ArtsEd offers inclusive, detailed contemporary, BA actor training for Stage, Film, Television and Audio. Preparing you to become world-leading artists, theatre-makers and performers in all genres, by focusing on the ever-evolving developments in the creative industries.
Our tutors are inspiring, passionate industry professionals who are committed to work with you to craft the core skills you will need as an actor.
Dynamic, diverse and rigorous, this vocational three-year BA (Hons) degree in Acting course will develop your technical skills through practical classes, workshops and performances, motivating and challenging you to become an inventive and imaginative actor. By exploring imagination, improvisation, storytelling, play, text analysis, character realisation, vocal technique and movement skills you will discover how to develop a truthful, responsive and resilient individual acting process.
Our training creates graduates who are ready for a career in the industry. This can be seen on our Screenwork page, which features recent examples of original films and showreels, which students produce in their third year.
This programme is validated by City St George’s, University of London and you will receive a City St George’s, University of London award on successful completion.
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Duration3 years (full-time)
Academic yearSeptember 2025 - July 2026
Application deadlineApplications for 2025 are now closed
Course Leader: Kim Vithana, Director of the School of Acting
For me, our job as artists is to serve the story, serve the director, and serve the fellow actors. And if you do that, by osmosis you’re serving yourself because you’ll get the best out of yourself. – David Oyelowo
Skills
Actor & Text
World Classics
Screen Acting
Self-Taping
Voice
Accents
Heritage Voice
Sight Reading
Movement & Dance
Singing
Radio
Stage Combat (BASSC)
Audition Technique – Stage & Screen
Contextual Studies – reflection on acting process
Professional Practice – Career Development
Script Creation – commissioned new writing
Performance projects – primarily directed by external Directors
Applicants must be aged 18 or due to have turned 18 by the time the course commences.
In addition, the following qualifications are normally required:
Passes in two subjects at A-level or a BTEC HND
Passes in three subjects at GCSE or equivalent
Candidates whose first language is not English must provide proof of their proficiency by having either an ELTS overall score of 7 or a TOEFL score of 100 or IELTS score of 6 or equivalent
If an applicant fulfils the audition criteria, but comes from an unconventional academic background, the academic requirements may be waived, although good spoken English is a requirement for all our courses.
At ArtsEd we are committed and are active in maintaining equal opportunities, all who apply will receive comparable treatment and no applicant will receive less or more favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, ethnic origin, disability, age or religion or any other equivalent factors. All successful applicants will be selected solely on the basis of their abilities.
You can find out everything you need to know about auditions here (including advice on making your self-tape).
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Course Guide
Click here to view the full Course Guide for BA (Hons) Acting
Alumni Stories
“I’m fascinated by the variety of industry professionals that we get to work with on a weekly basis.”
Matilda Oliver, 2020 graduate
“I’m pushed to be free, I’m pushed to use my imagination at every step which is also pushing my boundaries and allowing me to produce whatever I feel.”
Manan Joshi, 2022 graduate
“It’s amazing how free I can be as a person and how the community supports me and loves me for being me and how I can express it whatever way I can, and develop as an actor.”
Nico Cetrulo, 2022 graduate
Careers
Millie Hikasa
Jack Absolute Flies Again (National Theatre), The Ocean at the End of the Lane (UK and Ireland Tour)
Samuel Creasey (2020)
Sam is about to appear in The Globe's The Winter's tale, having previously starred in The Bridge Theatre's production of The Book of Dust - La Belle Sauvage by Phillip Pullman, and appeared in Inside Man (BBC/Netflix)
Lashana Lynch (2010)
Most recently Lashana has appeared in the new James Bond movie: No Time To Die. As well as Captain Marvel, Ear for Eye (Royal Court), Educating Rita (Chichester Festival Theatre)
Tyler Dobbs (2018)
Vera (ITV), Coronation Street (ITV), Calendar Girls Musical (UK Tour), Tom's Midnight Garden (Theatre by the Lake)
Sarah Seggari (2017)
Sarah is currently appearing in The Comedy of Errors for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Her previous credits include: A Very Expensive Poison (Old Vic), Emilia (Globe/Vaudeville Theatres), Much Ado About Nothing (Globe Theatre)
Will Edgerton (2019)
Romeo and Juliet (The Globe), All's Well That Ends Well (RSC), Richard III (RSC)
Leo Woodall (2019)
One Day (Netflix), The White Lotus (HBO Max), Citadel (Amazon Studios), Cherry (Apple TV+), Nomad (TXI Films)
Tuppence Middleton (2008)
Graduating in 2008, Tuppence has appeared in Sense 8, Fisherman’s Friend, Downton Abbey: the Movie, War & Peace, Dickensian
Laura Haddock (2006)
Laura's most recent film roles were Viviane in TRANSFORMERS 5 & Meredith Quill in GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2. She also appeared in BBC's The Capture and Netflix's White Lines.
Kimberley Okoye (2020)
Why Me? (Sky Arts), Holby City (BBC), Living Newspaper: Edition 1 (Royal Court), Blues for an Alabama Sky (National Theatre)
Rayxia Ojo (2016)
Rose Granger-Weasley in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Ruhtxjiah Bellena (2016)
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (West End), Dark Money (BBC1), Temple 2 (Sky)
Finn Jones (2009)
Finn has gone on to appear in huge TV Shows & Movies including Game of Thrones & Marvel's Iron Fist
Poppy Shepherd (2020)
The AIDS Tapes (BBC), The Larkins (ITV), Our Generation (National Theatre), The Flash (DC/Warner Brothers)
Annabel Baldwin (2015)
Annabel is currently appearing in Pride and Prejudice Sort of at the Arts Theatre. Previous credits include: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (West End), The Great (Hulu), I Hate Suzie (Sky Atlantic), Doctors (BBC), Blackspace (Netflix), Thieves of the Wood (Netflix), La Revolution (Netflix), Persuasion (Audible), Paradise Now (Bush Theatre)
Cash Holland (2018)
Out of Her Mind (BBC2), Homos, Or Everyone in America - Finborough Theatre
Eddy Westbury (2018)
The Comedy About A Bank Robbery UK Tour & West End
Gabrielle Creevy (2018)
In My Skin (BBC3), The Pact (BBC1), Operation Mincemeat (Feature Film), Father Brown (BBC), Found (BBC Radio 4) & Welsh BAFTA Award Winner
Tony Clay (2013)
Eastenders (BBC), Lucky Man (Sky 1), Foyle's War (ITV), The Plough and the Stars (Abbey Theatre/US Tour), Albion (Bush Theatre), The Second Coming (Film 4)
Islam Bouakkaz (2018)
Letter for the King (Netflix), Wednesday (Netflix), After Life (Netflix), Hamlet (National Theatre), Queen Margaret (Royal Exchange, Manchester)
Thaddea Graham (2018)
Sex Education (Netflix), Doctor Who (BBC), Letter for the King (Netflix), The Irregulars (Netflix), Curfew (Sky)
Michael Workeye (2019)
House of Ife (Bush Theatre), Big Age (Channel 4), This is Going to Hurt (BBC), Sitting in Limbo (BBC)
Blithe Spirit (Feature Film), Britannia (Amazon), Strike (BBC/HBO), The Stranger (Netflix), Adult Material (Channel 4), Informer (BBC), Halfbreed (Channel 4), Rules of the Game (BBC), Wedding Season (BBC), The Strange Death of John Doe (Hampstead Theatre), Filthy Business (Hampstead Theatre), Firebird (Trafalgar Studios/Hampstead Theatre)
Jay Lycurgo (2019)
The Batman (WB), Titans (HBO Max), I May Destroy You (BBC)
Ria Marshall (2021)
Ria has appeared in three Audio Dramas for the BBC: Lud in the Mist; Keeping the Wolf out; Charles Paris: A Deadly Habit
BA (Hons) and Level 6 Diploma students study together, on the same three-year course. The difference is only in the way that they are funded. The Trinity College London Diploma is awarded to those students who have received scholarship funding through the Dance and Drama Awards scheme. These students can voluntarily register for the degree, which incurs an additional cost of £547.12. See funding and scholarships.
At the moment all first round auditions are by self-tape. You can find more information about the process on our auditions page. In normal times, auditions are generally held on Thursdays from November to June during term time. If we offer you a date, please do your best to attend. We can only reschedule under extreme circumstances such as illness or an exam commitment.
