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Undergraduate Prospectus 2019/2020 Including Access to HE, Foundation & Part-Time Courses
In March 2018
Rose Bruford College
alumnus and Fellow
Gary Oldman was
awarded the Best
Actor Oscar for
his portrayal of
Winston Churchill
in Darkest Hour.
View our list of notable
alumni on page 66.
Join the
next generation of
Performers, Designers,
Managers and Technical Artists Getty images
Contents
4 Welcome
6 Join a Growing Industry
9 Join London’s International Drama School
11 Join a College Set for the Future
13 Join a Culture of Innovation
14 Join a Vibrant and Collaborative Community
Undergraduate
100%
of our students
16
18
20
Acting, BA (Hons)
Actor Musicianship, BA (Hons)
American Theatre Arts, BA (Hons)
say that staff are 22 Costume Production, BA (Hons)
enthusiastic and 24 Creative Lighting Control, BA (Hons)
knowledgeable 26 European Theatre Arts, BA (Hons)
about their 28 Lighting Design, BA (Hons)
subjects.* 30 Performance Sound, BA (Hons)
32 Scenic Arts, BA (Hons)
34 Stage and Events Management, BA (Hons)
36 Theatre Design, BA (Hons)
99%
of our students 38
Undergraduate Online
Music Studies, BA (Hons)
feel safe on 40 Opera Studies, BA (Hons)
campus.* 42 Theatre Studies, BA (Hons)
Access, Foundation & Part-time Courses
44 Access to Higher Education Diploma: Production Arts
97%
of students would
46
48
50
Acting Foundation Course
Acting Part-time Course
Bruford Youth Theatre
recommend 52 Summer Courses and Masterclasses
Rose Bruford
College to 54 Postgraduate programmes
others.*
56 Join us for an Open Day
56 How to Apply
92%
58 Finance and Fees 2018-19
61 Join a Home from Home
63 Join a Supportive and Caring Environment
of our staff 64 Equality and Equal Opportunities
have made 64 Flexible Learning
the subject 66 Meet our Alumni
interesting.** 68 College Management
68 Contact Us
*Source: 2018 First Impressions Survey results
(An internal survey of the College’s first-year students).
**Source: 2018 National Student Survey
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Welcome
Rose Bruford College is one of the most warming, creative and inspiring
atmospheres to learn in. We on the Students’ Union are lucky enough to
represent the voice of students and support all students to get the most out
of their time here. We recognise that drama school is a big change in lifestyle
for students and so with our Freshers’ events and others throughout the year, we
provide societies, activities and platforms for the students to voice their thoughts,
which we believe contribute to the welcoming atmosphere they experience.
Bruford prides itself on its range of diverse and unique courses provided in our
beautiful picturesque and historic campus so please do take the opportunity
to visit the College on one of our open days and find out a bit more. Being a
student at Rose Bruford College means becoming an expert, creative and
diverse practitioner in your chosen field and by picking up this prospectus, Andrew Exeter
I hope this is the start of your journey to Bruford. See you here. Students’ Union President
At Rose Bruford College we provide our students with an exceptional quality of
experience and a training that is second to none. We offer a distinctive learning
environment of international standing, delivering a rigorous specialist professional
and vocational education of the highest quality. This has been recognised with a
TEF Gold Award for our teaching excellence.
Innovation is part of our DNA and we continue to push the boundaries of
training in performance and technical theatre, making us one of the world’s
leading theatre and performance conservatoires.
We train graduates who will see the world stage as their future workplace.
We involve our students in the building of global partnerships and communities,
in working worldwide with partner institutions.
Clarie Middleton
Principal and Chief Executive
During your time here you will meet and work with our highly-skilled staff and industry
practitioners. These are among the very best in the country and your training will reflect
the latest developments in the industry.
Our unique campus is only 25 minutes from the centre of London and boasts a friendly, safe and supportive
atmosphere; and we have great facilities including suites of studio spaces, purpose built technical teaching
facilities and our fully equipped Rose Theatre.
We are an inclusive college and believe in nurturing your talent and your passion regardless of your
background or economic circumstances. We welcome students from all parts of our diverse and multicultural
society. Please talk to us about the bursaries we have available to help to fund your studies.
We have many close relationships with the industry and our students go on to successful careers across all
aspects of theatre and performance. We are very proud of our alumni achievements which, in 2018, include
Gary Oldman’s Oscar and a much lauded dramatic contribution to the 70th anniversary Windrush celebration,
directed by Roy Alexander Weiss and narrated by David Ajao. There was also success for recent graduate,
Linnea Fridén Grønning who won a National Stage Management Association award. You can see throughout
this prospectus examples of our students who leave us having already found work and/or an agent; and every
year groups of Bruford graduates form companies to develop and produce work of their own.
Rose Bruford College is a special place that delivers excellent results - come and see for yourself by visiting
one of our Open Days.
I look forward to welcoming you to Rose Bruford College.
Based on the evidence available the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF Panel) judged that
Rose Bruford College delivers consistently outstanding teaching and learning outcomes for its
students. It is of the highest quality found in the UK.
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Join a Growing Industry
Join a
Growing Industry
The UK creative industries is a growing sector
with an overall 15% increase in employment
forecast between 2012 and 2022.*
Industry Placements Agents
Our strong industry network means students Agents visit our final year productions with a
have the opportunity for work placements and view to representing students from our School of
to work on collaborative projects with leading Performance. Each year graduating students from
theatres, artists, professionals and companies BA (Hons) Acting and BA (Hons) Actor Musicianship
across Europe. In some cases the relationships present an industry Showcase in a West End
have led to employment opportunities and artistic theatre. Recent School of Performance graduates’
collaborations after graduating. Recent placements agents include; Independent Talent, Shepherd
from our School of Design, Management and Management and United Agents.
Technical Arts have included The National Theatre,
Royal Opera House and White Light. Visit our website for a list of recent graduates’
agents.
Visiting Professionals
Visiting professionals work across all our full-time Freelance
undergraduate and postgraduate taught Some of our students choose to enter freelance
degree programmes and provide vital industry employment once they graduate. The College
insight and links. We also work with external directors holds regular professional preparation classes to
to create the professional environment into which support our students make this transition.
our students will be graduating.
Visit the course pages on our website for a list Transferable Skills
of recent visiting professionals. Studying an Arts related subject provides our
students with a wide range of skills. In addition to
traditional jobs in theatre and performance, our
Graduate Exhibition graduates have progressed into other careers
Graduating students from our School of Design, including teaching, public relations and events
Management and Technical Arts hold an annual management.
exhibition for industry guests and potential
“
employers.
20% Outstanding links to
15%
Graduate Theatre Companies increase in
Our students have a tradition of leading the way Software
in shaping the future of theatre and performance
by forming their own Theatre Companies. From the
Programming
and jobs.* increase in arts industry that contribute
officers, producers
to the student
15%
ground-breaking ‘Theatre of Black Women’ in the
1980s to ‘Shady Dolls Theatre Company’ and more and director jobs.*
recently the award-winning ‘Smoking Apples’, our
graduates’ work can be seen at festivals across increase in music,
experience, providing
the world. performing and
visual arts jobs.* opportunities to work
Visit the alumni pages of our website to see
more Graduate Theatre Companies.
in simulated and
*Source: Creative and Cultural Skills: Building a Creative Nation real-life professional
environments.”
forecast of creative occupational employment forecast in the
UK between the period 2012-2022.
6 www.bruford.ac.uk 2018 Graduate Exhibition 2017 TEF Gold Assessment
Join London’s International Drama School
Join London’s
International Drama School
The international reach of the College offers a wonderful
opportunity to experience the richness of cultural
integration and exchange, the widening of horizons and
cooperation, for tolerance and understanding and for the
celebration of difference. There are ongoing international
activities with a constant stream of student and staff
exchange, visits, collaborations, professional practice,
festivals, auditioning and conferences across the world.
Our BA (Hons) American Theatre Arts and BA (Hons)
European Theatre Arts programmes include placements
in partnership with American and European institutions
respectively whilst we actively encourage all other
undergraduate students to apply to undertake a study
mobility or traineeship within Europe.
Our international students In the
Students from over 25 different countries study with us
around the year and our alumni groups are growing
2017/2018
around the world. We have worked with institutions as
varied as Columbia College Chicago, USA and the
academic
Moscow Art Theatre School, Russia, as well as in countries
including; Spain, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany,
year, 31% of
Georgia, China, Taiwan and other parts of Asia.
all full-time
We offer international students tutorial and English-
language support as they make the transition to study in
final-year
European Theatre Arts students at Gardzienice in Poland
the UK at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Online
learners abroad have subject tutors who work with them.
undergraduate
We also deliver courses, conferences and workshops
students had
undertaken
Ranked as the
geared for international students, with different entry points
throughout the year.
an American
Top Drama School London as a destination
The centre of British theatre, maybe even world theatre, exchange
is London. It sets the pace for theatre, broadcasting,
placement
in the World for Student Mobility intellectual debate, art and culture of every kind. It is
also where careers are made and where the largest
concentration of new graduates are likely to start, settle,
or been on
In 2018 Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance was ranked* as
continue and complete fruitful careers.
mobility under
the top drama school in the world for student mobility and one of only two
creative arts specialist higher education institutions in the top 25 globally
Every week London offers a choice of over 500 plays,
events, opera, concerts and exhibitions from the classical
Erasmus+.
Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre to experimental theatre
ranked universities for student mobility. in found spaces. London theatre never ceases to cause
wonder and surprises.
Read the full story at bruford.ac.uk
*Source: U-Multirank #WeAreInternational
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Join a College Set for the Future
Join a College
Set for the Future
The practical nature of our vocational
“
and creative degree programmes
requires an extensive range of specialist
studios, workshops, rehearsal and
performance spaces.
Our working
Our campus comprises both contemporary
spaces and original listed buildings and includes: environment
• A 320 seat theatre-in-the-round is constantly
changing
(The Rose Theatre).
• A 100 seat end-stage theatre
(The Barn Theatre). with technical
• Two black box studio theatres. advances, clients’
• Ten fully-equipped rehearsal,
movement and voice training studios.
awareness and
• Four fully-equipped lighting design
audience need
laboratories.
for more. We
Photography by Jake Wiltshire, Royal Academy of Music • A digital recording studio and audio
laboratory, computer laboratories and welcome Rose
video and audio suites.
Bruford College
3.5 Million Pound Centre for • A costume/wardrobe complex for costume
production and costume collection of over as a teaching
Digital Creation and Production
15,000 items.
establishment that
• The Masefield Workshop for scenic
arts teaching, scenery and properties
fabrication.
embraces all
In May 2018 the College announced the development of a new £3.5 million
Centre for Digital Creation and Production with investment and support from • Theatre design studios with computer-aided
of this.”
industry partners, including leading companies such as; Autodesk, Cast Ltd., design (CAD) and individual workspaces.
Lee Dennison
Disguise (formerly d3 Technologies), ETC (Electronic Theatre Controls) Ltd., Head of Business
• Stage Management office and production
Philips Lighting, Robe and White Light. Funding for the project was provided teaching studios. Development at White Light
by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) through its
Catalyst fund.
Read the full story at bruford.ac.uk
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Join a Culture of Innovation
Join a 1950
Culture of Rose Bruford College Founded.
Innovation 1950’s
Yvonne Brewster becomes the
Our mission is to provide a stimulating, UK’s first black woman drama
student. She would later found
collaborative learning environment of Jamaica’s first professional
international standing, delivering specialist theatre company, The Barn,
in her native Jamaica with
professional and vocational education fellow alumnus Trevor Rhone.
and training that promotes creativity,
experimentation, diversity, and excellence.
1976
UK’s first degree in Acting
We have a proud history and reputation of shaping established at the College.
the future of the theatre industry.
From establishing the UK’s first Acting, Actor
Musicianship and Lighting Design degrees the College
1982
has a tradition of developing programmes and Rose Bruford College students
Bernardine Evaristo, Patricia
courses to meet the needs of a constantly evolving Hilaire and Paulette Randall
industry. found the Theatre of Black
Women.
Our students and graduates continue to produce
Getty images
Westminster Abbey service celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Windrush Generation.
work which challenges the status quo through their
performances, writing, directing, designing and 1993
“
technical skills. Europe’s first degree in Lighting
Rose Bruford College
Design established at the College.
1994
Alumni Perform at
Windrush Thanksgiving Service
BA (Hons) American Theatre Arts student Jeremy Cobb (pictured right)
As a performer,
it’s hugely important
to work on your own
craft and keep looking
for a new challenge,
Rose Bruford College
“ The UK’s first BA (Hons) degree
in Actor Musicianship created
at the College.
2017
prepares, with fellow actors, to perform under the direction of graduate Roy provides the perfect Rose Bruford College becomes
Alexander Weiss at the Windrush Thanksgiving Service in Westminster Abbey foundation for this, then the first drama school to sign
in June 2018. it’s up to you build up to the #Time4Change
Mental Health Charter.
the house.
The College has a long association with the Caribbean, dating back to the Esztella Levko
1950s, including pioneers such as Yvonne Brewster and Trevor Rhone who BA (Hons) European
Theatre Arts graduate
influenced generations of theatre makers in the UK and Jamaica.
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Join a Vibrant and Collaborative Community
Join a
Vibrant and
Collaborative Community
Life as a Rose Bruford College student is vibrant, creative and collaborative
with productions and live events held throughout the year.
The campus itself is an outdoor performance space which students use to
develop and explore their skills and artistic talent in a safe and supportive
environment.
Productions and Events
There are plenty of opportunities to
see students’ work and performances
throughout the year. In addition to final year
public performances in Sidcup and London
there are a host of in-house productions,
installations and exhibitions to see.
“
Symposium
Nothing encompasses the collaborative
nature of the College more than our annual
Symposium festival for students’, staff,
alumni and invited guests from the industry
and academe. Participants engage in
workshops, talks, exhibitions, performances,
research and reflection in relation to the
state of current British and International
theatre.
There
is a definite
familial vibe
to the campus,as
integration
between years is
“
Symposium has always been an important seamless. Everyone
event for the college community to come is understanding,
together to see and experience how and help is always
theatre, right now, is taking shape and how available.
our students will meet its challenge. First Impression
Survey respondee
Students’ Union
The Students’ Union organise a wide
range of events and societies to cater for
all students’ needs. For a list of societies,
calendar of events and to meet our
Students’ Union Executive team, please visit
the Students’ Union section of our website.
14 www.bruford.ac.uk Ready, Steady, Light
100%
Undergraduate
BA (Hons)
of 2018 BA (Hons) Acting
Acting
graduates eligible to work
in the UK have either had
agent offers or progressed
into employment.**
School Performance Apply through UCAS Agents signed to include;
Duration 3 years (full-time) Institution application code R51 Olivia Bell Management,
Starts September 2019 Programme code W410 The Artist Partnership and
Apply to guarantee an UCAS points required 96* Shepherd Management.
interview by 15 January 2019
Programme overview Career opportunities
• Conservatoire actor training for stage, Alongside the core disciplines of voice,
television, radio and screen led by movement and acting techniques, you will
professional staff and established develop a range of creative and transferable
practitioners. skills that will encourage you to become an
independent thinker and motivated artist; an
• Excellent studio and training facilities - articulate and reflective practitioner equipped
purpose-built rehearsal, movement and to succeed in an increasingly competitive
performance spaces, two flexible drama profession.
studios and the fully-equipped Rose Theatre
and Barn Theatre. Our graduates have gone on to work with
Britain’s Royal National Theatre, The Royal
• You will receive outstanding career Shakespeare Company, regional theatres
development and support during your and commercial theatres (including the West
study, working only with top professional End), the BBC and other film and television
people, including preparation for companies, including Hollywood careers.
agent representation, casting directors
and auditions.
• Alongside numerous College-based
performances, you will take part in an
industry showcase in London and perform
Alumni
in a range of fully-mounted productions in success
professional venues including two seasons
in London.
Lake Bell
What Happens in Vegas, No Strings Attached
Meet the Gary Oldman
next generation 2018 Best Actor Oscar Winner, Darkest Hour
“
Hayley Squires
I am an
artist, I am a
voice for
the next
“ I, Daniel Blake, BAFTA nominee and
Winner of 2016 Palme d’Or
You may also be interested in:
generation. Actor Musicianship, BA (Hons) | European Theatre
Rachel Rooney Arts, BA (Hons) | American Theatre Arts, BA (Hons)
3rd year BA (Hons)
Acting student
*In exceptional circumstances the College may make a lower offer,
based on prior experience or potential demonstrated at interview/audition.
Follow us @
16 Visit www.bruford.ac.uk for more information including module specifications. #rbcACT The Mandate, 2017
**Source: Rose Bruford College agency representation monitoring.100%
Undergraduate
BA (Hons)
of 2018 BA (Hons) Actor
Actor Musicianship
Musicianship graduates
eligible to work in the UK
have either had agent
offers or progressed into
employment.**
School Performance Apply through UCAS
Duration 3 years (full-time) Institution application code R51 Agents signed to include;
Howard Cooke Associates,
Starts September 2019 Programme code W4W3 Global Artists and Eamonn
Apply to guarantee an interview by UCAS points required 96* Bedford Agency.
15 January 2019
Programme overview Career opportunities
• A long-established and ground-breaking Graduates can be found in a wide range
degree programme, taught by an of work; at leading regional theatres, in the
experienced team. West End, The Royal Shakespeare Company
and National Theatre. In television, film, radio,
• A practical actor training degree for children’s theatre and in small scale touring
actors who play musical instruments; actor theatre companies in the UK and Europe.
musicians are in high demand in the industry.
• Learn to integrate and develop your musical
skills in performance to create, lead and
make music alongside your work as an actor.
Alumni
• You will be guided by experienced staff,
including industry professionals, who will help
you to develop the skills of the actor musician
though practical classes in movement, voice success
and approaches to text and character.
• You will be involved in a number of public
Katie Brayben
Winner of 2015 Olivier Awards for Best
productions in your final year, including a
Actress in a Musical for Beautiful
main house production and an industry
showcase in London.
Rosalie Craig
Evening Standard Award Winner and
Meet the Olivier Award nominee for The Light
Princess and Threepenny Opera,
next generation
“
Royal National Theatre
Sam Palladio
Nashville, Strange Magic, Humans
I am
versatile, I
am multifaceted,
I am a creator,
I am an actor-
musician.
“ You may also be interested in:
Acting BA (Hons) | American Theate Arts, BA (Hons)
Tomi Ogbaro
European Theatre Arts, BA (Hons)
2018 BA (Hons) Actor
Musicianship student
signed to Eamonn
Bedford Agency
*In exceptional circumstances the College may make a lower offer,
based on prior experience or potential demonstrated at interview/audition.
Follow us @
18 Visit www.bruford.ac.uk for more information including module specifications. #rbcAM Wondertown, 2018
**Source: Rose Bruford College agency representation monitoring.Undergraduate
BA (Hons) Current Second
Year Placements
include:
American Theatre Arts - Columbia College,
Chicago
- Syracuse University,
School Performance Apply through UCAS New York State
Duration 3 years (full-time) Institution application code R51
Starts September 2019 Programme code W423 - University of North,
Apply to guarantee an UCAS points required 112* Carolina, Wilmington
interview by 15 January 2019
Programme overview
• You will perform in public shows directed • Spend a semester in the USA. Current
by professional American and British partner institutions include: Columbia
practitioners. College in Chicago, Syracuse University
in New York State, Stephen F Austin State
• Collaborate with designers and digital artists University in Texas, Centre College in
in the staging of unique immersive and multi- Kentucky, Clemson University in South
media productions. Carolina and University of North Carolina,
Wilmington.
• Explore a comprehensive range of
performance disciplines, including musical Career opportunities
theatre, acting on camera, directing, Graduates have gone on to perform on stage
playwriting and theatre for young audiences. and screen in the UK and US, to win awards as
playwrights and directors, to work as technicians
• Be closely tutored in the American ‘classics’ and administrators for leading television and
and their social and political contexts, theatre producers and to create their own
including plays by writers such as Arthur independent theatre companies.
Miller, Lorraine Hansberry, Tennessee Williams,
August Wilson and David Mamet.
• Work with experienced playwrights and Alumni
composers on new material.
success
David Ajao
Meet the Othello, Merchant of Venice,
Royal Shakespeare Company
next generation
“
Tom Brennan
Writer-Director. National, Almeida,
Soho and Bristol Old Vic theatres
I am a
writer, actor,
artist - whatever
allows for creative
freedom.
“ Rebecca Killick
War Horse, National Theatre International Tour
Ryan Ruel Ellis You may also be interested in:
3rd year BA (Hons) American Acting BA (Hons) | Actor Musicianship, BA (Hons)
Theatre Arts student
European Theatre Arts, BA (Hons)
*In exceptional circumstances the College may make a lower offer,
based on prior experience or potential demonstrated at interview/audition.
Follow us @
20 Visit www.bruford.ac.uk for more information including module specifications. #rbcATA Hairy Ape, 2018Undergraduate
Join
BA (Hons)
the next
generation of:
Costume Production - Costume Technicians
School Design, Management & Technical Arts Apply through UCAS
- Costume Makers
Duration 3 years (full-time) Institution application code R51 - Costume Supervisors
Starts September 2019 Programme code W451
Apply to guarantee an UCAS points required 96*
interview by 15 January 2019
Programme overview
• The Costume Production programme will • Develop the skills to supervise and manage
provide you with the understanding and wardrobe departments in large and small
skills needed to pursue a successful career theatres including budgets and time
in the production and management of management.
historical and contemporary costumes and
accessories either based in-house or as a • Share classes and projects with students
freelancer. from other programmes to learn about the
performance, arts and events industries
• Learn about period and contemporary and how to use experimentation, enquiry
costume construction, pattern-cutting and creative research in your work, and
and dressing, specialist skills in corsetry, prepare to build a successful career.
dancewear, fabric painting, millinery and
wig dressing. Career opportunities
Our graduates have gone on to work as
• Work on live shows within the College, in costume makers and supervisors in wardrobe
London and beyond. As a vital member of departments, for theatre, opera companies
the collaborative team, you will work with and cruise liners. Some even start their own
designers, directors and performers. businesses.
• Understand the role and workings of other
technical departments through hands-on
experience.
Alumni
success
Meet the Katherine Rogers
next generation
“
Costume Technician, Disney Cruise Line
Zia Thomas
I am a
maker, I am
out of the box. I am
dedicated to my
craft. I am a gender
“ Head of Wardrobe, Opera Holland Park
Rachel Woolcott
Costume Buyer, Royal Opera House
non-conformist.
Owen Dawson You may also be interested in:
3rd year BA (Hons) Costume
Production student Theatre Design, BA (Hons)
*In exceptional circumstances the College may make a lower offer,
based on prior experience or potential demonstrated at interview/audition.
Follow us @
22 Visit www.bruford.ac.uk for more information including module specifications. #rbcCPUndergraduate
Join
BA (Hons)
Creative Lighting the next
generation of:
Control - Video Designers &
Content Creators
School Design, Management & Technical Arts Apply through UCAS - Technical Managers
Duration 3 years (full-time) Institution application code R51
Starts September 2019 Programme code WG46
- Show Control
Apply to guarantee an UCAS points required 96*
Systems Engineers
interview by 15 January 2019
Programme overview
• Learn video and lighting programming, • Share classes and projects with students
3D visualisation, computer-aided design, from other programmes to learn about the
technical management, show control and events industries, arts and performance,
interactive technologies, networked systems and how to use experimentation, enquiry
and stage electrics, visual content creation and creative research in your work, and
and design. prepare to build a successful career.
• Benefit from our extensive network of industry Career opportunities
experts who will work with you on projects as Our graduates go into the industry equipped to
you learn specialist skills. deliver creative solutions to technical problems.
They go on to be video and lighting designers,
• Build your professional knowledge through programmers and technical managers, working
industry placements. in corporate, architecture, live music, theatre,
television and live event settings.
• Gain an insight into techniques used across
live music, theatre, television, architectural
installations, live and corporate events.
Alumni
• Deliver your own live projects inside and
outside the College.
• Study a unique course with an outstanding success
track record of graduate success in the live
events industries.
Luke J Collins
Video Content Programmer and Operator,
Meet the
Eurovision 2014
next generation Stuart Dingley
“
Lighting Designer, Flume world tour 2016,
Tinie Tempah 2014
I am Tom Young
a creative
technologist.
I will run my
own animation
“ Lighting Programmer, X Factor 2016,
Take That - Wonderland Tour 2017
You may also be interested in:
company. Lighting Design, BA (Hons)
Rhea Jacques
2017 BA (Hons) Creative
Lighting Control graduate
*In exceptional circumstances the College may make a lower offer,
based on prior experience or potential demonstrated at interview/audition. Follow us @
#rbcCLC
24 Visit www.bruford.ac.uk for more information including module specifications. Photography by Jake Wiltshire, Royal Academy of MusicUndergraduate
BA (Hons) Current Second
Year Placements
European Theatre Arts Training the Contemporary Performer*
include:
- The Academy of Performing Arts
(DAMU) Prague, Czech Republic
- Real Escuela Superior de Arte
School Performance Apply through UCAS Dramatico de Madrid, Spain
Duration 3 years (full-time) Institution application code R51
- Estonian Academy of Music
Starts September 2019 Programme code W422 and Theatre, Tallinn
Apply to guarantee an UCAS points required 112**
interview by 15 January 2019
Programme overview
• You will train rigorously as a contemporary • Graduate ready to work in a variety of
performer to acquire a wide-range of skills contexts, in the UK and abroad, as a
and techniques, empowering you to create freelance performer and theatre maker;
and shape innovative performance. Build on able to build a successful portfolio career
your own interests to craft a personal artistic in the performing arts industry.
voice.
Career opportunities
• Perform in small-scale and large-scale Graduates have gone on to perform with
ensembles, exploring devised and text- established, cutting-edge theatre companies,
based theatre. Collaborate with other to form their own companies and work with
performers, designers and technical established venues such as the Barbican
specialists to present original work. Theatre, Royal National Theatre and Icelandic
National Theatre among others. Graduates
• Explore a wide range of European practices produce work at a range of European festivals.
and techniques, closely tutored by an Other career destinations include directing,
international team of theatre experts. writing, teaching, establishing theatre venues,
Enjoy working in close collaboration with producing and more.
visiting industry professionals, investigating
contemporary performance practices.
• Spend a semester studying at one of our Alumni
European partner institutions, developing
your skills and enhancing your employment success
opportunities. Visit our website for a list of
current partner institutions.
Ro Hutson
Outstanding Comedy Melbourne Fringe, 2015
Meet the Jorge Lopes Ramos
next generation
“
Artistic Director of ZU-UK, Hotel Medea
I aim Graduate Companies
to emphasise
the visual and
physical potential
in performance.
“ Filskit Theatre, Sleepwalk Collective,
Smoking Apples, The Lab Collective
You may also be interested in:
Johan Bark Acting, BA (Hons) | Actor Musicianship, BA (Hons)
2017 BA (Hons) European
Theatre Arts graduate
American Theatre Arts, BA (Hons)
**In exceptional circumstances the College may make a lower offer,
based on prior experience or potential demonstrated at interview/audition.
*This course is validated as European Theatre Arts Follow us @
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Join
BA (Hons)
the next
generation of:
Lighting Design - Lighting Designers
- Associate Lighting
School Design, Management & Technical Arts Apply through UCAS Designers
Duration 3 years (full-time) Institution application code R51
- Heads of Lighting
Starts September 2019 Programme code W4W2
Apply to guarantee an UCAS points required 96* - Lighting Programmers
interview by 15 January 2019
Programme overview
• Experiment and test your skills in our fully- • Share classes and projects with students
equipped lighting laboratories. from other programmes to learn about the
performance, arts and events industries
• Learn how to create original designs through and how to use experimentation, enquiry
collaboration and experimentation. You will and creative research in your work, and
learn through practice, by designing your prepare to build a successful career.
own work across all three years of study.
Career opportunities
• Enhance your design and technical skills Our graduates leave us as creative and
through realised creative projects and resourceful lighting designers, able to connect
industry work placements, in London, across art with technology and the conceptual with
the UK and abroad. the practical.
• Create lighting designs from large-scale They have gone on to work as lighting designers,
projects to small-scale experimental work, technicians and programmers for theatre, dance,
across a wide variety of fields, including opera, architecture, concert and corporate
theatre, live music, events and architecture. events, as well as in the lighting services sector.
Alumni
• The programme has outstanding industry
contacts and connects you with leading
professional lighting designers, managers,
venues and lighting companies. success
Charlie Morgan Jones
Meet the Lighting Designer (Derren Brown:
next generation
Underground. Goosebumps)
“
Sarah Readman
Head of Lighting, Punchdrunk
I am a
collaborator,
explorer and
experimenter.
I am visual. I am
“ James Simpson
Head of Visualisation, Royal Opera House
Muly Yechezkel
Lighting Designer and Associate for Tupac
an artist.
Martir (Beyonce, Vivienne Westwood)
Ryan Joseph Stafford
2018 BA (Hons) Lighting
Design graduate.
You may also be interested in:
Creative Lighting Control, BA (Hons)
*In exceptional circumstances the College may make a lower offer,
based on prior experience or potential demonstrated at interview/audition.
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Join
BA (Hons)
the next
Performance Sound Live Design and Engineering*
generation of:
- Live Mixing Engineers
- Sound Artists
School Design, Management & Technical Arts Apply through UCAS
Duration 3 years (full-time) Institution application code R51 - Sound Operators
Starts September 2019 Programme code WJ49 - Studio Managers
Apply to guarantee an UCAS points required 96**
interview by 15 January 2019
Programme overview
• A comprehensive programme covering • Share classes and projects with students
sound design and engineering for live from other programmes to learn about the
events and performances, including; show performance, arts and events industries
control and networking systems, mixing and and how to use experimentation, enquiry
recording techniques, the creative use of and creative research in your work, and
sound in a range of performance genres. prepare to build a successful career.
• Benefit from our extensive network of industry Career opportunities
leaders and specialist technical companies This unique programme provides you with the
through industry placements and our team skills to work as a sound designer, sound artist,
of visiting professionals. live mixing engineer, studio manager, sound
editor and sound operator. Graduates from this
• Explore techniques used across live music, programme go on to work in theatre, concerts,
theatre and corporate events. Learn and corporate events, television, film, radio and
test your skills in our well-equipped sound live art.
studios and performance spaces.
• Deliver your own live projects inside and
outside the College.
Alumni
success
Meet the
next generation Rob Allen
“
Group Head of Sound, Hawthorn
Daffyd Gough
I want
to give the
industry
more of an
“ Head of Sound, The Vaults Festival.
Sound Designer, Resident Evil Live -
The Experience London
Gabrielle Robertson
artistic focus. Sound Assistant,
Homefront BBC Radio 4
James Fraser
2nd year student
**In exceptional circumstances the College may make a lower offer,
*This course is validated as Performance Sound based on prior experience or potential demonstrated at interview/audition.
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Join
BA (Hons)
the next
Scenic ArtsConstruction, Props and Painting*
generation of:
- Scenic Artists
- Prop Makers
School Design, Management & Technical Arts Apply through UCAS - Scenic Carpenters
Duration 3 years (full-time) Institution application code R51 - Scenic Metal Fabricators
Starts September 2019 Programme code W4W7 - Scenic Construction
Apply to guarantee an UCAS points required 96** Drafters
interview by 24 March 2019
Programme overview
• Gain construction skills in wood and metal; • Share classes and projects with students
using hand tools and machinery. Learn from other programmes to learn about the
scenic painting techniques and explore prop performance, arts and events industries
making in a range of materials. and how to use experimentation, enquiry
and creative research in your work, and
• Gain advanced skills with computer-aided prepare to build a successful career.
design (CAD), 3D modelling using resins
and silicon in our spacious workshop which Career opportunities
includes CAD facilities, paint frame and Graduates have gone on to work as freelance
specialist fibreglass and plaster room. scenic painters, prop makers, carpenters and
engineers, and to work for scenery construction
• Hone your craft, through manufacturing companies for theatre, film, television,
scenic elements to a brief for staged entertainment, museums and
productions in College and London venues, themed attractions.
collaborating with other programmes as part
of a creative team.
• Develop your own areas of specialism
Alumni
through individual project work, productions success
and work placement preparing you for a
career in the theatre and performance
industries. Sadeysa Greenaway-Bailey
Presently production design assistant (design
residency) at the Royal National Theatre
Meet the Piers Ross & Danny Hayter
next generation Managing Partners at All Scenes All Props
“
(Specialist Builders for Theatre and the Arts)
Emma Hayward
I “ Workshop Manager, Young Vic
am a Darren Joyce
creative. Head of Operations, Cardiff Theatrical Services
Oli Tratt
2017 graduate You may also be interested in:
Theatre Design, BA (Hons)
**In exceptional circumstances the College may make a lower offer,
*This course is validated as Scenic Arts based on prior experience or potential demonstrated at interview/audition.
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Join
BA (Hons)
Stage & Events the next
generation of:
Management - Arts and Cultural
Managers
School Design, Management and Technical Arts Apply through UCAS - Stage and Events
Duration 3 years (full-time) Institution application code R51 Managers
Starts September 2019 Programme code W450 - Venue and Site
Apply to guarantee an UCAS points required 96* Managers
interview by 15 January 2019
Programme overview
• Experience a variety of roles on a range of • Share classes and projects with students
productions and events both in College and from other programmes to learn about
in London venues. the cultural, performance, arts and events
industries and how to use experimentation,
• Develop relationships with and an enquiry and creative research in your work
understanding of other disciplines; including as you prepare to build a successful career.
lighting, sound, set construction, costume
and prop-making; marketing, outreach, Career opportunities
venue and site management, administration Adaptable and creative practitioners,
and finance. graduates from the Stage Management
Programme, from which this programme has
• Sharpen your creativity and management been developed, have gone on to work in a
skills whilst collaborating with students wide range of fields: theatre, dance, opera,
from other programmes to deliver diverse television, festivals and corporate events. They
performances and events. have also moved into sound and video for
live performance alongside arts and venue
• Extend your learning through research, management roles.
secondments, work placements in the
industry or a period of study abroad.
Meet the Alumni
success
next generation
“
from BA (Hons) Stage Management
I am Chloe Brown
part of the
new style
of managers
for theatre and
“ Event Producer, Premier Events
Jordan Noble-Davies
Stage Manager,
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
live events. Roshni Savjani
Charlie West General Manager,
2017 BA (Hons) Stage Management
graduate student currently Birmingham Stage Company
working on The Crystal
Maze Live Experience
in London
*In exceptional circumstances the College may make a lower offer,
based on prior experience or potential demonstrated at interview/audition.
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Join
BA (Hons)
the next
Theatre Design
Set & Costume*
generation of:
- Concept Designers
- Costume Designers
School Design, Management and Technical Arts Apply through UCAS
Duration 3 years (full-time) Institution application code R51 - Set Designers
Starts September 2019 Programme code W460 - Theatre Designers
Apply to guarantee an UCAS points required 96**
interview by 24 March 2019
Programme overview
• Investigate the fundamentals of set and • Share classes and projects with students
costume design and undertake design from other programmes to learn about the
projects led by practising professional performance, arts and events industries
designers and directors. and how to use experimentation, enquiry
and creative research in your work, and
• Explore the creative potential of design as prepare to build a successful career.
an essential part of a wide range of theatre
performance forms. Career opportunities
Our graduates leave as imaginative, practical
• Design at least two realised productions in and creative collaborators and are sought
fully-equipped public venues on campus after within the wider performance and related
and in London. industries. Graduates work as designers and
assistant designers in a range of performance-
• Create your ideas in dedicated design making areas including main house and studio
studios, and engage in creative team productions, devised work, opera, theatre
projects with students from other for young audiences and intergenerational
programmes. companies, film and television. Many have used
their skills within event design and commercials.
• Develop skills in drawing, model making and
computer visualisation, and extend your
learning through work placements in the
industry or a period of study abroad. Alumni
success
Meet the Marie Antikainen
next generation Resident Scenographer, Kuopio City
“
Theatre, Finland
Emma Child
I am a
collaborator and
a storyteller. I dig
deep to understand
“ Head of Design Studio, London 2012 Olympics
Florence Hazard
Freelance Designer, including Springs
Dance Company and Theatre Melange
motivations.
Ghislaine Beauce
You may also be interested in:
2nd year BA (Hons) Theatre
Design student
Costume Production BA (Hons) | Scenic Arts BA (Hons)
**In exceptional circumstances the College may make a lower offer,
*This course is validated as Theatre Design based on prior experience or potential demonstrated at interview/audition.
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BA (Hons)
Music Studies
School Performance Apply through UCAS for full-time route*
Duration 3 years (full-time) Institution application code R51
6 years (part-time)* Programme code W340
Apply to guarantee an Starts September 2019
interview by 15 January 2019
Programme overview Entry requirements
• The programme is offered online, enabling Applications are considered both with and
you to study from anywhere at any time, without traditional entry requirements. Formal
allowing you to tailor your studies to your musical training is not necessary – we teach
needs. you everything you need to succeed. Some
exemption may be possible for those with
• Core modules explore areas such as the traditional music and/or vocal training.
historical development of the orchestra and
its component instruments, the role of the Career opportunities
conductor, the Baroque and Romanticism, This programme has been designed for those
the Birth of the Modern, including wishing to continue their studies elsewhere with
consideration of works by Schoenberg, a PGCE in music in order to teach the national
Mahler and Stravinsky, and verse and song curriculum.
forms from throughout Europe and America
from the seventeenth century to the present.
• Optional modules enable you to study
one of a number of composers – currently
including Monteverdi, Verdi, Wagner and
Mozart.
• At final level, there is the opportunity to
undertake an Independent Research
Project, which will enable you to explore a
negotiated subject area of particular interest
to you in more depth.
• You will learn how to compose songs and
short pieces.
• Comprehensive online resources are
available to support your studies – including
access to the Grove Dictionary of Music
and Musicians, JSTOR, the online journal
archive and (subject to international country
permissions) access to the Naxos music, CD,
video and film libraries.
*Apply for the part-time route via bruford.ac.uk
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BA (Hons)
Opera Studies
School Performance Apply through UCAS for full-time route*
Duration 3 years (full-time) Institution application code R51
6 years (part-time)* Programme code W345
Apply to guarantee an interview by Starts 1 September 2019
Mid August or mid December 2019 and 2 January 2020
Programme overview Entry requirements
• Opera embraces the whole of life. Applications are considered both with and
without traditional entry requirements. Formal
• Explore this most inclusive of theatrical arts in musical training is not necessary - we teach
depth on this unique course. you everything you need to succeed. Some
accreditation of prior learning or experience
• Be challenged intellectually encountering may be possible for those with traditional music
many sister disciplines throughout your study. and/or vocal training.
• Immerse yourself in music that will enhance Career opportunities
and change your life. Graduates have become dramaturgs, teachers,
opera singers, directors, journalists, company
• Take part in online tutorials and real-time managers and arts administrators. Others have
chat rooms with fellow students and expert continued onto postgraduate study, including
tutors. at MPhil and PhD level, and have written books
and/or become lecturers.
• Learn a host of transferable skills invaluable
for future employment.
• Study anywhere, any time to fit with your life-
Alumni
style - you are in charge.
success
“
John Cordingly
BA Hons Author of Disordered Heroes
The
Opera Studies
programme
is truly life
“ in Opera (Plumbago, 2015)
Michael Reynolds
PhD Author of Creating Der Rosenkavalier -
from chevalier to cavalier
enhancing. (Boydell & Brewer, 2016)
Bette Jones
Arizona Julie Jackson Tretchikoff
BA Hons, M.Phil and PhD
University of Auckland
*Apply for the part-time route via bruford.ac.uk
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BA (Hons)
Theatre Studies
School Performance Apply through UCAS for full-time route*
Duration 3 years (full-time) Institution application code R51
6 years (part-time)* Programme code W440
Apply to guarantee an interview by UCAS points required 96
30 July (for September start) and Starts September 2019 and January 2020
30 November (for January start)
Programme overview Entry requirements
• Our unique online programme will provide 96 UCAS credits or equivalent. Applications
you with a gateway to specialist provision from mature students are considered from
regardless of your location. students both with and without standard entry
requirements.
• We have over two decades of experience in
teaching theatre and performance studies Career opportunities
at a distance and a reputation for rigour and Our graduates have gone on to work across
excellence. a range of theatre-related roles and in
education. Some continue on to further study
• Our Virtual Learning Environment gives you on postgraduate programmes at the College
access to a wealth of learning resources and elsewhere.
and a comprehensive choice of modules
focussing on theatre making as a practice.
• You will join an online community of
enthusiasts, theatre professionals, teachers
and returning learners and will be guided by
expert practitioner-academics.
Alumni
success
Meet the Martin Christie
next generation Co-Artistic Director of Alloway Academy
“
Atlanta Duffy
Theatre Designer, The Brokenville Project,
My studies
are of course
valuable to my
career in teaching
Theatre Studies. I
have used work from
“ Royal National Theatre
Craig Sanders
Theatre Manager at Trinity Arts Centre,
Gainsborough
my units to enrich
KS5 students too.
Gill Garrard
Drama Teacher
*Apply for the part-time route via bruford.ac.uk
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Access to Higher Education Diploma
Production Arts in partnership with
School Design, Management and Technical Arts
Duration 11 months
Starts September 2019
Apply directly to London South East Colleges www.lsec.ac.uk
Programme overview Entry requirements
• This new, unique diploma in Production Arts • GCSEs - grades A*- C / 9 - 4 in English
is designed for post 19 students currently and maths preferred, however, each
without the qualifications to enter higher application will be considered on an
education, or those wishing to change individual basis
career.
• It may be possible for you to do one GCSE
• It offers students the opportunity to explore (or equivalent) running alongside your
each element of set design, costume Access course (in order to satisfy university
production, set construction, lighting, sound entry requirements) although you should
and stage management, through practical not underestimate the workload required
hands on training, as well as understanding of combining two courses within the one
how the live entertainment industry works. academic year. No more than one GCSE
may be studied in this way.
• Studying at both Rose Bruford College in
Sidcup and London South East Colleges • Selection is by interview, initial screening
in Greenwich; students will experience and literacy test
university life first hand, have the opportunity
to develop practical skills, specialise in a
chosen area, and finish with a placement at Career opportunities
a London based theatre. Successfull completion of the Access to Higher
Education Diploma will enable you to pursue
• On successful* completion of the course, a degree programme at a higher education
students will be given a place on one of provider.
Rose Bruford College’s three year production
degrees.
*Refer to the admissions policy
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Acting Foundation
Course
School Performance Locations
Duration 20 weeks Sidcup (5 days teaching a week)
Starts September 2019 Brighton, Edinburgh, Folkestone
Apply directly to Rose Bruford College (4 days teaching a week).
admissions@bruford.ac.uk
Programme overview Career opportunities
• This course will put you on the starting line of Many of our Acting Foundation students have
your professional career. been offered places on our own full-time
BA (Hons) performance degrees, or similar
• You will receive between 24 and 30 hours degrees at other drama schools including;
a week of intensive contact teaching and Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), Royal
tuition from experienced acting staff and Central School of Speech and Drama, Drama
visiting professionals. Studio, Mountview, GSA, Guildhall School of
Acting, ALRA, East 15 and Italia Conti. Others
• You will have the opportunity to experience have entered postgraduate study or careers in
vocational study within a London the performing arts.
conservatoire drama school or professional
Arts Centre Audition requirement
Applicants will be asked to prepare and learn
• This is a perfect course for you if you want two contrasting speeches (Contemporary and
an intensive acting course that will give Classical) of no more than two minutes in length
you the tools and confidence to prepare each. Workshop auditions are 3 hours in length.
you for further training, full-time study
(undergraduate or postgraduate) or to Social Media #
consolidate existing training or experience. Twitter: @rbc_foundation
Facebook: Rose Bruford College Foundation
• You will receive classes in: acting, voice, Acting: @foundationacting
movement, ensemble, singing, Alexander Instagram: rbcfoundation
Technique, TV (Sidcup only) and audition
preparation, as well as two full time projects
and weekly masterclasses.
Meet the
next generation
“
• Excellent pastoral care and support.
Entry requirements
Applications are welcomed from those aged 18
years or over (at the start of the course). You will
be required to attend an audition in London at
Rose Bruford College or the USA before being
accepted on the course. Interviews can be
arranged via Skype and video submission for
international applicants. Candidates should
be motivated, enthusiastic and engaged with
Choosing
Rose Bruford’s
Acting Foundation
course was the
best decision I have
ever made. I would
“
learning about acting. An IELTS score of 5.0 is recommend it to
required for international applicants. absolutely everyone.
Rebecca Birrel
Acting Foundation
graduate
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