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BA (Hons) Acting for Stage and Screen

Start Date: 8th September 2025

Certhe Musical Theatre
  • Length 3 years
  • Study Full-Time
  • Location Rye Hill Campus

Qualification Gained

BA (Hons) Acting for Stage and Screen (awarded by NCG)

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More about the course

Prepare for a career in theatre or on television by combining practical performance training with academic and creative study on our industry-integrated acting programme. Whether you wish to perform, write or direct, this Acting for Stage and Screen degree will help develop your knowledge and technique whilst developing industry contacts. With performances at venues both on and off-campus and a range of workshops from professional actors, directors and agencies, you will experience diverse opportunities which will prepare you for industry. Working with a casting agent, you will create self-tapes, present yourself in auditions and gain work experience. During this degree you will benefit from strong links and opportunities with companies and venues such as Northern Stage, Alphabetti Theatre and Live Theatre.

 

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Daily tasks:

  • Plays pre-recorded music at nightclubs, discotheques, and private functions.
  • Conducts interviews and prepares reports for news broadcasts, current affairs programmes and documentaries.
  • Introduces and presents radio and television programmes, reads news bulletins and makes announcements.
  • Trains animals to perform entertaining routines and may perform with them.
  • Performs singing, comedy, acrobatic, illusion and conjuring routines.
  • Assumes character created by a playwright or author and communicates this to an audience.
  • Studies script, play or book and prepares and rehearses interpretation.

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Daily tasks:

  • Demonstrates and directs dance moves, monitors and analyses technique and performance, and determines how improvements can be made.
  • Participates in dance performance.
  • Attends rehearsals to develop and practice dance routines for performance.
  • Builds and maintains stamina, physical strength, agility and general health through fitness exercises and healthy eating.

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