One Semester Program
Students who come for either Fall or Spring:

Scene Study: Shakespeare
Each term, various plays - comedy, history and tragedy - will be selected. Particular attention will be given to textual analysis and verse speaking. (2 credits)

Scene Study: High Comedy
Students will study selected plays, chosen from major works written during the Restoration, and later periods. Playwrights include Vanburgh, Congreve, Sheridan, Wilde, Shaw and Coward (2 credits)

Scene Study: Modern Drama
Students will study with members of Theatre de Complicité subject to their availability, to examine twentieth-century European texts, and investigate appropriate Acting Styles including Commedia Dell'Arte and Mask Work. (2 credits)

Acting in Performance
During the last five weeks of each program, 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, Farquahar 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. Structured exercises are combined with guided vocal discovery to add strength, creativity and emotional range to the student's natural voice, as well as the development of self-awareness in personal voice usage. (1 credit)

Movement
The course is directed to general movement exercises involving muscular coordination and control (1 credit)

Stage Fighting
The course trains students in realistic stage combat with emphasis on safety, control, period styles, and technical virtuosity. (1 credit)

Theatre History
The curriculum for the fall semester concentrates on the Middle Ages up until the 18th Century, including work by Marlowe, Webster, Ford, Johnson, Dryden, Behn, Vanbrugh and Congreve. The curriculum for the spring semester concentrates on 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
This course is an introduction to dramatic criticism. It is linked to regular visits to the theatre, after which plays are discussed in class and students submit critiques of all the required productions.(1 credit)

Advanced London Theatre Program
The Advanced London Theatre Program is offered to students who have successfully completed BADA's London Theatre Program in the Fall and gives students a unique opportunity to build on the training in Classical Theatre that they have already received.
Classes in Shakespeare, Movement, Voice, Stage-Fighting, Theatre History and Dramatic Criticism continue on a more advanced level. Master classes and tutorials also form a vital element in this program. The Advanced program introduces two new elements, namely Acting for Sceen & TV and a modern workshop production.

Acting for Screen & TV
This course includes on-camera classes that show the variations that must be made when acting on screen versus stage. At the end of the course students are given a professionally edited video of their work. (2 credits)

Modern Workshop Production
Students rehearse and perform a workshop production of a 20th century play in collaboration with a Director and Designer/Stage Manager. Students are encouraged to contribute to the project in the areas of direction, design, choreography and music.The production is presented in a found space. Recent productions have included plays by Sartre, Beckett, Chekhov, Kane and Buchner in BADA's premises. (2 credits)

Acting in Performance
The second production is of a major classical work and serves as the finale to the program. Both productions are directed by leading British directors and performed in a London theatre. (3 credits)

Master Classes
In addition to classwork, a number of master classes will be held. These are given by leading members of the theatrical profession. Recent master classes have been given by Sir Derek Jacobi, Maria Aitken, Saffron Burrows, Daniel Evans, Henry Goodman, Greg Hicks, David Leveaux, Marsha Mason, Jonathan Price, Alan Rickman, David Schwimmer, Fiona Shaw, Sam West and Deborah Warner.

Tutorials
An important supplement to the curriculum are the regular tutorials (conferences), where students study individually with members of the faculty.

Excursions
Eight theatre vists are arranged as part of the Dramatic Criticism course. These visits are arranged in close consultation with the Dramatic Criticism teacher to enhance the coursework.