Support LAMDA

Together we can shape the future of the performing arts

Every generation of artists needs someone who believes in their potential. At LAMDA, we see that potential every day – in performers finding their voice, technicians mastering their craft, and creative practitioners developing new ideas. Your support turns that potential into possibility.


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Why support us?

LAMDA (Registered Charity no. 312821) is the UK’s oldest drama school, with 165 years experience training actors, technicians and directors. 

As a global leader in vocational performing arts education, we play a vital role in enriching cultural life around the world and shaping the future of theatre, film, television, audio and emerging media.

Every year, around 400 students from across the globe join LAMDA to experience our unique ensemble-based artistic and technical conservatoire. Our growing community of supporters help us to deliver exceptional training, widen access, and invest in the future of creative talent.

Whether you’re an individual donor, a Trust or Foundation, or a corporate partner, your support could help us to fund scholarships, back pioneering creative projects or sustain essential student support programmes.

Through collaboration, we nurture talent, widen access, and strengthen the future of performance. Together, we can inspire audiences, enrich culture, and ensure the creative industries continue to thrive for generations to come. 

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The need for philanthropy has never been more urgent. Together, we can widen access to world-class training for students from lower-income and underrepresented backgrounds, ensuring talent, not circumstance, determines who has the opportunity to train at LAMDA.

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Larry Wallace

Supporter

 A society that doesn’t support the arts loses something fundamentally human. I care about the arts, I believe in what LAMDA does, and I want to support people who are doing something meaningful in the world.

Ways of giving

There are various ways you can make a difference to a student’s life, the performing arts and creative skills sector and the wider community. We’ve highlighted just some of them below.

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Support LAMDA students

Enable talented performers to access LAMDA’s renowned training. Your support provides scholarships, hardship funding, and direct student assistance, helping students access LAMDA and thrive, regardless of background or circumstance. 

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Special projects

Bring ambitious ideas to life across performance, creativity, and innovation. From productions and creative initiatives to widening participation work, your support enables bold, practice-led projects that open access, expand opportunities, and elevate the performing arts. 

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Memberships

Support LAMDA as part of a community protecting the performing arts. Enjoy exclusive events, behind-the-scenes access, and priority booking, while helping sustain globally-celebrated training and opportunities for emerging performers and creative practitioners. 

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Legacies

By remembering LAMDA in your will, you’ll create pathways for performers, technicians, and creative practitioners into our world-leading training for years to come. Your legacy sustains opportunity, strengthens our community, and supports the future of performance. 

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American Friends of LAMDA

A US based non-profit dedicated to supporting the work of LAMDA and engaging with alumni in the United States.

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Make a one-off donation and help us make a difference to the future of performing arts.