Acting: Stories

RWCMD Fellow Matthew Rhys returned to his homeland this autumn to pay tribute to another great Welsh actor, Richard Burton – and to give his experience and advice to our final year acting students about to enter the industry.

RWCMD’s annual David Rowe-Beddoe Shakespeare Prize celebrates speaking verse as an essential element of modern drama training.

Making inclusive work is one of the key purposes of the artistic training at the Royal Welsh College.

On Saturday 25th February 2023 Sir Bryn Terfel CBE, one of the world’s greatest singers, announced a new foundation with the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.

Five of our second year actors took to the Royal Court stage this week, performing a Shakespearian sonnet and a speech in front of a panel of judges including the esteemed actor Ian McKellen.

With breathtaking landscapes and more castles per square mile than anywhere in the world, Wales has always been a favourite with film producers looking for epic outdoor locations.

If you live in Cardiff it’s not unusual to see an ambulance from Holby City Hospital parked down the next road, a Cyberman marching down the high street, or a car park full of dressing room trailers and catering vans.

New RWCMD acting student, Johnathan Georgiou is the first student studying in Wales to be awarded ITV’s prestigious Tony Warren Bursary.

'I am more than grateful for a chance to share our love of drama with the next generation of professional actors,' said Ian McKellen after spending two days working with our second year acting students.

It’s Mental Health Awareness Week and we’ve teamed up with Student Services Manager, Kate Williams, to give you some key tips, advice and resources about how to take care of your own mental well-being.

They’re all over our screens and audiences can’t get enough of them! Acting grads Callum Scott Howells and Anjana Vasan are both up for BAFTA’s.

As we bid a very fond hwyl fawr, farewell, to the legendary Dave Bond, we also say croeso cynnes, a very warm welcome, to our new Director of Performance (Drama), award-winning theatre director Jonathan Munby, and to Chinonyerem Odimba who will be our first-ever Writer-in-Residence from September.

Catching up after a busy summer, we spoke to four members of the Flying Bedroom Theatre Company about touring, trust, collaboration and the future.