You will train in our well-equipped, flexible theatre spaces. The Silk Street Theatre seats up to 308 in formats such as proscenium, promenade, thrust and in the round. It has counterweight flying, a large orchestra pit and easy access to the workshops. It is particularly well equipped for lighting and sound and provides a dramatic and adaptable environment which is stimulating and exciting at the same time as being practical, safe and ideal for learning.

The Studio Theatre is used for opera, showcases and rehearsals, as well as for teaching projects and experimentation.

In the spring term of 2013, the new development at Milton Court will provide us with additional facilities to house both Technical Theatre and Acting training. It will provide new rehearsal rooms, a TV studio, costume department and teaching rooms. Perhaps most importantly it will include a new 610-seat concert hall, a fully automated proscenium theatre seating 225 and a new studio theatre with a tension wired grid and flexible seating with a capacity of 128. This will mean that the School boasts more performance venues than any other school in the UK.

In addition the School regularly stages productions in the Barbican Centre’s theatres and at the nearby Bridewell Theatre.

Other School facilities that you will use are the scenic workshop, paintshop, prop making department, newly equipped and refurbished sound and video editing studio, lighting workshop, wardrobe, production and stage management offices.
All departments are equipped with networked computers with access to the internet. There is a well-equipped computer room exclusively for Technical Theatre use. You will be given an email address and secure storage for your own files as well as having access to production and programme related information on shared drives and on the School’s intranet.