Acting & Directing

Professional acting and directing courses in London at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

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Undergraduate Courses

Applications for 2023/24 entry will open in Autumn 2022

Applications for 2023/24 entry for our Acting and Directing courses will open on Monday 3 October. Applications for Production & Technical Arts courses will open soon. To keep up to date with the latest news and find out more about LAMDA, join our mailing list.

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BA (Hons) Professional Acting

Get ready for an exhilarating and challenging journey to prepare you for life as an independent, creative professional actor.

Semester Programme Classical Acting – Spring 2023

If you’re looking to develop your practical skills with advanced training, this intensive 14-week study abroad programme is for you. Application deadline Midnight [GMT] Monday 19 December 2022.

One semester 9 January – 14 April 2023

Semester Programme Classical Acting – Autumn 2022

If you’re looking to develop your practical skills with advanced training, this intensive 14-week study abroad programme is for you. The course runs from 12 September - 16 December 2022. Applications for this course are now closed.

One semester 12 September - 16 December 2022.

Performing Arts Foundation Diploma

Experience one of the best and newly re-imagined Performing Arts Foundation courses in the UK, with world-class training and incredible opportunities.

Six months, 10 Oct 2022 - 31 March 2023

Acting courses overview

Postgraduate Courses

MFA Professional Acting

Our MFA acting programme will position you as an accomplished artist, with the ability to forge your own unique path in the industry.

MA Classical Acting for the Professional Theatre

Are you an international actor looking to deepen and develop your craft through an intensive exploration of classical plays?

MA Directing

Contemporary and wide-ranging vocational postgraduate training for talented emerging directors

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Women of Troy play

The making of The Women of Troy

Nathanial Christian in his self-created work, KiDs. Photo: SRTaylor Photography Copyright: LAMDA 2020

Creating work at LAMDA

LAMDA's acting students spent their lockdown creating 56 brand new works from scratch, exploring their own creativity and discovering what it takes to turns ideas into reality.

16 October 2020

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Audio at LAMDA

We find out how the audio department at LAMDA kept training going during lockdown.

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