Acting Classical and Contemporary Text (MFA)

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Scotland
Provided by: ucas

Progression Summary

**The application deadline for this course is 31 MARCH 2025**. Individuality is at the core of this postgraduate programme. We work with artists who use their social, moral, and ethical values to animate their practice. This is a course where you will have agency over your own work and be responsible for driving your learning and creativity forward. It is this agency which makes the programme different from undergraduate study. With support from the staff team, you will write your own learning outcomes, determine your trajectory and ultimately, we hope, you will flourish as both a learner and a creative practitioner. It’s an intense programme where actors and directors work together, creating a dynamic community rooted in creative collaboration. Highlights include developing original digital work for the On the Verge festival, performing or directing contemporary performance working in proto-professional ensembles and completing a month’s residency at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, London. At the end of this residency, after undertaking classes with the educational team at the Globe, you will perform or direct sharings on the mainstage of Shakespeare’s Globe, a unique and iconic playing space. If this narrative excites or inspires you, please get in touch with us to discuss how you can begin your artistic journey with us. **Please note, there will be multiple audition rounds for this course, please visit our website for specific information. All first round submissions / auditions will be completed via our Acceptd platform, regardless of which audition location you choose.** **Curriculum Review** We are currently in the review cycle for our postgraduate programmes starting in 2025, these courses are currently designated 'subject to validation'. This is standard practice during curriculum review periods. The outcome of this process, may mean there are some changes to how your programme is delivered.

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Start Date

2025-09-22
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Tuition fee

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All first round auditions will take place via audition recording, with recall auditions currently planned to take place both in-person and online dependent on the applicant’s individual circumstances. Candidates for MFA Acting Classical and Contemporary Text should record two pieces (one classical, one contemporary) whose combined length does not exceed 3 minutes. For the recordings, one of the speeches should be shot medium-long (from knees up) and one of the speeches should be shot medium-close. *Contemporary – from a play written in the past 25 years *Classical – from a play (or material meant to be acted) written before 1800 Candidates are welcome to present pieces that are not part of the Western canon if they so desire. If you are successfully recalled, you will be invited for a recall via e-mail with the relevant information. For your recall, you should have both your speeches ready to be worked with, and the recall panel will select which speech to work on with you. Please refer to our webpage under the 'how to apply' section for more information about the audition process: https://www.rcs.ac.uk/courses/ma-mfa-acting-directing-classical-and-contemporary-text/
An interview will form part of your audition process if successfully recalled to the second round.

Full-time

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