The Course
We aim to produce disciplined, multi-skilled and creative practitioners; thoughtful actors who want to take responsibility for shaping their own careers. Acting talent alone is not enough to sustain a career.
Therefore, we encourage you to broaden your skills and entrepreneurial outlook - and hence your opportunities for employment.
Increasingly over the three years, we encourage student-led learning as well as providing the ‘directed’ experience of the profession.
Average places available: Up to 36 each year
LIPA is a member of the Conference of Drama Schools
Career prospects
Our graduates predominately work in repertory and for television. However, the West End (musicals and plays), pantomime, film and radio, Theatre in Education and touring nationally and abroad also feature.
Graduates have also gone on to become directors, producers, musical directors, writers, teachers, casting agents and founders of their own companies.
Each year we conduct a survey of our alumni who graduated almost four years earlier to find out what they did after leaving us. You can see the results of the latest survey by clicking on the factsheet image:
The Graduates
Here are some examples of the West End and touring shows that have featured our graduates:
Ghost the Musical, Les Misérables, Wicked, Mamma Mia!, The Lord of the Rings, The Lord of the Flies, Blood Brothers, Corrie!, Fame, Guys and Dolls, Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, Jerry Springer The Opera, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Treasure Island, The Jungle Book.
In the last 12 months, Acting graduates have been performing with the Royal Shakespeare Company, at the National Theatre and in a range of diverse roles in all types of genres in theatres across the UK and overseas.
Some of our graduates have gone on to develop directing careers including Jamie Lloyd whose production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee opened at the Donmar Warehouse in 2011.
Others have had lead roles in popular British TV soaps and dramas such as Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks, Doctors and The Royal, whilst others have played leads in a variety of prime-time TV dramas such as The Street, Vincent and Whitechapel and have appeared in popular comedies such as Lunch Monkeys and Gavin and Stacey.
Jeanna De Waal (Acting 2009) made her debut on Broadway in 2011, starring as Heather in the musical American Idiot. She is pictured centre (with arm raised) performing with Green Day front man Billie Joe Armstrong.