The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

Join members of Central’s Student Recruitment and Outreach team to learn more about all of Central’s undergraduate courses. 

This online information session will provide you with an insight into how the three course areas (Acting, Contemporary Performance Practice and Theatre Practice) run, their entry requirements, audition/ interview process and much more. The session will also give you the chance to ask any specific questions that you might have.

Join Central’s course tutors for a week of virtual information sessions to get the best insight into all of Central’s postgraduate courses. Attendees will also have the opportunity to hear from our Admissions and Student Funding teams on applying and funding options.

We will be hosting various events from 10 May - 14 May 2021

Postgraduate Courses Available for 2021 Entry

• MA Acting (Classical and Contemporary) (Starts in January)
• MA Acting for Screen
• MA/MFA Actor Training and Coaching
• MA/MFA Advanced Theatre Practice
• MA Applied Theatre 
• MA/MFA Creative Producing
• MA Drama and Movement Therapy
• MA/MFA Movement: Directing and Teaching
• MA Music Theatre (Starts in January)
• MA/MFA Scenography
• MA/MFA Voice Studies: Teaching and Coaching
• MA/MFA Writing for Stage and Broadcast Media

There will also be aInternational Student Support and VISA Information eventon Friday 14 May between 4-5pm.

Find out more about the requirements for VISAs and how you can prepare for this process as well as understanding all of the support we make available for students coming to study in the UK.

Join us on Friday 14 May 2021, 4-5pm

Please note that this session will be delivered online via the video conferencing platform, Zoom. Times for this event are also listed in relation to the UK (BST).

Central will be hosting an online information day for our Contemporary Performance Practice courses on Wednesday 30 June 2021.   

This open day is for those interested in the following courses: Drama, Applied Theatre and Education, Performance Arts and Writing for Performance.

This event gives you the opportunity to find out how study is enabled on all three of our Contemporary Performance Practice courses via industry placements, specially funded projects (both nationally and internationally) and mentoring from both Central’s permanent staff and vast body of visiting professional lecturers. There will also be an opportunity to ask any questions that you have to our lecturers as well as hear from our Student Advice Service.

Please note - if you wish to apply for BA (Hons) Acting, this event will not provide you with information on your course of interest and no staff or students will be around to talk to you about this area of study. All students applying for BA (Hons) Acting will be invited to an audition; the audition doubles up as an Open Day.

Central will be hosting an online information day for our Theatre Practice courses on Friday 9th July 2021.

This open day is for those interested in the following courses:

• Costume Construction
• Design for Performance
• Production Lighting
• Prop Making
• Scenic Painting for Stage and Screen
• Set Construction for Stage and Screen
• Stage Management and Technical Theatre
• Lighting Design
• Sound Design and Production (Theatre Sound if considering entry in 2021)

This event gives you the opportunity to find out how study is enabled on all nine of our Theatre Practice courses via industry placements, specially funded projects (both nationally and internationally) and mentoring from both Central’s permanent staff and vast body of visiting professional lecturers. There will also be an opportunity to ask any questions that you have to our lecturers.