Course screening

The re-named Leeds Conservatoire (formerly Leeds College of Music) is offering a new three-year full-time BA (Hons) in Acting in its purpose-built city centre building. Students will be studying in the cultural quarter that is also home to Leeds Playhouse, Leeds City College Creative campus, Northern Ballet, Phoenix Dance, and the BBC.

The website outlines an impressive course, including some familiar practical and theory-based actor training modules, alongside more contemporary and vocational aspects too. There is promise of close collaboration with local organisations, such as Red Ladder Theatre Co., Freedom Studios Bradford, and Leeds Playhouse, particularly in the final year, involving a series of public performances, mock auditions, creating a show-reel, and learning business management.