Courses

Central’s BA Acting (Collaborative and Devised Theatre) is in creative partnership with international touring theatre company, Complicite. This innovative and rigorous actor training, emphasises the creation of new theatre that embraces a multicultural and multidisciplinary methodology with diverse student groups and celebrates the creative potential of collaborative processes alongside development of the individual actor.

Central's BA (Hons) Acting (Musical Theatre) degree course provides you with the skills to work in classical and contemporary theatre, musicals, feature film, television and radio. Throughout the course, you will explore acting through a range of contemporary approaches to sung and spoken voice, movement and dance.

The BA (Hons) Acting at Central:

A comprehensive classical and contemporary actor training.
Prepares actors who aim to become world-leading artists in theatre, film and television
Focuses on new thinking in response to the rapidly evolving world of the arts and culture.
3 years full-time, and students are entitled to full Equity status upon graduation.

The course develops practitioners with a strong sense of direction and identity, and an ability to think conceptually. From the first year you undertake speculative design projects that will challenge and test ideas in a broad range of performance contexts, from text-based drama to opera, dance, site-specific performance and installations, under the guidance of professional directors, designers and choreographers.

Studying on the Experimental Arts and Performance course, you will:
Experiment, explore and create new forms of performance.
Develop critical skills to investigate, theorise and make new performance.
Produce work in professional environments.
Undertake projects with national and international arts organisations and practitioners.

Our joint emphasis on practical as well as aesthetic development gives you the opportunity to create highly innovative lighting design. The training includes practical projects in Central’s well-equipped studio and performance spaces, alongside a rigorous investigation of the design process and visual communication.

Explore the possibilities of one of the most rapidly evolving of specialist theatre disciplines, working with tutors who are active professionals, and state-of-the-art equipment.