Course summary

Join our BA (Hons) Acting with Foundation programme and benefit from a foundation year specially designed to support you in developing all the essential skills for success in higher education. Train to be a professional actor and set yourself apart from other students by working with experts from the University and the Theatre Royal Plymouth, one of the UK’s largest regional theatres. Become part of a tightknit community and tread the boards with local, national and international actors at the Theatre Royal, in the Plymouth Fringe, or at our very own May Festival. Learn by doing and build your acting portfolio, fully supported by a dedicated team of academics who know you by name. See the impact performance can have on addressing pressing social issues and effecting change. Perform in the University’s award-winning theatre, The House, which allows you to hone your craft in world-class facilities. As a performance venue, The House attracts some of the best national and international theatre companies to the city, providing you with opportunities to build professional networks as you study and experience master classes from renowned performers. At Plymouth, your degree really is what you make it. From the second year, you can choose to add in modules from across any of the School of Society & Culture’s 17 disciplines. You can learn how to protect your creative intellectual property, or produce your own script with a module in Creative Writing.

• Benefits of a foundation year. If you don’t quite hit the tariff for UCAS points for our 3-year course, our foundation year will provide you with a solid base of skills and experience to progress from.

• Integrated part of a performing arts degree at Plymouth. Completion of the foundation year will not lead to a separate award or qualification its own right but will provide access to Year 1 of your degree.

• Professional drama training. Approved by Equity and Spotlight.

• Train with Theatre Royal Plymouth professionals.

• Showcase. Perform in five productions, including a Final Year industry showcase at Theatre Royal Plymouth.

• Placements. Access to our dedicated Placements Officer and Theatre Royal Plymouth's professionals, placements, internships and volunteering opportunities. 154 placements this year for directors, producers, practitioners and performers including with paid placements with Jermyn Street Theatre (West End), Kneehigh and at Theatre Royal Plymouth.

• Facilities. Rehearse and train in world-class and fully accessible award-winning theatre, and studio space. Access all areas of theatre with our dedicated Tech team.

• Your degree will be taught by passionate people with experience from a wide range of academic and industry backgrounds who are driving real change in their fields.