Acting (Performing Arts)

BA (Hons) Acting (Performing Arts)

We encourage you to broaden your skills and entrepreneurial outlook - and hence your opportunities for employment.

Increasingly over the three years, we encourage student-led learning as well as providing the ‘directed' experience of the profession.

Entry Requirements

Education: tariff score 180

You will need five GCSE passes at a minimum grade C or above. These should include Maths and English Language.

A minimum of 180 UCAS tariff points, which could be as follows:

• B, C from A-Levels or AVCE Level. All A-Level subjects accepted, excluding General Studies. Points from AS Levels and Key Skills are not counted towards tariff points.
• Merit, Merit, Pass profile from BTEC National Diploma.
• All equivalent UK and overseas qualifications are accepted also including Advanced Diplomas, Irish Leaving Certificate, Scottish Highers, Welsh Baccalaureate, European and International Baccalaureate, Abitur, Vitnemål and SAT.

Experience

Your passion and commitment to acting would be demonstrated through having already performed in a range and variety of acting roles. These may have been in or outside your school/college environment and/or at professional level.

Interdisciplinary Experience

We are looking for evidence that you have a trainable ability in a second skill other than acting, particularly in singing and dancing. Other skills are also welcome.

Communication Skills

The ability to communicate well is pivotal, both verbally and in writing.

Enterprise

We are looking for evidence that you are able to work on your own initiative. Good examples may be projects you have been involved with that are not part of your school qualifications.

International Students

We recognise a wide variety of qualifications obtained overseas and are able to translate overseas grades and transcripts to UK equivalents. If English is not your first language, you may be asked at interview or audition stage to provide evidence of your linguistic ability. The following may be acceptable evidence of your proficiency in English:

• International English Language Testing Service (IELTS): minimum average score 5.5.
• Cambridge First Certificate in English: Grade 'A/B'.
• TOEFL (American Test of English as a Foreign Language) minimum 511 or above (paper test), 183 (computerised test), 65 (Internet test).
• Cambridge University Certificate in Advanced English: Grade 'B'.

You may be asked as a condition of your offer to provide evidence that you have already attained one of the above qualifications or be asked to take the IELTS/TOEFL examination within a specified time to attain a specified result. LIPA offers ongoing english language support for international students once they have enrolled.