During the first two terms they spend most of their time in classes, but as they proceed through the Course, they spend proportionately more time on projects. Voice studies cover voice and speech classes, poetry and prose, singing, phonetics, dialects and a great deal of work on language. Movement studies cover pure movement, movement improvisation, including animal studies and mask work, period dance and 20th century dance, showdance, Alexander Technique, acrobatics and stage combat. Acting classes include improvisation, games and story-telling, mime, circus, physical and experimental theatre. As the course progresses, classes in radio and television work are added, using the School's own equipment and radio studio.
All students take part in an internal radio production, directed by a well known producer.
There are also classes in playwriting, theatre background and stage-makeup. Rehearsal projects give students the opportunity to apply the skills learnt in classes to a wide variety of plays. Methods of rehearsal and preparation include research into the world and characters of the play, and analysis of the text, building on, and developing from, many of the principles that major figures such as Stanislavsky and Brecht formulated. The course also embraces other cultural traditions and more innovative approaches. The training is based on working both individually and as an ensemble.