University of Essex

Course Details

BA Acting (International)

Course Description

Our BA Acting (International) course provides you with a thorough preparation for a career in acting. We develop your individual talent, extending your existing skills in voice and movement for professional life. Our curriculum consists of acting, voice, singing, movement and contextual studies. In your final professional preparation year, you will take part in full scale productions and graduate with a professionally produced showreel. This three year programme is equivalent to a North American four year BFA course.

Course Duration

NumberDuration
3year

Career outcomes

Over the last few years our recent graduates have performed at the RSC, BBC, Royal National Theatre, Birmingham Rep, The Royal Court and The Old Vic, as well as touring productions, television programmes and feature films. Recent graduates from our BA Acting and Community Theatre include not only community performers, community theatre co-ordinators and drama teachers, but also a producer working for a music education charity, and a graduate running her own business which manages over 20 drama clubs in schools and is still growing.




BA Acting (International) University of Essex