The BA (Hons) Acting degree will put you on track for a successful career on stage and screen. The course is for emerging performers interested in developing not only their practical skills, but also their research and critical thinking skills.

You will have the opportunity to develop as an actor through engagement with a range of practical and theoretical modules.

The course also offers optional routes in a range of performance specialisms, including applied drama, contemporary theatre, and acting for stage and screen.

Studying Acting at Chester involves working with a dynamic, international team of tutors with a wealth of industry experience. There are a range of exciting module choices, and students are encouraged to develop their employability and graduate skills throughout the course. The Department has excellent links with the professional industry: locally, nationally and internationally.

You will work closely with directors and practitioners who specialise in a range of areas, developing productions in each year of the degree, alongside studying many other practical and theoretical aspects of performance.

The staff team currently includes experienced directors and producers for both stage and screen, applied theatre practitioners, and experts in actor training and physical theatre.

The department is a vibrant, close-knit and supportive community of performers and practitioners, working in the excellent facilitites at the Kingsway Campus.