LAMDA has come a long way since its beginnings in 1861, nearly 160 years ago, and it has moved with the times; embracing change and developing a syllabus and approach to examinations that has benefitted everyone. The syllabus for the exams side of its offering is refreshed and refined every five years, and for 2019 brings in gender neutral opportunities alongside the contemporary approach to the culturally diverse anthologies for each exam.
I spoke to Linda Macrow (Chief Examiner) and Faye Carmichael (Qualifications Manager), who explained that the examination syllabi for Introduction, Communication, Performance, and some Group examinations have been updated from 1 August 2019. There is also a Shakespeare examinations syllabus, which is already new from 2018, and the Musical Theatre syllabus was updated in 2016. The higher-level examinations such as the PCert LAM are unaffected by changes at this point.
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