory disabilities) with non-disabled participants. Partnering with arts organisations across the UK, RADA offers drama workshops for young people considering applying to drama school and support and advice for them in their application process. Staff training is delivered to encourage disability awareness and promote best practice.

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. FOR AGES 60+

THE ELDERS COMPANY The Elders Company is a programme of activity for people over the age of 60, providing year-long drama training for non-professional actors. The company meet once a week, culminating each year in a production at RADAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s GBS Theatre. Alongside these regular sessions, we also provide one-off drop-in workshops at RADA for members of the community interested in the arts and deliver workshops in local community centres. For information about all these initiatives please visit www.rada.ac.uk

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 and Los Angeles. All the information you need to make an application is on RADA’s website. Visit the page for the programme that interests you and you will find all the necessary information: –– Application deadlines

HOW TO APPLY

–– 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 face-to-face, may involve a number of rounds and is therefore costly to deliver. 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. ADMISSIONS PROCEDURE Please note: –– You may be called for an interview, audition or workshop at short notice –– We do not provide feedback to candidates –– The decision of the interview or audition panel is final. If you are unhappy with the process, you may make a complaint under RADA’s Admissions Appeals & Complaints process (details are on the programme pages of our website) –– You may apply only once per academic year

SPECIALIST TECHNICAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS These are vocational programmes, 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 programmes 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 disabled applicants and encourage you to disclose relevant information regarding any disability 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 Alisa Stewart, who will then contact you to answer your questions.

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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 over 25 years and King’s continues to validate the majority of our higher education programmes. You will graduate with a King’s degree if you have trained on our BA (Hons) in Acting, FdA/BA (Hons) in Technical Theatre and Stage Management, PgDip in Theatre Costume or MA Theatre Lab programmes. Students receiving King’s degrees will be jointly registered by RADA and the Conservatoire for Dance and Drama.

BIRKBECK, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON RADA offers one programme jointly with another university: the MA in Text and Performance. If you are an MA in Text and 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.

RADA NOW

Alongside RADAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s higher education training, thousands of people each year engage with our widening participation and outreach activities, UK and overseas tours, the RADA Festival and unique artistic collaborations. Here is a selection of our work.

Collaboration with the Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance and RADA lighting design students, 2017

‘Untouchable’ by Peter Oswald, directed by Kathryn Hunter, RADA Festival, 2017

‘Trump’s Women’ by Lily Bevan, RADA Festival, 2017

‘The Word’ by Nell Leyshon, commissioned for the RADA Elders Company, 2016

‘Prometheus Bound’ performed at the International Student Festival of Ancient Drama in Ancient Messene by MA Theatre Lab students, 2017

Young Theatre Makers workshop, 2017

PATRON Her Majesty The Queen PRESIDENT Sir Kenneth Branagh RADA ADVISORS

STAFF, GOVERNANCE ANDÂ SUPPORTERS

RADA COUNCIL Chair: Sir Stephen WaleyCohen Bt

COUNCIL MEMBERS Zac Barratt Josh Berger Simon Berry Matthew Byam Shaw Chipo Chung Paul Clay Buster Dover Judy Grahame Stephen Greene Ros Haigh Laurence Isaacson CBE Mike Leigh OBE Rishi Madlani Tanya Moodie Glen Moreno Paul Pyant Fiona Shaw 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 Beth Clayden Aidan Clegg Kathryn Jacob Gill Kendrick Richard Lissack QC Giulia Loewy Guy Mainwaring-Burton Sharon Maughan Philip Noel Sam Phillips Sir Stephen Waley-Cohen Bt RADA AMBASSADORS Gordon Ashbee The Hon. Michael Attenborough CBE Patsy Baker Duncan Bannatyne OBE Peter Bennett-Jones Eve Best Theo Fennell Ralph Fiennes

Michael Grade CBE Sabrina Guinness Thelma Holt CBE Sir Anthony Hopkins CBE Joyce Hytner OBE Francine LeFrak Martyn Lewis CBE Deborah Lincoln Dame Diana Rigg DBE Peter Sissons Lady Solti Sylvia Syms OBE Hugh Whitemore FRSL John Whitney CBE ARTISTIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE The Hon. Michael Attenborough CBE Catherine Bailey Eve Best Danny Boyle Burt Caesar Giles Havergal CBE Lindy Hemming Thelma Holt CBE Adrian Lester OBE Simon McBurney Rufus Norris Jonathan Moore Paul Pyant Sir Mark Rylance Fiona Shaw CBE Robin Soans Timberlake Wertenbaker ASRADA TRUSTEES Peter James Tara Hugo Richard Rivas DIRECTOR EMERITUS The Hon. Michael Attenborough CBE SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM Director Edward Kemp Director of RADA in Business Kevin Chapman Director of Student & Academic Services Julie Crofts Director of Technical Training Neil Fraser Director of Finance & Operations Fraser Jopp Director of Development Penny Saward Director of Actor Training Lucy Skilbeck Director of Marketing Helen Slater

COURSE LEADERS AND DIRECTORS MA Theatre Lab Course Leader Ian Morgan MA Text and Performance Course Leader Tom Hunsinger Director of Short Courses Geoff Bullen Foundation Course Director Joan Oliver Associate Director Nona Shepphard Head of Film, TV and Radio Edward Hicks Academy Dramaturg Lloyd Trott 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 Alexander Technique Teacher Korina Biggs 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 Kat Hicks Voice and Speech Teacher Annie Morrison

Sight Reading Teacher David Timson Voice and Speech Teacher Kay Welch Voice and Speech Teacher Emma Woodvine TECHNICAL AND PRODUCTION TEACHING STAFF DIGITAL AND VIDEO DESIGN Head of Digital and Video Design Tim Bird, Nina Dunn FILM, TV AND RADIO Production Technician Oliver Hayes LIGHTING Head of Production Lighting Matthew Leventhall Assistant Head of Production Lighting Dan Bywater PRODUCTION Production Manager Jacqui Leigh Assistant Head of Production Callum Finn Technical Manager Guy Fryer Technical Supervisor (RADA Studios) Jethro Walker 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 YOUTH COMPANY DIRECTOR Philip Sheppard ELDERS COMPANY DIRECTOR Vivian Munn

MA COURSE TEACHERS Robert Fried Alison Hodge Trilby James Peta Lily Vanessa Mildenburg Gabrielle Moleta Julia Moody Jüri Nael Daniela Peleanu Hardie Guillaume Pigé Lucy Pitman-Wallace Alice Robinson Darren Royston Daniel Sherer Paul Sirret Allison Smith Brian Stirner Adrienne Thomas Katalyn Trencsényi ACADEMY ASSOCIATE TEACHERS Bruce Alexander Matt Bannister Jo Bartlett Lois Baxter Stefan Bednarczyk Martin Berry Jane Bertish Imogen Butler-Cole Lucinda Carey Alison Cartledge Michelle Chadwick Andrew Charity Tamsin Collison Andrew Cuthbert Alan David Neil D’Souza Yarit Dor Caroline Eves Angela Gasparetto Sophie Grimmer Tim Hardy Claudia Harrison Michael Haslam Giles Havergal Ian Henderson Nick Hutchison Mark Inman Stephen James Nancy Kettle Gemma Kerr Caroline Kilpatrick Gary Lagden Rob Leonard Dewi Matthews Faye Maughan Tanya Moodie Deborah Paige Brigid Panet Martin Parr Jenny Patrone Natasha Rickman Rowena Ritchie Tanya Ronder Morwenna Rowe Zabarjad Salam Matthew Scott Aoife Smyth

Alison Skilbeck Jeremy Stockwell Beru Tessema Michelle Terry Andrew Tidmarsh John Tucker Jessica Turner Tilly Vosburgh Zoe Waites Che Walker Mark Winstanley Hilary Wood Gary Yershon STUDENT AND ACADEMIC SERVICES Registry Manager Sarah Agnew (Maternity Leave) Registry Officer Asiimwe Allen Administrator Dee Doyle Counselling and Wellbeing Manager Tracy Keating Senior 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 Manager Carys Williams HE Courses Officer (BA Acting & Student Engagement) Stephanie Zissler SHORT COURSES Shakespeare Awards Manager Jessica Bannister Short Courses Coordinating Tutor Michelle Chadwick Short Courses Administrator Jo Lynch Head of Short Courses Sally Power

PRINCIPAL PARTNER Warner Bros. Entertainment SUPPORTERS CIRCLES PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE Eric Abraham Celia & Edward Atkin CBE Simon Berry Nicholas Cooper CBE Sir Stephen Waley-Cohen Bt BENEFACTORS Julia Budd John & Ann Kelly Beth & Ian Mill QC

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PRODUCTION SPONSOR Willis Tower Watson CORPORATE MEMBER Premier Underwriting Ltd IN KIND PARTNERS Autograph Sound Avolites Champagne Taittinger ETC M.A.C Cosmetics MDG Group Neg Earth Panalux UK PRG UK Projected Image Redlight ROBE Lighting Shure Swarovski VER Triple E TSL Zero88 RADA FESTIVAL The Band Trust WIDENING PARTICIPATION AND OUTREACH The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation The Childhood Trust ICAP The Patron’s Fund The Worshipful Company of Grocers

SCHOLARSHIPS The Amy Mitcheson Fund The Boris Karloff Foundation The Charles Michael Holloway Charitable Trust The Clothworkers’ Foundation The Desmond Gill Memorial Award D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust Gilbert & Eileen Edgar Foundation The Grahame Norris Memorial Fund Raymond Gubbay The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation The John Gielgud Charitable Trust The Josephine Hart Poetry Foundation The Laurence Olivier Award The Leverhulme Trust Lilian Baylis Award The Lionel Bart Foundation The Ogden Trust Anne Peck The Rayne Foundation The Richard Carne Trust Santander Universities UK Sophie’s Silver Lining Fund The South Square Trust Stanley Picker Charitable Trust The Wall Trust Warner Bros. Entertainment The William & Frances Branagh Memorial Fund William & Katherine Longman Trust

AWARDS IN PERPETUITY The Constance Roberts Bursary Dame Irene Vanbrugh Bursary Debbie Cronshaw 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 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 Searle Scholarship Sir John Gielgud Bursary St Clair Bayfield Bursary Sylvia London Student Bursary WCRS Student Bursary

at RADA? Life-changing, â&#x20AC;&#x153; Training soul-rocking, and quite a lot of silly fun..,, Aurora Burghart BA (Hons) in Acting 2018

We would also like to acknowledge the kind support of all those who wish to remain anonymous. RADA Attenborough Campaign Our thanks to our Founding contributors, our Campaign Patron The Hon. Michael Attenborough CBE, RADA President Sir Kenneth Branagh and Campaign Envoys Ralph Fiennes, Tom Hiddleston, Martin Paisner CBE, Lord David Puttnam, Sir Mark Rylance.

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