BA (Hons) Acting Bachelor's degree at LIPA

You integrate acting, movement and voice skills as you are introduced to, then deepen your understanding of, conceptual approaches to acting. You also learn the importance of your own lived experience to your craft. You examine different practitioner approaches and develop the practical skills for a naturalistic Stanislavski-based approach. Working with others you tackle contemporary material, which provides a framework for textual analysis and the application of technique for both stage and scr

You advance your technical application by working on challenging, established and respected texts. In character creation you integrate psychological, physical and vocal approaches in an intensive project as you bring greater emotional depth and meaning to your work. Your movement training will help you to understand weight, tension, effort, rhythm and 'animal' characteristics; voice sessions assist your understanding of vocal resonance, range, accent, speech and text in a staged presentation to

You develop a more independent and creative approach to character generation and the rehearsal process. You test your ability to use different technical approaches in directed workshop performances of respected nineteenth century theatrical works to an invited audience. This project also enables you to demonstrate your originality and ability to create brave and believable naturalistic work. In your physical and vocal work, you learn how to eliminate tension and self-consciousness.

You will develop the necessary skills to create original work and extend your ability to work as part of a creative ensemble. Narrative and performance sessions include devised, verbatim and site-specific approaches to generating original works. As part of a small group, you create a short staged, digital or audio performance. Alongside creative skills you undertake research and development, understanding cultural perspectives and audience demographics to ensure your work is relevant to a contem

This project provides you with the hybrid practitioner techniques to develop advanced acting approaches. You begin to adapt and adjust your technical knowledge by applying it to different mediums, styles and genres of performances as you expand your abilities. This includes two live workshop performances to your peers. You are encouraged to consolidate vocal and physical choices so that you can create your own personal acting process for live and recorded works.

This project enables you to test your developing process by applying it to heighted works, including Shakespeare and digital platforms. You take further responsibility for realising the demands of the material and are expected to identify appropriate methods and techniques for approaching and interpreting classic period works for a contemporary audience. Movement supports your ability to find physical expansion and play within this field, with vocal approaches that allow you to adapt for verse a

You are introduced to innovative texts and approaches to boundary-breaking works across different genres and styles. Your works starts to mirror professional practice as you research and develop a unique piece of pioneering theatrical work. You work with a professional company/practitioner as you realise and perform this brand-new piece to an audience.

You develop your creativity by researching and originating a personal performance of your choice. This could be a script submission, micro-musical or play reading, short film or screening. You investigate cultural perspectives around your chosen subject area/theme to discover the technical demands of your piece and adapt it to ensure it is original and inventive. You further your business and industry skills, including project planning and target audiences as well as honing your audition techniq

You work with professional theatre-makers, while collaborating with students from other courses, to realise an original live public production. You hone your actor's process as you work at a professional level, independently researching and preparing for the rehearsal process so you meet the vision of your director and creative team. You demonstrate your technical aptitude, professionalism, organisation and time management skills, an understanding of professional profiling and the repetition and

You work with industry scenarios to test your abilities to meet the expectations of a large-scale professional production process, working with a director, designers, creatives and crew. Following a similar structure to Professional Production I, the module culminates in a public performance. This process begins with the receipt of casting information, requires an independent research and preparation period, costume fittings, rehearsal process, technical production and performances to public aud

You create and collate a promotional portfolio, including digital media, voice reels and showreels. You take part in live showcases in front of an audience of invited agents, casting directors and industry contacts. You create additional promotional material tailored to your career plans and aspirations. Armed with research strategies, you identify contacts to target and build relationships with. All the work you produce in this module is designed to be used to secure employment.

This module brings together your independent research, creative enterprise skills and professionalism as you advance your ability to develop and create new material. Supervised by a mentor, you adopt both a creative and a production role as you generate a brand-new piece of work for our annual festival of new writing. You may also improve your independent entrepreneurial and project management skills by developing a solo project.