Productions and casting Students form a final-year company which performs in eight or nine public productions in the School's two theatres and in an audition evening, which is regularly attended by a great many agents, theatre and casting directors. Productions in these theatres are fully staged in conjunction with the Technical Theatre Department, using professional directors and designers. Each actor usually works with six directors, some of whom will be staff directors, others visitors. The students play a wide variety of roles in plays of varying styles. The Drama Department is part of the Pearson Television Theatre Writers' Scheme, which encourages new playwrights.
All students play as cast in public performances.
Where their progress justifies it in the view of the senior staff, they may be given roles central to the development of a play, but the School does not guarantee major protagonist casting to any student. A selected team of students enters the competition for the BBC Radio Carleton Hobbs Award. Touring provides very valuable experience for trainee actors and this is arranged whenever possible. In recent years, GSMD productions have been seen in Hungary, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Mongolia and China.