Classes
Classes are held on weekdays from nine to six, and Saturday mornings until one. Each week, Thursdays are dedicated to excursions relevant to the course content.
Acting Shakespeare: The Text A practical acting class working with two of the Tragedies with particular attention given to verse speaking and the challenges and possibilities within iambic pentameter.
Acting Shakespeare: Finding the Character Working with one of the Histories and a late Romance, students are introduced to the first principles of characterisation within Shakespearean production.
Acting Shakespeare: The Sonnets Concentrated scene study of a number of Shakespeare sonnets.
Dramatic Criticism Each week students see professional productions of Shakespeare in London, Oxford or Stratford. This class is designed to sharpen students' critical skills by discussing the success or failure of what they have seen in performance.
Movement This practical class is built around general movement exercises, all of which involve muscular co-ordination and control.
Voice Carefully structured class exercises are combined with guided vocal discovery to add strength, creativity and emotional range to the students' national voice.
Tutorials There are two non-elective tutorials with the Dean during the program.