Which drama course is the best to study?

Question

I'm really interested in acting and I have been since a young age.
I've read about a lot of university courses and courses for 18+ students and I was wondering if anyone could tell me what there opinion of a drama course they/someone they know went on and how they found it, good or really useful? etc.

As there are many courses to choose from.

I know you have to have some pretty good grades, to apply for some and so if anyone could give me an opinion on how they found working up to get the grades was, hard but worth it in the end? No good, would try another etc.

I won't be able to enter a drama course at college until i'm 16 next year, but I have found a course that I can do then.

So in advance I would appreciate people's opinions on drama university courses, for when I've completed the college course.

Thank you, for any future answers.

Answer 1

What the heck was that first answer? Are you in the UK or the USA? In the US, I recommend against college training for actors, in the UK I am all for it. In your case, it sounds like acting classes, perhaps leading to a BFA in acting would be good.

Answer 2

Begin at the beginning. Take Drama I or Acting I or Intro to the Theatre or whatever it is called. Do not begin with World Theatre or Drama II or Playwriting or Epic Theatre. At your age, you need to begin with the first course offered and go from there. Eventually, you will see that you can take two courses concurrently; and there are other courses you can take that will help (most English classes)

MEANWHILE, audition for everything that comes your way and that you are able to take a part in. If you see that your on-stage development is exceeding your classroom pace, many actors have dropped out of school to pursue acting professionally then returned to school later. But this is rare. I took a year off in the middle of my Master's to do a year long North American tour then returned to complete my Master's

Answer 3

RADA - Royal Academy of Dramatic arts. It grants vocational preparation for actors, degree managers, administrators, designers and technical degree craft professionals. they have a 300 and sixty 5 days long beginning course it is in maximum cases meant for those pupils leaving the senior 3 hundred and sixty 5 days of secondary college or who're considering a ‘hollow’ 3 hundred and sixty 5 days until now undertaking the two a drama degree or vocational preparation for the theatre. My pal did this course (while she grew to become into 17) and she or he stated it grew to become into very stable. RADA has a stable popularity, afterwards she grew to become into able to visit usa of america and get right into a BA (Hons) degree in performing in long island.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Since its establishment by Queen Elizabeth in 1592, Trinity College has educated some of the greatest dramatists in world theatre from Congreve and Goldsmith to Synge and Beckett. In 1984 Trinity launched Ireland's first university Drama Department. The Department of Drama now offers a full range of academic degrees from B.A. to Ph.D. in Drama Studies, as well as a taught postgraduate course in Theatre and Performance. The Department of Drama is housed in the purpose-built Samuel Beckett Centre, which opened in 1992. Within the Centre is the Samuel Beckett Theatre, a 208 seat black box performance space, a Dance Studio/rehearsal space, a seminar room, offices and Players Theatre, the studio theatre of Trinity's student drama society. The location of Trinity College in the heart of Dublin permits students to experience a wide range of theatre. Contemporary playwrights, directors actors and designers often visit the Department of Drama to discuss their work and give workshops or courses. In recent years, visitors have included Bill Alexander, John Barton, Augusto Boal, Michael Bogdanov, John Russell Brown, Gabriel Byrne, Simon Callow, Sue-Ellen Case, Ritsaert ten Cate, Max Stafford-Clark, Garry Hynes, Pamela Howard, Patrick Mason, Christopher Newton, Harold Pinter, Gerardjan Rijnders, Fiona Shaw, Jim Sheridan, and Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss. The Department of Drama at the Samuel Beckett Centre is ideally placed to study Irish theatre in an international context.
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Trinity Drama Graduates' Success on Stage and Screen in USA
Irish actor Brian F. O'Byrne has been nominated again for a Tony Award as Best Actor on Broadway for his performance as Alexander Herzen in Tom Stoppard's The Coast of Utopia. He has been nominated for many awards in the past decade and most recently won a Tony for his performance in Bryony Lavery's play Frozen in 2004. Brian graduated with a Diploma in Theatre Studies in 1989.


Meanwhile, Jason O'Mara is to play the lead role in the American version of the British television hit Life on Mars for Fox TV which is currently in pre-production. His other major TV credits include lead roles in In Justice (ABC) and Monarch of the Glen (BBC). Jason graduated with a BA in Drama & Theatre Studies in 1995.

Irish Film and Television Awards 2006
Congratulations to the Trinity graduates who were nominated for awards in 2006:
Ruth Negga: nominated Best Actress in a Lead Role - Film for Isolation; and Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Film for Breakfast on Pluto
Padraic Delaney : nominated Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Film and Breakthrough Talent Award for The Wind that Shakes the Barley
Allen Leech: nominated Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Television for Legend
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Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards for 2006
Former Department of Drama students are prominent among the nominees at this year's Irish Theatre Awards. The awards ceremony which will take place on 18 February. Nominees include:
Best Actress: Derbhle Crotty for A Month in the Country (Abbey) and Everyday (Corn Exchange, performed at the Samuel Beckett Theatre); Alison McKenna for Hysteria (B*spoke)
Best Supporting Actor: Declan Conlon for A Month in the Country (Abbey); Garrett Lombard for The Year of the Hiker (Druid)
Best Designer - Lighting: Paul Keogan for The Old Tune and Night (Kilkenny Arts Festival) and Transformations (Wexford Festival Opera); Sarah Jane Shiels for The Duchess of Malfi (Loose Canon)
Best Director: Selina Cartmell for Catastrophe (Gate) and Festen (Gate), which was also nominated for Best Production
Nominees for the Judges' Special Award include Pan Pan Theatre Company and Fishamble Theatre Company, which were founded by Trinity Drama graduates, and the Beckett Centenary Festival, in which Trinity College played a prominent role.