Rose Bruford College
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Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance is London's International Drama School. Students from over 40 different countries study with us on our 15 different vocational and professional degree courses, producing over 75 separate productions a year.
We are also one of the UK's top specialist higher education institutions delivering education in a single subject: theatre training. And for this we currently receive premium funding from government.
We train like a conservatoire and think like a university. We deliver the best of both worlds through our unique degree programmes and by providing top-flight training that leads to excellent career prospects.
About Us
The College is located in Lamorbey Park, Southeast London, in beautiful green grounds just 30 minutes by train from Trafalgar Square and the heart of London’s West End. The campus clusters around the Grade II listed Lamorbey House with modern, purpose-built facilities, including a 330-seat theatre-in-the-round, a 100-seat flexible Barn theatre, two black box studio theatres, spacious rehearsal rooms, recording studios, technical laboratories, design and production workshops, a unique drama library and well-equipped study areas. In 2015 the College opened ensuite student accommodations a short walk from campus.
Proud of its history of innovation that saw Rose Bruford introducing the first university-level BA degree in Acting and the first BA in Lighting Design in the 1970s, Rose Bruford College continues to push the boundaries of training in performance and technical theatre, making it one of the world's leading drama conservatoires and one of the UK's largest in terms of student numbers and the variety of its professional training options. Preparing its Acting graduates for a career on stage and screen, and design, management and technical graduates for behind the scenes across the wider entertainment industries -- with six separate acting and performance options at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, the largest portfolio of technical theatre and management undergraduate programmes - we train some of the best talent making theatre today around the world.
The College and its teaching staff foster the imagination, talents and creativity of our students, preparing them for rewarding and satisfying careers in challenging and exciting industries. Our job is to train, but also to help find employment for all our graduates.