Performing Arts - Musical Theatre (Extended) Diploma Level 3

5 GCSEs at grades 4/C or above includ­ing Eng­lish and maths, and a suc­cess­ful audi­tion at one of our audi­tion days.

We will review each appli­ca­tion on a case-by-case basis to ensure you get a place on the course most suit­able for you. One of the ways we do this is through a very effec­tive ​‘6 weeks to suc­cess’ pro­gramme that oper­ates from the first day you start your course. This includes sup­port such as (but not lim­it­ed to):

• Allow­ing you to change cours­es if you change your mind in the first 6 weeks — sub­ject to course availability

• Mov­ing you between course lev­els if you are find­ing your cur­rent lev­el too easy / too hard — sub­ject to course availability

• One-to-one reviews with your aca­d­e­m­ic tutor to ensure you are pro­gress­ing and achiev­ing well

You will be expect­ed to com­mit to rehearsal sched­ules and some addi­tion­al hours for per­for­mances. You will be required to wear uni­form for class­es as per the essen­tial kit list pro­vid­ed before start­ing the course.

Our course enquiries and admis­sions team can be con­tact­ed at enquiries@​stamford.​ac.​uk should you have any fur­ther ques­tions. Alter­na­tive­ly con­tact the Prin­ci­pal at ESPA, Kel­ly Ann Gor­don on 01780 767696 or admin@​easternschool.​co.​uk

You will be expect­ed to com­mit to rehearsal sched­ules and some addi­tion­al hours for per­for­mances. You will be required to wear uni­form for class­es as per the essen­tial kit list pro­vid­ed before start­ing the course. The course is run in col­lab­o­ra­tion with East­ern School of Per­form­ing Arts (ESPA). ESPA is based in the cen­tre of Stam­ford, with our own per­form­ing arts build­ing includ­ing 4 stu­dios, class­rooms, com­mon rooms and kitchen facil­i­ties. ESPA pro­vides indus­try expe­ri­enced tutors for all of their cours­es, enabling stu­dents to devel­op skills required for their next steps.

Please see our social media plat­forms for more con­tent and updates, our insta­gram is @espa_arts and our face­book is @EasternSchoolPA.

Please find attached our prospec­tus for course infor­ma­tion, and you can also find infor­ma­tion on our web­site www​.east​ern​school​.co​.uk

You can also take some online taster ses­sions with ESPA tutors on our youtube chan­nel, you can access the ESPA Online playlist here: ESPA Online

Suc­cess­ful com­ple­tion of this course will allow you to progress to the HND in Per­form­ing Arts at The East­ern School of Per­form­ing Arts or study at pres­ti­gious per­form­ing arts schools. Pre­vi­ous stu­dents have gone on to study at estab­lish­ments such as: Mid­lands Acad­e­my of Dance and Dra­ma, Italia Con­ti, Liv­er­pool The­atre School, Liv­er­pool Insti­tute of Per­form­ing Arts and Stel­la Mann.

You will study the fol­low­ing units:

• Prin­ci­ples of Performance
• Engag­ing with an audience
• Intro­duc­tion to pro­fes­sion­al practice
• Crit­i­cal and con­tex­tu­al studies
• Pro­duc­tion skills and context
• Per­for­mance skills and context
• Prepa­ra­tion for spe­cial­ist study
• Col­lab­o­ra­tive Per­for­mance Project
• Devel­op­ing Per­for­mance and Pro­duc­tion Skills
• Prepar­ing for progression
• Explo­ration of spe­cial­ist study and context
• Extend­ed Project