MA Acting for Stage, Screen and Recorded Media

Our course bridges the gap between a degree in other subjects – or previous acting experience – and the standard expected by the theatre, TV, film and recorded media industries.

You will develop the intuitive, intellectual and empathic qualities that drive you to perform at the highest levels of artistic practice.

Practical studio and rehearsal-based training with experienced practitioners is at the heart of this programme, and is supported by regular opportunities to work with visiting specialists and directors.

You’ll have a combination of core acting methods, and physical and vocal skills classes, which you put into practice in projects on naturalistic and heightened text, audio and screen performance.

You’ll then perform in a public production in both Cardiff and London as part of the College's NEW season, joining our other actors, stage managers, technical theatre, and design students as a member of the Richard Burton Company. And through your own research, production and performance of a creative project, you’ll gain the confidence to create original work.

Classes on securing and sustaining work with professional casting directors and agents culminate in you joining our other actors in showcases to invited audiences of agents, casting directors and potential employers in Cardiff and London’s West End.  

• Your development will be led by a teaching team made up of expert practitioners both in-house and visiting, and professional directors. They offer not only offer first-rate teaching but mentoring and networking opportunities as well.
• The course uses many influences and acting methodologies to bear on your work, so you can make informed choices about the different approaches to acting that use and extend your personal strengths.
• You’ll join our third-year actors and collaborate with other students from across drama and music as part of the Richard Burton Company. Here, you’ll experience the rigorous demands of the professional theatre environment in a full production. You’ll receive mentoring and support in the initiation, production and performance of an original piece of work – skills that are invaluable for developing a sustainable portfolio career in acting.
• You will perform in actors’ showcases in Cardiff and London’s West End attended by industry employers, casting directors and agents. Alongside other professionals, they’ll also conduct masterclasses and workshops, as well as offer audition opportunities.
• You will have core acting skills workshops that explore strategies in working with texts, building a character, improvisation and performing classical texts.
• In vocal skills classes, you’ll focus on effective physical techniques for performance, as well as vocal physiology, dialect and accents, and singing.
• You’ll also take part in a range of lessons that explore techniques and requirements for acting on screen.
• There are practical workshops that orient you to the theatre, TV and drama industries including work with a range of professionals from the production and casting industries to hone your interview and audition technique and provide opportunities to network.