LIFE AT LOUGHTON

Our Loughton Campus is perfectly located, providing access to the rich, cultural diversity of London whilst also being an attractive and peaceful setting in which to study.

We are just a five-minute walk from London Underground station, Debden, where you can travel in only thirty minutes to Central London, West End theatres and mainline train stations including the Eurostar. Loughton is situated on the edge of Epping Forest, a 6,000-acre ancient

woodland which is ideal for leisure

pursuits including walking, running, cycling and horse riding. The town offers a rich variety of shops, restaurants, pubs and cafés and has a leisure centre providing gym and pool facilities. We have three sites at our Loughton Campus – Hatfields, Roding House and Unit Four. Hatfields is a beautiful Georgian dower house, set in five acres of lawns with orchards, flowerbeds and a small lake, providing an idyllic atmosphere for study, relaxation and performance. Just a short walk from Hatfields is Roding House, a £1.3 million facility containing 10 rehearsal rooms, a green room/café, a sound recording studio and a video editing suite, and our costume department. Next to Roding House is Unit Four is a £1.5 million facility which is home to the Stage & Production Management department. The Unit contains a large workshop, paint shop, prop shop, prop storage facilities and teaching spaces.

HATFIELDS

28 rehearsal studios including a dance studio, radio-recording room and screening room The Corbett Theatre, named in honour of Harry H Corbett, a key member of Joan Littlewood’s Theatre Workshop and early benefactor of East 15. The building is a medieval tithe barn that was dismantled and transported to Hatfields in the 1960s. Renovated to include full technical facilities, tiered seating for 130 people and fitted dressing rooms, the theatre provides an excellent resource for public productions. Lectures, rehearsals and technical classes also take place here, while the adjacent Bar and Café provides a social meeting point for students and staff As part of an investment in the further development of resources at the Loughton Campus, 2017 saw the opening of a new multi-million pound IT suite and extended Campus library. Students can also use the library resources at the Southend Campus and the University of Essex’s Colchester Campus library, which has holdings of over one million books and microfilms, as well as some 7,300 current periodicals. Books are regularly delivered to Loughton via an internal courier.

All students receive free printing on Campus and there is wireless connectivity throughout the site

Work has already begun on a major set of new buildings and facilities at this site

RODING HOUSE

10 rehearsal rooms, a green room/café, a sound recording studio and a video editing suite. Extensive costume department Computer facilities providing internet access, printing and photocopying

UNIT FOUR

Situated next to Roding House and home to East 15’s Stage & Production Management department, the Unit contains a large workshop, paint shop,

prop shop, prop storage facilities and teaching spaces

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