BA (Hons) Acting (International)

Your first year focuses on introductory acting, voice, articulation, singing, movement, and contextual studies. You explore your own creativity through cooperation, and responsiveness to others and the ensemble. During your first year, you will:

• Work on objective self-assessment, development of observational skills and imagination, and re-creating through observation, research, and improvisation

• Understand how to act and react to emotional upheaval through a wide variety of texts

Your first year includes Verbatim Theatre and Contemporary Scene Study with a focus on British Plays of the 1950s-70s and culminates in a major ‘Living History Project’, in which you research, identify with, and experience other people’s lives through different periods of conflict.

Your second year is a journey of maturation as the focus moves from improvisation to text, and from the examination of self to the exploration of character. We put emphasis on integrating vocal, movement, and singing skills into a role and the opportunity to build your own characters independently is combined with honing these technical skills. During your second year, you will:

• Adapt to the differing demands of the project and director and take responsibility for your own creative work

• Explore the textual and psychological complexities of Shakespeare and Elizabethan Verse Drama

• Develop acting skills required for film, television, and radio work

• Take responsibility for your own creative work

Your final year focuses on the demands of professional performance before graduation and entry into the industry. Throughout the year you will:

• Extend your performance repertoire through professional productions that demand research, advanced acting skills, and full commitment

• Devise, produce and perform work for our unique ‘IF’ Festival. A multi-day event dedicated to original work by BA Acting (International) students which is live-streamed and open to industry guests

• Work with industry professionals to further develop your skills in recorded media, resulting in footage for your own showreel

• Learn from specialized, professional development workshops aimed at introducing you to the administrative aspects of your future profession: including audition technique, CV and letter writing, self-marketing, and promotion

• The year concludes with an Industry Showcase for an invited audience of influential agents, casting directors, and film, voiceover, TV, and theatre directors. East 15 continually liaises with industry professionals to ensure the format for the event accords with the changing landscape of the industry.