One-Year Intensive Foundation

A one-year, full-time immersive programme that sharpens your skills and sets the stage for your learning journey.

Experience the power of the ensemble and unleash your creative potential

Our one-year vocational training prepares you for your journey as an actor, honing your craft with intensive, hands-on learning. It is designed to build the foundation of your acting education through voice, movement, audition skills, project work, and an end-of-year showing.

Acting

Term 1: Dive into self-discovery as we explore identity and authenticity, building a strong foundation for the ensemble. This term introduces the core crafts of voice and movement, helping you to connect deeply with yourself, your peers, and the text.

Term 2: Step into more advanced text-based projects that blend your growing technical skills with acting technique. You’ll refine your craft while tackling complex scenes and deepening your understanding of the work.

Term 3: The final term centres around your end-of-year show. Over four to six weeks, you’ll rehearse with a visiting theatre director or a core acting staff member, gaining invaluable insight into professional rehearsals and the industry. This is your chance to bring together all you’ve learned and showcaseyour growth in a public performance.

Voice

Voice work integrates movement and breathing, exploring vocal progression to unlock the core mechanics of your voice. This supports the emotional and physical demands of performance, helping you master both speech and singing.

You’ll explore vocal support techniques, track your progress, and adapt your style to fit both personal and professional needs.

Key fundamentals include:

The anatomy of the voice
The physical root of sound
Using breath to release your voice

Evaluation

Progression is evaluated by module leaders throughout the programme through continuous assessment.

Final evaluations take place at the end of the year after the public performance.

Diploma Awards follow.

Movement

Movement training builds your foundation in body alignment, functional movement, weight transfer, and spatialawareness. Using Laban’s principles, you’ll explore weight, time, and space through movement.

Key fundamentals include:

Biomechanics
Posture
Balance
Physical relationship to space

This year, you’ll release tension, strengthen your core, and dive into contact improvisation, rhythm, and physical chorus work, while focusing on your personal physical growth.