Full-time Intensive Training

Full-time Intensive Training Programmes at GFCA

 

WHAT MAKES THE GFCA ADVANCED INTENSIVE ACTING DIPLOMA UNIQUE?

At the Giles Foreman Centre for Acting, our acting philosophy developed from that of the original Drama Centre London, where Giles was trained by Christopher Fettes, Yat Malmgren and Rueven Adiv; and where he later returned to coach. At its peak, it was an institution that produced some of the most exciting actors – Colin Firth, Paul Bettany, Anne Marie Duff, Michael Fassbender, Helen McCrory, Gwendoline Christie and Tom Hardy to name but a few. We are proud to keep that philosophy alive, and to take it forward in our flagship full-time intensive training programmes.

GFCA has built on that tradition, to create a challenging and professionally-respected five-term intensive advanced acting programme. We offer places to only a small number of talented, creative individuals each year, and we are particularly interested in those who come from outside the usual drama-school world.

Our Advanced Intensive Acting Diploma involves around 30 hours of regular classes and rehearsal exercises/sessions per week during the first three terms from October to August. During the fourth and fifth terms from September to April of the following year, it is even more intense, as students continue with regular advanced classes and intensive rehearsals tailored towards a high-profile industry showcase, theatrical production, filmed-showreel scenes, Spotlight-graduate membership and a range of further performance opportunities.

We take only a single cohort of acting students, and the programme is tailored towards the unique mix of talent drawn to our Studio from across the UK, Europe and beyond.

We have excellent links with European Casting Directors, and opportunities to showcase talent on a wider scale as well as within the UK.
We also offer an ACTOR/DIRECTOR option, and an extra summation-term for graduates of our London programme and that of our sister-centre gfcaparis

Apply from 1 January, to audition for an October start. Our first-round auditions can be by video, or live. 
Auditions are individually-focussed – no stressful group sessions, or impersonal results lists! In live auditions you have the opportunity to work on your monologues with our panel, and we always give feedback – but we also offer online auditions, where the first-round is via self-tape followed by a zoom meeting.
Check this link for details: Full-time audition by video

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GFCA graduates are eligible for the prestigious SPOTLIGHT GRADUATE scheme