BA (Hons) Acting for Stage and Screen

If you’re looking to become a versatile and multi-skilled performer, and join a creative community of filmmakers, screenwriters and actors, this is the course for you. It has been carefully designed alongside industry experts to provide you with the skillset to pursue an exciting career in this industry.

You’ll explore acting for stage and camera, with opportunities to collaborate and build a portfolio of original work – learning to take a production from concept to performance.

You'll discover how stories are told through performance and what it means to come together as a community of actors – working practically on projects you choose: writing scripts, devising new techniques and working alongside Film Production students on short films, live television shows and more. This is delivered through two strands: acting for the stage and acting for the screen.

You’ll build a broad understanding of the social, political and cultural contexts that have influenced playwrights, directors and performers over the years, and learn how theatre has evolved in response to the needs and aspirations of its audiences.

By combining theory and practical application, you’ll develop your own artistic identity – exploring acting, voice, movement and scenography to hone your techniques and build your own creative toolkit. 

London is one of the world’s greatest theatre cities and a hub for world cinema. Your studies will be enhanced by field trips, workshops, masterclasses and guest lectures from industry experts, where you’ll discover how people from different backgrounds use the arts to connect, collaborate and comment on the world around us.

In the integrated foundation year, you'll gain a solid grounding in academic principles and skills. Building upon this foundation, you'll be well prepared to go on to develop specialist knowledge in your chosen course. 

The Foundation year is structured around both discipline knowledge with modules that introduce the transferable skills you will need at degree level and beyond.   

Once you have successfully completed your foundation year, you will progress to any of our business, social sciences, humanities or media undergraduate courses.

This course is subject to validation.