Acting, BA (Hons), with industry placement

Course summary

Train to be a professional actor and set yourself apart from other students by working with experts from the University and the Theatre Royal Plymouth, one of the UK’s largest regional theatres.Become part of a tightknit community and tread the boards with local, national and international actors at the Theatre Royal, in the Plymouth Fringe, or at our very own May Festival. Learn by doing and build your acting portfolio, fully supported by a dedicated team of academics who know you by name. See the impact performance can have on addressing pressing social issues and effecting change.Perform in the University’s award-winning theatre, The House, which allows you to hone your craft in world-class facilities. As a performance venue, The House attracts some of the best national and international theatre companies to the city, providing you with opportunities to build professional networks as you study and experience master classes from renowned performers. At Plymouth, your degree really is what you make it. From the second year, you can choose to add in modules from across any of the School of Society & Culture’s 17 disciplines. You can learn how to protect your creative intellectual property, or produce your own script with a module in Creative Writing.

• Professional drama training. Approved by Equity and Spotlight.

• Train with Theatre Royal Plymouth professionals.

• Showcase. Perform in five productions, including a Final Year industry showcase at Theatre Royal Plymouth.

• Placements. Access to our dedicated Placements Officer and Theatre Royal Plymouth's professionals, placements, internships and volunteering opportunities. 154 placements this year for directors, producers, practitioners and performers including with paid placements with Jermyn Street Theatre (West End), Kneehigh and at Theatre Royal Plymouth.

• Facilities. Rehearse and train in world-class and fully accessible award-winning theatre and studio space. Access all areas of theatre with our dedicated Tech team.

• Your degree will be taught by passionate people with experience from a wide range of academic and industry backgrounds who are driving real change in their fields.

In your first year, in your first module you will work with a Theatre Royal Plymouth director, learn foundational acting skills and work closely with the Head of Voice and Head of Movement to develop your actor’s toolkit. In your second year, you will take on new acting challenges performing for audio, podcast and voice-over. You will learn audition techniques and play The House main stage in two productions. In your final year, you will learn how to perform for and edit showreels, hone your audition skills, network with professionals and practise the skills you need to get an agent while performing in two shows, including an industry showcase at Theatre Royal Plymouth. The modules shown for this course or programme are those being studied by current students, or expected new modules. Modules are subject to change depending on year of entry.