Performance Making Diploma – 2023
About our Diploma
Are you?
- Passionate about performance?
- Learning disabled and/or autistic?
- Considering a career as a theatre maker?
- Experienced in the performing arts?
- Aged 18+?
Access All Areas’ “Performance Making Diploma”, at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, has become known as one of the world’s leading courses for and by learning disabled and autistic creatives.
Students work with celebrated theatre and TV professionals to learn performance skills, create scripts and performances, and prepare for different career options in the arts and media. All classes are co-led by professional learning disabled and/or autistic creatives.
Applications are now closed for this year’s Performance Making Diploma. Watch this space to be the first to know when the next recruitment period is.
Details on the course
Who is it for?
Learning disabled and/or autistic people aged 18+ with previous drama experience.
When does it happen?
- The Diploma is a part-time, two-year course. It runs from October 2o23 to July 2025.
- Students will attend classes two days per week, along with intensive weeks at Easter and in the summer.
- Some students will complete their work on the course after the first year, while some will be invited to continue on the second year of the course.
Where is it?
Most classes are at
The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Eton Avenue
London
NW3 3HY
How much does it cost?
There is a £400 per year admin fee for the course. All other costs are subsidised, so students won’t need to pay more than this.
We offer some free places for those on low incomes.
74% of diploma graduates have gone into paid work as artists
Meet some of the graduates
“I have loved every single minute of the course. It has done my confidence the world of good! My highlight was getting to play Lenny from Of Mice And Men – I always wanted to try that role.”
Henry, 2021 graduate
Award-winning
We are very proud to have won the Guardian University Award for Student Diversity and Widening Participation.
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