Gap Year Diploma

Gap Year Diploma

The Gap Year Diploma is a one year, part-time course to develop your acting skills. It is designed for those aged 18-25 who are interested in preparing to apply for an acting course at higher education level. The course develops career skills, audition techniques and acting skills, and you will perform extracts from plays in a studio-based performance. This may be an ideal course if you feel you want a year to hone your skills before applying to a full-time course, or to increase skills if you have not been successful at auditions. You will develop your skills as an actor by taking specific classes in movement, voice and text realization. This work will be underpinned and linked with audition technique for those wanting to apply to an undergraduate course. There will also be career development sessions offering guidance through the Higher Education/drama school process, and on prospective careers in the performing arts. In the final term you will rehearse and perform a performance showcase. Although we do not invite agents to this, all students on this course will be seen by an undergraduate course tutor and will be offered guidance on applying to higher education courses.

Please fill out the contact form on the left-hand side of this page and we will be in touch with audition dates. Auditions are held throughout the year until the course is full (usually around late August). They cost £15 which must be paid in advance to confirm your slot. Please note this is a non-refundable fee.

For your audition you will need to prepare a contemporary monologue from the last 30 years of no longer than two minutes duration.