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Study Details: MFA 2 years
Our two-year MFA gives you the opportunity to launch your career as a director with a full run in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
This course has been launched to extend a great opportunity for trainee directors.
Working in the heart of the festival city, there will be time to work with actors on all years of the BA Acting & English and the BA Acting for Stage & Screen courses.
You’ll be working on contemporary and classic texts and alongside trainee playwrights to create new work.
You’ll have dedicated industry-recognised mentors providing support throughout your training time and you’ll be studying in one of the most culturally-vibrant cities in the world.
The two-year duration gives you time to truly develop skills and creativity, and also allows you to network and build relationships with actors and writers who can make an impact on your career after you graduate.
The entry requirement for this course is a Bachelor (Honours) Degree at 2:2 or above, with a background in Drama or Humanities.
We may also consider lesser qualifications if you have sufficient professional work experience within the industry.
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This course aims to train such graduates, who can see unlimited potential and a variety of opportunities for themselves in the entertainment industry.
Our graduates have gone on to do some great work professionally in the few years it has been running. One graduate was Assistant Director for the National Theatre of Scotland’s large scale touring musical, Orphans as well as directing a number of Oran Mohr productions; one was Associate Director on The Lyceum and Bristol Old Vic recent co-production of Anna Karenina; another was Artistic Director of Edinburgh International Book Festival’s EXPO-funded performances - Scotland Through Time as well as directing an Oran Mohr; other graduate achievements include Assistant Programme Director for a young person’s theatre company and Assistant Director for Strange Town theatre company who runs his own producing company as well.
We believe that directors trained in the core skills of good story-telling, inspiring great performance, working effectively and creatively in a collaborative environment, preparing and adhering to schedules and budgets, and understanding a variety of marketing possibilities will be able to adapt their work to a variety of platforms.
Modules that you will study* as part of this course
* These are indicative only and reflect the course structure in the current academic year. Some changes may occur between now and the time that you study.
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