Acting MA
Master
In Guildford
Description
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Type
Master
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Location
Guildford
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Duration
1 Year
Our intensive MA Acting course offers you practical actor training focusing on technical skills in acting, voice and movement. These support a range of rehearsal projects, screen acting projects and public performances. You’ll also take professional development workshops and classes in audition technique.Your performance opportunities will include a devised project, a final public production led by a production team of industry professionals, and a West End showcase. We keep our cohorts small to make sure you get personal attention and contact from our expert teachers, who have extensive first-hand experience in professional theatre in the UK and the US.Our beautiful campus boasts strong transport links to London, so you’ll be close to the heart of UK theatre, London’s West End. This means you’ll not only receive forward-thinking training, but you’ll also be well exposed to London theatre, cultural activities and highly beneficial industry networks.
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About this course
Actors are storytellers. They transport their audience to a different world, evoke their emotions, and connect with them on a level that is both intimate and infinite.Guildford School of Acting (GSA) is one of the UK’s leading accredited drama schools, providing dedicated conservatoire training within a purpose-built environment on the University of Surrey campus.GSA’s MA Acting focuses on practical actor training, provided through a series of project workshops and rehearsals supported by extensive classes in relevant technical skills.
A minimum of a 2:2 UK honours degree, or a recognised equivalent international qualification.Applicants who can demonstrate exceptional talent, and can satisfy the panel of their ability to successfully complete the course, may also be considered. Variations will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
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Subjects
- Acting
- Theatre
- Public
- Project
- Industry
- Production
- Theatre Management
- Theatre Directing
- Public Sector
- Public Liability Insurance
- Public Health
- Project Manager
- Project Finance
Course programme
The Guildford School of Acting (GSA) delivers its provision across three teaching blocks, within the University of Surrey’s existing semester structure.
Modules
Modules listed are indicative, reflecting the information available at the time of publication. Please note that modules may be subject to teaching availability, student demand and/or class size caps.
The University operates a credit framework for all taught programmes based on a 15-credit tariff. Modules can be either 15, 30, 45 or 60 credits, and additionally for some masters dissertations, 90 credits.
The structure of our programmes follows clear educational aims that are tailored to each programme. These are all outlined in the programme specifications which include further details such as the learning outcomes
Year 1
Module title
- ADVANCED PRACTICE
- REHEARSAL PROJECT 2: TWENTIETH CENTURY PLAY
- THE INTEGRATED BODY
- THE WORKING ACTOR
- REHEARSAL PROJECT 1: SHAKESPEARE
- INDUSTRY PRACTICE AND PERFORMANCE
Additional information
Acting MA