Welcome to our Undergraduate Drama Online Open Day.
We are delighted to welcome you here from across the world to share more about our conservatoire.
If you have any questions about studying at RCS, please contact us at hello@rcs.ac.uk.
Welcome to RCS
Head of Programmes
Like Nowhere Else
RCS is the only conservatoire in Europe to teach all of the performing and production arts on the one campus, and there is a a distinctive buzz about working in an environment with so many creative artists. BA Acting student Charlie talks about their experience of RCS and why they think the School of Drama is a place Like Nowhere Else.
Introducing
BA Acting
” I just fell in love with RCS. I thought, there’s a room full of people like me here. It was incredible.”
– Ncuti Gatwa, BA Acting graduate
Auditions
Ali de Souza (Associate Head of BA Acting) shares some top auditioning tips, and recalls some of his own past audition horror stories with Visiting Lecturer and Intimacy Co-ordinator, Vanessa Coffey.
Audition Preparation courses
We run regular audition preparation weekends for both Acting and Musical Theatre programmes, and the skills taught are transferable to other audition scenarios.
Learn from the best
Watch our Learn From The Best series with Sam and Alan and learn their top 3 tips for actors and performers.
Acting Gallery
Latest performances include Bad Roads, How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found and The Speculator.
View more photos from our Acting programme on Flickr.
Introducing
BA (Hons) Contemporary Performance Practice
” CPP continues to support some of the most urgent and exciting makers and thinkers in the arts.”
– Michael Norton, Artsadmin
CPP Gallery
A selection of images from our Into The New festival and collaborations. View more photos from our CPP programme on Flickr.
Meet the Alumni
Dear you…
Final year Contemporary Performance Practice student Maria Monterio writes a letter to prospective students reflecting on her experience of the course.
CPP Publications
Students and graduates of the Contemporary Performance Practice programme have contributed to two new publications this term, ReCollection and Graduate Pathways.
Please browse these documents to find out more about student work, opportunities for students and alumni and possible career paths for Contemporary Performance Practice students after they have graduated.
Watch more Contemporary Performance Practice
Watch some of the artistic output from the Contemporary Performance Practice programme.
Introducing
BA Musical Theatre
100% of RCS Musical Theatre graduate respondents are in employment or further study
– HESA 2018/19
Meet the BA Musical Theatre Students
Musical Theatre Gallery
Latest performances include Into The Woods, The Pajama Game and Violet.
View more pictures from our Musical Theatre programme on Flickr.
Performing on stage now
Cinderella
Find out more on our Box Office.
The Pajama Game: Fresh Looks
Read how Theatre Director and MA Classical and Contemporary Text graduate (2013), Becky Hope-Palmer led the BA Musical Theatre Class of 2021 through The Pajama Game under Covid-19 restrictions, delivering a fresh take on the show whilst still retaining all the 1950s Golden Age magic with the timeless story of capital vs labour at the heart of it.
Introducing
BA Performance in British Sign Language and English
The only course of it’s kind in Europe, this course uses British Sign Language, English and visual language to teach artists how to make and perform work.
Meet the BA Performance Students
BA Performance Gallery
Latest performances include The Coat and The Assumption. View more photos from our BA Performance programme on Flickr.
Meet the Alumni
Want to get more experience in Performance?
We are running a series of FREE online courses in British Sign Language and Performance which will provide a great insight into how the BA Performance course works and what life is like as a student at RCS.
These sessions will focus on BSL as well as Skills classes including Devising, Acting and Movement. Applicants are recommended to attend one BSL Class and one Performance Class per week. These classes are designed for D/deaf and hard of hearing students.
Weekly classes are running now until March 2022 at the following times:
British Sign Language Class
Tuesday 10am – 12pm GMT
OR Tuesday 6pm – 8pm GMT
Performance Class
Wednesdays 6pm – 8pm GMT
OR Thursdays 10am – 12pm GMT
OR Thursdays 6pm – 8pm GMT
Please contact us at hello@rcs.ac.uk or WhatsApp video call/message us on 07961773630 to register your place.
Introducing
About RCS
Campus and Facilities
With five performance venues, recording studios, the UK’s busiest conservatoire archive and a library that has one of the most comprehensive collections of performance materials in the UK and internationally – you will have everything you need to thrive as an emerging artist at RCS.
Study in the World’s Most Beautiful Country*
Our beautiful country attracts people from all over the world with its majestic mountains, lochs, forests, historic sites, castles, coastal areas and beaches. More than 50,000 international students from 180 countries choose to study in Scotland.
Glasgow has come a long way since its industrial roots and lives up to its reputation as the top cultural city in the UK (European Commission Report 2019).*Rough Guides 2019
RCS Students’ Union
RCSSU is the lively, colourful heart of the student experience. Whether it’s helping you to get settled into the student life, hosting events to bring you together or making your voice heard – the RCSSU is here for you.
They are the informal ear when you’re experiencing things like homesickness and financial challenges, as well as being the platform to set up societies and work with staff to improve your experience.
Say hello to the Student President and find out more about the RCS Students’ Union.