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We are dedicated to world-leading training in the dramatic arts. Craft, openness, rigour and collaboration are at the heart of what we do. This is where we realise dramatic potential.
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29 Jan - 25 Mar 2020 Women@RADA 100
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5 - 10 Feb 2020 MA Theatre Lab open evening
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5 - 15 Feb 2020
Frozen
by Bryony Lavery
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6 - 15 Feb 2020
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
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8 Feb - 21 Mar 2020 RADA Public Tours
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10 February 2020 MA Text and Performance open evening
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26 February 2020 RADA Quiz
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11 - 21 Mar 2020
Circle Mirror Transformation
by Annie Baker
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12 - 21 Mar 2020
The Importance of Being Earnest
by Oscar Wilde
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What's on
More to discover at RADA
Audition and interview for RADA's training across the UK
This year's acting auditions and theatre production interviews will take place across the UK and overseas.
Short courses: endless possibilities
With courses in every aspect of acting, theatre production and unique assessments in the form of the Shakespeare Awards, applications are now open for our spring and summer 2020 short courses.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge wins Screen Actor's Guild Award
RADA acting graduate Phoebe Waller-Bridge wins the Screen Actor's Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series, for her performance in Fleabag.
RADA graduates nominated at the 2020 Academy Awards
The nominees for this year's Oscars have been announced, and we're thrilled to see three RADA graduates nominated across four categories. Congratulations to Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Pryce and Sir Anthony Hopkins.
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About us
Founded in 1904, we offer vocational training for actors, stage managers, designers and technical stage craft specialists.
Our community is diverse, united by a shared passion for theatre-making, the power of stories and how they are told.