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Try a RADA Short Course; build confidence, sharpen your technique and explore your potential; whether you’re stepping on stage for the first time, preparing professionally, or somewhere in-between.
Applications are also open for our Part-Time Acting Foundation course: build confidence, creativity, and core acting skills through practical training in voice, movement, text, and performance. Ideal for aspiring actors and anyone looking to develop their stage presence in a supportive, industry-leading environment.
Elements of RADA: in-person
Evening workshops exploring Voice, Movement, Contemporary Text and Classical Text.
An Actor's Workout: Stage and Screen Acting in New York
Sharpen your acting skills with An Actor's Workout. Explore practice exercises, develop performance techniques and build confidence through expert training with RADA Short Courses in New York City
Young Actors: Saturday School
Experience the cornerstones that underpin RADA's actor training with weekend workshop days for 16-18 year-olds.
RADA Partners with British Museum on 2026 Annual Ball
As part of the British Museum Annual Ball on Saturday 17 October 2026, curated by renowned artist and designer Es Devlin, RADA presented a series of live, site-specific performances inspired by the evening's themes of red, weaving, connection and the stories that bind people across time and cultures.
Helen Slater appointed Principal and CEO of RADA
The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art has confirmed the appointment of Helen Slater as its ninth Principal & CEO, following an extensive search process. She takes up her new role with immediate effect.
RADA and the University of Warwick launch research into leadership performance
RADA and the University of Warwick have launched a fully funded PhD studentship to investigate how actor training shapes leadership, organisational culture and professional impact in mainstream industry.
The collaborative research project, Acting on Organisations: How dramatic pedagogies shape work, culture and performance, will start in autumn 2026.
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Building on more than a century of creative achievement, RADA's vocational training for actors, stage managers, designers and technical stage craft specialists brings together a diverse community united by a shared passion for theatre-making and storytelling.