50業子

This is an acting degree for the contemporary performer. From the outset, you’ll be focusing on the in-depth training and practical techniques needed for stage, film, television and digital media, giving you the skills to succeed as a confident and versatile actor. 

You’ll be encouraged to collaborate with other disciplines across our vibrant university community, broadening your acting repertoire. You could work with writers, filmmakers, game writers and artists to produce material that is engaging and unique; developing your individual voice as an actor through experimentation with different mediums.  

You will be studying in professional-standard facilities – including a public performance venue – alongside a creative and collaborative community where you can combine practice and research, working with supportive industry professionals to help you prepare for a career in the performing arts.

You will:

• Gain, develop and apply acting techniques and approaches to prepare for a professional career 
• Focus on specific industry skills to support you as a performer for stage, screen, and digital work 
• Engage with working practitioners through practical sessions and intensive performance projects 
• Collaborate with students within AMATA as well as those specialising in film, television and games, gaining industry-relevant training 
• Showcase your work through live and digital performances  
• Benefit from being located in a working performance venue offering a year-round programme  
• Have access to a host of resources including green screen and motion-capture facilities 

Course details:

On this Acting degree, you'll have the opportunity to gain a BA(Hons) degree over three years or study Acting BA(Hons) with a professional placement year option. 

Focusing on practical skills, you'll learn from working industry professionals while studying acting approaches, voice, text analysis, movement and character physicality, and imaginative. You’ll also be studying a range of acting techniques in live and digital performances such as film, TV, stage, gaming, and voiceover. 

Careers:

Employability and next steps: 

• Graduates are eligible to join Spotlight Casting Directory and Equity, the Actor's Union. 
• Graduates have gone on to perform nationally and pursue careers as actors on stage and on screen 
• Graduates have become creators of touring shows at venues and as part of theatre festivals 
• Graduates have gone on to further study at leading institutions in specialist subjects