Course Details
Overview
Applications for this September 2010 intake are now closed. The application process for September 2011 intake will open in autumn 2010.
This course leads to an award on an MA in Theatre Directing.
The four term MA concentrates on the practice of theatre direction with a strong underlying theoretical component.
The aim of this MA is to prepare the students for working in professional theatre and to encourage exceptional new talents to develop their own vision for the theatre of the future.
There is a special emphasis on training the students to understand the acting process and to develop their own particular methods for working with actors in rehearsal.
The Programme
The course also aims to develop the students understanding of both the creative and the technical aspects of theatre production. It will also provide a basic foundation in the “business” of theatre.
At the end of the third term the student will be expected to work with a cast of professional actors in a production for a public audience. This will give experience in managing all stages in the development of a production, from the initial choice of script, to the final performances staged in one of RADA’s studio theatre spaces.
Through the summer and during the fourth term each student will be attached as an assistant to an external production with an established theatre director, offering an invaluable insight into direction at a professional level.
The Training Covers:
- Participation in all first term acting classes.
- Working with the design department on life drawing and a play design project
- Courses in developing rehearsal methods, theatre history and theatre producing.
- Working with writers and new writing
- A technical attachment to a RADA production.
- At least one attachment as assistant to a third year RADA production.
- A production of a play with professional actors in a RADA theatre space.
- An attachment as an assistant in a professional theatre company or production.