ALRA – The Academy of Live & Recorded Arts
ArtsEd – Arts Educational Schools London
www.alra.co.uk
www.artsed.co.uk
ALRA is the first drama school to offer identical training at opposite ends of the country. ALRA’s London site is located near Clapham Junction, in a Victorian Gothic mansion on Wandsworth Common. ALRA North is a new, state-of-the-art centre located in Wigan, Lancashire. ALRA has a reputation as a drama school that produces down-to-earth, committed actors, ready to work, and full of character and drive; they’re interesting, and interested.
ArtsEd has a 90-year tradition as a centre of excellence in vocational training for the performing arts, combining a drama school offering undergraduate training in acting for film and television, with a specialist musical theatre school offering triple threat undergraduate training in musical theatre. ArtsEd graduates include Martin Clunes, Nigel Harman, Nigel Havers, Cherie Lunghi, Gillian Lynne, Hugo Speer, Summer and Scarlett Strallen, Sally Ann Triplett and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
ALRA – The Academy of Live & Recorded Arts Studio 24 The Royal Victoria Patriotic Building John Archer Way London SW18 3SX T: +44 (0) 20 8870 6475 F: +44 (0) 20 8875 0789 E: info@alra.co.uk W: www.alra.co.uk Contact Names Co-Directors: Clive Duncan Adrian Hall Head of Stage Management and Technical Theatre: Janet A Cantrill Head of Voice and First Year Tutor: John Wild Head of Movement and Second Year Tutor: Fiona Rae HOW TO APPLY For all Acting courses, please contact us directly to apply. For Undergraduate Technical Theatre, apply through UCAS: www.ucas.ac.uk
Courses offered
Applicant INFORMATION
Performance Foundation Acting A part-time introduction to voice, movement and acting. Classes are two evenings a week, and Saturdays, and the course runs for one academic year.
Selection is made on the basis of audition. Normal entry requirements also include two A levels, BTEC National Diploma in Performing Arts with a high profile or GNVA Advanced in Performing Arts. However, ALRA may also consider applicants with an exceptional level of practical ability.
Three-year Acting A BA validated by the University of Greenwich and a Diploma validated by Trinity College London. NCDT accredited. ALRA is still the only drama school to offer acting for camera training from the first term of the first year. Postgraduate Acting An MA validated by the University of Greenwich and a Certificate validated by Trinity College London. NCDT accredited. Recently expanded into a 15 month course, running from September through to December of the following year. Technical Theatre Two-year Foundation Degree in Stage Management and Technical Theatre UCAS Course Code: W450 Awarded by the University of Greenwich. Can be converted to a BA with a further year of study on a relevant course. Part-time and short courses ALRA has a diverse range of short courses and projects, including courses for Deaf/BSL users. We often work in partnership with professional theatre companies to produce these and the courses on offer vary from year to year. For further information on short courses, please contact us.
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Conference of Drama Schools – www.drama.ac.uk
You must be at least 18 years old at the start of the course. For general information on application procedures, please see page 52.
Arts Educational Schools London Cone Ripman House 14 Bath Road London W4 1LY
Courses offered
T: +44 (0) 20 8987 6600 E: receptionist@artsed.co.uk W: www.artsed.co.uk
Acting A one-year part-time course which introduces the core skills of Acting.
Contact Names Principal: Jane Harrison
Musical Theatre Designed to provide flexible training in Musical Theatre for aspiring performers.
Director of Musical Theatre: Chris Hocking Director of Acting for Film and Television: Michael Bray HOW TO APPLY For all courses please apply directly to the school.
Performance One-year Foundation course in Performance – Acting or Musical Theatre Strands:
Three-year BA (Hons) Acting for Film and Television/Diploma in Professional Acting* Validated by City University/Trinity College London. NCDT accredited. A complete actor training with a particular focus on acting for film and television. Three-year BA (Hons) Musical Theatre/ Diploma in Professional Musical Theatre* Validated by City University/Trinity College London. CDET accredited. A triple threat vocational training for musical theatre.
MA in Musical Theatre Creative Practice – Director/Music Director/ Choreographer By professionals for professionals – a full-time one-year course designed to give applicants from a musical theatre background the knowledge, skills and confidence to further their career in direction, choreography or music direction. MA Screenwriting Find your voice as a writer, and learn the skills needed to get screenplays commissioned. A part-time 18-month course. Part-time and short courses With evening, weekend, and intensive holiday courses, ArtsEd offers a variety of courses throughout the year for anyone looking to push their boundaries, enhance their training, or simply to enjoy a new hobby. For information on short courses, please see page 20.
Applicant INFORMATION
MA Acting Validated by City University. NCDT accredited. A one-year specialist actor training. Students in receipt of a Dance and Drama Award will take the Trinity College London Certificate in Professional Acting.
* ArtsEd students who receive a Dance and Drama Award, funded by the government’s Young People’s Learning Agency, will follow and be awarded the Trinity College London qualification (Diploma/Certificate) in addition to the opportunity to complete their degree.
Other One-year Post Diploma BA (Hons) in Performance Studies Validated by City University. A year long evening conversion course. Open to students who hold a diploma in Acting or Musical Theatre from a NCDT or CDET accredited course.
For general information on application procedures, please see page 52.
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