BA (Hons) Acting Course
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.
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...
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- Lead Role for Young Actor
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- 26 Mar 2010
Young actor gets picked off the shelf for lead role!
- Olivier for Aneurin
- 25 Mar 2010
2008 graduate Aneurin Barnard wins Best Actor in a Musical at the 2010 Laurence Olivier Awards
- Michael Sheen Visits RWCMD
- 9 Jun 2009
Fresh from his success in critically acclaimed movies, Frost/Nixon and The Damned United, Michael Sheen recently paid a visit to the RWCMD to spend some time with the acting students.
- Quadrophenia Rocks On
- 3 Jun 2009
Quadrophenia, the iconic rock opera, is currently on a six month tour of the UK. This exciting production has some very strong links with the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.
- Making History with the RSC
- 7 May 2009
For the first time ever the RSC has staged all eight of Shakespeare’s history plays with just one company of actors. Former student Katy Stephens played all the major female roles. She talked to us about her time at RWCMD.
- Less is More: Radio Acting Uncovered
- 17 Apr 2009
As RWCMD celebrates its eighth winner of BBC Radio Drama's Carleton Hobbs Bursary Award, Senior Acting Lecturer, Marilyn Le Conte explains the joys and challenges of acting for radio.
- Graduating Actor Wins Top BBC Radio Drama Award
- 16 Apr 2009
Rhys Jennings is one of four winners of the 2009 BBC Carleton Hobbs Bursary Award. He will be awarded a five-month contract with the BBC Radio Drama Company beginning in July.
- Inside the Actor's Showcase
- 10 Mar 2009
Every year graduating acting students are given two minutes and five seconds to prove themselves in front of agents and casting directors.