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Adrama school,stage school ortheatre school is an undergraduate and/or graduate school ordepartment at a college or university, or a free-standing institution (such as the Drama section at theJuilliard School) that specializes in the pre-professional training in drama andtheatre arts, such as acting,design and technical theatre,arts administration, and related subjects. If the drama school is part of a degree-granting institution, undergraduates typically take anAssociate degree, Bachelor of Arts,Bachelor of Fine Arts, or, occasionally, Bachelor of Science orBachelor of Design. Graduate students may take a Master of Arts, Master of Acting, Master of Science,Master of Fine Arts,Doctor of Arts,Doctor of Fine Arts, or Doctor of Philosophy degree.
Entry to drama school is usually through a competitiveaudition process. Some schools make this a two-stage process. Places on an acting course are limited (usually well below 100) so those who fare best at the audition are selected. Most academies state that applicants must be over 18 years of age. Auditions usually involve the performance ofmonologues, singing, and group workshops.
The courses offered by drama schools focus on practical courses, rather than theoretical classes. Their aim is to train students as professional actors for stage, film, and television. At the beginning of the final year (usually the third), most drama schools stage a series of performances throughout the academic year to whichagents andcasting directors are invited. This helps to build the future of the graduates and serves as a showcase of what the students can do.
In 1833, actressFrances Maria Kelly managed theRoyal Strand Theatre where she funded and operated a dramatic school, the earliest record of a drama school in England.[1] In 1840 she financed the building of theRoyalty Theatre inSoho which opened as Miss Kelly's Theatre and Dramatic School.[2] TheLondon Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) remains both the UK's and the world's oldest drama school still in existence and was established in 1861.[3]
TheConference of Drama Schools was an organisation that comprised Britain's 22 leading Drama Schools. CDS existed to strengthen the voice of the member schools, to set and maintain the highest standards of training within the vocational drama sector, and to make it easier for prospective students to understand the range of courses on offer and the application process. Founded in 1969, the 22 member schools continue to offer courses in Acting, Musical Theatre, Directing and Technical Theatre training. Graduates of CDS courses are currently working on stage, in front of the camera and behind the scenes in theatres and studios across Britain. In 2012, CDS was merged with theNational Council for Drama Training to create a single national authority Drama UK responsible for both the provision of Drama Training and accreditation of official courses. In 2017, Drama UK was replaced by theFederation of Drama Schools.
Top drama schools in the UK are members of the mission groupConservatoires UK, which also includes the country's world-leading music schools.
In the UK, funding varies from drama school to drama school. Historically drama schools were not part of the mainstream academic system, and therefore were not funded on the same basis as universities. Some drama schools are now part of a university, such asGuildhall School of Music and Drama, which is part of theCity University of London, and Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance, which is part of the University of Manchester, and these tend to charge similar tuition fees to universities. Student loans, drama awards and scholarships may help to provide students with their funding. The most prominent funding scheme for performing arts education in the UK are theDance and Drama Awards. This is a government scheme which subsidises the training offered at a selection of the leading performing arts schools in the fields of dance, drama, musical theatre and stage management.
A number of third-level institutions provide courses in Drama and Theatre Studies, includingTrinity College, Dublin,[4] NUI Maynooth,[5] and Dublin City University. A decision by Trinity in January 2007 to drop its BA in Acting Studies to cut costs met with disappointment from the theatre sector.[6] A Forum for Acting Training was convened with leading professionals who recommended in a 2008 report,[7] that an Academy for Dramatic Arts, independent of a University, but with third level accreditation should be created. The report was submitted to the Irish Government. On 1 August 2008,The Irish Times reported that aRADA graduate,Danielle Ryan, granddaughter of the lateTony Ryan who foundedRyanair, had announced plans to develop an Irish Academy of Dramatic Arts part-funded from a Trust created by her late father, Captain Cathal Ryan.[8]
This plan went ahead and the academy, known asThe Lir Academy, opened in September 2011. The Lir is part of Trinity College and is situated in the Grand Canal Dock area. It is officially associated withRADA.
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