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Acting at University of Chichester - UCAS

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Course summary

Perfect your acting skills in a creative and caring community Our practical and performance-based BA (Hons) Acting course helps turn natural talent into a career and make dreams of performing on stage or screen a reality. Explore a range of key performance topics, including:

  • Acting technique
  • Acting for camera
  • Showreel and agent showcase
  • Scene study
  • Vocal skills and singing
  • Movement and physicality
  • Stage combat
  • Playwrighting
  • Solo performance
  • Classical theatre
Produce your own work You will work to produce and perform in original work, and develop high-quality professional contacts that prepare you for a demanding, diverse and flexible career in the professional theatre industry. Demonstrate your talents to agents and casting directors Our annual Acting Showcase events allow our final year students to display their abilities to industry professionals and help them find agents. Creative and collaborative community You will become a member of a shared creative community where cultural identity, experimentation and research are central to making live and recorded theatre. You will be able to take part in casting opportunities, auditions and talks with industry professionals. This course runs in parallel to BA (Hons) Acting for Contemporary Theatre, so you will work with and perform with other students throughout your degree. Spotlight accredited Our partnership with Spotlight offers you discounted graduate membership to largest casting resource in the United Kingdom, inclusion in a dedicated ‘graduate’ section of their website, access to their dedicated one-to-one career advice sessions and much more. On this course you will:
  • Develop your acting skills.
  • Perform and produce original work throughout your studies.
  • Be directed by a professional director.
  • Access placement opportunities including roles at the Chichester Festival Theatre, Edinburgh Festival and more.
  • Produce a showreel and perform in an industry showcase.
  • Learn from and network with industry professionals.

Modules

Year One: Foundations Building core skills in acting Discovering new techniques Freeing the actor. Year Two: Specialism Deepening core skills Expanding actor’s toolkit Two staff-led productions. Year Three: Independence Applying the craft in the actor across four practical projects; professional showreel, solo performance, directed play and devised production. Focussed professional development including agent showcase and spotlight.

Assessment method

You will be assessed through a range of assignments including practical and performance contexts. These assessments will include group and individual performances, directing exercises, presentations, creative installations, and essays. During your degree you will be involved in at least twelve examined performances, including three major productions, over the three years. There are no formal exams.


How to apply

Application codes

Course code:
W401
Institution code:
C58
Campus name:
Bishop Otter Campus, Chichester
Campus code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

Additional entry requirements

Audition

The audition has 4 parts: 1. Movement class: Please come in clothes suitable for a movement session. 2. Speeches: We ask you learn two short contrasting speeches. These should be no longer than one minute each. One should be a classical speech, the other from a published modern play. 3. Interview: Please research a local OR national OR international cultural event e.g. a story from your local newspaper, an event like the London 2012 Olympics or the Brexit referendum. Be prepared to discuss: a) why this event is significant to you b) your ideas for directing an imaginary new play based on this event. Think about where you might perform the play, what it might look like and who the ‘characters’ might be. 4. Workshop: You will take part in a workshop with other candidates and current students exploring approaches to devising and performing.


English language requirements

TestGradeAdditional details
IELTS (Academic)6No component less than 5.5
PTE Academic5050-57 and no lower than 50-57 in each component
TOEFL (iBT)79At least: 18 in Reading 17 in Listening 20 in Speaking 17 in Writing

Qualifications recognised for English language proficiency

https://www.chi.ac.uk/study/international/english-language-requirements/


Student Outcomes

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80%
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs)
85%
Go onto work and study

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

Republic of Ireland £9250 Year 1
EU £16344 Year 1
Channel Islands £9250 Year 1
England £9250 Year 1
Northern Ireland £9250 Year 1
Scotland £9250 Year 1
Wales £9250 Year 1
International £16344 Year 1

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

No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Acting at University of Chichester - UCAS