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Study Details: MFA Full-time: 24 months
An unrivalled opportunity to develop your stage and screen acting skills in the world’s greatest festival city.
Our 2-year MFA is a unique vocational training that offers you a full run in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival at the end of your first year and extensive screen acting work and showreel opportunities in your second year.
You will be training within a vibrant, interdisciplinary postgraduate community of film and theatre directors as well as screenwriters and playwrights.
Classes are delivered by staff with extensive industry experience and our programme is respected within the profession. Our graduates have been featured on Netflix, Starz, BBC, Amazon Prime, Channel 4, and ITV, as well as working at the Royal National Theatre, The Traverse, the Lyceum Theatre, Dundee Rep, Bard in the Botanics, London Regent’s Park Open Air theatre, and have been nominated for Olivier and Ian Charlson Awards.
To ensure there is sufficient time to process your application, we encourage you to submit your application by 31st July.
What are the entry requirements for Acting for Stage and Screen?
The entry requirement for this course is a Bachelor (Honours) Degree at 2:2 or above in a Drama or Humanities subject.
We may also consider lesser qualifications if you have sufficient professional work experience within the industry.
The application process also includes an audition.
Can I get admission in Acting for Stage and Screen based on my working experience in this sector?
This course has academic entry requirements which are assessed alongside relevant work experience. Full details of any relevant work experience, including references should be submitted with your application and may be considered for entry where the minimum academic entry requirements are below those required.
Usually, unrelated work experience is not considered sufficient for entry without meeting the minimum academic entry requirements. Please contact us with your specific circumstances by submitting an enquiry form above and we will be happy to discuss your options.
Can I make an appointment with an advisor to discuss further about the admission process?
If you want to get more information on the admission process, please get in touch with the Postgraduate admissions team by submitting an enquiry form
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This course will give you the skills necessary to work in a variety of areas within the performing arts industry, as well as a wide range of transferable skills (confident communication, leadership, collaborative team working skills, and creative problem solving) that can take you into employment in many other fields.
Career opportunities include:
Stage and screen acting
Small-scale producing
Directing
Managing and launching small theatre companies
Theatre company management
Arts administration
Various roles in the entertainment industry which require initiative and creativity
Teaching
Acting: Contemporary Scenes
Acting: Heightened Text and Styles
Advanced Acting for Stage & Screen
Festival Preview
Festival Production
Festival Workshop
Film Production 1
Film Production 2
Performance Skills
Professional Practice
Script Analysis for Actors
Whether you want to move up in your career, or onto a new one, our innovative, industry-focused postgraduate courses can give you the skills you need...
