Welcome to East 15 Acting School's website

One of the UK's most innovative acting schools, East 15 has been providing professional training for those wishing to work in theatre, film, TV, radio and related fields for almost 50 years.

The School has a campus in Loughton, on the borders of east London and the Central line of the Underground, and in Southend-on-Sea, as part of the University of Essex's new state-of-the-art development there and just 50 minutes from London.

East 15 offers an extraordinarily dynamic portfolio of degrees that span many areas of training and study of performance for actors, directors and technical theatre specialists. East 15 draws on its long and successful traditions, and combines this with a keen sense of the changing world of theatre today. We train and educate students who want to go and work successfully when they graduate, whether it be in the UK or overseas. Training is by professionals for professionals.

Professor Leon Rubin
Director, East 15 Acting School

 

LATEST NEWS

East 15 graduate John McKeever wins Best Male Actor Spotlight Award

We are delighted to announce that BA Acting and Contemporary Theatre graduate, John McKeever, has won the prestigious Spotlight Prize for Best Male Actor 2009

He competed with 21 other actors for the prize, all from other leading conservatoires who are members of the Conference of Drama Schools.

John was swift to credit his training at East 15 with his success, saying:

“I will always see East 15 as the place where it all went right  and where I enjoyed four incredible years. I was offered the Foundation course (Cert/HE) where David Robson and his team concreted every inch of my resolve to work hard. If ANYONE is offered this course, TAKE IT! I then discovered the Contemporary Theatre course, and knew that was where I was going. The first year was possibly the most fun I have ever had, and will forever be a source of inspiration. The course is led by Uri Roodner and with no shame at all I put every single success I have had, and may have in the future on this man, and the Contemporary Theatre course.

But of course all these experiences and delights were and still are within the willowed canopy of the "East 15 bubble".

Thank you doesn't cut it, but it's simple enough to work.”