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Langside Campus

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Want to turn your interest in acting and performance into a career? This NC course forms the first of three years of continuous training, where you’ll learn the key skills of acting, voice, movement and production. You’ll build confidence, empathy and emotional intelligence, and learn how to develop a strong, dynamic presence that can help you on stage, screen or in your personal or professional life.

There are also technical training units (art, costume, lighting and sound) and you’ll perform in the college's brilliant stage productions, which range from The Jungle Book and the Hobbit to Picnic at Hanging Rock.

Subjects covered during NC Acting and Performance include:

Acting; Production; Voice; Movement; Theatre history; Group singing skills; Acting styles and practitioners; Creative project.

There is also technical work (such as scenic art, costume, lighting and sound). Please note that during production blocks, you will be expected to work additional hours out-with the conventional college day.

Assessment is continuous with a mixture of practical and theoretical assessments. There is no final examination.

Entry Requirements

No formal entry qualifications. Entry is by audition.

Progression Routes

HND Acting and Performance, HND Musical Theatre, or drama school.