Acting for Stage and Screen with Foundation

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.

Integrated Foundation option
The integrated foundation year has been specially designed to give you the introductory knowledge and business skills needed to confidently progress to degree-level study.

It's structured around discipline knowledge, with extra modules that introduce you to the transferable skills you'll need at degree level and beyond – giving you a solid grounding in both management principles and business skills.

Once you've successfully completed your Foundation year, you'll be able to progress to any of our business, social sciences, humanities or media undergraduate courses.

Building on this foundation, you’ll develop specialist knowledge in your chosen course.

Your skills and knowledge will be assessed via presentations, group work, screenings, public performances and mock auditions, as well as reflective essays, personal research and critical analyses of aspects of the film, television and theatre industries.