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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.
Shakespeare in New York
Join us in New York City for a 5-day advanced Shakespeare short course. Refine your craft, deepen your connection to Shakespeare's text, and elevate your performance skills with RADA.
Acting Essentials - New York
Develop your acting skills with Acting Essentials in New York. Train with experienced practitioners through RADA Short Courses and build confidence, technique and performance skills.
Young Actors: Saturday School
Experience the cornerstones that underpin RADA's actor training with weekend workshop days for 16-18 year-olds.
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.
Imelda Staunton DBE receives RADA Honorary Fellowship
RADA is delighted to announce the appointment of Imelda Staunton as an Honorary Fellow, recognising her outstanding contribution to the theatre industry and the art of acting.
The role celebrates individuals who have made a significant impact and contribution to RADA, to professional training, or to the wider industry.
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.