MA Acting for Stage, Screen and Recorded Media
Launch your acting career with intensive expert-led tuition and practical studio and rehearsal-based training in a professional working environment.
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Master’s in Acting and Musical Theatre in the UK | Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
Develop your craft and expand your creative possibilities with a master’s in Acting or Musical Theatre at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Wales’s national conservatoire in Cardiff, UK.
Make it happen. Take your next creative step!
Whether you’re completing your bachelor’s degree, developing your professional practice or exploring a new career direction, our intensive, hands-on courses, will help you deepen your craft and develop your individual artistic voice.
Studying in the UK offers a chance to experience a different theater culture, explore new creative practices and build an international network of collaborators.
At RWCMD, practical training, expert tuition and collaboration are at the heart of your creative development. You’ll learn from experienced professionals who will prepare for your next step in the creative industries.
Choose MA Acting for Stage, Screen and Recorded Media, or choose from three MA Musical Theatre pathways: Performance, Musical Direction and Singing Teaching.
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Why choose RWCMD?
Learn from industry professionals
Learn from specialist faculty and visiting practitioners with experience in performance, directing, musical direction and teaching.
Gain hands-on experience
Put your learning into practice through rehearsal, performance, creative projects and teaching opportunities relevant to your course and pathway.
Build your career
Develop your professional skills, build creative relationships and gain insight into the working practices of your chosen field.
Collaborate across disciplines
Join a conservatoire community bringing together music, drama, production and design, with opportunities to collaborate across disciplines.
Be part of a working arts centre
Study in a working performance venue, with public productions and visiting artists contributing to the creative life at the College.
Life in Cardiff - the capital of Wales
With theatres, live music, cafés and green spaces close to campus, Cardiff offers plenty to explore alongside your training. Its creative scene includes BBC Cymru Wales, Welsh National Opera, Sherman Theatre and Wales Millennium Centre, bringing interntional stage and screen into the life of the city.
For students coming from the US, living and studying in Cardiff is an opportunity to experience life in another country, discover Welsh culture and become part of an international creative community.
Applying from the US
Interested in joining us? Explore your chosen course’s page for entry requirements, audition or selection guidance, tuition fees and funding information.
MA Acting for Stage, Screen and Recorded Media
Launch your acting career with intensive expert-led tuition and practical studio and rehearsal-based training in a professional working environment.
Find out more
MA Musical Theatre
Meet the demands of today's industry with our course that blends acting and dance classes with one-to-one singing lessons and roles in two public performances.
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The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama attracts the best creative talent from across the globe. As Wales’ national conservatoire, we fire imagination and drive innovation, offering training to more than 900 actors, musicians, designers, technicians and arts managers from more than 40 countries.
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