Level 2 Acting & Musical Theatre

If you would love to be on stage, or in front of a camera, this could be the course for you! This creative and expressive one-year course allows you to develop the practical skills and the underpinning knowledge required to be successful as an actor or musical theatre artist. Taking part in a variety of practical, structured, workshops, you will develop your performance skills across a range of genres and work collaboratively to rehearse and present at least four productions and showcases throughout the year.

Whether you dream of starring in the West End, or helping others realise their potential through teaching, this exciting course will provide you with the skills you need to secure employment in this fast-paced industry.

This energetic and exciting course is ideal for those who wish to become an actor, a musical theatre artist, or a performing arts teacher in community or educational settings. Previous students have gone on to run their own performing arts schools, teach performing arts in schools and colleges, or become actors on television, in theatre or on cruise ships. This course is ideal if you wish to further develop your creative, performance and technical skills in order to progress on to university or employment within the performing arts industry.

The course focuses on developing practical and performance skills rather than preparing you for an exam, and all theory will underpin the live projects and performances you are undertaking. Each successful applicant will become a member of the college’s resident performing arts company ‘Boom Ensemble’, where students will learn the processes of being a member of a professional theatre company.

This one-year, vocationally driven course will help you develop the fundamental skills to succeed in the dynamic entertainment industry. These include practical/performance skills, audition techniques, marketing materials, professional etiquette, communication skills, and performance collaboration approaches. You will also look at solo and ensemble performance techniques, characterisation processes, peer assessment and critique, text analysis and devising performances/productions of all sizes.

After successfully completing this course, you will have the skills and knowledge needed to progress on to employment or further education. You may wish to progress on to our Level 3 Acting and Musical Theatre course to enhance your knowledge and refine your performing skills.

Warrington & Vale Royal College is dedicated to enhancing your employability skills and knowledge of your chosen industry. Throughout your course, you will take part in guest lecture workshops with employers as well as undertaking live performance projects for local community groups and organisations. You will work with a variety of external agencies in order to strengthen your knowledge and experiences, including Culture Warrington, Warrington Museum, Community Objectives, and various professional theatre projects.

The expert tutors on this course have numerous industry contacts, which means you will have access to valuable work experience placements and benefit from meeting industry professionals.

You will be allocated a progress coach who will provide you with support to help you succeed on your study programme and progress on to your chosen career or progression path. We have a team of staff dedicated to providing learning support if required, as well as a Welfare Team that is on hand to offer guidance, support and help when needed.

Additionally, eligible students can access a wide range of finance and funding support to help them during their time at college.

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Throughout your course you will be taught by highly skilled staff with both acting and dance specialisms. The tutors in this department have excellent industry connections and are still practicing within the industry, giving you a real-life insight into the performing arts sector, and allowing you to benefit from their experience and expertise.

You will study in a range of excellent performing arts facilities including: a well-equipped theatre with sprung floor, staging, lighting, and sound. The course focuses on developing, rehearsing, and performing a wide range of showcases throughout the year, both within college and at external venues.

On this course you will also have the opportunity to take part in enriching local and national trips to acting studios, theatre performances in the West End, and live music performances.

The performing arts department are very proud to be working alongside University of Arts London, who will be the awarding body for this qualification.

Minimum of four GCSEs at grade 3 or above, including English and/or maths, or successful completion of a level 1 course.

If you have a GCSE grade 3 or lower in English and/or maths and wish to study at level 2, you will have to resit English and/or maths as part of your level 2 qualification.

As a student on this course, you will be required to purchase your own costumes for shows and must wear black clothing for lessons (t-shirt, leggings/jogging bottoms, hoody, jumper). You will also need to provide your own basic equipment such as notebooks, folders, and pens.