The BA (Hons) Contemporary Performance Practice Programme is an interdisciplinary performance-making degree focused on the generation of new and original performances that sit outside of traditional theatre.

The programme aims to develop socially engaged artists who can make a contribution in the world as performance-makers, educators, advocates and active citizens. The programme is committed to exploring the ecological and social function of performance and how performance can be an “act of community”. While studying the four-year CPP programme students encounter a range of concepts including social practice, live art, performance art, post-dramatic performance, installation, performance research, site-specific and documentary practices. The diversity of practices means that students are equipped with multiple skills, not only in performance-making but also in facilitation, working in communities and collaboration.

 

The student journey over the four years begins with The Ego-centric Artist: Digging From Where You Stand in first year. After beginning with devising autobiographical work, in second year students move out from the idea of the “self” and begin to work in communities and educational context framed as The Socio-centric Artist: Radical Pedagogy in Action. Third year is The Researching Artist: An Ecology of Mind where students undertake performance research projects and the final year of study is The Eco-centric Artist: Living a Sustainable Practice where they do their degree show (at the Into the New festival) and also chose from a range of Artist Commissions including working in prisons, directing, undertaking a secondment or making site-specific work. As the student progresses through the programme their learning becomes more autonomous and they begin to clearly define and situate their own arts practice within various contexts.

 

Assessments range from making performance (solo and collaboratively), creating artist statements, writing performance analyses, planning and facilitating workshops, devising and undertaking a performance research project, constructing a professional portfolio, and many other things – every day is different! A highlight of the programme is the community of practice which is fostered through site-specific trips, weekly coffee gatherings, the programme’s Into the New and Propel festivals and our annual week-long Creative Residential Retreat in the Borders of Scotland.

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The BA (Hons) CPP is a practical programme designed to develop the knowledge, skills and understanding required to realise your potential as an autonomous artist who specialises in the making of performance work for themselves and for others. The concern of the Programme is to provide opportunities for you to develop a personal critical perspective, and an arts practice situated sustainably in the broadest possible ecological context. The Programme does this through engaging you in the following four strands:

Ecological and Social Performance Practice

The Ecological and Social Performance Practice strand is fundamental to the day-to-day development of performance skills and understanding in a performance-making degree. Through performance-making tasks and projects, you will explore the urgency of making performance work which has ecological and social value. This means making work and following creative inquiries which explore ideas or involve methodologies which have a contribution to the world in which we live.

Aesthetics and Composition

The Aesthetics and Composition strand examines the potential of the visual, material, spatial, technological and environmental aspects of performance to shape its making and experience. This includes explorations of instant composition, performance-installation, documentation, mark-making and scenography expanded.

Critical and Contextual Understanding

The Critical and Contextual Understanding strand aims to embed understanding of research and enquiry-led learning; from initial introductions to critical thinking in Level One of study; a focused development of theories of social practice in Level Two; deep exploration of research methods and application of these within Level Three; and demonstration of praxis and research supporting an ecological performance practice in Level Four.

Embodiment and Wellbeing

The Embodiment and Wellbeing strand enables you to develop into a compassionate and resilient graduating artist who can work effectively across discipline and context. This strand uses a Somatic Movement Education (SME) approach and Nadine George Voice Work as a means of developing, enhancing and supporting a sustainable arts practice. You will begin to develop an understanding of your body, including your voice, as an active material in performance.

The strands are present at every level of the programme either through distinct classes (most notably in the first year) or interwoven into your project-based modules.

Year One

Digging from Where You Stand: The focus is on the ego-centric artist – you will learn about the methods and strategies of making performance using your autobiography as your material. You are encouraged to question your attitudes, values and understandings, and translate these discoveries into original performance work.

Core Modules and Assessment

Personal Archaeology in Performance	Term 1	40 credits
Continuous Observation (100%)		Pass/Fail
Persona and Context	Term 2	40 credits
Continuous Observation (100%)		Pass/Fail
Re-imagining Classic Text	Term 3	30 credits
Continuous Observation (100%)		Pass/Fail

 

Year Two

Radical Pedagogy in Action: You will explore how to apply your arts practice in social and participatory contexts. You will take part in a residency within a community which will result in an original piece of performance work and new site-based choreographic work. This stage of the programme focuses on your development as a socio-centric artist and how you engage with other people.

Core Modules and Assessment

Performance as Social Practice: Experimentation	Term 1	20 credits
Continuous Observation (100%)		Pass/Fail
Performance as Social Practice: Application	Term 2	30 credits
Continuous Observation (100%)		Pass/Fail
Choreography, People and Place	Term 3	30 credits
Continuous Observation (100%)		Pass/Fail
Radical Pedagogy	Terms 1-3	20 credits
Continuous Observation (100%)		Pass/Fail

Year Three

An Ecology of Mind: The emphasis is on the researching artist. You will learn how to create text for performance, supported through individual mentoring by a performance tutor. Your research works towards a performance research document and a collaborative performance project exploring ideas relevant to your own performance practice. You also undertake a professional placement.

Core Modules and Assessment

Collaborations	Term 1	20 credits
Continuous Observation (80%) Viva Voce (20%)		Graded
Placement	Terms 1-2	20 credits
Blog (50%) Presentation (50%)		Pass/Fail
Performance Research	Term 2	30 credits
Continuous Observation (100%)		Graded
Performance Writing	Term 3	30 credits
Continuous Observation (80%) Negotiated Artwork (20%)		Graded

Year Four

Living a Sustainable Practice: In your final year you will work towards developing a sustainable arts practice that will support your development into your chosen professional field. You will make an original performance work for the Into the New festival. You will have the opportunity to select additional projects which focus on directing, arts in prisons, site-specific work or an international professional secondment.

Core Modules and Assessment

Into the New: Performance-making or Producing	Terms 1-2	60 credits
Continuous Observation (25%) Performance (50%) Viva Voce (25%)		Graded
Artist in Development	Terms 1-3	30 credits
Professional Portfolio (60%) Presentation (40%)		Graded

 

Programme Option Modules and Assessment

Site-Specific Performance	Term 3	30 credits
Continuous Observation (25%) Performance (50%) Viva Voce (25%)		Graded
Arts in Prisons	Term 3	30 credits
Blog (50%) Prison Residency (50%)		Graded
Directing: Re-imagining Classic Text	Term 3	30 credits
Continuous Observation (40%) Performance (40%) Viva Voce (20%)		Graded
Secondment	Term 3	30 credits
Blog (60%) Presentation (40%)		Graded

The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is in the World Top 10 for performing arts education 2016, 2017 and 2018 (QS World Rankings) 

• Excellent staff-student ratio and small class sizes ensuring individual attention
• Opportunities for artistic collaboration across RCS
• 86% of undergraduate respondents from the School of Drama are in employment or further study (HESA, 15/16)
• World-class facilities and performing venues
• Emphasis on preparing you for diverse careers in professional practice
• Annual, sector-leading festival Into the New features student performance alongside international artists
• Work opportunities include performance and professional collaborations with cutting-edge practitioners, companies, festivals and arts venues. Recent projects have included work with Imaginate, National Theatre of Scotland, Glas(s) Performance, Tramway, Buzzcut, Corali, Ruth Mills Dance, Caroline Bowditch, ArtsAdmin and Nic Green

The CPP programme is delivered by a core staff team and a large number of visiting artists, choreographers, designers and educationalists. Unlike many other higher education institutions, contact time between students and staff is very high at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. You can expect to be working in RCS five days a week upon joining the programme.

We place great emphasis upon preparing you for professional practice and to do this you must achieve an ‘exit velocity’ by drawing upon your own fascinations and ingenuity.

Head of Contemporary Performance Practice and Performance Pedagogy

Deborah Richardson-Webb

Teaching staff

Josh Armstrong

Dr Laura Bissell

Laura Bradshaw

Gary Gardiner

Rachel O’Neill

Jess Thorpe

CPP students have full access to the Royal Conservatoire’s award-winning facilities, including the Wallace Studios at Speirs Locks and the practice rooms and performance spaces in the Renfrew Street Building. Including five professional performing arts venues, a student IT Suite, dance studios and drama rehearsal rooms. The Whittaker library has one of the world’s most comprehensive collections of performance materials and you will also have access to thousands of electronic resources which you will find useful for the Critical and Contextual Studies strand of the programme.

CPP students will also often use rehearsal space at UKTheatre School and Scottish Youth Theatre and in 2016 CPP held the annual graduate showcase and festival, Into the New, in the historic Pearce Institute.

We place great emphasis upon preparing you for a range of diverse careers in professional practice, the programme is packed with work opportunities. Performance and professional collaborations with national and international cutting-edge practitioners, companies, festivals, and arts venues are central to the programme. Recent projects have included work with The Arches, the Macrobert, Libellule Theatre, Janice Parker, National Theatre of Scotland, Glas(s) Performance, the Tramway, Fish and Game, the British Red Cross, and Nic Green. Several students have gone on secondment to international locations such as the USA, Switzerland, Germany, India, and Zambia.

Our graduates are working as solo artists in the live arts sector; directors and performers in devised, community, or educational performance, and as freelance drama workers. A significant number of graduates have set up  their own companies. Other graduates have undertaken further study at masters and doctoral level and also become drama teachers and specialists. Alumni from the programme include:

• Lou Brodie
• Rosana Cade
• Nic Green
• Jess Thorpe
• Tashi Gore
• Peter McMaster
• Becki Gerrard
• Gary McNair
• Johnny McKnight
• Liam Sinclair

All of whom produce performance work internationally, and frequently teach or give workshops at RCS.

Into the New 2017

The Into the New 2017 symposium, I only went out for a walk is inspired by the writings of 19th century naturalist and environmental philosopher, John Muir.

“I only went out for a walk

and finally concluded to stay

out till sundown,

for going out, I found,

was really going in.”

John Muir

Through a series of performance lectures, practitioners from an array of disciplines share their experiences of what can happen when an artist ventures out into the landscape beyond ‘the studio’. How does landscape shape the artist, the work, and the community? Can the ‘outside’ be brought back into the studio? Is it possible for the artist to break down the studio walls and inhabit a place of natural vulnerability? How do we create the potential for ecological change within the audience, the community and ourselves? What happens when we shift our perspective from ‘visiting the wild’ to ‘being wild’?

The Jones

Enconium

 Into the New

Terrible News, Terrible Weather

One Night Only

 

 

Tuition fees for academic year 2020-21

• Scottish/EU Students – £1,820
• Rest of UK (RUK) Students – £9,250
• International (Non EU) – £17,685

Scottish/EU students

The Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS) will pay tuition fees for all eligible full-time Scottish-based and other non-UK undergraduate EU students, who are studying in Scotland at degree level for the first time. Students should apply to SAAS for payment of tuition fees even if they are not applying for any other means of support. Eligible students can also apply for student loans through SAAS . For further advice and to check eligibility contact SAAS directly on 0300 555 0505 or visit their website .

Rest of UK students

Students from England, Wales and Northern Ireland studying in Scotland will be eligible for the same funding/loan package that they would benefit from if they attended an institution in their home country. For further advice please visit student finance England , student financeWales , or student finance Northern Ireland as appropriate.

International students

Students from outside the EU typically fund higher education by a variety of resources, depending on the home country. More specific information on funding options relevant to specific countries can be found on our International page.

Scholarships

Any potential student who auditions for a place at the Royal Conservatoire will automatically be considered for a scholarship. They are awarded on a combination of talent, potential and financial need. More information about Scholarships is available here

Sources of external funding

For more information about alternative funding sources, including external scholarships and bursaries, please visit here.

The Conservatoire’s International and Student Experience team are available to advise and assist applicants and current students in respect of queries about funding your studies at the Conservatoire. Please email or telephone +44 (0)141 270 8281/ +44 (0)141 270 8223 for further information.

Our admissions processes are designed to be fair, transparent and efficient. The audition/interview approach serves the dual nature of allowing the panel to assess first-hand an applicant’s suitability for their chosen programme and it also affords the applicant the opportunity to gain a deeper insight into the nature of that programme and the opportunities offered by the RCS.

In arriving at its recommendation, the audition/interview panel will take account of all aspects of the applicant’s profile i.e.:

• Performance at audition/interview
• Commitment to the particular programme
• Potential to benefit from the programme
• Academic qualifications
• Personal statement
• Performance qualifications
• Performance/practical experience
• References
• Contextualised data

General Academic entrance requirements

• Scottish Highers – 3 passes (grade C or above)
• A Levels – 2 passes
• International Baccalaureate – minimum score of 24 with 3 subjects at Higher Level
• Recognised equivalences (EU and International Entry Requirements)

We welcome the Scottish Baccalaureate and will accept combinations of Highers and Advanced Highers.

We offer a flexible approach to students taking Higher over more than one academic year and/or who achieve their qualifications in more than one sitting.

Subjects required

Within the minimum academic entrance requirements listed above, the subjects required are:

• English or Drama at Higher, Advanced Higher or Advanced level or equivalent

Language of Study

The language of study is English. Applicants who first language is not English will be required to provide evidence of proficiency in English. We accept the International English Language Testing System (IELTS). Level 7.5 (with a score of 7.5 in speaking) is required.

Direct Entry

Applications for direct entry beyond Year 1 will be considered on a case-by-case basis and in accordance with the Royal Conservatoire’s Recognition of Prior (Experiential) Learning policy. If you wish to apply for direct entry, please mark the point of entry on UCAS Conservatoires application as 2 or 3.

Non-standard Entry

We welcome applications from individuals whose academic qualifications or English language qualifications do not match (in terms of equivalence) or fall short of the normal entrance requirements, where specified*. Having satisfied the Audition Panel that they meet the selection criteria and demonstrated that they have the capacity to pursue the proposed course of study, such applicants will be considered through examination of contextualised data provided in accordance with the Non-Standard Entry Policy. The appropriate Head of Department/ Programme will make a case in support of the applicant for consideration by the Directors of the Schools and Convener of the Quality and Standards Committee.

*Note that UK Visa and Immigration (UKVI) imposes minimum English Language qualifications in respect of international (non-EU) applicants who require a Tier 4 Visa to study in the UK.

Mature Students

RCS welcomes applications from mature students, i.e. students over the age of 21 at entry to the programme. Whilst the selection procedures will still be applied, consideration will be given to appropriate artistic experience not normally expected in school leavers, which is deemed to compensate for any lack of traditional entrance qualifications. Successful mature applicants, as for all other applicants, must convince auditioning panels that they have the ability and potential to cope with the demands of the programme. Their progress, especially in the early stages of the programme, will be closely monitored and appropriate advice and support given.

Apply via UCAS conservatoires

Applications are made through UCAS Conservatoires website. The UCAS Conservatoires application system is separate from the main UCAS undergraduate application system. If you wish to apply to conservatoires and universities within UCAS, you will need to register for both services.

There is a UCAS application fee of £25 to register to use UCAS Conservatoires.

To begin a new UCAS Conservatoires application, you will need to register. You can read the UCAS Conservatoires’ advice on completing the UCAS Conservatoires application.

If you need assistance with your application, you can contact UCAS Conservatoires team by telephoning (Monday to Friday, 8.30 – 18.00). Phone 0371 468 0470 from within the UK or +44 330 3330 232 if you are calling from overseas.

Application deadline date

The closing date for all on time undergraduate applications from the UK and EU is 15 January 2020. If you submit your application after this date, we cannot guarantee that you will be invited to audition.

The closing date for international applications (non EU) is 31 March 2020. If you do consider to submit a late application, please contact admissions@rcs.ac.uk in the first instance to check we are accepting late applications. Late applications will be considered on a case by case basis.

We do not offer deferred entry. If you wish to commence in 2021, you must apply next year.

The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland institution code is R58.

You will also require the following programme code to apply:

BA (Hons) Contemporary Performance Practice: W310 – Drama Performance

Application fee

There is a UCAS Conservatoires application fee of £25. In addition to the application fee, each conservatoire charges an audition fee. For RCS, the audition fee is £55 per programme applied for. Fees are not refundable. The fees are paid via the UCAS Conservatoires website and not directly to RCS.

Audition fee

The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland charges an audition administration fee of £55 per course.

We recognise that auditioning and interviewing for conservatoires, drama and ballet schools can be costly. The audition fee charge allows us to offer a thorough and positive experience to all applicants and we encourage you to ask the panel questions and find out more about the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland to see if it is the best place for you.

We are committed to ensuring fair access to a conservatoire education for students who have the talent and potential to benefit from it, regardless of their background. In support of this, audition fee waivers are offered to applicants whom financial hardship may be a barrier to auditioning. Please see the audition fee waivers document for more information.

References

It is your responsibility to ask two separate referees to write references and ensure that these are sent to RCS.

The references must be written by two different people and we will not accept references from family, other relatives or close friends. You can submit your UCAS Conservatoires application form and send your references at a later date, but they must be received prior to your audition date.

UCAS Conservatoires provides reference forms for you to download and send to your referees for completion.

Entrance requirements

Our admissions processes are designed to be fair, transparent and efficient. The audition/interview approach serves the dual nature of allowing the panel to assess first-hand an applicant’s suitability for their chosen programme and it also affords the applicant the opportunity to gain a deeper insight into the nature of that programme and the opportunities offered by the RCS.

In arriving at its recommendation, the audition/interview panel will take account of all aspects of the applicant’s profile i.e.:

• Performance at audition/interview
• Commitment to the particular programme
• Potential to benefit from the programme
• Academic qualifications
• Personal statement
• Performance qualifications
• Performance/practical experience
• References
• Contextualised data

General Academic entrance requirements

• Scottish Highers – 3 passes (grade C or above)
• A Levels – 2 passes
• International Baccalaureate – minimum score of 24 with 3 subjects at Higher Level
• Recognised equivalences (EU and International Entry Requirements)

We welcome the Scottish Baccalaureate and will accept combinations of Highers and Advanced Highers.

We offer a flexible approach to students taking Higher over more than one academic year and/or who achieve their qualifications in more than one sitting.

Subjects required

Within the minimum academic entrance requirements listed above, the subjects required are:

• English or Drama at Higher, Advanced Higher or Advanced level or equivalent

Language of Study

The language of study is English. Applicants who first language is not English will be required to provide evidence of proficiency in English. We accept the International English Language Testing System (IELTS). Level 7.5 (with a score of 7.5 in speaking) is required.

Direct Entry

Applications for direct entry beyond Year 1 will be considered on a case-by-case basis and in accordance with the Royal Conservatoire’s Recognition of Prior (Experiential) Learning policy. If you wish to apply for direct entry, please mark the point of entry on UCAS Conservatoires application as 2 or 3.

Non-standard Entry

We welcome applications from individuals whose academic qualifications or English language qualifications do not match (in terms of equivalence) or fall short of the normal entrance requirements, where specified*. Having satisfied the Audition Panel that they meet the selection criteria and demonstrated that they have the capacity to pursue the proposed course of study, such applicants will be considered through examination of contextualised data provided in accordance with the Non-Standard Entry Policy. The appropriate Head of Department/ Programme will make a case in support of the applicant for consideration by the Directors of the Schools and Convener of the Quality and Standards Committee.

*Note that UK Visa and Immigration (UKVI) imposes minimum English Language qualifications in respect of international (non-EU) applicants who require a Tier 4 Visa to study in the UK.

Mature Students

RCS welcomes applications from mature students, i.e. students over the age of 21 at entry to the programme. Whilst the selection procedures will still be applied, consideration will be given to appropriate artistic experience not normally expected in school leavers, which is deemed to compensate for any lack of traditional entrance qualifications. Successful mature applicants, as for all other applicants, must convince auditioning panels that they have the ability and potential to cope with the demands of the programme. Their progress, especially in the early stages of the programme, will be closely monitored and appropriate advice and support given.

Selection process

Applicants who apply on time (before 15 January) are invited by email, approximately three weeks before the audition date, to RCS to undertake an audition/interview. All auditions/interviews will take place at RCS in Glasgow unless you have chosen another location.

Please note that RCS is only obliged to offer one audition/interview date per application. Alternative dates will only be provided (subject to availability) in exceptional circumstances. If you are unable to make your allocated audition date, you should email us immediately stating the reason.

BA (Hons) Contemporary Performance Practice auditions will take place from December to May.

Where we audition

Whilst most auditions take place at the Conservatoire, we do hold some auditions internationally. If you wish to audition at any of the locations below, please submit your application at least one month in advance of the audition date. If you apply less than a month in advance, we cannot guarantee to audition you in person, and we may ask you to submit a recording instead.

If you select ‘RCS’, your audition will be in Glasgow. We welcome recorded auditions from non UK applicants. If you wish to audition by recording, please select ‘recording’. If you require further information about auditioning in the locations below, please email hello@rcs.ac.uk.

Audition Locations

Where	When
New York	TBC
Chicago	TBC

London Auditions

We also be hold auditions in London for BA (Hons) Contemporary Performance Practice (date to be confirmed). To audition in London, you must apply via UCAS Conservatoires by 15 January 2020.  Audition spaces are limited and are allocated on a first come, first served basis.

Recorded audition

If you are auditioning via video recording, please read the following information before sending us your material. Prior to submitting a recorded audition, you must apply via UCAS Conservatoires. Recorded auditions can be easily submitted online using Acceptd.

You will need to create an account, but then you can easily upload the recordings you wish to be considered. Recordings will not be considered until a UCAS Conservatoires application has been submitted. Once you have completed the UCAS Conservatoires application, you should proceed to Acceptd to submit your video recording. We will only accept recordings submitted via Acceptd and will not accept any other format, i.e. DVDs.

Once you submit your application via UCAS Conservatoires, you will be emailed to submit your audition video recording. This will include what to prepare for the written performance analysis and the photographs for your performance piece. Your audition recording should contain the following:

• A recording of a personal statement (straight to camera). This should include a brief overview of your background and why you are interested in studying the CPP programme at the Royal Conservatoire.
• A recording of yourself performing a short performance piece.
• A written performance analysis.

Audition recordings are submitted online using Acceptd. We will only accept recording submitted via Acceptd and will not accept any other format, i.e. DVDs. Following your recording, you may be contacted for a Skype interview. Recordings should arrive by the 15 January 2020 (EU applicants) and 31 March 2020 (International – non EU).

Audition

The BA (Hons) Contemporary Performance Practice is a practical programme so entry is dependent upon a practical audition as well as academic qualifications. These notes are intended to give you some helpful information and advice – please read them carefully.

The selection process

The selection process has three stages: the workshop, the written exercise and the interview. Each stage is concerned with gathering information which will give us the best possible indication of your suitability for the programme. It also gives you time to discover whether we are right for you! The timetable for the day is as follows:

10am-1pm

Group workshop with all candidates
Selection panel members: The Head of Performance Pedagogy and other CPP lecturers.

1pm-2pm

Lunch

2pm-5pm

Individual interview for those selected Selection panel members: The Head of Performance Pedagogy and other CPP lecturers.

The written exercise

On the day of the audition you should bring a short performance analysis that you have written. You should submit your performance analysis when you arrive at RCS. You are invited to write about a live performance event you have seen recently, saying what you found effective about it and why. You are asked to explain why this performance was an important experience for you. The written performance analysis will give us an indication of your ability to communicate your ideas about performance in good written English. You are advised to write about a live performance event which you feel strongly about. Your performance analysis should be no longer than 500 words and must be all your own work.

The workshop

The workshop will take place in the morning. It lasts approximately three hours and involves all candidates. Three lecturers, normally including the Head of Performance Pedagogy, will work with you. We try to make this stage as non-competitive as possible, because we would like the opportunity to see you working with other people. You cannot prepare for this session other than by being determined to participate and enjoy yourself! The workshop will include exercises and activities, which will allow us to see some of the following:

• your performance skills
• your vocal skills
• your movement skills
• your listening skills
• your ability to work co-operatively and collaboratively with others
• your creativity and imagination

During the workshop you will also be invited to present a short pre-prepared performance piece.

The performance

You will be invited to prepare an original, devised performance piece, using as a starting point, your selection from a number of pictures which will be sent to you with your invitation to attend for an audition. You may, if you wish, choose elements from any or all of the pictures. They are random pictures but you may see a connection between them and wish to explore that.

The piece must last no more than three minutes, so rehearse and time yourself.

It does not have to be naturalistic or ‘tell a ‘story’.

The main thing to avoid is performing a ‘talking head’. In other words, don’t just perform a spoken monologue in character without any of the ideas below. Try, as far as possible to turn your ideas into performed images.

Try to give your piece a structure (even though it’s only three minutes) for example, you may begin and end with the same ‘moment’ in time.

Your piece may include one, some or all of the following:

• Real objects: e.g. teapot, iron, hat, suitcase, clothing, etc.
• Symbolic objects: e.g. cross, flower, mask, etc.
• Spoken word: e.g. text you’ve written yourself, text from a play, text from a poem, a newspaper article, a politician’s speech, etc.
• Action and movement: e.g. gestures, everyday activity, found activity (copying the way someone you see in the street walks, an air hostess giving emergency instructions, someone dancing in a club etc.), dance etc.
• Music: e.g. a song sung live, music and/or sound recorded onto MP3 or CD, music played by you on an instrument, etc.

It may not include any flames, candles or burning of items. If you anticipate that your performance will be messy, it is essential that you bring everything that you will need to clean up after yourself quickly and effectively.

Following the workshop you will be given time to have lunch, to see the School of Drama’s facilities and to talk to students about life at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Over lunch a list will be posted indicating those we would like to see for an interview.

The interview

The interview will take place during the afternoon of the same day, normally conducted by the Head of Performance Pedagogy and other CPP lecturers. The interview will look for, amongst other things:

• your ability to communicate your ideas about performance
• your understanding of contemporary performance work
• what you want to do in performance in the future
• what your previous experiences of performance have been
• why you think performance matters in the world today

You will also be given the opportunity to present a portfolio or other evidence of your experience and interest. In the interview don’t try to give the replies that you think we want or think will impress us. Be yourself, and answer honestly. This is also your opportunity to see if this programme suits you, so please ask us questions.

UK Auditions

We will also be holding auditions in  London and Manchester for BA (Hons) Contemporary Performance Practice in March 2020.  Audition spaces are limited and are allocated on a first come, first served basis. For more information on our UK auditions, please e-mail our Admissions team at admissions@rcs.ac.uk.

 

Following your audition

All decisions will be posted on UCAS Conservatoires following your audition via UCAS Conservatoires Track,  (you will need your username and password). You will also receive notification from UCAS Conservatoires when decisions on all your choices are available.

Please see below for an explanation of UCAS Conservatoires codes:

Guaranteed Unconditional (GU) RCS is satisfied from the information you have given, that you have already met the conditions for entry. Unless your application and/or qualification are subsequently shown to be fraudulent, a guaranteed unconditional offer is binding.

Guaranteed Conditional (GC) RCS has made the offer subject to you meeting certain conditions such as examination results. Conditions can be viewed via UCAS Conservatoires Track. Unless your application and/or qualifications are subsequently shown to be fraudulent, the offer is binding if you accept the offer and meet the conditions. You must meet the conditions of the offer by 31 August 2020, unless an earlier date is specified. If your conditions include obtaining IELTS (English Language test), you must meet this condition by 31 May 2020.

Reserve Unconditional (VU) RCS is satisfied from the information you have given, that you have already met the conditions for entry and you have been offered a place on our reserve pool.

Reserve Conditional (VC) RCS has offered a place on its reserve pool subject to you meeting certain conditions such as examination results. Conditions can be viewed via UCAS Conservatoires Track.

Unsuccessful (R) RCS does not wish to offer you any type of a place.

Replying to offers

As soon as a decision is made, UCAS Conservatoires will let you know. You must reply online via UCAS Conservatoires Track. Your reply date is displayed on Track. If you do not reply by the date given, your offers will be declined automatically. The reply date may be different to other applicants as it is based on when you receive your last decision.

Last decision by	Your reply date is
3 January 2020	3 January 2020
16 March 2020	14 April 2020
14 July 2020	30 July 2020
4 August 2020	8 September 2020
After 4 August 2020	22 September 2020

Please see the UCAS Conservatoires website for more information on replying to offers. If you make an application through UCAS Conservatoires, UCAS or UCAS Teacher Training, you cannot hold more than one confirmed place. A confirmed place in UCAS Conservatoires is a guaranteed unconditional offer as your first choice (GU1) and in UCAS and UCAS Teacher Training it is an unconditional firm (UF) place. If you receive more than one confirmed place, UCAS will ask you to accept one offer and withdraw from any others.

Policy

We have a number of policies and statements which you should read when applying to study at the Royal Conservatoire.

Please select the links below to read each policy.

• Feedback policy
• Equality and diversity
• Applicants with disabilities
• Guidance for applicants with criminal convictions
• Admissions policy