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University of Plymouth
UK
Provided by: ucas

Progression Summary

train to be a professional actor and set yourself apart by working with experts from the university and theatre royal plymouth, one of the uk’s largest regional theatres. join a tight-knit community and tread the boards with local, national and international practitioners and renowned theatre companies. learn by doing and build your acting portfolio, fully supported by a dedicated team of academics. see the impact performance can have on addressing pressing social issues and effecting change. - **train** with expert industry professionals and academic staff. - **showcase.** perform in five productions, including a final year industry showcase at theatre royal plymouth. - **placements.** access to a wide range of internships and volunteering opportunities with arts organisations across plymouth and the south west. recent placements for directors, producers, practitioners and performers have included paid placements with jermyn street theatre (west end), kneehigh and theatre royal plymouth. - **facilities.** rehearse and train in world-class and fully accessible award-winning theatre and studio space. access all areas of theatre with our dedicated tech team. - **your degree will be taught by passionate people** with experience from a wide range of academic and industry backgrounds who are driving real change in their fields.

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Start Date

2026-09
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Tuition fees

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You must have one of the following qualifications:
a level


t level
m

ucas tariff
104 - 112 points

scottish higher


access to he diploma


scottish advanced higher


pearson btec level 3 national diploma (first teaching from september 2016)
d*d

extended project


pearson btec level 3 national certificate (first teaching from september 2016)


international baccalaureate diploma programme
26 - 28 points

pearson btec level 3 national extended diploma (first teaching from september 2016)
dmm

leaving certificate - higher level (ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
h3, h3, h3, h4, h4

pearson btec level 3 national foundation diploma (first teaching from september 2016)


pearson btec level 3 national extended certificate (first teaching from september 2016)


welsh baccalaureate - advanced skills challenge certificate (first teaching september 2015)


you may choose to come to one of our audition days at our fully accessible studios and theatres or, if you have specific mobility requirements, if the costs of travel are prohibitive for you, if you work full time or if you live abroad, you might like to take part in one of our innovative ‘digital auditions’. digital auditions are individual, real-time online auditions in which you will work one-on-one with a member of our teaching staff. this option allows us to reach out to talented applicants who are not in a position to travel. whether you come onsite to audition or whether you audition on line you will have the same welcoming and inclusive experience. all applicants will be asked to perform two, short contrasting theatre monologues. we’re not just looking for talent, we also want to see: a serious, ongoing commitment to an acting career in the professional theatre trainable vocal, physical and imaginative/emotional skills potential that you'll benefit from the study in acting offered at plymouth an ability to understand, interpret and embody a dramatic text an ability to participate actively in group or ensemble situations a readiness to take risks in creative work, and an open, receptive and enquiring mind enthusiasm and readiness for hard, rigorous work requiring sustained concentration a sense of language and rhythm, and the potential for identification with the thought process of a dramatic text the ability to portray and inhabit an imagined or fictional situation physical, vocal and imaginative/emotional skills with significant theatrical potential. further details: no props or scripts to be used at the audition.
you may choose to come to one of our audition days at our fully accessible studios and theatres or, if you have specific mobility requirements, if the costs of travel are prohibitive for you, if you work full time or if you live abroad, you might like to take part in one of our innovative ‘digital auditions’. digital auditions are individual, real-time online auditions in which you will work one-on-one with a member of our teaching staff. this option allows us to reach out to talented applicants who are not in a position to travel. whether you come onsite to audition or whether you audition on line you will have the same welcoming and inclusive experience. all applicants will be asked to perform two, short contrasting theatre monologues. we’re not just looking for talent, we also want to see: a serious, ongoing commitment to an acting career in the professional theatre trainable vocal, physical and imaginative/emotional skills potential that you'll benefit from the study in acting offered at plymouth an ability to understand, interpret and embody a dramatic text an ability to participate actively in group or ensemble situations a readiness to take risks in creative work, and an open, receptive and enquiring mind enthusiasm and readiness for hard, rigorous work requiring sustained concentration a sense of language and rhythm, and the potential for identification with the thought process of a dramatic text the ability to portray and inhabit an imagined or fictional situation physical, vocal and imaginative/emotional skills with significant theatrical potential. further details: no props or scripts to be used at the audition.

Full-time