What You’ll Study

Work with a Musical Director and Choreographer in a rehearsal setting exploring material from a wide range of Musicals to professional performance standard. This application class provides the feel of an industry rehearsal room where you can apply all of the skills learned in your technique classes in performance.

Acting takes the top priority throughout each of our disciplines, and is the core foundation for our training. Acting Fundamentals finesses the art of storytelling, encompassing various methods and techniques.

Study a wide range of dance styles including Jazz, Ballet, Tap, Contemporary and Commercial. Throughout the first year, the main focus is understanding and shaping your core technique. This in turn will allow the opportunity to mould and cement technique and artistry as you move between different styles of movement. Musical Theatre encompasses an incredible range of choreographic requirements. This training will provide a space for you to grow your skills to achieve your potential in dance.

Introducing a cutting-edge approach to voice training at the UK’s only Estill Educational accredited Musical Theatre degree. You will learn how to create an incredible range of vocal qualities to create sung and spoken word that fits a range of professional contexts. This module will provide you with an additional Estill Voice qualification, further developing your career post-training.

Mind-blowing performances are not built by luck, chance or prayer – they are crafted through an exploration and application of technique and artistry. Working with sung material from key composers you will learn how to approach material in a systematic way and create performances that your audience remembers for a lifetime.

The role of a swing is key to the sustainability of professional theatrical productions throughout the world. It’s highly technical and makes very specific demands of the performer. Working with a team of experienced industry swings you will approach a piece of Musical Theatre Repertoire and analyse the performance tracks to create a working document that would make it possible to perform any of the roles at short notice.

Critical thinking within acting training involves developing the ability to analyze, evaluate, and interpret scripts, characters, and performances. It goes beyond simply memorizing lines or following directions, instead encouraging actors to question, explore, and make informed decisions about their craft.

Working in a group to create an original piece of musical theatre, you will explore the different roles required on stage and behind the scenes to develop the work. Performing the piece to an invited industry audience, you will take the work on a full creative process from page to stage.

Establishing your strengths as a performer you will create a solo showcase to demonstrate your skills in a range of styles. Understanding where your strengths are is a key aspect to recognising the path to a sustainable career in performance.

Developing industry links and building your understanding of industry conventions is essential for an aspiring performer. This series of seminars and workshops will bring you face to face with Agents, Casting Directors, Producers, Wardrobe, Stage Managers, Company Managers and many more, where you will explore the challenges graduates face entering the industry. This module finishes with mock auditions and feedback with an expert panel.

Taking classes is a habit that is part of the eco-system that working professionals build into their lifestyle. Whilst third years are focussed on preparation for productions, you will also take a programme of classes designed to specifically facilitate your development. Tracked into Dancer/Singer and Actor/Singer, you will choose specific programmes of classes are targeted to you.

Work with an incredible team of film makers, cinematographers, sound engineers, photographers, and creatives to make a professional digital portfolio that becomes your business card and brand. As a school we have a longstanding reputation for outstanding production standards and we use this team to create, elevate & capture your performance.

A full-scale Musical production for final year students to rehearse and perform with a professional industry creative team. Experiencing the many roles and processes that are part of staging a musical is important as many of the departments contribute to the success of the performer on the stage. Learning to work collaboratively is a key quality in creating a sustainable career.

Performing in the heart of London’s West End, you will work with a creative team on curating your talent to share with agents and supporters. The process of selection and rehearsal of pieces will help us to showcase you as a performer and the potential you have to take into the industry. Collaborating with our marketing department you will prepare your CV, Media Package and Spotlight profile for agents and casting directors.