About Us
Award-Winning Facilities
The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama offers students a
wide range of performance opportunities and other practical
experiences in an environment that accurately reflects the
practices and conditions of the professions to which they
aspire.
‘It is imperative that our students train in professional
facilities so that they can move seamlessly onto the national and
international stage,’ says Principal Hilary Boulding.
The Raymond Edwards Building houses professional standard
facilities and well equipped group and private study spaces:
- Bute Theatre (flexible seating capacity)
- Caird Studio Theatre (flexible seating capacity)
- Sir Geraint Evans Recital Room
- Practice rooms
- Classrooms
- Design Studios
- Theatre Design workshops
- Extensive library
- IT Suite
The campus also includes an award-winning restoration of the
former castle mews buildings, now called the Anthony Hopkins
Centre:
Two modern recital galleries, The Weston Gallery and the Corus
Recital Room
- S4C Studio Theatre
- Professional recording studio
- Courtyard performance space
- Music practice rooms
The College has begun its £22.5 million
redevelopment, due to open in early 2011. A 21st century
addition to Cardiff’s historic city centre arcades, the development
will complement the College’s existing high quality facilities
with:
- An acoustically excellent 450 capacity recital hall
- 160 seat theatre with dress circle and teaching gallery
- 4 full-sized, double height acting and movement studios
- A magnificent entrance arcade/exhibition space
- Public café bar and terrace overlooking the historic Bute
Park
