Acting and Performance (Hons) Solent University

Overview

This Acting and Performance (Hons) degree at Solent University gives you the chance to get some key professional acting skills, gain theoretical knowledge of stage and screen acting (with no formal exams), and build a performance portfolio to showcase your talents in a supportive learning environment. You'll learn essential acting techniques for stage and screen, as well as body and voice skills, approaches to the history of performance, and theories of performance.

You will be able to perform in film projects and theatre productions in public venues, and learn from an experienced, welcoming, and helpful teaching team who have been professionally engaged in stage and screen acting and directing.

Career

Work as an actor or performer varies enormously, from live stage performances of the classics, west-end shows and community theatre, to soap operas, radio work, television advertising and film parts. As well as providing entertainment, an actor's role may also involve education, training or therapy.

There are many opportunities across the film and theatre industries in the UK specifically. London theatre audiences have exceeded pre-COVID levels, with West End theatre attendances at £16.4m in 2022, more than 7 per cent higher than the £15.3m recorded in 2019. And spend on UK film and high-end TV production was £4.23bn in 2023. (Creative Industries Council). 

At Solent, you can gain theoretical knowledge of stage and screen acting, build a performance portfolio to showcase your talents and collaborate with students across other courses such as Film and Television to hone your craft for your professional career.