One Semester Classes
Students who come for either the fall or spring semesters take eight weeks of scene study followed by five weeks of rehearsal leading to a production in a professional theatre.
Scene Study: Shakespeare Particular attention will be given to textual analysis and verse speaking. (2 credits)
Scene Study: High Comedy Restoration and later periods. Playwrights include Vanburgh, Congreve, Sheridan, Wilde, Shaw and Coward (2 credits)
Scene Study: Modern Drama Collaboration with members of Theatre de Complicité to examine twentieth-century European texts and modes of acting including Commedia Dell'Arte and mask work. (2 credits)
Acting in Performance During the last five weeks of each term, students will rehearse and perform productions of major British and European classical works in a working London theatre. Recent BADA productions have included works by Shakespeare, Wedekind, Barker, Webster, Euripides, Durrenmatt, Pirandello, Farquhar and Brecht. (3 credits)
Voice The course takes an eclectic view of voice teaching, combining the principles of freeing the natural voice, as practiced by Kristin Linklater, with other methodologies that consolidate this approach. (1 credit)
Stage-fighting class in BADA's garden
Movement The course is directed to general movement exercises involving muscular coordination and control (1 credit)
Stage Fighting Students are trained in realistic stage combat with emphasis on safety, control, period styles, and technical virtuosity. (1 credit)
Theatre History (Fall semester) the Middle Ages through the 18th Century, including work by Marlowe, Webster, Ford, Johnson, Dryden, Behn, Vanbrugh and Congreve.
Theatre History (Spring semester) British and European plays of the 20th Century, including work by Ibsen, Chekhov, Pirandello, Brecht, Lorca, Ionesco, Genet and Beckett. (2 credits each semester)
Dramatic Criticism An introduction to dramatic criticism, linked to regular visits to the theatre.(1 credit)
Tutorials An important supplement to the curriculum are regular one-on-one tutorials.
Excursions Eight theatre visits are arranged throughout the term as part of the Dramatic Criticism course.
Daniel Evans masterclass
Master Classes Several master classes will be conducted by leading members of the theatrical profession. Recent teachers include Alan Rickman, Sir Derek Jacobi, Maria Aitken, Brian Cox, Daniel Evans, Henry Goodman, Greg Hicks, David Leveaux, Jonathan Price, David Schwimmer, Fiona Shaw, Sam West and Deborah Warner.