Acting

Acting is a discipline of sustained creative and technical development, concerned with the craft of inhabiting fictional lives convincingly and with integrity. It requires work on voice, movement, and physical presence alongside the intellectual and emotional preparation needed to bring written characters to life. At its best, actor training develops not just technique but a flexible and perceptive intelligence that serves performers across a wide range of styles and media, from classical text to contemporary naturalism, from stage to camera.

At the University of Hull this three-year full-time programme is taught in a department with a notable heritage of producing graduates who have gone on to significant professional careers. The artistic directors of both the National Theatre and the Royal Court Theatre have been Hull drama graduates, which reflects the ambition and rigour of the training on offer. You will develop your craft across all the principal areas of actor training, working with specialist tutors in voice, movement, and textual analysis, and engaging with a range of performance practices from classical to contemporary.

The typical entry tariff of 120 points reflects the standard expected of students admitted to the programme.

You will build creative confidence, technical skill, the ability to collaborate under pressure, and the professional discipline that sustains a career in performance. The programme prepares you to work at the highest level in theatre, television, film, and other performance contexts.

Graduates pursue careers in theatre, film, television, radio, voiceover, musical theatre, community and applied theatre, teaching, and arts facilitation. Many work across several areas simultaneously in the kind of portfolio career that is normal in the profession. Postgraduate study in acting, directing, or theatre practice is also a pathway for those seeking further specialist training or academic research roles.