Rose Bruford College
Rose Bruford College of Theatre & Performance (originally called the Rose Bruford Training College of Speech and Drama) is a United Kingdom drama school, offering university-level and professional vocational training for theatre and performance and the BA and MA degrees, based in Sidcup, Greater London. New initiatives begin in 2010 with the Unicorn Theatre in London. The college enjoys various international contacts with drama schools in both Europe and North America. Rose Bruford College s vocational courses are accredited by the National Council for Drama Training, and it is a member of The Conference of Drama Schools (CDS). The College s research facilities and archives include: the Stanislavski Centre; the Clive Barker Library In partnership with the London V&A Theatre Collections Online, the College also sponsors and supports the web-based UK theatre audio-discussion site TheatreVoice. Its material relating to research, knowledge transfer, and community outreach is featured online in TheatreFutures. Rose Bruford College is not the only theatrical college to be based in Sidcup.Founded in 1950, Rose Bruford pioneered the first acting degree in 1976. According to Rose Bruford College s official website, it provides innovative degree courses in drama training, including degrees in performance like Acting, Actor Musicianship, and European and American Theatre Arts, plus offering courses in other practices and technoligies of theatre, such as Costume Production, Lighting Design, Lighting Control, Performance Sound, Scenic Arts, Theatre Design and Stage Management. Bird College, which specialises in dance and musical theatre, is also based in the town. The college was founded in 1950 in an 18th-century Heritage-listed manor house Lamorbey House in Sidcup in the Greater London area by actress, drama tutor and author Rose Bruford. Rose Bruford College serves as the setting for fictional drama school Salinger College in the 2007 TV drama series Nearly Famous. The college currently offers courses in the following fields of performing arts training: Arts Educational Schools, London · The Hammond School · Sylvia Young Theatre School · Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts · Tring Park School for the Performing Arts · BRIT School · Bird College · Central School of Ballet · Elmhurst School for Dance · English National Ballet School · The Hammond School · Laine Theatre Arts · Laban · London Contemporary Dance School · London Studio Centre · Northern Ballet School · Northern School of Contemporary Dance · Performers College · Royal Ballet School · Scottish School of Contemporary Dance · Tring Park School for the Performing Arts · Academy of Live and Recorded Arts · Arts Educational Schools, London · Birmingham School of Acting · Bristol Old Vic Theatre School · Central School of Speech and Drama · Drama Centre London · Drama Studio London · East 15 Acting School · Guildford School of Acting · Guildhall School of Music & Drama · Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts · Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts · London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art · The Manchester Metropolitan School of Theatre · Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts · Oxford School of Drama · Rose Bruford College · Royal Academy of Dramatic Art · Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama · Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama · Tring Park School for the Performing Arts · Arts Educational Schools, London · Bird College · Cambridge Performing Arts · Guildford School of Acting · Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts · Laine Theatre Arts · Leicester Performing Arts · Liverpool Theatre School and College · Masters Performing Arts College · Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts · Performers College · Stella Mann College · SLP College · The Urdang Academy · Tring Park School for the Performing Arts · Bush Davies School of Theatre Arts · .
Principal and Chief Executive, Professor Michael Earley, was formerly Chief Producer of Plays for BBC Radio Drama and has headed theatre programmes at the University of Lincoln (UK) and Yale University (US). Joining vocational training programmes across disciplines, Rose Bruford College enables students of different professions in the performing arts to collaborate throughout their training.
