The Cripple of Inishmaan by Martin McDonagh
Richard Burton Theatre, February 2015
Longing by William Boyd
Bute Theatre, February 2015
Reasons to be Pretty by Neil LaBute
Caird Studio, February 2015
The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare
Bute Theatre, December 2014
Unity (1918) by Kevin Kerr
Chapter Arts Centre, December 2014
Dogville by Lars Von Trier
Bute Theatre, October 2014
Strange Orchestra by Rodney Ackland
Richard Burton Theatre, October 2014
Hay Fever by Noël Coward
Richard Burton Theatre, June 2014
Tender by Abi Morgan
Caird Studio, June 2014
You Can’t Take it With You by George S Kaufman & Moss Hart
Bute Theatre, June 2014
Blister by Laura Lomas
Richard Burton Theatre, April 2014
Pomona by Alistair McDowall
Richard Burton Theatre, April 2014
Spring Awakening by Gary Owen
Bute Theatre, April 2014
VS09 by Hayley Squires
Bute Theatre, April 2014
Epsom Downs by Howard Brenton
Bute Theatre, February 2014
Fe Ddaw’r Byd i Ben by Dafydd James
Sherman Cymru, February 2014
The Wonderful World of Dissocia by Anthony Neilson
Richard Burton Theatre, February 2014
Love and Information by Caryl Churchill
Caird Studio, December 2013
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
Richard Burton Theatre, December 2013
When We Are Married by J B Priestley
Richard Burton Theatre, October 2013
Thebans by Liz Lochhead
Bute Theatre, October 2013
A Vampire Story by Moira Buffini
Bute Theatre, May 2013
The Lower Depths by Maxim Gorky
Richard Burton Theatre, May 2013
Last of the Red Hot Lovers by Neil Simon
Caird Studio, May 2013
The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov
Richard Burton Theatre, March 2013
The Children's Hour by Lillian Hellman
Bute Theatre, March 2013
Incomplete and Random Acts of Kindness by David Eldridge
Caird Studio, March 2013
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Bute Theatre, February 2013
Anne Boleyn by Howard Brenton
Richard Burton Theatre, February 2013
Picnic by William Inge
Chapter Arts Centre, December 2012
Beasts and Beauties by Carol Ann Duffy
Richard Burton Theatre, December 2012
A Month in the Country by Ivan Turgenev
Richard Burton Theatre, October 2012
Boston Marriage by David Mamet
S4C Studio, October 2012
Vincent in Brixton by Nicholas Wright
Caird Studio, October 2012
The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama is one of the UK’s
leading drama schools. The College was ranked as the top
institution in the UK for drama training by the
Guardian University Guide twice in the last three years, and
the BA (Hons) Acting course received a satisfaction score of 100%
in the 2017 National Student Survey.
Former students feature regularly in the cast lists of the UK’s
leading theatre companies including The Royal Shakespeare Company,
The National Theatre, The Donmar Warehouse, The Royal Court and the
National Theatres of Wales and Scotland.
On television, RWCMD graduates appear in leading roles in major
productions, most recently including Killing Eve,
Peaky Blinders, The Plot Against America,
Keeping Faith and His Dark
Materials. In radio, there have been a string of
successes in the BBC Carleton Hobbs Competition and contracts with
the BBC Radio Drama Company.
Throughout their training, students work with key professionals
including casting directors and agents, as well as actors, writers
and directors. RWCMD has an enviable reputation within the industry
for producing highly skilled and versatile performers, ready for
the realities of professional employment. The annual graduate
showcases in Cardiff and at London’s Royal Court are unusually well
attended by leading agents and casting directors. American students
have an additional showcase in New York following graduation.
With just 22 places available on the undergraduate programme and
10 on the master’s course, the College has one of the smallest
intakes of any drama school in the UK. This means that we are able
to work with students in small groups, building close working
relationships and nurturing individual strengths.
Both programmes involve classes and rehearsals for more than 30
hours a week; intensive training in vocal and physical work in the
morning is followed by afternoon rehearsals. The range of work
includes improvisation and working with text, classical and modern.
There are also practical projects focusing on Shakespeare, comedy,
musical theatre, experimental theatre, film, TV and radio.
Undergraduate and postgraduate actors are also given
opportunities to create and stage their own work. Many former
students continue to use this skill and several have become well
known writers including Anthony Neilson, Katy Wix, Moira Buffini,
Rob Brydon and Ruth Jones.
In their final year, undergraduate actors join postgraduates for
a season of public performances as the Richard Burton Company - one
of Wales’ most prolific theatre companies, staging around 15
performances each year and covering a wide repertoire from
Shakespeare to specially commissioned new writing. The Company
enjoys close collaborations with visiting and in-house directors,
stage managers, designers and other specialists in an environment
which accurately reflects the wider industry.
In 2020, for the seventh year running, we will present a season
of four new plays in repertoire at The Gate Theatre, London after
opening in the College’s theatres in Cardiff. In collaboration with
The Gate Theatre, The Royal Court Theatre, Paines Plough Theatre
Company and The Sherman Theatre. The NEW Season further showcases
our graduating students and continues our commitment to working
with the UK’s most talented writers and directors.
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