Course summary
If you want to work as an actor and maker in the creative sector, our MFA acting programme offers an outstanding training. It will position you as an accomplished artist, with the ability to forge your own unique path in the industry. In the two years you’ll be working only in small-group classes and will receive constant, personalised feedback and support to advance your skill-set and accelerate your career. You’ll develop an informed, open, yet questioning, approach to the craft of acting. This will set you up with the skills and confidence to become an independently-minded practitioner with considerable professional versatility and creativity. This masters degree in acting provides rigorous, world-class conservatoire training combined with industry-level postgraduate project work. The course is open to those from any background, but especially for those who want to shake up the ecosystem of the creative skills industry, and use their abilities to challenge the status quo and shape new landscapes for dramatic art.
Assessment method
Performances, projects
Entry requirements
You need to be a fluent English speaker. Non-native speakers do not need to provide an English language test report when they apply as we assess English at the interviews. However, you’ll need to provide a valid IELTS test report with an overall score of 6.5 if you’re offered a place. Successful Audition required.
English language requirements
| Test | Grade | Additional details |
|---|---|---|
| IELTS (Academic) | 6.5 |
You need to be a fluent English speaker. Non-native speakers do not need to provide an English language test report when they apply as we assess English at the interviews. However, you’ll need to provide a valid IELTS test report with an overall score of 6.5 if you’re offered a place. We can only accept IELTS for UKVI.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| Channel Islands | £14885* | Year 1 |
| Republic of Ireland | £14885* | Year 1 |
| EU | £24815* | Year 1 |
| England | £14885* | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £14885* | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £14885* | Year 1 |
| Wales | £14885* | Year 1 |
| International | £24815* | Year 1 |
*This is a provisional fee and subject to change.
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
Application fees:
£88 for US based applicant in-person audition
£15 for UK & International applicant first round audition
£36 for UK & International applicant recall
Course fees confirmed in an offer letter may be increased in further years of study by an inflationary amount determined in accordance with measures set by government.
Provider information
LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art)
155 Talgarth Road
Kensington and Chelsea
London
W14 9DA