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Italia Conti Acting (Musical Theatre) course

I'm looking at applying to drama school for 2025 (taking a gap year this year) and am more of an actor/singer- so I've been looking at musical theatre courses that are less 'dance focused'. The Acting (Musical Theatre) course at Conti looks like exactly what I've been looking for, but I can't find anything about it online. Has anyone done the course or know anyone who has done it? What are the prospects like after graduation?
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Original post by eethwin
I'm looking at applying to drama school for 2025 (taking a gap year this year) and am more of an actor/singer- so I've been looking at musical theatre courses that are less 'dance focused'. The Acting (Musical Theatre) course at Conti looks like exactly what I've been looking for, but I can't find anything about it online. Has anyone done the course or know anyone who has done it? What are the prospects like after graduation?

Try posting on the 2024 drama school application thread - it’s a bit quiet on there at the moment as the applications are done for this year but someone will be able to advise.
They’ll be a new one very soon for the 2025 applications and will be people on to answer/ advise
It's a pretty new course, I believe (specifically the Acting and MT course), so I'm not sure there will be any graduates yet to judge future prospects. It's likely to be no worse and no better than other acting/ MT courses where it's more about the acting and less about dance. Maybe have a look at Central/Royal Welsh/Royal Scotland too as they are similar? In terms of prospects it's a tough old world for all performing arts grads, to be honest.
Are you looking for less dance focus on the course or doesn't include dance as part of the audition? Both LIPA & Leeds Conservatoire offer musical theatre courses that include dance on the course (to increase the chances of employability) but audition on singing & acting.
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It's a new course so no graduates yet. At the open day they went through the course and you work with mainly the acting team but have singing lessons and group singing and still have (I think) three dance lessons a week. They are still looking for capable dancers for the course but aim for more acting training so you can do screen too. They have a lot of detailed slides so you might be able to get copies if you ask admissions for more information?

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