BA (Hons) Acting
RWCMD enjoys a very good reputation within the acting
profession. Through collaborations with professional organisations,
visiting directors, actors and casting agents, we provide our
students with experience of real working conditions and enable them
to make vital contacts within the industry.
Applications for the BA (Hons) Acting
programme need to be submitted through CUKAS - Conservatoires UK
Admissions Service. The deadline for applications is the 15th
January 2012.
Past Students
Many of our graduates are busy carving out careers in theatre,
radio, TV and film. Here are a just a few of the more familiar
faces you might recognise. Click on the photos for more info...
From The Blog
10 Things From a Week at RWCMD
There is just so much going on, we can’t quite keep up…. 1. Fresh from the Donmar, Acting graduate Amy Morgan‘s rehearsing Noel Coward’s Hay Fever, which opens in the West End next month. 2. Recent music graduate Joanne Higginbottom has been name-checked in this piece about the best Hollywood composers. 2. On the telly, [...]
‘O Go My Man’ writer attends rehearsals
Playwright Stella Feehily has just been to see our third year actors in rehearsal for her play, O Go My Man: “One of the things I love about good actors is their commitment to seeking out truth. It was no surprise to find this talented bunch of third years sharing that quality. On meeting the cast of [...]
What Price Mercy? What Price Love?
Without giving too much away, our production of The Merchant of Venice next month features one of the biggest technical challenges since the Richard Burton Theatre opened in June last year – not to be missed! Director Jamie Garven has been involved in The Merchant of Venice twice before and he wanted to make something [...]
Joanna Stars In Above Suspicion
What did Acting graduate Joanna Vanderham get up to in the weeks after graduating from RWCMD? She was straight into filming for ITV1′s Above Suspicion: Silent Scream - where she plays the victim Amanda Delany, a young and talented actress who is found murdered in her home. Playing an actress meant that Joanna had to play lots [...]
A Stellar RWCMD Cast in Stella
Woah – the new Sky 1 comedy drama Stella is absolutely chock-full of Royal Welsh College graduates. Obviously there’s Ruth Jones, who devised, wrote, produced and stars in the show. But regular cast members also Julian Lewis-Jones as Stella’s ex-husband Karl, Catrin Stewart (below) as Stella’s daughter Emma and Aled Pugh as the camp undertaker’s assistant. Katie [...]
Kimberley and Co Win British Comedy Award
Well done to Acting graduate Kimberley Nixon (that’s her sitting on the windowsill) and her colleagues from Fresh Meat – they picked up the gong for Best New Comedy at last night’s British Comedy Awards. Kimberly wrote on Twitter: ”We are all ecstatic that we won Best New Comedy. Dream come true!”. The series also featured graduates Ben McGregor [...]