Acting for Stage and Screen BA (Hons)

Performance Preparation Academys (PPA) BA (Hons) in Acting for Stage and Screen will give you all the skills necessary to become a professional actor. As a professional actor, you can’t rely on adrenalin or luck, you must know how to recreate your performance to the highest level, every single time that you give it. At PPA, you will discover how to do this, no small feat but one which, together, we can achieve.<br/><br/>You will develop a voice and a body, which allows you to assume a physicality that is different to your own and which is sustainable and safe to do for a long run. You will learn how to be free on stage and on screen, to be released and in the moment. You will learn how to approach a script to unlock it, to find the meaning within it and to share it with an audience. You will learn how to research, to explore, and to share your ideas clearly and concisely. You will learn the skills to tell stories, bravely and truthfully.<br/><br/>Your three years at PPA will serve you for the rest of your life. They will be demanding and will ask you to challenge yourself but they will also be massively exciting and rewarding too. You will be taught by a highly qualified and vibrant faculty, all of whom have all worked at the highest professional level. In your third year will perform in two plays, a film and a West End showcase to give you the best possible chance to be seen by industry professionals.<br/><br/>This course is based at PPA in Guildford, please contact them on 01483 459080 for further information. <br/><br/>https://ppacademy.co.uk/ba-hons-acting-for-stage-and-screen/ <br/><br/>To apply for this course you will need to have 96 UCAS points and be over the age of 18 years old by the start date of the course.

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