Cygnet Training Theatre
Exeter. Describes itself as "not a conventional drama school". NCDT accredited. One three year course. No fees mentioned. The site has only one page and the information available is limited.
Drama Centre London
NCDT. A BA(Hons) course in Acting as well as a three year Diploma and a 2 year Professional Industries course.
Drama Studio London
One year courses (NCDT accredited) in acting and directing, plus four-week summer, four-week pre-professional and advanced courses. A very thorough, well-organised site with lots of useful information.
Simon Dunmore
An experienced theatre director, now freelancing. There's a tremendous amount of advice here for actors about developing their careers.
East 15 Acting School
Member of NCDT & CDS. Quite a number of courses ranging from Cert
HE to BA to PG/MA. Application forms online.
Fit 4 the Part
A health and fitness consultancy specialising in the entertainment
industry.
Gateway Arts Industry
Network (GAIN)
GAIN offers a well-established innovative programme of training, research
and professional development programmes for employees and employers
throughout Scotland's arts and cultural sector.
Guildford Conservatoire
A very comprehensive site which gives details of all courses, entry requirements, application forms, fees and term dates, as well as more general info about the school.
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Another very large site for a school which offers courses in Drama
and Music. Drama courses available are BA (Hons) in Acting, and in
Stage Management and Technical Theatre, plus a 3 year acting diploma.
Martin Harris
Harris is an audition coach and director based in Sydenham, south
east London. The site gives details of what he offers, fees, how to
find him, his biography and reviews of his productions and comments
by past stduents, together with some basic audition tips.
(University of) Leeds:
Workshop Theatre
Details of courses, staff and productions at the Workshop Theatre.
Lights! Music! Action!
Based in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, LMA is a stage school and a residential
summer school. This site gives full details of what it has to offer,
inclduing dates, course contents, tutors and fees.
LIPA - Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts
Offers quite a number of courses: BA(Hons) in Performing Arts, a 3 year acting course, a 2 year community arts course, BA(Hons) in Performance Design, a diploma in production and performance technology, part-time professional skills courses for actors, and a summer school. There is information about LIPA and you can even go on a virtual building tour.
LAMDA - London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
NCDT. The site is divided into three sections, but there are a lot of pages. A large number of courses: 3 year acting, 2 year post-graduate acting, 1 year post-graduate acting, 1 year post-graduate diploma, 1 year foundation, 2 year stage-management/technical, Shakespeare workshop. Application forms will be available online soon, they promise.
The London Academy of Performing Arts
A "classical" theatre school, offering primarily post-graduate courses os up to 33 weeks. They also offer a Shakespeare summer school, lasting four weeks. The school also runs an agency for its alumni. There are details of the courses, the staff and the premises. You can also request a prospectus.
London Drama School
A number of courses (including summer courses) and a lot of workshops.
Mainstream Theatre
Arts
A theatre school based in Greater Manchester which holds classes for
children and adults.
Manchester City College Performing Arts
BTEC courses in popular music and Performing Arts Drama (with a Dance option). The navigation of the site is a bit disorganised.
Manchester
Metropolitan University
A BA (Hons.) course in Theatre Arts (Acting). Just one page which
gives brief outlines of entry requirements, course content, special
features, assessment and career opportunities.
Mime Workshops
Physical theatre and mime workshops for adults and children. Well-established
workshops but a new site. Currently just one page with all the basic
details and means of contacting them.
Mountview Theatre School
NCDT. A large number of pages with plenty of information - but none
about fees that I could find! A number of full- and part-time courses:
BA(Hons) in Performance, 1 year post-graduate acting and music theatre,
1 year directing, 2 year stage-management and technical, 1 year post-graduate
stage-management and technical (all full-time); summer courses, adult
foundation courses, young people's courses.
MusicalTheatreAudition.com
This is a Canadian site but we include it because what it offers applies
equally (well, 98% of the time) to the UK. It is a guide to all aspects
of auditioning for musical theatre and covers actors, dancers and
singers. It is aimed at professionals, but amateurs and students could
learn at lot from it too.
National Council for Drama Training
(NCDT)
A beautifully designed but totally information-free opening page which
takes forever to load and then immediately takes you into the actual
index page: in the link above, I have bypassed the opening page. As
you would imagine, there is a lot of information here, accessed under
section headings. An invaluable site for anyone looking for information
on professional training.
Peer Productions
A site for the youth arts activities of Nina Lemon and Jason Orbaum,
working from Woking Youth Arts Centre, which include a full time training
theatre company and a youth theatre.
Queen Margaret
University College, School of Drama
Edinburgh. All courses are BA(Hons), which means they are four years
in length, although a BA can be awarded after three years (NCDT).
Redroofs Associates
Training for careers in the performing arts: an independent day school
(8 - 16 years), a post-16 college, post-graduate courses, Full details
of all aspects, including fees.
The Rep College
(Reading) Theatre training through practical experience. The full
prospectus is online, along with an application form. There is also
a list of forthcoming productions and reviews of past shows.
Richmond Drama School
Course information, a discussion forum and a student and ex-student
database.
Rose Bruford College: Theatre Studies Distance Learning
Not the College's official site. Intended as a resource for Distance Learning students on the Theatre Studies BA course. It contains news, contacts, module resources, details of the residential school, details of books, recordings and videos and a BBS. It's still fairly new, so some of the sections as yet don't have a great deal in them, but it should be of great use to students. There's quite a bit to interest the general visitor too.
RADA - Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
NCDT. A 9 term diploma in acting, a 6 term diploma in stage-management and theatre proudction, specialist diploma courses, MA in text and performance studies, short courses. The site has only one page which gives entry requirements (applicants over 30 are unlikely to be accepted!) and policy.
The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
Based in Glasgow. Offers three BA(Hons) courses: acting, contemporary theatre practice, stage management studies; and a post-graduate course, the MDra (Master of Drama) course. Plenty of other information available.
The Talent Room at Andrew
Manson
Andrew Manson is a company which "offers broad based personal management"
and has set up this site "to benefit entertainment professionals."
There is a lot of useful advice for young actors on casting directors,
managers and agents, interviews, working with agents, and all sorts
of other work-related issues. There's also a chat room, message board,
free email and advice on building web pages.
Theatre Wild
"Dedicated to exploring the magic of Shakespeare in the natural
environment of the West Coast of Scotland." Details of their
courses, fees etc.
Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art
One brief page with only basic information.
Welsh College of
Music and Drama
Details about Cardiff (where the College is situated), the College
and its facilities, how to apply, guidance, outreach, Drama and Music.
Coleg Cerdd
a Ddrama Cymru
Caerdydd: Y Colleg a'i Adnoddau, Newyddion & Digwyddiadau, Prosbectws,
Caesiadau, Chwilio, Drama a Cerddoriaeth.
Young Stars
Stage School
A performing arts school based in Erskine and Kelvindale (Scotland).
It's a very new site so there isn't a great deal there at the moment,
just the basic details.
Your
Creative Future
A new online guide to careers in the creative industries, launched
on 9th October 2000 by culture secretary Chris Smith. The performing
arts section asks how tough is it? what work is there? what about
other careers in theatre? what about careers in dance? and then gives
some "useful" organisations, books, magazines and websites
