A variety of styles and directing approaches is chosen to meet the training needs of each individual actor and the particular year group. Radio work begins in Year 2 and culminates with a workshop at the BBC in Year 3. Acting on camera, specialist stage combat classes, singing and presentation tutorials continue. Edinburgh The aim of the course is to prepare students for a managerial, design or technical career in the theatre and entertainment industries. Students work closely with BA Acting students in an intensive drama-school education which demands the development of professional standards of theatre delivery.
Students enter the course with a clear vocational aim of work in the theatre industry.
In Years I and 2, students join each of six production departments for a term. A varied pattern of practical and theoretical theatre work, within the framework of a busy production schedule, builds knowledge and confidence in the basics of theatre process. In Year 3 students work on a series of productions as Managers, Designers or Senior Technicians. Opportunities exist to experience a number of different roles or to specialise within the Drama Departments Theatre Programme. During this year students also go on placement and work individually on a special study.