RADA
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Royal
Academy of Dramatic Art
Founded by Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
in 1904
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| Graduate
Certificate in Theatre Directing |
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Course
Outline
This one year course trains directors with a special emphasis on their
ability to understand the acting process. The course aims to develop
your knowledge and understanding of both the creative and technical
sides of theatre production and also to give you an introduction to
the ’business’ of theatre. During the year, you are attached
to an external production with an established theatre director, offering
an invaluable insight into direction at a
professional level. At the end of the course you are given the opportunity
to direct professional actors in a production for a public audience,
where you will experience how to manage all stages in the development
of a production from the initial choice of a script to the final performances
staged in RADA’s John Gielgud Theatre.
Through
this course we hope to encourage exciting new talents to bring their
vision to the challenging world of theatre and to be ready to embark
on their working lives.
The
training covers:
• Developing an understanding of the acting process through participation
in first term acting classes
• Exploring the director/designer relationship through a design
project
• Exploring the director’s relationship with writers and
new writing
• Working on rehearsed readings
• A technical attachment to a RADA production
• An attachment to a professional theatre company or taking the
role of assistant director on a RADA production
• An attachment as Assistant Directorin a professional theatre
company Graduates from this course have gone on to work as Staff Director
at the Royal National Theatre, have assisted Nancy Meckler and Neil
Bartlett at the Royal Shakespeare Company and have even founded their
own company dedicated to new writing.
For
general information on entry requirements and admissions, click
here
Entry
Requirements
• First degree in an arts based subject or technical theatre
or acting training plus some external theatre directing experience
or extensive professional experience
Admissions
• Intake of two to three students in September each year
• Candidates are selected for first stage interview from the
information included in their application. From this interview candidates
are selected for second stage interview with a panel of senior members
of staff.
• Interviews are held in London at the Academy between May and
June and candidates may be asked to direct
a scene in front of the panel (actors will be found by RADA).
• If a candidate has a project or directing work which could
be viewed as part of their application, they are asked to submit all
details on their application form
Fees
& funding please click here
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