Who we work with

Kings College, London

The majority of our higher education programmes are validated by Kings College London

Our relationship with King’s goes back over 25 years and RADA has offered Kings degrees and diplomas since 2001.

The following programmes receive Kings College London awards:

• BA (Hons) in Acting
• Foundation Degree (FdA) in Technical Theatre and Stage Management
• BA (Hons) in Technical Theatre and Stage Management (completion year)
• Postgraduate Diploma in Theatre Costume
• MA Theatre Lab

Federation of Drama Schools

RADA is a founding member of the Federation of Drama Schools, founded in 2017 to represent conservatoire arts training in the UK.

All member schools offer vocational training for future professional performers, theatre-makers and theatre production practitioners. As members they must all adhere to the Federation’s core principles, including a commitment to equality and diversity, strong links to the industry, an emphasis on teaching practical skills to a professional standard, and a commitment to preparing students for a rapidly changing professional environment.

The Federation holds regular meetings of its member schools that focus on sharing best practice and research within the performing arts and training industry.

Find out more on the Federation of Drama Schools website.

New York University

For over 10 years, New York University Tisch School of the Arts has been collaborating with RADA to deliver a widely acclaimed Shakespeare in Performance programme. This course has given over 250 students from the United States the opportunity to become immersed for a semester in the world of Shakespeare, absorbing the skills necessary to tackle many areas of Elizabethan and Jacobean theatre.

During the semester there are presentations involving song, dance, sonnets, combat, clowning, monologues and scene study. There are two play projects and the programme concludes with an ensemble studio production in one of the Academy's theatres.

The program contains a notable amount of one-to-one teaching, while the comprehensive series of skills classes offered reflects the 'conservatoire' training for which RADA is renowned.

This training is not available anywhere else in the United States, and New York University has designated it as "a learning opportunity that is second to none".

See a video of some recent Shakespeare in Performance students talking about the course and what it meant to them.

Further information

Recruitment is the direct responsibility of Tisch Special Programs. For more information, please visit the Tisch website.