Acting BA (Hons)

Designed to create fearless, connected and imaginative artists who are employable, knowledgeable and industry-ready in both theatre and film. This course enables your confident transition into the industry as a professional actor and maker. Through training on Fourth Monkey’s BA (Hons) Acting degree, you can expect to develop the skills and capabilities that will empower you to build a sustainable career as an actor and artist for stage, screen and the digital world.<br/><br/>Studying on Fourth Monkey’s BA (Hons) Acting degree provides you the opportunity to develop professional-level performance skills, with training drawn from a breadth of established international practices. This approach fosters confident, professional and employable actors ready for the industry. It will also allow you to integrate these skills with the capacity to create and realise your own process as a creative artist.<br/><br/>Todays actor requires the capacity to adapt their performance across varying and emerging media; engage creatively in generating text and performance opportunities; and interpret existing material. Entrepreneurship and the ability to actively identify, shape, and capitalise on work opportunities within a rapidly changing and largely freelance job market have become vital qualities for the successful actor - this sustainable philosophy is central to our training pedagogy.<br/><br/>Through the training on this course, you will foster and develop your curiosity, creativity and confidence to become an independent and adaptable performer with the skills to develop and sustain a long and diverse career. The accelerated mode of study will allow you to engage intensively and holistically with your training, as you work as a professional from day one. It will also afford you multiple opportunities to apply and test your skills in a performance-rich program with the guidance of experienced directors, practitioners, and industry specialists.<br/><br/>This course is taught at Fourth Monkey in London and awarded by Falmouth University.