Course Overview

The industry driven BA (Hons) Acting course teaches you everything you need to know about being a contemporary actor. Your training involves movement, voice, classical text, rehearsal processes, acting for screen, radio and voiceover along with devising and professional preparation. You will graduate industry ready, complete with a showreel, voice-reel and professional headshots.

Our programme is highly practical and geared toward performance. You will appear in directed public performances in your second and third year, including industry showcases in Manchester and London.

Ranked 1st in the UK, this is a well established course, with results that speak for themselves. Former students have appeared in high profile screen roles in some of the UK’s top TV dramas and worked in theatre for companies including The Royal Shakespeare Company, The National Theatre and The Royal Exchange. Graduates from this course have also formed companies, producing their own work with the support of Arts Council England funding.

General Eligibility

• UCAS: 96 points at A2

• BTEC Extended Diploma: MMM

• BTEC Diploma: DD

• Pass Access Course: 96 UCAS points

• International Baccalaureate Diploma: Pass including 96 points from Higher Level subjects

• T Level: P (C+)

• IELTS: 6.0 with no component lower than 5.5

• GCSEs: 5 at grade C/4 including Maths and English or equivalent

• Applicants must attend an audition- you will be sent an email by our Admissions Office asking you to book onto a selection day event

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• The IELTS score for international applicants to Joint Honours is 6.0 (with no less than 5.5 in each component).