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Prospectus 2019
“East 15’s extraordinary legacy and its reputation for rigorous and inspired teaching ensures students consistently display an unusual degree of courage, vision and versatility that is very exciting to watch.” Colin Firth OBE
Contents
4 Director’s welcome
6 About this prospectus
7 About East 15
8 Actor Skills at East 15
9 Prizes and Awards at East 15
10 Loughton Campus
12 Southend Campus
14 Support Services
15 Accommodation
16 Staff at East 15
21 Undergraduate study at East 15
22 BA Acting
24 BA Acting (International)
26 BA Acting and Community Theatre
28 BA Acting and Contemporary Theatre
30 BA Acting and Stage Combat
32 BA Physical Theatre
34 BA World Performance
36 BA Stage and Production Management
38 BA Creative Producing (Theatre and Short Film)
40 Certificate of Higher Education in Theatre Arts
42 Applying to East 15 as an undergraduate
44 Undergraduate auditions
46 Postgraduate study at East 15
48 MA Acting
50 MA/MFA Acting (International)
52 MA/MFA Theatre Directing
54 Applying to East 15 as a postgraduate
56 Postgraduate auditions
58 Summer Courses
60 Money matters
64 University of Essex
65 Further information
Welcome to the East 15 prospectus
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Director’s welcome
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As you will read in the pages combination of resources and locations
that follow, East 15 offers an enables us to offer a broad and diverse
extraordinary, dynamic and range of courses at BA and MA/MFA
unique portfolio of courses that level, and make use of innovative and
span many areas of training for excellently equipped learning facilities,
East 15
actors, directors, technical theatre such as the state-of-the-art Clifftown
specialists and students of theatre Theatre (www.Clifftowntheatre.com) and
practice. In addition to the carefully suites of studios and technical facilities at
selected UK students, we also both campuses. We have an outstanding
www.east15.ac.uk
teach and train students from student satisfaction rating in the UK of
over 26 countries worldwide 95% total satisfaction in national student
(www.east15.ac.uk) surveys.
Here at East 15 we draw upon our As part of the University of Essex, one
traditions of over 50 years, while of the UK’s leading academic institutions
combining this with a keen sense of the (www.essex.ac.uk), we pride ourselves
changing world of stage and screen today. on placing excellence at the top of our Director Leon Rubin with recent graduates
Our training is by professionals and for agenda in all our work.
professionals, allowing our graduates to I look forward to meeting many of you
work successfully across the globe. Our at auditions and interviews, and working
international, outstanding teaching faculty with those of you that join East 15 for your
is made up of professionals from all areas study and training.
of live and recorded performance.
We have two first class campuses in
Loughton, on the edge of London, and
in picturesque Southend-on-Sea. This Leon Rubin
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About this prospectus
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About this prospectus
This prospectus has been prepared in Further information
Spring 2018 for courses available from East 15 Acting School is part
September 2019. of the University of Essex .
Although great care is taken in compiling
this prospectus, it is for the general At Loughton
guidance of prospective students only.
East 15 Acting School
East 15 Acting School cannot guarantee
Hatfields Campus
the provision of all courses and services
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advertised in the event of circumstances
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beyond its control and therefore reserves
the right to make changes or cancel any Telephone: +44 (0)20 8508 5983
course without notice, should this become
necessary. The School cannot be held At Southend
responsible for failure/delay in performing East 15 Acting School
obligations caused by things beyond its Southend Campus
reasonable control, such as fire, flood or Elmer Approach
industrial action. For the most up-to-date Southend-on-Sea SS1 1LW
information, please contact East 15 directly.
The full Procedures, Rules and Telephone: +44 (0)1702 328200
Regulations for the University of Essex Fax: +44 (0)1702 328201
are set out in the Charter, Statutes E-mail: east15@essex.ac.uk
and Ordinances and in the University Website: www.east15.ac.uk
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Copies are available on request from
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incorporation of this notice as a term of
Andrew H. Williams, Kevin Wyatt-Lown,
contract between you and the University.
Tongchai O Hansen, Robin Little
East 15
Quality assurance
The Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) last
undertook a Review of the University from
www.east15.ac.uk
2-5 December 2014. This Review found
that the University meets all expectations
required of higher education providers, ACTING SCHOOL
and commended the University's focus
on improving the student learning
experience.
A copy of the full report is available
on the QAA website at: www.qaa.ac.uk/
reviews/reports
About East 15
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About East 15
For over 50 years, important contemporary trainers.
East 15 has produced In 2000, East 15 merged with the
actors, directors, University of Essex, a leading UK
theatre practitioners research-intensive university, opening
and technicians for the an exciting new chapter in the history
international stage, TV, of both institutions and offering more
film and radio. opportunities to students.
East 15, based in Since 2007, under the directorship
Loughton on the edge of of Leon Rubin, more than 13 million
East London and founded pounds have been spent on new buildings
by Margaret Bury, grew from and facilities for East 15 in Loughton and
the work of Joan Littlewood’s Southend-on-Sea, including the Clifftown
famed Theatre Workshop, which broke
Theatre and Studios, once a Victorian
new ground, re-interpreting the classics
gothic church in Southend which now
for a modern age, commissioning new
enjoys a new lease of life, converted into
plays from socially committed writers, and
studios, workshops and a state-of-the-
creating an ensemble capable of inventing
art theatre and performance space. In
new work.
It evolved into an outstanding that period several new programmes
ensemble that combined inspired, have also been developed to take the
improvisational brilliance with method, school into a new era of international
technique, research, text analysis and the and culturally diverse stage and screen
intense expression of truthful emotion. performance territories.
Much of the original approach was based East 15 is one of a leading group
upon the theories of Stanislavsky and over of UK conservatoires. It is now one of
the years new training methods at East the largest specialist theatre schools in
15 have now embraced approaches from the UK, with a distinguished international
diverse practitioners, such as Michael teaching staff and an undergraduate
Chekhov, Rudolf Laban, Jerzy Grotowski, and extensive postgraduate population
Jacques Lecoq, Peter Brook and other of over 770 students.
Actor skills at East 15
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Actor skills at East 15
East 15’s training emphasises a balance Voice Music
between personal discovery, intuition The voice teachers at East 15 aim to equip Students with the ability to play musical
and technical skills. The aim is to give students with the skills required to release instruments can develop those talents
students the basic awareness and their full vocal potential beyond the and there are numerous possibilities to
confidence that will allow them to limits of “habit” voice. Students combine play in ensembles for private and public
continue to learn and perfect their emotional truth with theatrical energy performances at East 15. Although
craft in the years to come. using techniques derived from leading instrumental playing is not part of the
Movement physical and vocal practitioners like Laban, assessment, actors who develop such
Chekhov, Berry and Linklater. skills certainly enhance their employability.
The main focus of the movement
programme at East 15 is to encourage Singing Media
confident, focussed, flexible, imaginative, Actors must have a good feel for music, East 15 students are introduced to the
physically expressive and truthful actors. even if they cannot sing a note. Students techniques and disciplines of working
The course is based on dynamic alignment at East 15 will learn to understand the with recorded digital and online media.
(which may include Alexander, Authentic rudiments of music and be able to
Movement, Bartenieff, Body Centring approach a song with confidence and Preparation for the industry
Experiential Anatomy and Pilates), feeling. Students with musical theatre Guest lectures and workshops, given by
characterisation techniques (including potential will be encouraged further industry specialists, help prepare East 15
Laban, Grotowski, Lecoq and Chekhov- although the overall emphasis is on students for the complexity of working
based work), dance (including jazz and acting through song. in theatre, film, TV and related areas.
ballet) and stage combat.
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Prizes and Awards at East 15
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Prizes and Awards for East 15
As one of the UK’s leading acting schools, Livia Heim (2014) Lucy
East 15 has a number of students and Townsend (2013) and
graduates who have won awards and Gerel Falconer (2012).
competitive scholarships over the last
few years. East 15 Awards
There are several awards
Carleton Hobbs Award made which are unique to
This Bursary provides winning students a East 15
contract for six months work with the BBC The Elizabeth Mills
Radio Drama Department. A long list of Award was established
East 15 students have enjoyed recognition in 2015 and is worth
through this competition. £2,500. First awarded
Past winners have included BA to BA Acting student
Acting graduates Roslyn Hill (2014) and Patricia Allison, the 2016
commended nominees have included recipient was BA Acting
Patricia Allison (2017) Joseph Ayre (2016) and Contemporary
and Andrea Valls (2015). Theatre student Cara
Baldwin. BA Acting and
BA Acting and Community Theatre student Jennifer Woodward,
The John Gielgud Bursary Contemporary Theatre
receives the 2017 Lillian Bayliss Award from David Suchet CBE.
student Louise Barron
This is worth between £2,500 and £4,500.
received the award in
Winning students from East 15 have
2017.
included Samuel Edmunds (2017, £4,500), There is an on-going annual programme
The Jacob’s Ladder Bursary
Gabriella Leon (2016, £4.500) Kathleen of awarding New Production Awards,
was established in 2016 and makes
Hood (2015, £4.500) and Jamie Riley made to new companies created
multiple awards totalling £25,000
(2014, £4,500). by both existing and past students.
each year. In 2016 there were eight
awards made. In 2017 some fifteen As well as supporting productions at
The Laurence Olivier Bursary students benefited from the Bursary. the Edinburgh Fringe, these companies
This is worth up to £7,500 for a student The £500 Tim Welling Award have also taken plays to the Brighton,
entering the third year of BA Acting and commemorates a past student of the Camden and New York Fringe Festivals.
is presented by the Society of London school and is awarded to a BA Acting In 2017 some £36,000 was awarded
Theatres. East 15 students have regularly student. It was first awarded in 2014 to new companies.
won this outstanding prize. In 2017 two to Ellie Moon. Subsequent winners In addition, the University of
awards were made: Precious Mustapha was have been Katie Neil (2015), Hadley Essex hosts a no-cost crowdfunding
awarded £7,500 while Jesse Jones received Brown (2016) and Jacob Reid (2017) programme which is open to all
£4,000. Other winners have included; Also commemorating a past current and past students and, in
Paisley Fay Jackson (2016) Rebecca Saffir student, and again worth £500, many cases, also offers match funding
(2015) and Lottie Finklaire (2014) while in the Thomas Bennett Comedy for projects. Last year it supported
2012 Nayatia Hinds and Nathalie Wain were Award is awarded to a BA Acting some 15 productions to the tune of
each awarded £2000. and Contemporary Theatre student. over £18,500.
Sidonia Doica won this in 2017.
Lilian Baylis Award Postgraduate Scholarships
This is worth £1,500 and has been Edinburgh Festival and beyond There are a number of Bursaries
and Scholarships available to
consistently won by students from East Supporting career progression is an
Postgraduate Students.
15, including Jennifer Woodward (2017) important part of the East 15 ethos.
Ben Ayers (2016) Isabella Javor (2015)
Loughton Campus
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Loughton Campus
East 15 has three sites in Loughton: the Littlewood Studio and East 15’s
Hatfields, Roding House and Unit Four. costume department.
Each is just a five-minute walk from the Unit Four is a £1.5 million facility which
nearest London Underground station, is home to the Stage and Production
Debden, on the eastern branch of the Management department and it is situated
Central Line and only thirty minutes next to Roding House.
by tube from Central London, West
End theatres and all other major tube Hatfields
Student resources
and mainline stations and termini There are 28 rehearsal studios at
including Eurostar. Additionally, East 15 Hatfields, including a dance studio, Loughton Campus
often presents students’ own work at radio recording room, Mac editing lab
theatres and studios in London. and screening room. Computing facilities
The campus offers a perfect balance In the Summer of 2016 work began and the library
between access to the rich, cultural on a major set of new buildings and As part of a multi-million pound
diversity of London while also providing facilities that will make this the best investment in the further
an environment in which to study in an equipped single campus drama school development of resources on the
attractive and peaceful setting. Loughton in the UK. Loughton Campus, 2017 saw the
is situated on the edge of Epping Forest, opening of a new IT suite and
a 6,000 acre ancient woodland which The Corbett Theatre
extended Campus library. In addition,
is ideal for leisure pursuits including Hatfields is also home to the Corbett there are also computer facilities at
walking, running, cycling and horse riding. Theatre, named in honour of Harry H Roding House and at Unit Four, all
The residential area around Loughton Corbett, a key Theatre Workshop member providing internet access, printing and
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offers a rich variety of shops, restaurants, and early benefactor of East 15. The photocopying. There is also wireless
pubs and cafés and has a Leisure Centre building is a medieval tithe barn that was connectivity throughout the site.
providing gym and pool facilities. dismantled and transported to Hatfields Students can also use the library
The hub of Hatfields is a beautiful in the 1960s. These unusual origins resources at the Southend Campus
Georgian dower house, set in six acres create a unique performance space with and the University of Essex’s
of lawns with orchards, flowerbeds and a a unique environment for students to Colchester Campus library, which has
East 15
small lake, providing an idyllic atmosphere perform in. Combined with full technical holdings of over one million books
for study, relaxation and performance. facilities, tiered seating for 125 people and microfilms, as well as some
The site also offers a range of rehearsal and fitted dressing rooms, the theatre 7,300 current periodicals. Books are
spaces, a Dance Studio and the school’s provides an excellent resource for public
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delivered to Loughton via a daily
own, fully equipped theatre. The Corbett productions. Lectures, rehearsals and
Theatre was built inside a medieval tithe technical classes also take place here, Roding House
barn and is used extensively for student while the adjacent Theatre Foyer Bar and Roding House contains ten rehearsal
productions. Café provides a social meeting point for rooms, a green room/café, a sound
Just a short walk from Hatfields students and staff. recording studio and a video editing
is Roding House, a £1.3 million suite. East 15’s extensive costume
facility containing rehearsal spaces, department is also based here.
Unit Four
Unit Four is situated next to Roding
House and is home to East 15’s
Stage and Production Management
department. The Unit contains a large
workshop, paint shop, prop shop, prop
storage facilities and teaching spaces.11
Southend
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Southend Campus
Campus
The Southend Campus is sited in the
heart of Southend-on-Sea and is
served by excellent transport links.
Southend Central railway station,
with journey times to central London
taking less than one hour, is adjacent
to the Gateway Building and Southend
Airport, offering budget flights to
many European and UK destinations,
including Edinburgh, is just three
miles away.
Southend is the largest town in
Essex and a vibrant seaside resort
with a cosmopolitan atmosphere. In
recent years it has been transformed
by a redevelopment and enhancement
scheme. It has seven miles of award-
winning beaches and the longest
pleasure pier in the world.
Other social amenities and facilities
in the town include three theatres, Student resources The Students’ Union
museums, numerous art galleries and The Students’ Union facility at the
The Gateway Building
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libraries. There are over 650 acres of Southend Campus provides a dedicated
parks and gardens, a fun park and a The Gateway Building houses a space for students to meet, have a
watersports centre, a bowling alley, purpose-built suite specifically for East coffee, relax and watch films or sport.
leisure centres, pubs, clubs, cafés’ 15 students. This includes fully-equipped, It runs a wide variety of entertainment
and restaurants. state-of-the art rehearsal studios with throughout the term, such as
panoramic views across Southend-on- international nights and open mic nights.
East 15
Sea, plus seminar rooms, computer
labs and media production resources Clifftown Studios and Theatre
including an Apple Mac edit suite. Following the purchase of this
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magnificent Victorian former church in
The Forum
the heart of Southend’s conservation
Opened in September 2013, The Forum area, it has been converted into a
Southend-on-Sea offers a brand new variety of unique spaces for rehearsals,
resource to enhance your student technical and practical work and
experience. East 15 students have round performances. The church nave, with its
the clock, secure access to the Learning original organ and stained glass windows
Hub, which provides innovative IT and now provides an inspirational and
study spaces. The Forum also houses an atmospheric environment, re-designed
integrated public and academic library, to accommodate the needs of a 21st
carrying books and other materials to century performance space.
support East 15’s course at Southend.
In addition, students have access to the
East 15 Loughton Campus library and
the University’s Colchester Campus
library, if required.13
Support Services
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Support Services
We offer a range of support services Student administration
designed to help you to achieve your At the Loughton Campus, we are able
full potential and to get the most out of to provide students with official letters
your studies. These form a coordinated and documentation, such as bank
network of support, and are an letters, confirmation of enrolment and
important part of the overall student council tax exemption forms, as well as
experience. Support Services aim to authenticating documents by providing
be accessible to you and responsive a University stamp for specific forms.
to your individual needs. General, non-academic advice can also
We offer confidential advice and be given about other services provided
information on many issues, including by the University of Essex and the
finance and funding, entitlement to Students’ Union.
benefits and immigration issues. At the Southend Campus, all of the
There are Student Support Advisors above services are available from the
available at the Loughton and Southend Student Administration Team located
Campuses who can offer initial advice on the second floor of The Forum.
and information. You may be referred
to other services for specialist advice. Pastoral system
Helpful information is also available on
Conservatoire training can be
the website at www.essex.ac.uk/students
demanding and, in response to this,
and the Students Union Advice Centre
the School has developed a network
website at either www.essexstudent.com/
of support to help with any academic
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loughton or www.essexstudent.com/
and personal pressures. A personal
southend
tutor is appointed to each student and
they are a channel for any enquiries or
Dyslexia and other
anxieties that the student may have.
learning difficulties
We have a strong tradition of Graduate support
East 15
encouraging and supporting students East 15 and the University are
with dyslexia and other specific committed to helping graduates enter
learning difficulties. Provision includes: their chosen career with confidence.
www.east15.ac.uk
screening and/or referral for a diagnostic This support is given in the second
assessment and advice on the Disabled and final year of undergraduate
Students’ Allowance. courses and throughout the year for
postgraduate students. It includes
Disability career guidance, planning of audition
We aim to create an accessible and pieces and advice from working
enabling environment. We would professionals.
encourage you, before you arrive, to
contact the relevant disability service
to discuss access to the University
and to your course. These discussions
are confidential. Students may qualify
to apply for the Disabled Students’
Allowance and can contact us for advice.
www.essex.ac.uk/students/contact/Accommodation
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Accommodation
Loughton Campus
Those who wish to live close to the
Loughton Campus can choose from a
wide range of shared student properties
offering both Joint and Individual
Tenancies. There is also the option
to live with Resident Landlords who
can provide a more flexible tenancy.
The Students’ Union provides a
property finding service, SU Lets,
at our Loughton campus. They
specialise in helping students secure
local, private accommodation. All the
properties they work with in the area
are accredited by Epping Forest District
Council. There are rooms in shared
houses, living with a resident landlord
or letting an entire house. Click on
the “view our listings” area at www.
essexstudent.com/sulets and select
Loughton area to see what’s available.
Southend Campus
Our state-of-the-art student residences
in University Square offer 561 modern
en-suite rooms arranged in flats, within
seven houses around a central enclosed
courtyard. You apply for accommodation
directly to the University which aims to
guarantee accommodation to all first-year
undergraduates.Staff at East 15
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Staff at East 15
Professor Leon Rubin Dr Chris Main
Director Head of Programmes (Southend)
Leon Rubin is a fellow of the Royal Society Chris Main holds an MA in Theatre
of Arts and the Royal Asiatic Society . Practice and a PhD in Elizabethan/
He has an Honorary Professorship of the Jacobean Theatre from Exeter University.
GITIS University, Moscow. He is a former He is a Certified Teacher of stage
Associate at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, combat with the BASSC, a fight examiner
who began his career as Assistant Director for Stage Combat Germany and holds a
at the Royal Shakespeare Company and black belt in Aikido. Chris has worked for
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has been Artistic Director of three major many theatre companies including: the
UK theatre companies including Bristol Orange Tree, Stephen Joseph Theatre,
Old Vic. He is author of The Nicholas Royal & Derngate, Crucible Theatre,
Nickleby Story (the making of the RSC Graeae, The Northcott, and the BBC.
production) and Performance in Bali, He has directed several shows for East 15
published by Routledge. He has directed – including a Martin Lynch premier and
East 15
productions throughout the world, has also directed numerous productions
including Canada, China, Thailand, Japan, for the Royal Armouries at the Tower of
Greece, USA, Ireland, Chile and Hong London. He was the fight arranger for the
Kong, as well as throughout the UK. He feature film The Roundabout and Assistant
www.east15.ac.uk
has also trained and lectured actors and Fight Arranger on the feature, Faintheart.
directors in Russia, Spain, Korea, France, In what feels like a past life, he performed
Holland and the Philippines. In the last few in Conquest, a series for the History
years, he directed a series of Shakespeare Channel.
productions for the Stratford Festival
Theatre, Canada, and a major Japanese
theatre company, Bungaku-Za. He is
director of a major show in Thailand,
which has been performed in a 3,000 seat
theatre for the past 16 years. He has also
directed in the West End and in New York.17
Andrea Brooks the book for three short musicals. Before such as Night Breath by Brian Oliver and
Head of MA Acting joining East 15, she was Senior Tutor in Sleeping Dogs by Philip Osment; and TV
musical theatre, dance and movement at productions such as Ant and Dec and The
Andrea Brooks was Artistic Director
GSA. She is now working alongside Jean Bill. She has worked as a voice over artist
of Zygo Arts, an award-winning theatre
Newlove author of the Laban books. as well as directed voice overs at Les
and arts company working in the UK and
Frogs and for Foreign Versions.
internationally, most recently in Georgia. Stephen Douse She was a founder member of Beyond
She trained at the Drama Centre and Head of Music (Southend) Words Theatre Company and Re: Actors
has worked as a freelance director and
Stephen Douse studied at the Royal Theatre Group.
business trainer and mentor. She is an
Academy of Music and has been a Her book, Voice into Acting, is
Associate Artist at BAC, London.
professional musician for 30 years. His published by Bloomsbury Methuen Drama.
Dr. Margaret Coldiron work has embraced cabaret, jazz, music
theatre, opera and world music and he has Simon Hunt
Deputy Head of BA World Performance Head of BA Physical Theatre
made many TV and radio recordings. He
Margaret Coldiron is a specialist in Asian has worked throughout America, Europe Simon Hunt is an actor, theatre director
performance and masks. She is a member and Japan, and with companies including and acting teacher who has worked in
of the Directors Guild of Great Britain and Academy of Ancient Music and D’Oyly the Performing Arts Industry for the last
a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society and Carte Opera Company, Hilliard Ensemble, 20 years.
is widely published. After taking a degree Kent Opera and Welsh National Opera. Having worked with some of the most
in English and Comparative Literature she Previously Head Of Music at ALRA he exciting International companies, including
trained as an actress at the Drama Centre. has also taught at LAMDA and City Lit. De La Guarda, and taught at some of the
She holds an MA in Text and Performance top drama schools in the UK, Simon
Studies from King's College and RADA
Steffany George
emigrated to Sydney in 2003, where he
and a PhD in Drama from Royal Holloway. Head of Movement (Southend)
was Course Director of the Full Time
She has studied Topeng masked dance Steffany George has been working with
Acting Course at Actors Centre Australia. In
drama and mask carving in Bali and has actors for over seventeen years; first as
addition to over 50 shows and projects he
worked with Japanese Noh masters a movement director and choreographer,
has directed and created for drama
Matsui Akira (Kita school), Umewaka and most notably, teaching movement
schools, he has also worked professionally
Naohiko (Kanze school) and Michishige for actors, coaching, and directing plays
as both a Director and Movement Director
Udaka (Kongoh school). Since 1997 she at The Stella Adler Studio of Acting in
for TV and theatre projects. As an actor he
has been Associate Director of Thiasos, New York City. Steffany has received a
has worked at many theatres across the UK
a theatre company specialising in commission from The Nagouchi Museum
including The Young Vic, Victoria Palace in
intercultural productions of ancient with Topaz Arts for her own work Gone
the West End, Nottingham Playhouse, the
Greek plays. Bye. She performed as a contemporary
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Theatre Royal,
She has also undertaken extensive dancer in numerous productions in
Plymouth and The Gate, Notting Hill. Simon
fieldwork on masked performance in India, both New York and Germany.
trained at the Guildford School of Acting.
Sri Lanka and Thailand.
Christina Gutekunst
Tracy Collier Head of Voice
Dr Adrian James
Head of Movement Course co-ordinator for Certificate
Christina Gutekunst has been teaching
Tracy Collier is an actress who has and coaching for nearly 20 years in in HE (Southend)
appeared in theatres all over the country Germany and the UK. She trained in acting Adrian James initially trained as an actor
including the West End and the National and voice at schools in Stuttgart, Bremen and for 12 years worked in theatre across
Theatre. She also worked in TV and and Berlin in Germany and also in London, England and Europe.
theatre in Italy. She completed an MA at and gained an MA Distinction in voice He has taught at many of the leading
the Laban Centre and has been a director studies at the Central School of Speech British acting conservatoires, having
and Choreographer for over 25 years. and Drama. She taught voice in various learned his craft at East 15, working
She is now Artistic Director of her own drama schools and has been Head of for nine years during the 1980s with
company, Time4Change Theatre. She has Voice at East 15 since 2003. Margaret Bury, the founder of the school.
made various vocal recordings and written Christina has coached for both theatre He was the Associate Director of theStaff at East 15
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Staff at East 15
School of Acting and the Course Leader Rosemary holds a PhD from the Punchdrunk (UK), Centre for Performance
of the M.A. in Acting at Arts Educational University of New South Wales in Sydney, Research (Wales) National Drama School
for eighteen years and has taught regularly Australia and has presented keynote talks of Castilla and Leon (Spain), and
at The Actors Centre and lectured at the at conferences and symposia in Poland, University of Halle Institut für
Dramatiska Institutet in Stockholm. Korea, Belgium and the UK. Sprechwissenschaft und Phonetik
(Germany).
Gordon Kemp Matthew Lloyd She studied a traditional Korean vocal
Head of BA Acting and Stage Combat Head of MA/MFA Theatre Directing art form called p'ansori, has published
Gordon holds an MA (Hons) in Political After graduating from Oxford, Matthew several articles regarding her intercultural
Science from the University of Dundee went on to study at Harvard and Columbia approach to training actors’ voices and has
and a Postgraduate Diploma in Classical Universities. Whilst Artistic Director at the presented her work at international
Acting from the London Academy of Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester his conferences and symposiums.
Performing Arts. He is a certified teacher productions included the award-winning Gerry McAlpine
of stage combat with both the British An Experiment with an Air-Pump, and Head of First Year Studies and Course
Academy of Stage and Screen Combat Waiting for Godot with Richard Wilson. co-ordinator for Certificate in HE
(BASSC) and the British Academy of As Associate Director at Hampstead (Loughton)
Dramatic Combat (BADC) serving a 5 year Theatre his work included the multi-
apprenticeship at Shakespeare’s Globe Gerry McAlpine is an East 15 graduate
award-winning The Fastest Clock in the
Theatre as part of his training. As a Fight from the early 1970s. She worked with
Universe by Philip Ridley, Slavs! by Tony
Director & Performer he has worked with Margaret Bury, who founded E 15, during
Kushner and the Olivier Award winning
a range of venues and theatre companies the years before she retired, and is proud
The Lucky Ones by Charlotte Eilenberg.
including Riverside Studios, The Royal to be able to pass on her East 15 training.
Freelance credits include the Olivier-
Ballet, The Royal Opera, Shakespeare’s She worked as an actress in Canada and
nominated Duet for One with Juliet
Globe and Theatre Royal, Bath. He has England before returning to teach at
Stevenson and productions at the
also worked as an action performer, most East 15.
Almeida, Royal Court, the Bush, most of
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recently on the TV series Vikings. Britain's leading regional theatres, plus Zois Pigadas
Off-Broadway and Parco Theatre, Tokyo. Head of Contextual Studies and Course
Professor Rosemary Klich
Professor of Research Ainslie Masterton coordinator for BA Acting (International)
Head of BA Acting Zois Pigadas is from Athens, Greece and
Rosemary specialises in multimedia,
and Community Theatre has studied Theatre at an undergraduate
East 15
immersive, and participatory theatre. Prior
level at York University in Toronto, Canada,
to joining East 15 in 2017, she was Head of Ainslie Masterton worked as an actor,
followed by Post-Graduate Studies at
Drama and Theatre at the University of director and voice coach in Australia,
Goldsmiths College, University of London.
Kent where she taught since 2007. Her before focusing on community theatre
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He has been teaching actors and theatre
current research investigates media, and film projects based around Sydney
students for more than 15 years at, among
sound, and spectatorship, and her and outback aboriginal communities.
other insitutions, E15 Acting School,
teaching expertise is in the theory and Since 1998 she has been involved in actor
Goldsmiths College, University of Kent and
making of contemporary performance training at Bretton Hall and East 15.
Rose Bruford College. He specialises in
practice. Her co-authored book
Dr. Tara McAllister-Viel workshopping and devising Forum Theatre
Multimedia Performance was published
Head of Voice (Southend campus) and has developed a methodology of
with Palgrave in 2012 and she has since
Tara McAllister-Viel worked for some 20 Active Analysis based on the teachings
published in journals such as
years as an actress, voice director and of Jurij Alschitz.
Contemporary Theatre Review,
Performance Research, International voice-over artist. Uri Roodner
Journal of Performing Arts and Digital Before joining East 15, she taught at
Head of BA Acting and
Media, and Body Space Technology. She Central School of Speech and Drama and
has also undertaken various practice-as- has been Visiting Professor for Voice at Contemporary Theatre
research projects working in collaboration The Korean National University of Arts, Uri has an extensive career as a performer,
with performers, videographers, sound School of Drama in Seoul. director and mentor working in theatre,
designers and photographers. Voice workshop credits include: film and TV.19
He has appeared in major British He works with a wide range of global Sheryl-Lynne Valensky
theatres including The Royal Court, performance styles, many drawn from Head of Stage and Production
National Theatre Studio and The Arts African and Brazilian Drums, Music and Management
Theatre West End, and collaborated Rituals.
with leading companies including The Sheryl-Lynne has over 20 years of
RSC, Gecko and The Clod Ensemble. He Robin Sneller experience as a stage manager in theatre,
appeared in films by major directors such Head of MA/MFA Acting (International) film, television and special events. For the
as Michael Winterbottom, Jose Pedilha and last 10 years, she has toured extensively
Robin Sneller trained at East 15. He has through North and South America, Asia
The Brothers Quay. He appeared in TV, on tutored and directed at Arts Educational, and Europe with Cirque du Soleil on 5
radio and in TV commercials in more than East 15, the Royal Scottish Academy of different productions. On her last show
15 countries, and worked as a documentary Music and Drama, where he directed with Cirque, she was also the Assistant
film maker for The BBC, Channel 4 and
Richard III, touring to the International Artistic Director.
The Discovery Channel USA. His award
Shakespearean Festival in Poland, and Sheryl-Lynne is from Toronto Canada
winning Theatre Company ‘Tottering
at the Royal Welsh College of Music and and has worked on many productions
Bipeds’ toured to many venues in Britain
Drama. As an actor he has worked in the there including The Phantom of the Opera
including The Lyric Hammersmith, Sadler’s
West End with Sir Peter Hall in Mind Millie and Disney’s The Lion King which ran for
Wells, Sheffield Crucible, Edinburgh
for Me by Feydeau, at the National Theatre, 4 years in Toronto. Her special events
Traverse and Plymouth Theatre Royal.
with Stephen Daldry at the Gate Theatre credits include Canada’s Juno Music Award
The company toured abroad and their and the Annual Walk of Fame Award both
and the Crucible, as well as many seasons
work was filmed for a dedicated BBC2 are produced as live television events.
at the Glasgow Citizen's Theatre and
documentary. Sheryl-Lynne is part of the team
Uri’s eclectic training includes The Edinburgh Royal Lyceum theatres.
that developed this unique Stage and
Drama Studio London, École Philippe Neil Somerville Production Management program that
Gaulier Paris, Monika Pagneux, Pierre Head of Music combines practical work, projects and
Byland, Desmond Jones School and classroom learning.
the National Film School. He has taught Neil Somerville has been a Musical Director
actors in London, New York, Shanghai, and Vocal Coach for 15 years and has Philip Weaver
Amsterdam, Madrid and Tel-Aviv. worked across the UK, Scandinavia and
Head of BA Acting
North America. He toured the UK with
Dr. Ramiro Silveira The Wind In The Willows, conducted the Philip Weaver trained at The Royal
Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and
Head of BA World Performance Scottish Premiere of Ragtime and has
Goldsmiths’ College, University of London.
Ramiro Silveira is a director, lecturer, been Musical Director for award-winning
Philip has worked as an actor and
actor trainer and researcher. productions of Sweeney Todd, West Side
director for theatres including BAC,
He holds a PhD in Theatre Pedagogy - Story, Oklahoma! and The 25th Annual
Birmingham Rep, Colchester Mercury,
Theatre Artist Training from University of Putnam County Spelling Bee. Many of his
Glasgow Citizens, The Kings Head Islington,
São Paulo (Brazil) and an MFA in Theatre singing students currently work in the West The Lyric Hammersmith, Nottingham
Directing from University of Middlesex. End, on cruise ships and on UK tours. Neil Playhouse, The Oval House, RSC Summer
He also trained with Eugenio Barba, regularly accompanies cabarets, master Studio, Salisbury Playhouse, The Scottish
Philippe Gaulier and Genadi Bogdanov. classes and concerts with some of the best Chamber Orchestra, Theatr Clywd, Wolsey
He is known for his innovative performers in the industry. He has been a Ipswich and The Young Vic, as well as BBC
theatre rehearsal process called Theatre visiting Portfolio Coach at London School Radio Four. He has also worked in Holland,
Playground, a study of presence and of Musical Theatre, Lecturer in Singing at Belgium, Slovakia and Scandinavia.
relation based on rhythm, movement and Colchester Institute and Head of Music at He is co-founder and Associate Director
multicultural references in order to inspire Ridley Studios. of Spinning Wheel Theatre Company.
creative live theatre. Since 2001 he has
been using his technique to direct plays
and run acting and directing workshops all
over the world.www.east15.ac.uk
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Undergraduate study at East 15
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East 15
East 15 currently offers the following courses for undergraduate students:
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Loughton Campus Southend Campus
• BA Acting • BA Acting and Community Theatre
• BA Acting (International) • BA Acting and Stage Combat
• BA Acting and Contemporary Theatre • BA Physical Theatre
• BA Stage and Production Management • BA World Performance
• Certificate of Higher Education • Certificate of Higher Education
in Theatre Arts in Theatre Arts
• BA Creative Producing (Theatre and Short Film)BA Acting
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BA Acting
Loughton Campus
UCAS code: W411
About BA Acting movement,
BA Acting offers a step-by-step voice and
process that begins in the first year singing are
by introducing students to the basic integrated into
methods and theories of acting the work and
technique in small groups, then students start
culminates in a final professional to build their
preparation year in which students characters
perform full-scale productions to public independently.
audiences. They are asked
to adapt to the differing demands of and promotion. Additionally, students
Applicant information project and director, encouraging them to undertake a showcase performance
take responsibility for their own creative which is presented in a major West
BA Acting provides a thorough
work. Students experience a wide variety End theatre for an invited audience of
preparation for a career in acting and aims
of challenging roles from nineteenth influential agents, casting directors, film,
to develop each individual student’s talent, TV and theatre directors.
extending existing skills in voice and century naturalism, to exploring the
movement for professional life. textual and psychological complexities of After East 15
Shakespeare. Additionally, through the
First Year Brecht cabaret and Commedia dell’Arte Graduates of BA Acting regularly appear
projects, students learn to devise, in stage, film, TV and radio productions
The first year curriculum covers acting,
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throughout the world. Recent graduates
voice, singing, movement and contextual breaking the fourth wall. They are also
have gone on to work with major
studies. Students explore their own introduced to film, television and radio
companies such as the Royal National
creativity through work focussed on work.
Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company,
co-operation, responsiveness to others Shakespeare’s Globe, Manchester Royal
Third Year
and the ensemble, fostered by group- Exchange, BBC, ITV and in the West End.
East 15
shared experiences. Acting on this course The third year requires students to
Students are consistently successful in the
begins with objective self-assessment, meet the demands they will face in
BBC Radio Drama
development of professional performance industries. Carleton Hobbs competition, resulting
observational skills and imagination: They deliver a wide variety of plays to in a professional contract. They have also
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recreating through observation, research extend their performance repertoire been consistent winners of both the The
and improvisation. First-year work ranges and work with industry professionals John Gielgud and The Laurence Olivier
from individual character study through to in recorded media. Plays and Bursaries. For the past eight years BA
larger community based projects and the performance projects are chosen to Acting students have represented East 15
emotional upheaval of British realism. The meet the needs of the individual group at the Globe Theatre’s Sam Wanamaker
first year culminates in a large scale Living as far as possible. All productions Festival.
History Project, in which students study, demand research, advanced skills and They are known, and often cast, for
understand and live the lives of others commitment. Theatre productions place their courage, originality and drive!
through periods of conflict. a particular emphasis on ensemble
work and actor contribution. Through
Second Year specialised professional development
The second year offers a journey of workshops students are introduced
maturation. The focus of study moves to the administrative aspects of their
from improvisation to text and from the future profession: including audition
examination of self to the exploration technique, CV and letter writing, tax
of character. Technical skills, such as and self-employment, self-marketing23 Joseph Ayre East 15 is the safest place in the world. school gave me all the techniques, tricks On graduation, The wonderful teachers constantly and exercises I need to navigate my way Joseph was cast tell you this but it's only now that through this crazy industry. It's given in the lead role of I'm at the end of my 4 years that I me the confidence and the professional Christopher in the really understand what they meant. discipline to walk into any room, no matter National Theatre The BA Acting course encourages who is sitting in it, and do my job without production of The experimentation, celebrates individuality self-consciousness or doubt. It's also given Curious Incident and demands commitment, but if you me a group of friends for life and some of of the Dog in the fail, it's there to pick you up and throw the warmest, oddest and most hilarious Night-time. you back in again for another try. The memories that I will cherish forever.
BA Acting (International)
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BA Acting (International)
Loughton Campus
UCAS code: W83A
Technical skills, such as movement,
voice and singing are integrated into the
work and students start to build their
characters independently. They are asked
to adapt to the differing demands of
project and director, encouraging them to
take responsibility for their own creative
work. Students explore the textual and
psychological complexities of Shakespeare
and Elizabethan Verse Drama. Additionally,
students are introduced to the challenge
of adapting their skills for film, television
and radio work.
Third Year
The third year requires students to
meet the demands they will face in
professional performance industries.
About BA Acting (International) First Year They extend their performance
Built on the methodologies that have The first year curriculum covers acting, repertoire and work with industry
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helped establish East 15 as one of the voice, singing, movement and contextual professionals in recorded media. Plays
most internationally respected drama studies. Students explore their own and performance projects are chosen
creativity through work focussed on co- to meet the needs of the individual
training establishments in Europe, BA
operation, responsiveness to others and group as far as possible. All productions
Acting (International) is an extension of
the ensemble, fostered by group-shared demand research, advanced skills and
the Acting course that has always been
East 15
experiences. commitment. Theatre productions place
at the core of the school's programmes.
Acting on this course begins with a particular emphasis on ensemble work
It offers a step-by-step process that
objective self-assessment, development and actor contribution.
begins by introducing students to the basic
of observational skills and imagination, Through specialised professional
www.east15.ac.uk
methods and theories of acting technique
re-creating through observation, research development workshops students are
in small groups and culminates in a final introduced to the administrative aspects
and improvisation. First-year work includes
professional preparation year in which of their future profession: including
Verbatim Theatre and Contemporary
students perform full-scale productions audition technique, CV and letter writing,
Scene Study with the study of British Plays
and graduate with a professionally tax and self-employment, self-marketing
from 1956 to 1978
produced showreel. The first year culminates in a large scale and promotion.
Living History Project, in which students Additionally, students will undertake
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study, understand and live the lives of to complete their own, professionally
BA Acting (International) not only others through periods of conflict. produced, showreel.
provides a thorough preparation for a
career in acting while aiming to develop Second Year After East 15
each individual student’s talent, but also The second year offers a journey of Graduates of East 15 regularly appear
offers the added benefit to international maturation. The focus of study moves in stage, film, TV and radio productions
students of gaining invaluable insights into from improvisation to text and from the throughout the world. They are known,
British culture and its influences on the examination of self to the exploration of and often cast, for their boldness and
global stage. character. daring as actors.25
Caitlin
Denegre
If I had to choose
two words
to describe
the BA Acting
International,
they would be
process and
proactive.
We are constantly being challenged
to make the work our own, whether it
is Shakespeare, Chekhov, or devising.
Experimentation with your own
personal process is vital. It is ever-
evolving, just like theatre.
Acting comes first and foremost
on the course, with voice, movement,
and context being incorporated into
every project. The array of people
and experiences on this course offer
the stimulus and inspiration for work;
the rigour of East 15 training provides
the means to create that work. Most
importantly, I've learned what type of
work I want to create, and why.
Looking back at my training, I can
see how far I have developed since day
one. My entire worldview has changed,
and I have a much stronger sense of
myself as an actress, both individually
and as part of the creative ensemble.
The skills gained in text work, voice,
self-directing, theatre composition, and
physicality laid a rock-solid foundation
for the International Festival of New
Work (IF) in third year. By that time, I felt
completely equipped to tackle any task
thrown my way, even if it was unfamiliar.
If you are confident in your abilities to
approach challenges with purpose and
innovation, you can go places, and this
course gives you exactly that.BA Acting and Community Theatre
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BA Acting and Community Theatre
Southend Campus
UCAS code: W496
About BA Acting and and singing skills is offered across the justice system, develop a political theatre
Community Theatre three years. project, a site-specific performance
and create their own community play.
This course is for students who believe Second Year Students further develop their skills in
theatre is for all and wish to train for
Second year students work in conjunction the production, marketing and evaluation
a career in theatre practice focused in
with practicing professionals to create of projects. Students work extensively
the community.
theatre based on the stories of local with communities and professionals
BA Acting and Community Theatre
people, make new work with young throughout their training, making for
graduates will be professional performers
people, make and edit videos, learn a seamless transition to a professional
who also have additional skills as
clowning, puppetry and circus skills career. At the end of the year, students
workshop leaders and project managers,
and develop workshop facilitation showcase their graduation projects
with the musical, technical, video and
skills. Students also manage our annual to theatre companies and industry
web-based experience needed for
Southend Street Theatre Festival. professionals.
community theatre practice today.
During this year students are also
After East 15
Applicant Information placed with a professional company as
an intern to develop an understanding Since the course was established
BA Acting and Community Theatre is a
of the community theatre industry and in 2005, graduates have worked as
dynamic and active course for people
to forge professional links. actors, project leaders and facilitators in
who want to influence their world
communities all over the world. Several
through theatre. In an intensely practical, Third Year companies formed by graduates are now
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professionally-oriented course, a broad
In this year, students help facilitate theatre well established, respected and funded in
range of acting, performance and
projects in health, social services and the an increasingly competitive industry.
workshop facilitation skills are developed
through projects with people in the
local community and in partnership with
leading external organisations. This is
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a professional route into the world of
participatory theatre in which actors can
create theatre for, with, and about the
communities in which they will live.
www.east15.ac.uk
First Year
The first year curriculum embraces acting
technique, voice, singing, movement and
contextual studies. Students explore their
creativity through work that explores self
and responsiveness to others.
Acting on this course begins with
objective self assessment, development
of observational skills and imagination,
recreating through observation, research
and improvisation. First year work begins
with individual character study, develops
through study and adaptation and
culminates in the Living History project.
Development of voice, movement27
Natalya Martin Training here allows you to find who and have performed at venues such as
you are as an artist; you are given the artsdepot and Stratford East with our
When I came chance to create and try new things in original multisensory work designed for
across this course, a safe space with supportive tutors and children with disabilities. The course
it was as if it was classmates. I am now currently the artistic not only prepared me for every possible
meant to be! It and managing director of FEEL Theatre, aspect of what the Arts industry may
felt as though a company that I co-run with fellow throw my way, but it also prepared me
all aspects of Community Theatre course graduates. for my actual life; and contrary to the
my personality FEEL Theatre stemmed from our final “What am I going to do now?!” graduate
were written year community play and is continuing to mentality, I left feeling prepared, capable
into one jam-packed course. develop into an established company. We and ready to take on the world.
Since graduating I continue to work as have worked with multiple organisations
an actor, director, writer and facilitator.BA Acting and
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BA Acting and Contemporary Theatre
Contemporary Theatre
Loughton Campus
UCAS code: W441
About BA Acting and First Year
Contemporary Theatre During the first year students share their
This course is renowned not only as an work with peers on the parallel BA Acting
innovative and highly influential training courses, following the traditional East 15
program but also as a creative hub that training and focus on the development
produces original, bold theatrical work. of methodical characterisation work.
Alumni are renowned in the industry as Attention is given to knowledge of
versatile actors who can join a creative self and the development of a neutral
process as innovative partners. starting point as part of rehearsal After East 15
The BA Acting and Contemporary process and preparation. Classes Alumni of the BA Acting and
Theatre course offers a unique and are given regularly in voice, singing, Contemporary Theatre course are
highly challenging pathway dedicated movement and research. These will participating in the industry not only as
to training multi-talented actors who continue throughout the course. actors in theatre, film and TV, but also
have the competencies necessary to by staging their own work to audiences
create vital new work and to realise Second Year worldwide. Recent graduates have gone
their own artistic inclinations. This During the second year the focus on to work with major companies such as
approach is underpinned by a philosophy shifts to familiarisation with form The National Theatre, Complicite, Cirque
that sees the actor as an independent, and style. Students experiment with Du Soleil, The Globe, Frantic Assembly,
creative and entrepreneurial ‘artist’. visual impression, contemporary text, BBC and ITV.
While developing their skills as actors, Commedia Dell’Arte, the theatrical clown, A highlight of the graduate year is
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students experiment with European script writing, music and parody. the staging of the acclaimed Debut
physical theatre, devising, creative They explore the relationship between Festival, dedicated to staging new work
writing, composition and cross-media art. film and theatre as well as theatre as written, directed, devised and performed
The training relates in methodology to a tool for social change, and the year by students. Many past works have
contemporary international companies ends with a site-specific production transferred to professional production
such as Complicite, the Schaubühne and and some major awards received by
East 15
of a classical text.
the Wooster Group. graduates including: ‘Spotlight Best Actor’,
Third Year ‘Scotsman Fringe First’, ‘Eddies Comedy
Applicant information The final year focuses primarily on staging Award’, ‘Sky Arts’, ‘Olivier Bursary’, ‘Soho
www.east15.ac.uk
The BA Acting and Contemporary Theatre new work. Led by visiting practitioners Theatre Young Writer of the Year’, ‘BFI
course strives to respond to emerging from the industry, students develop ideas Best Short Film’, ‘BBC Films Screenplay
industry demands with an immediate and and produce their own work including First’ and ‘Cape Town Best Play’ and ‘Total
dynamic methodology. It offers eclectic new plays, devised shows, physical Theatre Award for innovation’.
teaching inspired by Lecoq, Grotowski, comedy and short films. Preparation Most recently, alumni and theatre
Boal and their followers. The training is for post-training career is given such as companies formed on this course have
tailored around multi-talented performers guidance in forming companies as well been staging original work in major
wishing to experiment, explore and as casting exercises. venues including: The Royal National
participate fully in the creative process. Opportunities are given to stage Theatre, The Royal Shakespeare
A unique policy of specialisation allows students’ work in the public arena Company, BAC, Birmingham Rep,
some students to expand in such roles including a showcase event for agents, Manchester Royal Exchange, National
as actor/musician, actor/writer, actor/ producers and casting directors. Theatre of Wales, Soho Theatre and West
choreographer and so on. Yorkshire Playhouse. Work created in
this course also been staged Australia,
Belgium, Cyprus Denmark, Iceland, Ireland,
Mexico, Poland, South Africa and the USA.You can also read
