Posted Monday 5 October 2009
Students will benefit from lectures by leading figures in the theatre industry and state-of-the-art facilities at the town's theatre including its studio where the courses are based. Sir Peter, who is also Chancellor of Kingston University and Director Emeritus of The Rose Theatre, recently welcomed the students to the opening of the new courses. His welcome was followed by a session from Deborah Bruce, who directed Helen by Euripides in a new version by Frank McGuinness at the Globe this summer.
Kingston University Professor of Drama Colin Chambers - a former theatre critic and Literary Manager of the Royal Shakespeare Company - will lead the new course. "Having access to a professional theatre and a range of talented experts from the acting world will be extremely beneficial for students," he said. "These courses are very practical and creative and our students will be writing and creating pieces of performance from the very start."
The Rose Theatre's Artistic Director Stephen Unwin identified the collaboration between the university and the theatre as unique and invaluable and said the new MAs helped the two organisations to work together further. "We are thrilled to be working in partnership with Kingston University on this groundbreaking new MA programme," he said. "Historically there has been a vast distance between the artist in training and the professional theatre world. This programme is an important first step in bridging that gap. We hope that this next generation of artists will be more skilled, innovative and confident as a result of this extraordinary experience."
Some students from the course, who are part of the Kingston University Dance and Drama on Stage group, will perform in Mr Unwin's production of Miss Julie which opens at the Rose on the 8 October.
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