BA Acting for Theater and Film

• Train as versatile actors and theater-makers with advanced skills in acting, voice, movement, and performance for stage, screen, and digital platforms.
• Apply professional performance techniques through intensive, practice-led training aligned with contemporary industry standards.
• Create, collaborate, and innovate, producing original work as performers, directors, producers, and creative artists.
• Engage in interdisciplinary practice, integrating acting with digital media, content creation, and emerging performance forms.
• Develop sustainable professional careers, informed by global performing arts traditions, enriched by local cultural contexts, and driven by industry-focused career development.

Intermediate Diploma in Acting for Theater and Film

• Performance Critique: Assessment of live and screen performances.
• Written Reflection: Critical analysis of artistic practice and creative development.
• Project Evaluation: Assessment of original creative work across performance and production.
• Showreel Review: Industry-aligned evaluation of professional promotional materials.
• Class Participation: Ongoing assessment of engagement, collaboration, and professionalism.

Acting Audition

These will be performed live at the audition day. No pre-recorded monologue is required to be submitted at the time of the application.

Applicants must prepare two contrasting monologues and present them live during the audition day, each student will get approximately 5 minutes of allocated time, while each monologue will be 1–2 minutes in length:

• One monologue selected from the BA Acting Audition Pack*
• One monologue of the applicant’s own choosing (or from the BA Acting audition pack)

*Please note the BA Acting Audition pack is applicable for those candidates that are invited to audition. The pack includes detailed support, guidance, and monologues (speeches) which can be performed at audition.

One monologue may be performed in either English or Arabic. The second monologue must be performed in English.

For Monologues performed in English, we understand that candidates may have varying levels of experience. We are primarily interested in potential, connection to the material, and willingness to engage with the work.

On the audition day, candidates may also take part in a short acting workshop before performing their monologues.

Performance Focus
Audition pieces should demonstrate:

• A clear emotional connection to the character
• Vocal clarity and effective use of spoken text
• Thoughtful and intentional physical choices
• A sound understanding of the dramatic text

What the Audition Panel Is Looking For

The audition panel assesses potential rather than perfection. In particular, applicants are evaluated on:

• Imagination and creativity in the interpretation of character and text
• Curiosity about the craft of acting and openness to exploration
• Engagement with the wider world, reflected through material choice and interpretive insight
• Willingness to take creative risks and respond to direction (where applicable)

The audition process is designed to identify applicants with the capacity to grow, develop, and thrive within a rigorous, conservatory-style training environment, rather than those presenting a finished product.

Admission requirements, program structures, and program-specific requirements are subject to review and may be updated or changed at any time without prior notice. Applicants are advised to visit the program page at the time of admission for the most current information.

• Collaborative, inquiry-based ensemble learning, driven by shared investigation, problem-solving, and collective creative practice at the core of actor training.
• Practice-led, experiential training that integrates rigorous rehearsal with reflection, enabling students to apply technique within authentic performance and production contexts.
• Immersive, professional-style learning environments, including rehearsal rooms, studios, and performance spaces, where students actively test, analyze, and refine their craft.
• Meaningful industry engagement, offering real-world insight, professional exposure, and the business and entrepreneurial skills needed to build, sustain, and shape careers in the performing arts sector.

• Acting for Camera
• Acting Graduation Production
• Acting Technique
• Arabic and World Theatre Styles
• Arabic Communication & Cultural Expression
• Audition Technique
• Auditioning for Film & Television
• Career Preparation: Producing and Creating Theatre
• Combat for Camera
• Content Creation for the Creative Arts
• Creative Enterprise and Cultural Leadership
• Directing for Stage and Film
• Foundation English for Academic Success
• Generative AI in Cultural and Creative Practice
• Improvisation for Camera
• Improvisation Techniques
• Industry and Networking: Business Essentials for Theatre and Film
• Introduction to Stage Direction and Design
• Islamic Practices
• Professional English for the Creative Industries
• Saudi Art and Culture
• Shakespeare: Text and Performance
• Shoot for the Edit: Film and Television Production
• Stage Combat
• The Business of Creative Practice
• The Reel Actor
• Theatre in Education
• Voice Production and Speech
• Voiceover for Gaming and Radio
• World Art and Culture

Career opportunities include, but are not limited to:

• Actor (Theater, Film, Television, and Digital Media)
• Voiceover Artist
• Acting Coach
• Director (Stage and Screen)
• Producer
• Casting Director
• Stage Manager
• Theater Educator / Teaching Artist
• Content Creator / Digital Performer
• Creative Producer or Project Lead
• Theater Maker / Devised Performance Artist