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USC, UCLA , CAL STATE FULLERTON, CAL STATE UNIVERSITY FRESNO, LA COMMUNITY COLLEGE – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi, Can anyone give me some good drama colleges (not soley for theatre) I should apply to either in the US or UK. Thanks Adam

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I would agree with SOME of Eric’s opinions on individual schools, but am very surprised that he missed out RADA. Not only do they have some wonderful teachers, but when their new building opens they will have the most marvellous facilities. The other important thing to do is to get onto an "accredited" course – go to the NCDT’s website <http://www.ncdt.co.uk/ for details. NB Middlesex is not "accredited". Good Luck! Simon Dunmore

suffice to say I’m not a big fan of RADA…it does produce some very good actors…but from having seen what goes in and what comes out, I’m not sure that it is particularly good these days in terms of "value added" — eric "live fast, die only if strictly necessary"

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I would agree with SOME of Eric’s opinions on individual schools, but am very surprised that he missed out RADA. Not only do they have some wonderful teachers, but when their new building opens they will have the most marvellous facilities. The other important thing to do is to get onto an "accredited" course – go to the NCDT’s website <http://www.ncdt.co.uk/ for details. NB Middlesex is not "accredited". Good Luck! Simon Dunmore — <http://www.btinternet.com/~simon.dunmore/ – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Newsgroups: alt.acting I have previuosly done amateur dramatics and school productions. My main weakness is not being able to sing. I would rather work in TV/Film than theatre. Adam OK…that helps :) IMO (and other will disagree, and some will be right) Guildhall…probably the best straightforward Drama School of them all…very hard to get in to Central School of Speech and Drama…also excellent…but needs a song at the audition, so maybe not Mountview…currently very good I’d say those three are head and shoulders above the other London ones…except Webber Douglas, which I wouldn’t go for unless singing is a real strength Bristol Old Vic is also superb at a slightly lower standard, but still able to produce people ready for the profession Middlesex University…does some very practical performance based degree course…this may be ideal Academy of Live and Recorded Arts…if it’s still around…has produced some excellent performers there are also excellent Drama Schools in Manchester and Glasgow…but I know far less about them my personal view is that it’s best to get a degree in something else and then do postgraduate vocational training…it gives you a shot at a better class of day job when you are starting out most guys come into their own in terms of getting decent amounts of work in their early thirties…bear that in mind — eric "the alternative to seeing things in black and white is to see them in full colour"

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Central School of Speech and Drama…also excellent…but needs a song at the audition, so maybe not But they understaand you still have to learn, as long as you don’t apply for the Musical Theatre course!

and it is a truly superb course Academy of Live and Recorded Arts…if it’s still around…has produced some excellent performers Still around, I have a couple of friends who started there this year, on a scholarship as well (always good news)

I have a few regulars who trained there…produces actors with reasonable technique and a great attitude What about Oxford or LAMDA, Got friends there too who seem pretty happy of what they’re doing. I guess the problem is always to get funding, although it seems a bit easier now, if you’re young and haven’t studied something else yet. Pegasus

I left both of those out deliberately…I have heard mixed messages about Oxford…and I haven’t worked with anyone who graduated from LAMDA after Brian Asbury went to Mountview…until I do I’ll not make a judgement on how LAMDA has survived — eric "the alternative to seeing things in black and white is to see them in full colour"

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I have previuosly done amateur dramatics and school productions. My main weakness is not being able to sing. I would rather work in TV/Film than theatre. Adam – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – it’s too broad a question there are masses of drama courses with a huge range of styles and standards we need to know roughly how much acting you’ve done…what sort of thing you are best at…what weaknesses you hope a drama course will fix it’s not just a question of finding a good course…but a question of finding the best one for you eric "the alternative to seeing things in black and white is to see them in full colour"

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I have previuosly done amateur dramatics and school productions. My main weakness is not being able to sing. I would rather work in TV/Film than theatre. Adam

OK…that helps :) IMO (and other will disagree, and some will be right) Guildhall…probably the best straightforward Drama School of them all…very hard to get in to Central School of Speech and Drama…also excellent…but needs a song at the audition, so maybe not Mountview…currently very good I’d say those three are head and shoulders above the other London ones…except Webber Douglas, which I wouldn’t go for unless singing is a real strength Bristol Old Vic is also superb at a slightly lower standard, but still able to produce people ready for the profession Middlesex University…does some very practical performance based degree course…this may be ideal Academy of Live and Recorded Arts…if it’s still around…has produced some excellent performers there are also excellent Drama Schools in Manchester and Glasgow…but I know far less about them my personal view is that it’s best to get a degree in something else and then do postgraduate vocational training…it gives you a shot at a better class of day job when you are starting out most guys come into their own in terms of getting decent amounts of work in their early thirties…bear that in mind — eric "the alternative to seeing things in black and white is to see them in full colour"

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hi, i’m new here and i saw this posting, i’m going to drama school next year in the US, some of the schools i’ve heard are good for drama, or TV/film are Emerson College in Boston MA, Hofstra University in NY, Carnegie Mellon in PA, i think, i’m sure there are tons in CA, what you should do is search by major on www.collegeboard.org, you might be able to narrow it down a lot by that, hope i could help a little  -Lissa

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi, Can anyone give me some good drama colleges (not soley for theatre) I should apply to either in the US or UK. Thanks Adam

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I have previuosly done amateur dramatics and school productions. My main weakness is not being able to sing. I would rather work in TV/Film than theatre. Adam OK…that helps :) IMO (and other will disagree, and some will be right) Guildhall…probably the best straightforward Drama School of them all…very hard to get in to Central School of Speech and Drama…also excellent…but needs a song at the audition, so maybe not

But they understaand you still have to learn, as long as you don’t apply for the Musical Theatre course! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Mountview…currently very good I’d say those three are head and shoulders above the other London ones…except Webber Douglas, which I wouldn’t go for unless singing is a real strength Bristol Old Vic is also superb at a slightly lower standard, but still able to produce people ready for the profession Middlesex University…does some very practical performance based degree course…this may be ideal Academy of Live and Recorded Arts…if it’s still around…has produced some excellent performers

Still around, I have a couple of friends who started there this year, on a scholarship as well (always good news) there are also excellent Drama Schools in Manchester and Glasgow…but I know far less about them my personal view is that it’s best to get a degree in something else and then do postgraduate vocational training…it gives you a shot at a better class of day job when you are starting out most guys come into their own in terms of getting decent amounts of work in their early thirties…bear that in mind — eric "the alternative to seeing things in black and white is to see them in full colour"

What about Oxford or LAMDA, Got friends there too who seem pretty happy of what they’re doing. I guess the problem is always to get funding, although it seems a bit easier now, if you’re young and haven’t studied something else yet. Pegasus

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Hi, Can anyone give me some good drama colleges (not soley for theatre) I should apply to either in the US or UK. Thanks Adam

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Hi, Can anyone give me some good drama colleges (not soley for theatre) I should apply to either in the US or UK. Thanks Adam

Adam it’s too broad a question there are masses of drama courses with a huge range of styles and standards we need to know roughly how much acting you’ve done…what sort of thing you are best at…what weaknesses you hope a drama course will fix it’s not just a question of finding a good course…but a question of finding the best one for you eric "the alternative to seeing things in black and white is to see them in full colour"

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