UK's first Media Programme Accredited by the NCDT
East 15 Acting School is pleased to announce that, after just four years, the National Council for Drama Training (NCDT) has accredited the highly sought after postgraduate Acting for TV, Film & Radio programme.
In 2001 East 15 launched the UK's first full-time degree for actors wanting to specialise in TV, film, and radio. This leads to either a Postgraduate Diploma or an MA and is led by Edward Hicks, a former West End and RSC actor who went on to study as a film director at the London Film School, where he now serves as a Governor.
The degree runs for 52 weeks and includes a high-powered programme of skills classes, workshops, and tutorials. Regular tutors include Peter Cregeen (former Head of BBC TV Drama), David Blount (an award winning BBC Radio Drama producer) and Jan Haydn Rowles (a voice coach for TV, stage and the RSC).
Limited to just 14 to 16 students per year, the programme embraces the best of East 15 traditions as well as the techniques of modern technology. It also benefits from unique partnership with Ravensbourne College - who successfully prepare TV and broadcast directors and technicians for BBC and ITV.
The scheme has set a new standard in drama school showcases, annually presenting their work to agents and casting directors in the ICA Cinema.
The National Council for Drama Training is a partnership of employers in theatre, broadcast and media industries, employee representatives and training providers. The aim of the NCDT is to act as a champion for the drama industry, working to optimise support for professional drama training and education, embracing change and development. It exists to act as a champion for the industry by working to optimise support for professional drama training and education, embracing change and development. It works to safeguard the highest standards and provides a credible process of quality assurance through accreditation for vocational drama courses in further and higher education in the UK.
Accreditation aims to give students confidence that the programmes they choose are recognised by the drama profession as being relevant to the purposes of their employment and that the profession has confidence that the people they employ who have completed these programmes have the skills and attributes required for the continuing health of the industry.
Members of the NCDT include: BBC, Channel 4, ITV, Conference of Drama Schools, Theatrical Management Association and Equity.
