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MFA Acting for Stage and Screen

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Full time | Merchiston Campus | 2 years | SEP-26

Study mode

Full time

Duration

2 years

Start date

SEP-26

Key information
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Qualification type

MFA - Master of Fine Art

Subject areas

Acting

Course Summary

Our 2-year MFA is a unique vocational training that offers you a full run in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival at the end of your first year and extensive screen acting work and showreel opportunities in your second year.You will be training within a vibrant, interdisciplinary postgraduate community of film and theatre directors as well as screenwriters and playwrights.Classes are delivered by staff with extensive industry experience and our programme is respected within the profession. Our graduates have been featured on Netflix, Starz, BBC, Amazon Prime, Channel 4, and ITV, as well as working at the Royal National Theatre, The Traverse, the Lyceum Theatre, Dundee Rep, Bard in the Botanics, London Regent’s Park Open Air theatre, and have been nominated for Olivier and Ian Charlson Awards.

Modules

This module enables you to engage with a range of acting theories and approaches to performance, focusing on contemporary texts. A variety of scenes from contemporary plays, of increasing length and complexity, will be critically analysed and performed in a workshop setting, enabling you to develop knowledge of specific genres and styles. The texts chosen, and therefore the acting theories explored, will be dependent on the year cohort, but will allow you to explore and develop a diverse, yet specialised combination of skills and acting theoretical knowledge.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£5,880

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£16,245

Entry requirements

The entry requirement for this course is a Bachelor (Honours) Degree at 2:2 or above in a Drama or Humanities subject. We may also consider lesser qualifications if you have sufficient professional work experience within the industry. The application process also includes an audition.