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Qualification
HND - Higher National Diploma
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Location
Granton
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
25-AUG-25
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Duration
2 Years
Course summary
Course overview
HND Musical Theatre is a diverse course designed to push you towards your performing potential. This multi-faceted course will test your skills in acting, singing and dancing with a view to progressing to a career in the exciting industry of musical theatre.
Performing Arts Studio Scotland (PASS) has a range of exceptional professional facilities including the Pass studio theatre as well as dance, acting and aerial studios
You will gain essential experience through practical and theoretical studies, which include varied acting techniques, vocal training using Estill and other practices, jazz, tap dance, musical theatre repertoire, and production. Opportunities to visit theatres and take part in industry-run workshops will be available through PASS industry connections. As part of this course, you will participate in exciting projects and musical theatre productions.
Upon completion, you will be qualified for further study of musical theatre at a university level. This course also offers exciting opportunities for collaboration with other students at Edinburgh College including make-up artists, costume designers and technical theatre designers. You will meet previous PASS students who have become theatre professionals at our inspiring PASS It On sessions throughout the year.
You will leave this course having learned how to take a simple idea, and expand and explore it until becomes a final product bringing it to life in musical form.
Placement information
no placement but projects and performances take place that mirror professional practices to build student's experience and prepare them for progressing into employment.
Additional performances in previous academic years have been at : Royal Yacht Britannia, College Development Network Awards Ceremony, National Portrait Gallery, tour of High Schools in Edinburgh, Lothians and Fife, New York Tartan Week.
Students have also participated in Cultural Exchange Trips with Edinburgh Festival Carnival to South Africa, Brazil, Costa Rica and Cuba where they have worked with arts organisations in a variety of contexts.
How the course is assessed
You will be assessed through practical demonstrations of singing, dancing and acting skills
You will be tested on your theory through assignment work (actors logbooks or Vlogs and through theoretical/research assignments).
Tuition fees
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Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.
University information
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Campus address
Edinburgh College, 24 Milton Road East, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH15 2PP, Scotland