Professional Acting Extended Diploma: Oxford

Extended
PROFESSIONAL
Diploma
ACTING.
The first step on the road to
becoming a professional actor.
. Experience a drama school ethos and approach with an
average of 21 hours of teaching time a week.
. Learn approaches to professional acting taught by working
industry professionals.
. Prepare for drama school or further training with high levels
of individual coaching.
Our aim has been to create a drama school for 16-18 year olds with a professional
ethos and rigorous approach.
The course prepares you to think as a professional actor and equips you with the skills
to progress to drama school and into the industry. You are taught by expert staff and
you benefit from the wide professional networks that those staff bring. The core of
the course is the acting class which runs over the two years and takes you through the
approaches of Stanislavski, Michael Chekhov, Uta Hagen and Meisner. Staff support
you to develop a personal acting process, using techniques from all the approaches.
Voice and movement classes support the development of your acting instrument
and specialised units, such as Acting for TV and Comedy, develop your skills. The
course works towards productions in year 2. These are professionally staged with
high production values and you collaborate with working directors, designers and
production staff.