ACTING SHAKESPEARE

Dates: 4 June - 27 July 2012
Duration: eight weeks
Hours of work: Monday to Friday – 9.00am to 6.30pm
Fees: £5000
Please note there are no RADA scholarships available for short courses.

COURSE OVERVIEW

Acting Shakespeare is an advanced level eight week course that offers the opportunity to expand, explore and deepen awareness of Shakespeare’s text. The course draws on the classical aspects of RADA’s core teaching.

In-depth acting and skills classes aim to develop the range of each student’s work, uncovering tensions that block development and working on strategies to remove them.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

The course is aimed at professional actors or those who are undertaking serious training elsewhere and are about to set out on a professional acting career.

Students below the age of 18 are not normally accepted. Entrance is by audition.

Students should have experience of acting at professional, undergraduate or graduate level.

There is no upper age limit however older applicants are advised that the course is physically demanding. Fluency in both written and spoken English is essential.

COURSE DETAILS

Participants work in groups of approximately 16 for the main acting and rehearsal schedules and often in smaller groups for skills classes.

There are classes in voice, speech, sonnets, verse and language and style. Alexander Technique is taught as a basis for comprehensive physical skills work that includes movement, stage fighting, period dance and improvisation.

Tutors are drawn from senior members of RADA’s teaching staff as well as professional directors. There are two internal presentations for tutors and other course members: a sonnet presentation in week three and a monologue, scenes and song presentation in week six.

It should be noted that all presentations are in-house and in no way external showcase productions.

HOURS OF WORK

Classes generally take place between 9:00am and 6:30pm from Monday to Friday; some sessions each week will end later than this.

In the latter part of the course, extra rehearsals will be called in the evening and some weekend working will also be required. Classes are not optional; students are expected to treat these as professional rehearsal calls. Punctuality is essential; a certificate stating the minimum number of contact hours is awarded on successful completion of the course.

UNIVERSITY CREDITS

In the case of students who are attending courses at universities in North America (or elsewhere), it is a matter for each university or college to decide whether to include the RADA Acting Shakespeare course as part of their students’ accreditation process.

CANCELLATIONS

Please see the application form for more details about our cancellation policy.

INSURANCE

It is strongly recommended that all students insure themselves to cover the loss of fees in the event of illness, for which the Academy cannot accept any liability.