Level 3 Acting Week 4: Business Homework - My Five Year Plan: Course Option 3

Nathan Stokell's Five Year Plan: Course Option 3

How Do I Get There? (University/Drama School I Want To Study At)

3. London Academy Of Musical And Dramatic Art (LAMDA)

Course Name: BA (HONS) Professional Acting (3 Years)

What Modules Do They Offer?

Year 1: Throughout the training, students take classes in acting, improvisation, voice, movement, singing, textual analysis and interpretation, Alexander Technique, physical theatre, stage combat and dance, as well as in audio and screen performance. They also attend lectures, masterclasses and open auditions with visiting industry professionals.

Year 2: Second year projects include a Make Your Own Film module and the LAMDA Long Project, in which students work with a professional writer and director to produce the first draft of a new play. Some of these plays may be developed further and become public productions in the students’ final year. Previous collaborators include Mark Ravenhill, Max Stafford-Clark, April De Angelis and Jessica Swale.

In the first and second year, students present workshop performances, which are closed to the public in order to encourage exploration and experimentation. Throughout the third year, they perform a series of public productions – from contemporary drama to an annual musical – in The LAMDA Linbury Studio and in professional London venues as part of our LAMDA at Large initiative. Some of these productions transfer to theatres elsewhere in the UK and overseas.

Year 3: In the third year, students complete the final phase of their screen acting, voice-over and microphone training. They also create an original short film (shot on location and written, directed and edited by industry professionals), record a radio play, complete a professional voice Reel and continue to develop their on-camera audition technique.

They invite agents and casting directors to attend all of our public productions and film screenings. In addition, our students present an industry showcase in a West End theatre each year. Those eligible to work in the USA can participate in LAMDA’s showcases in New York and Los Angeles in the autumn following graduation. All graduates of this course leave LAMDA with a show Reel and voice Reel.

Entry Requirements:

The minimum entry age for this course is 18. There is no upper age limit.

There are no academic prerequisites for this course. Applicants must be fluent English speakers.

Admission is by audition and interview.

Entry Fee:

For UK / EU students: £9,000 per year
For Non-EU students: £16,900 per year

Is This Course For Me?

"This course offers comprehensive vocational training for students of exceptional talent. It will stretch you physically, emotionally, intellectually and creatively – preparing you to meet the highest demands of the profession."  This is a quote presented by LAMDA from their main page of this course.

With the kind of work I'm used to doing at present moment at South Downs, such as devising physical theatre groups and working with voice production, to discover key attributes within my own voice, I think that LAMDA would be a brilliant opportunity for me to consider when further developing these skills, in these specific areas, for when I have to move on from College.  As the quote above implies, I'll be stretched physically, emotionally, intellectually and creatively, to achieve the perfect structure of a professional actor in the Performing Arts Industry.

Many great British Actors went to LAMDA to achieve their recognition as a performer, and it has definitely paid off for them since they are now one of the few most famous actors in the world.

When the time comes to picking the next stage in my acting career, LAMDA is going to be in one of the highest choices for me to think about applying towards.

What Skills/Requirements Do I Need To Get In?

Students wishing to apply to LAMDA have to be fluent English speakers, and much like the previous 2 institutions that I had picked for my next line of education for my 'Five Year Plan', this one also doesn't want any previous academic prerequisites.

Since I'm a fluent English speaker and I also have the knowledge and experience within the performing arts industry due to past and present education, I feel that LAMDA won't hesitate also to enlist me onto their programme. 

When it comes to the audition process for this course, it'll be smart for me to include any past skills and techniques that I've learnt within acting that could potentially boost my performance if I have to present a monologue in front of my lecturers.

Post Training:

Once I would have graduated from LAMDA, if I choose to enter it, I'll be moving on with a show and voice Reel to use for any possible auditions I have for major productions that I wish to star in later on.  I'll also have the chance to be recommended by some of the directors and other professional actors that I would have met whilst on the course, which I'm sure would come very handy to get myself more well known across the world in the performance industry.

This is something that I'd wish would happen with me after graduating from a Drama School, since many other well known professional actors that have gone to LAMDA have came out of it to become a well known performer and have appeared in productions, both film and stage, which I actually enjoy watching and I'll like the chance to appear in these, or similar productions, once I have left my next educational area of choice.