| Drama Centre London | |
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| Established | 1963 |
| Location | London, United Kingdom |
| Affiliations | University of the Arts London |
| Website | www.csm.arts.ac.uk/drama |
Drama Centre London (often abbreviated as Drama Centre) is a British drama school in King's Cross, London, where it recently relocated after a major reshaping of the university. The school is part of the Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design of the University of the Arts London [1] and is a member of the Conference of Drama Schools.[2] The BA (Hons) Acting course, offered by the school, is accredited by the National Council for Drama Training.[3]
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Drama Centre London was founded in 1963 by a breakaway group of teachers and students from the Central School of Speech and Drama, led by John Blatchley, Yat Malmgren and Christopher Fettes.[4] The school was located originally on Prince of Wales Road, Chalk Farm, but moved first to Back Hill, Clerkenwell in 2004, then to its current site at King's Cross in 2011. Since 1999, it has operated as an integral school of Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design, offering degree programmes in acting, directing and screenwriting.
A principal aim in the founding of the school was to bring some of the major developments in American and European theatre to the training of British and international actors. Its approach articulates Stanislavski's system, with the movement work of Rudolf Laban and the character typology of C.G. Jung to produce a 'movement psychology' for the analysis and development of characters. The school's work also draws on the English tradition, particularly that of Joan Littlewood and Theatre Workshop. These approaches are taught as part of the Western theatrical tradition that began with the Greeks, on which the school places great emphasis.[5] When the school was founded, it was the only drama school in the country to have an acting class, and is considered to be the first 'Method' drama school in Britain.[6]
Like most drama schools, Drama Centre places a particular emphasis on the work of Stanislavski,also training students in improvisation through the Vakhtangov and Lecoq traditions. The school offers a theatre-based training incorporating both modern and classical texts, and also prepares actors for the demands of screen acting, for which it has a two year postgraduate course. In September 2005, the school launched an advanced MA training course in 'European Classical Acting' which includes residencies at both the Vakhtangov Theatre Academy in Moscow and Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London.
The Drama Centre has always had an international outlook and was the first British drama school to introduce some of the great classics of the European repertoire: Spanish, German and French. Today, this tradition continues and is reflected in a broad spectrum of international links, which includes schools in the USA, Russia and China.
The Platform Theatre is a receiving and producing theatre situated in the Central Saint Martins complex at King's Cross. The theatre holds 360 in a variety of configurations, has an orchestra pit and a full flying tower and is equiped to high professional standards. The theatre aims to present all aspects of the performing arts. Productions by students of Drama Centre London are presented here, as is work by students of other colleges of the University of the Arts, London.
For full list, see Category:Alumni of the Drama Centre London Lucy Briggs-Owen Elspeth Brodie John Dagliesh Paola Dionisotti Alan Dunnett John Duttine Ian Forrest Esther Freud (novelist) Kelly Hotten Marcia Kash Miriam Khalvati (poet) Jonathan Martin Michael Mears Liz Mickery (screenwriter) Vladimir Mirodan Adrian Noble Lambert Wilson Category:Alumni of the Drama Centre London
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