Audition for an English acting school in Hong Kong!
East 15 Acting School, one of the UK's most innovative acting schools and part of the University of Essex, is visiting Hong Kong to hold auditions and interviews for entry to a range of professional acting and theatre directing programmes.
Director of East 15, and a well-known theatre director, Leon Rubin, will audition and interview any student who wishes to study acting or directing professionally in England at this internationally famous theatre school on the edge of London.
Leon Rubin said: 'This is the first time East 15, a major UK theatre school has come to audition in Hong Kong. It represent a world search for the best, most talented student of acting and directing, and offers a great opportunity for potential students to meet me and not to have to travel to the UK for an audition or interview. I will be delighted to meet and audition anyone interested in studying professional theatre in the UK.'
Auditions will be held in Hong Kong on Wednesday 5 December for the following undergraduate programmes:
- BA Acting (provides traditional actor training)
- BA Community Theatre (provides actor training for performing in and with communities)
- BA Contemporary Theatre (provides contemporary actor training)
- BA Physical Theatre (provides acting training with emphasis on physical styles of performance)
Auditions will be held in Hong Kong on Wednesday 5 December for the following postgraduate programme aimed at mature students (over 21 years of age):
- MA/MFA in Acting (International) (provides traditional acting training over one year as an MA or two years as an MFA)
All candidates for acting programmes must have prepared at least one audition monologue (maximum three minutes long) in English for the audition.
Interviews will be held in Hong Kong on Wednesday 5 December for the following programmes:
- BA Technical Theatre (provides training in lighting/sound/stage management/props)
- MA/MFA in Theatre Directing (provides training in theatre directing over one year as an MA or two years as an MFA)
Candidates must be prepared to be interviewed in English.
These open auditions will be held at the British Council from 6pm to 9pm.
For further information, please contact Leon Rubin directly on e-mail: lrubin; non-Essex users should add @essex.ac.uk to create full e-mail address, or contact: The British Council, 3 Supreme Court Road, Admiralty, Hong Kong on telephone 29135100, fax: 29135102, e-mail: enquiries; add @britishcouncil.org.hk to create full e-mail address
East 15 has been providing professional training for those wishing to work in theatre, film, TV, radio and other related fields for more than 40 years. It has a campus in Loughton, just 12 miles outside of London and, in September 2000, became part of the University of Essex. Since then a strategy has developed to expand East 15's provision to the University's new campus in Southend-on-Sea.
