Master’s degree · Initial professional preparation
MA Screen Acting
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School · Clifton, Bristol, England, United Kingdom
- Award
- MA Screen Acting
- Audience & level
- Adults
- Format
- In personOne year (full-time)
- Price
- £18,000per year, 2027-28
About this program
One-year full-time postgraduate screen acting course for actors with prior training or experience, covering camera technique, filmed productions and a showreel.
- Offering
- Degree program
- Fields
- Screen acting
- Advertised approaches
- MeisnerAs advertised by the provider; this does not imply affiliation with any practitioner’s organisation.
- Purpose
- Initial professional preparation
- Teaching language
- English
Qualification and recognition
- Qualification
- Master’s degree
- Exact award
- MA Screen Acting
- Award status
- Academic awardAwarded by a degree-granting institution.
- Awarding body
- UWE Bristol
Stated by the schoolUWE BristolPartner-awarded degree
Scope not stated in the source.
Structure and schedule
- Duration
- One year (full-time)
- Delivery
- In personTaught at the listed teaching location.
- Physical attendance
- Regular physical attendance
- Schedule
- Full-timeAcademic year September 2027 – July 2028
- Class size
- up to twenty four students accepted to this course per academic year
- Course dates
- September 2027 – July 2028
- Teaching location
- Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Downside Road1 – 3 Downside Road, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 2XF
Admissions and auditions
Audition required
- Self-tape
- Yes
- In-person audition
- Yes
- Callback
- Yes
- Audition detail
- Application form and self-tape are assessed first; successful applicants are invited to an in-person recall with improvisation workshopping, duologue performances and interview questions.
- Prior education
- Applicants would normally be expected to have an undergraduate degree, often (but not exclusively) in a related subject area
- Language requirements
- Overall IELTS 7.0 normally required, minimum 7.0 in each component.
- Intakes
- September 2027
- Deadlines
- APPLICATIONS CLOSE ON 1st MARCH 2027.
- Official instructions
- Application and audition instructions
Fees
Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per class, per term, per year, whole program) and is never converted or added up for you.
| Item | Amount | Applies to | Dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition fees, all studentsTuition · mandatory | £18,000per year, 2027-28 | All students | 16 October 2026Source |
Performance opportunities
As published by the provider. Showcases and productions are opportunities to perform; they do not guarantee agents, auditions, casting, union eligibility or work.
- Screen projects
- Students take part in BOVTV film projects and a student-led film production.
- Career support
- Graduates leave with a Spotlight profile and a showreel of recorded material.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: experience level.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 16 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 16 October 2026)