Acting MA / PGDip
Birmingham City University
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MA - Master of Arts

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School of Acting, Bournville campus

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Full Time

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Start date

SEP-25

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1 Year

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MA - Master of Arts

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School of Acting, Bournville campus

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SEP-25

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Transform your career with our postgraduate qualification in acting. Designed to advance your practical and professional progress, our MA Acting course provides intense training from staff with rich industry experience.Previous graduates of this course have gone on to succeed as established performers, including roles at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Royal Shakespeare Company.You will be taught to maintain a high standard of skill and knowledge and how to transform into an ...Read more

Transform your career with our postgraduate qualification in acting. Designed to advance your practical and professional progress, our MA Acting course provides intense training from staff with rich industry experience.Previous graduates of this course have gone on to succeed as established performers, including roles at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Royal Shakespeare Company.You will be taught to maintain a high standard of skill and knowledge and how to transform into an independently-minded performer and practitioner. We will enhance your ability to reflect and analyse, through a range of concepts and ideas. You will enhance your technical skills through practice-based study, learning and developing flexibility to confront issues that you may experience within your profession.Your classes will mainly be practical studio-based sessions, focusing on the practical application of acting, voice, movement and singing. You will also have time assigned for self-directed study, where you will further develop your work from practical classes. For some modules you will have timetabled rehearsal time, where you will work in groups to produce material.Your studies will help to influence and shape your career. Previous graduates have been commended by industry for their innovative, challenging project work. Danielle Pinnock‘s final project, a 40 minute piece entitled BODY/COURAGE, won her the Best Actress award at the Strawberry Theatre Festival, and has since been performed internationally.This MA Acting course is designed to not only develop your practical performance skills but to help you expand your intellectual knowledge of the creative industries. You will finish this course with the skills expected of the contemporary actor, by studying the theory and practice of key acting processes. You will be able to engage critically and creatively, mapping out the performance possibilities of a production text.You will have the skill to create and perform a believable character with authentic psychological and emotional truths. With knowledge of the demands and performance needs of genres, style and text you will be able to produce content that demonstrates depth, meaning and originality.As a MA Acting graduate you will confidently be able to analyse performance scripts, applying the principles inherent in the Stanislavski system. You will learn how to make mature and advanced interpretations of a performance text, expanding your ability to analyse and synthesise theatrical work.Youll learn the skills and awareness you need will enable you to look out for auditions, leaving you with the best chance of succeeding in your acting career.

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76/101
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80th
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92nd

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Entry requirements

Applicants will normally be expected to have a 2:2 honours degree, or equivalent, in Acting or a related subject. The MA option is designed for those with suitable academic abilities.

Tuition fees

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£14,600 per year

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£19,970 per year

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£19,970 per year

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Birmingham City University
Ruskin Hall, Linden Road Bournville Birmingham B30 1JX United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Bournville  0.3 miles away
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