BA (Hons) — 2024 entry Acting

Students will be expected to arrive on time and appropriately prepared for physical and vocal work. Research and preparation will be necessary in pursuit of some of the modules aims. Students are required to warm up and dress appropriately for classes. This Module begins a process of questioning about the actor/individual in relation to the world around them whilst introducing the core acting fundamentals that underpin the programme. Following two interdependent strands: Acting Technique and Text Analysis the student will experience a range of psycho-physical processes designed to develop the experiential, expressive and analytical skills of the actor/individual. In the delivery of this module, GSA is guided by the UN's 17 Sustainable Development goals. We aim to promote good health and well-being by keeping to appropriate working hours and maintaining Equity-standard safe spaces. We encourage positive working ethics: collaboration, kindness, support, understanding, listening and integrity. We aim to recycle and repurpose sets, props and other production resources where possible, promoting a circular economy.

Students will be expected to arrive on time and appropriately prepared for physical and vocal work. Research and preparation will be necessary in pursuit of some of the modules aims. Students are required to warm up and dress appropriately for classes. This Module interrogates the landscape of collaboration, artistic autonomy and self-made work for the actor. Following two interdependent strands: Collaborative Principles and The Working Journal students will draw stimulus from their life stories, observation and sourced image/sound whilst working within the ensemble to discover languages from which they can self-generate work and process through conscious critical response. Rooted in explorations of play, risk, impulse and trust the module allows students to become aware of themselves in relation to their peers and find creative solutions as a company of actor creators. We aim to promote positive working ethics: collaboration, kindness, support, understanding, listening and integrity.

Students will be expected to attend warm-up sessions and arrive appropriately prepared for physical and vocal work. Research and preparation will be necessary in pursuit of some of the modules aims. Students are required to warm up and dress appropriately for classes. This module interrogates the landscape of vocal and movement expression for the actor. Using somatic awareness of the body in movement and voice, the student will experience a range of vocal and movement-based methodologies. Integrating student’s personal movement and vocal heritage, exploring movement and voice analysis will lead to the application of embodied learning. Embodied practise allows students to read and understand the body through movement and voice by responding and adapting to the needs of the body and the demands on the actor. In the delivery of this module, GSA is guided by the UN's 17 Sustainable Development goals. We aim to promote good health and well-being by keeping to appropriate working hours and maintaining Equity-standard safe spaces. We encourage positive working ethics: collaboration, kindness, support, understanding, listening and integrity. We aim to recycle and repurpose sets, props and other production resources where possible, promoting a circular economy.

Students will be expected to arrive on time and appropriately prepared for physical and vocal work. Research and preparation will be necessary in pursuit of some of the modules aims. Students are required to warm up and dress appropriately for classes.The Actor in Rehearsal offers an opportunity for integration of principles and skills from across the programme. Like a canvas the actor may use the rehearsal room to experiment with and apply their training in relation to different theatrical forms and rehearsal processes. Story Telling and Ensemble connects us to the fundamentals of community. This rehearsal module begins a process of questioning around physical engagement and the embodiment of narrative. The process is practice-based and involves the whole physical being of the actor in relation to ensemble and the basics of storytelling.  We aim to promote positive working ethics: collaboration, kindness, support, understanding, listening and integrity.

Students will be expected to arrive on time and appropriately prepared for physical and vocal work. Research and preparation will be necessary in pursuit of some of the modules aims. Students are required to warm up and dress appropriately for classes. The Actor in Rehearsal offers an opportunity for integration of principles and skills from across the programme. Like a canvas the actor may use the rehearsal room to experiment with and apply their training in relation to different theatrical forms and rehearsal processes.   The work explored in Acting Fundamentals 1, Collaborative Principles and Embodied Voice and Movement will provide you with the beginnings of process necessary for practical, embodied engagement with the module.    This rehearsal Module offers the actor an opportunity to work with a tutor/director on scenes from Naturalism. In the delivery of this module, GSA is guided by the UN's 17 Sustainable Development goals. We aim to promote good health and well-being by keeping to appropriate working hours and maintaining Equity-standard safe spaces. We encourage positive working ethics: collaboration, kindness, support, understanding, listening and integrity. We aim to recycle and repurpose sets, props and other production resources where possible, promoting a circular economy.

Students will be expected to arrive on time and appropriately prepared for physical and vocal work. Research and preparation will be necessary in pursuit of some of the modules aims. Students are required to warm up and dress appropriately for classes.   The Actor in Rehearsal offers an opportunity for integration of principles and skills from across the programme. Like a canvas the actor may use the rehearsal room to experiment with and apply their training in relation to different theatrical forms and rehearsal processes.   The work explored in Acting Fundamentals 1, Collaborative Principles and Embodied Voice and Movement will provide you with the beginnings of process necessary for practical, embodied engagement with the module.    Building on the work of The Actor in Rehearsal 1/2 you will begin to engage with the relationship between technique, in the pursuit of form and creative, emotional freedom.   This rehearsal Module offers the actor an opportunity to work with a tutor/director on scenes from Shakespeare. We are aware of the constantly changing needs of the industry and the growth of ethnicity, diversity and identity recognitions within it and are excited to be recognising and stimulating these with individualised approaches being a key ethos of the module. In the delivery of this module, GSA is guided by the UN's 17 Sustainable Development goals. We aim to promote good health and well-being by keeping to appropriate working hours and maintaining Equity-standard safe spaces. We encourage positive working ethics: collaboration, kindness, support, understanding, listening and integrity. We aim to recycle and repurpose sets, props and other production resources where possible, promoting a circular economy.

Students will be expected to arrive on time and appropriately prepared for physical and vocal work. Research and preparation will be necessary in pursuit of some of the modules aims. Students are required to warm up and dress suitably for classes. This module builds on the work of Acting fundamentals 1. Following two interdependent strands: Acting for Camera and Film Making the student will develop and explore how to apply their skills to the medium of TV and Film whilst beginning to negotiate their responsibility to the professional self. The theatrical application of Acting Fundamentals Level 4 is developed through weekly sessions in advanced acting methodologies using international texts: Which may include but are not limited to - Meisner, Donnellan, Comedy/Clown. The module is designed to further develop the experiential, expressive and analytical skills of the actor/individual. In the delivery of this module, GSA is guided by the UN's 17 Sustainable Development goals. We aim to promote good health and well-being by keeping to appropriate working hours and maintaining Equity-standard safe spaces. We encourage positive working ethics: collaboration, kindness, support, understanding, listening and integrity. We aim to recycle and repurpose sets, props and other production resources where possible, promoting a circular economy.

Students will be expected to attend warm-up sessions and arrive appropriately prepared for physical and vocal work. Research and preparation will be necessary in pursuit of some of the modules aims. Students are required to warm up and dress appropriately for classes. This module continues to interrogate the landscape of vocal and movement expression for the actor. Developing somatic awareness of the body in movement and voice, the student will apply a range of expressive vocal and movement-based methodologies. The integration of voice and movement develops an embodied knowledge of the skills required to work with heightened theatrical context and text. Embodied knowledge allows students to read and understand the body through movement and voice by responding and adapting to the expressionistic demands on the actor within the rehearsal room and in performance. In the delivery of this module, GSA is guided by the UN's 17 Sustainable Development goals. We aim to promote good health and well-being by keeping to appropriate working hours and maintaining Equity-standard safe spaces. We encourage positive working ethics: collaboration, kindness, support, understanding, listening and integrity. We aim to recycle and repurpose sets, props and other production resources where possible, promoting a circular economy.

Students will be expected to arrive on time and appropriately prepared for physical and vocal work. Research and preparation will be necessary in pursuit of some of the modules aims. Students are required to warm up and dress suitably for classes. The Actor in Rehearsal offers an opportunity for integration of principles and skills from across the programme. Like a canvas the actor may use the rehearsal room to experiment with and apply their training in relation to different theatrical forms and rehearsal processes. The work explored in Collaborative Principles and Embodied Voice and Movement 1 (Level 4) will provide you with the beginnings of process necessary for practical, embodied engagement with the module. Building on the work of Collaborative Principles (Level 4) the student will deepen their relationship to collaboration, artistic autonomy and self-made work for the actor by exploring techniques of and taking stimulus from - adaptation, verbatim, non-fiction, fiction, Image, Sound, Object, A/V (Examples of possible content) to create an ensemble based, self-generated, devised work. The source material / stimulus for creation will be founded in themes around America / American culture. In the delivery of this module, GSA is guided by the UN's 17 Sustainable Development goals. We aim to promote good health and well-being by keeping to appropriate working hours and maintaining Equity-standard safe spaces. We encourage positive working ethics: collaboration, kindness, support, understanding, listening and integrity. We aim to recycle and repurpose sets, props and other production resources where possible, promoting a circular economy.

We are aware of the constantly changing needs of the industry and the growth of the ethnicity, diversity and identity issues within it and are committed to be recognising and stimulating these with individualised approaches that are a key ethos of the BA programme. Students will be expected to arrive on time and appropriately prepared for physical and vocal work. Research and preparation will be necessary in pursuit of some of the modules aims. Students are required to warm up and dress appropriately for classes. The Actor in Rehearsal offers an opportunity for integration of principles and skills from across the programme. Like a canvas the actor may use the rehearsal room to experiment with and apply their training in relation to different theatrical forms and rehearsal processes. The work explored in Acting Fundamentals 1, Collaborative Principles and Embodied Voice and Movement 1/2 will provide you with the beginnings of process necessary for practical, embodied engagement with the module. Building on the work of The Actor in Rehearsal 3 (Level 4) the student will deepen their engagement with the relationship between technique, in the pursuit of strict form, style, genre and creative, emotional freedom. This rehearsal Module offers the actor an opportunity to work with a tutor/director on scenes involving advanced text. In the delivery of this module, GSA is guided by the UN's 17 Sustainable Development goals. We aim to promote good health and well-being by keeping to appropriate working hours and maintaining Equity-standard safe spaces. We encourage positive working ethics: collaboration, kindness, support, understanding, listening and integrity. We aim to recycle and repurpose sets, props and other production resources where possible, promoting a circular economy.  

Students will be expected to arrive appropriately prepared for physical and vocal work. Research and preparation will be necessary in pursuit of some of the modules aims. Students are required to warm up and dress appropriately for rehearsal. The Actor in Rehearsal offers an opportunity for integration of principles and skills from across the programme. Like a canvas the actor may use the rehearsal room to experiment with and apply their training in relation to different theatrical forms and rehearsal processes. The work explored in Acting Fundamentals (Level 4/5), Collaborative Principles and Embodied Voice and Movement 1/2 will provide you with the beginnings of process necessary for practical, embodied engagement with the module. Building on the work of The Actor in Rehearsal 5 (Level 5) the student will deepen their engagement with the relationship between technique, in the pursuit of strict form, style, genre and creative, emotional freedom – in relation to a full-time rehearsal process and series of performances. Following two interdependent strands: The Actor in Rehearsal and Collaboration with-in Industry the student will, for the first time, experience a full rehearsal process leading to a series of in-house studio performances (usually, but not always, 3) whilst beginning to gain an understanding of the professional demands of being an actor. Strategies for a successful career will be addressed to lay the foundations for Collaboration within Industry at Level 6. This rehearsal module offers the actor an opportunity to work with a tutor / director on scenes involving advanced text, genre, and style. The module takes a global perspective on potential repertoire. In the delivery of this module, GSA is guided by the UN's 17 Sustainable Development goals. We aim to promote good health and well-being by keeping to appropriate working hours and maintaining Equity-standard safe spaces. We encourage positive working ethics: collaboration, kindness, support, understanding, listening and integrity. We aim to recycle and repurpose sets, props and other production resources where possible, promoting a circular economy.

Students will be expected to arrive appropriately prepared for physical and vocal work. Research and preparation will be necessary in pursuit of some of the modules aims. Students are required to warm up and dress appropriately for rehearsal.   This module develops students’ understanding of the audition process and their approach to self-marketing. Building on the Collaboration within Industry strand from The Actor in Rehearsal at level 5 this module deepens understanding of the professional demands of being an actor.  Offering strategies for navigating and developing a successful career with-in the arts it will explore and encourage the actors’ relationship to self-marketing, auditioning, Self - Tape and professional development planning. In addition, the actor will be exposed to specialist mediums which may include: Radio / Voice Over / TV / Green Screen / Motion Capture. In the delivery of this module, GSA is guided by the UN's 17 Sustainable Development goals. We aim to promote good health and well-being by keeping to appropriate working hours and maintaining Equity-standard safe spaces. We encourage positive working ethics: collaboration, kindness, support, understanding, listening and integrity. We aim to recycle and repurpose sets, props and other production resources where possible, promoting a circular economy.  

Students will be expected to arrive appropriately prepared for physical and vocal work. Research and preparation will be necessary in pursuit of some of the modules aims. Students are required to warm up and dress appropriately for rehearsal.   The Mid - Scale Production project builds on the work of Level 5 module The Actor in Rehearsal / Collaboration within Industry.   Small Scale Production offers an opportunity for integration of principles and skills from across the programme in relation to a fully supported production. The Production is based in a studio or other mid-scale setting, preparing for the Large-Scale Production Module in Teaching Block 2.   The Small Scale Production supports the ethos and values of equality, diversity and inclusion. In the delivery of this module, GSA is guided by the UN's 17 Sustainable Development goals. We aim to promote good health and well-being by keeping to appropriate working hours and maintaining Equity-standard safe spaces. We encourage positive working ethics: collaboration, kindness, support, understanding, listening and integrity. We aim to recycle and repurpose sets, props and other production resources where possible, promoting a circular economy.

Students will be expected to arrive appropriately prepared for physical and vocal work. Research and preparation will be necessary in pursuit of some of the modules aims. Students are required to warm up and dress appropriately for rehearsal.   Building on the Mid-Scale production this module allows the student to focus on the research and preparation of a role (or roles) within a larger scale, full production.   Large Scale Production offers an opportunity for integration of principles and skills from across the programme in relation to a fully supported Industry facing production. In the delivery of this module, GSA is guided by the UN's 17 Sustainable Development goals. We aim to promote good health and well-being by keeping to appropriate working hours and maintaining Equity-standard safe spaces. We encourage positive working ethics: collaboration, kindness, support, understanding, listening and integrity. We aim to recycle and repurpose sets, props and other production resources where possible, promoting a circular economy.

Students will be expected to attend warm-up sessions and arrive appropriately prepared for physical work. Detailed and extensive research and preparation will be necessary in pursuit of the modules aims and objectives.   The Industry Showcase provides students with the opportunity to present selected scenes before an invited audience comprising mainly of theatrical agents and casting directors at a London Venue. Prior to this, students take part in a Professional Jury in which selected industry professionals offer feedback on audition technique. In the delivery of this module, GSA is guided by the UN's 17 Sustainable Development goals. We aim to promote good health and well-being by keeping to appropriate working hours and maintaining Equity-standard safe spaces. We encourage positive working ethics: collaboration, kindness, support, understanding, listening and integrity. We aim to recycle and repurpose sets, props and other production resources where possible, promoting a circular economy.

This module offers an opportunity to integrate principles and skills from across the programme to a fully supported industry-facing season of self-generated work. The module affords time to interrogate collaborative practice, artistic autonomy and self-made work for the actor within the values of equality, diversity and inclusivity Building on Collaborative Principles at level 4 and The Actor in Rehearsal 4 at Level 5, the module offers the actor an opportunity to become part of a season of self-generated, devised work from inception through pitching/funding and into performance; this module provides the experience of self-generation in relation to the contemporary theatrical terrain. This module follows and builds on the large-scale production and allows the student to focus on the research and devising for theatre-making, film or recorded media for presentation within a self-generation / Scratch season. Students are required to warm up vocally and physically and dress appropriately for classes. Research and preparation will be necessary for the pursuit of some of the modules aims. In the delivery of this module, GSA is guided by the UN's 17 Sustainable Development goals. We aim to promote good health and well-being by keeping to appropriate working hours and maintaining Equity-standard safe spaces. We encourage positive working ethics: collaboration, kindness, support, understanding, listening and integrity. We aim to recycle and repurpose sets, props and other production resources where possible, promoting a circular economy.