East 15 Acting School

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East 15 Acting School has over 60 years of expertise in training actors, directors, producers, theatre practitioners and technicians for the international stage, TV, film and radio. The School has two campuses - one in Loughton on the edge of East London, and the other in the vibrant city of Southend-on-Sea.

East 15 offers an extraordinary, dynamic and unique portfolio of Undergraduate, Masters and PhD courses that span many areas of training for actors, directors, producers, technical theatre specialists and students of theatre practice. It is one of a leading group of UK conservatoires, and is now one of the largest specialist drama schools in the UK, with a distinguished international teaching staff and an undergraduate and postgraduate student body of over 800 students.

In addition to carefully selected UK students, we also teach and train students from over 26 countries worldwide. Our training is by professionals and for professionals, allowing our graduates to work successfully across the globe. Our outstanding international teaching faculty is made up of professionals from all areas of live and recorded performance.

• BA Acting
• BA Acting (International)
• BA Acting & Contemporary Theatre
• BA Acting & Community Engagement
• BA Acting & Fight Performance
• BA Acting & Physical Theatre
• BA World Performance
• BA Stage Management
• BA Creative Producing (Theatre and Short Film)
• Certificate of Higher Education in Acting for Stage & Screen

• MA Acting
• MA Acting (International)
• MFA Acting (International)
• MA Theatre Directing
• MFA Theatre Directing
• MA Advanced Professional Theatre Practice
• MFA Acting with Digital Media

• PhD Drama and Performance (Practice as Research)
• PhD Drama and Performance