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Best Acting Schools in the UK: Top 10
I decided that having a list for just London acting schools is not enough — let’s make another one, and it’s best acting schools in the UK. And this one is a Top 10 of the best acting schools in the UK.
best acting schools in the UK
Every year, thousands of teenagers and young adults decide to pursue a career in acting. They believe that performing is the only thing that will bring happiness to their lives, and I sure can understand them. However, when they graduate secondary school (“high school” for our US visitors), they face a dilemma — whether a degree in performing arts is required to become successful in the industry.
Most of the US market is praying on short-term acting training (2-8 weeks per average), and rarely an actor chooses to pursue a degree in the field; they just try and jump into the pool of this industry right from the start. While it might due to a fact that colleges in America are expensive and they don’t have a well-developed student support system as we have Student Loans Company, the decision to skip the degree is actually a good one.
But that’s just in the US, as they have much better short-term actors training than degree courses; plus, colleges usually disallow their students to audition while they are studying, and nobody wants to lose 4 years of opportunities to tackle the youth market. The fact that UK’s market is different, I had to create this best acting schools in the UK business.
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In the United Kingdom, a degree is a huge advantage for an actor. How much of a chance increase can a degree guarantee depends on where it was received. I have covered Acting Universities UK and Best