The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, also known by its abbreviation RADA (), is a drama school in

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, England, which provides vocational conservatoire training for

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, and

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. It is based in

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, Central London, close to the Senate House complex of the

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, and is a founding member of the Federation of Drama Schools. RADA is one of the oldest drama schools in the United Kingdom, founded in 1904 by Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree. It moved to buildings on Gower Street in 1905. It was granted a

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in 1920 and a new theatre was built on Malet Street, behind the Gower Street buildings, which was opened in 1921 by Edward, Prince of Wales. It received its first government subsidy in 1924. RADA currently has five theatres and a cinema. The school's principal industry partner is Warner Bros. Entertainment. RADA offers a number of foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Its higher education awards are validated by

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(KCL). The royal patron of the school is King Charles III, following the death of Queen Elizabeth II in 2022. The president is David Harewood, who succeeded Sir Kenneth Branagh in February 2024, with

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appointed vice president. The chairman is Marcus Ryder, who succeeded Sir Stephen Waley-Cohen in 2021. Its vice-chairman was Alan Rickman until his death in 2016. The current principal of the academy is Niamh Dowling, who succeeded Edward Kemp in 2022.

History

The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art was founded on 25 April 1904 by actor-manager Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (the grandfather of actor Oliver Reed) at the West End's Her Majesty's Theatre (now His Majesty's) situated in Haymarket in the City of Westminster, London. In 1905, RADA moved to 62 Gower Street, and a managing council was set up to oversee the school. Its members included

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, who later donated his royalties from his play '' Pygmalion'' to RADA and gave lectures to students at the school. In 1920, RADA was granted a royal charter and, in 1921, a new theatre was built on Malet Street behind the Gower Street buildings. Edward, Prince of Wales, opened the theatre. In 1923, Sir John Gielgud studied at RADA for a year. He later became president of the academy and its first honorary fellow. In 1924, RADA received its first government subsidy, a grant of £500. The Gower Street buildings were torn down in 1927 and replaced with a new building, financed by Bernard Shaw, who also left one-third of his royalties to the academy on his death in 1950. The academy has received other government funding at various times, including a £22.7 million grant from the Arts Council National Lottery Board in 1996, which was used to renovate its premises and rebuild the Jerwood Vanbrugh Theatre. RADA sign

In 2000, the academy founded RADA Enterprises Ltd, now known as RADA Business, providing training programmes and coaching for organisations and individuals in communications and team building which use drama training techniques in a business context. The profits are fed back into the academy to help cover its costs. In 2001, RADA joined with the London Contemporary Dance School to create the UK's first Conservatoire for Dance and Drama (CDD). RADA left the CDD in August 2019 to become an independent higher education provider. RADA is also a founder member of the Federation of Drama Schools, established in 2017. In 2004, celebrity photographer Cambridge Jones was commissioned to create a body of work published as a book, ''Off Stage: 100 Portraits Celebrating the RADA Centenary'', in 2005 to celebrate RADA's centenary. The photographs include John Hurt, Alan Rickman,

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, Sir

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, Ralph Fiennes, Edward Woodward, Sir Ian Holm,

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, Joan Collins, Tom Courtenay, Warren Mitchell, Imelda Staunton, June Whitfield, Richard Briers, Glenda Jackson, Juliet Stevenson, Jonathan Pryce, Kenneth Branagh, Ioan Gruffud, Susannah York and Timothy Spall. In 2011, the Lir Academy was established in association with RADA at

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, with the partnership of the Cathal Ryan Trust. Following RADA’s conservatoire-style, practical theatre training, the Lir Academy modelled its courses after the London-based school. RADA has been registered with the Office for Students as a higher education institution since July 2018. The current principal of the academy, Niamh Dowling, succeeded Edward Kemp in 2022. The current president, David Harewood, succeeded Sir Kenneth Branagh in February 2024, with

appointed vice president.

Courses

RADA's higher education awards are validated by

(KCL) and its students graduate alongside members of the KCL Faculty of Arts & Humanities. It is based in the

area of Central London, close to the Senate House complex of the

. It is a founder member of the Federation of Drama Schools. RADA has expanded its course offering over the years. The school offers a three-year BA (Hons) in acting degree. The first stage management course was introduced in 1962 under the directorship of Dorothy Tenham, and today students on the technical theatre and stage management degree learn theatre production skills including lighting, sound, props, costume and make-up, stage management, production management and video design. In the 1990s it launched a programme of short courses for actors and theatre technicians from around the world, including a special course for students at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Other courses include a one-year acting foundation course introduced in 2007; an MA in Text & Performance, affiliated with

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, introduced in 2010; and an MA Theatre Lab course introduced in 2011.

Campus

RADA is based in the Bloomsbury area of Central London. The main RADA building where classes and rehearsals take place is on Gower Street (with a second entrance on Malet Street), with a second premise nearby in Chenies Street where RADA Studios is located. The Goodge Street and Euston Square underground stations are both within walking distance. The Gower and Malet Street building was redeveloped in the late 1990s to designs by Bryan Avery, and incorporated the new theatres and linking the entrances on both streets.

Theatres

RADA has five theatres and a cinema. In the Malet Street building, the Jerwood Vanburgh Theatre is the largest performance space with a capacity of 194; the George Bernard Shaw Theatre is a black box theatre with a capacity of up to 70; and the Gielgud Theatre is an intimate studio theatre with a capacity of up to 50. In January 2012, RADA acquired the lease to the adjacent Drill Hall venue in Chenies Street and renamed it RADA Studios. The Drill Hall is a Grade II listed building with a long performing arts history, and was where Nijinsky rehearsed with Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes in 1911. This venue has a 200-seat space, the Studio Theatre, and a 50-seat space, the Club Theatre. In April 2016, planning permission was granted for the redevelopment of the Chenies Street premises as part of the

Campaign.

Library

The RADA library contains around 30,000 items. Works include around 10,000 plays; works of or about biography, costume, criticism, film, fine art, poetry, social history, stage design, technical theatre and theatre history; screenplays; and theatre periodicals. The collection was started in 1904 with donations from actors and writers of the time such as Sir Squire Bancroft, William Archer, Sir Arthur Wing Pinero and George Bernard Shaw.

Other facilities

Other facilities at RADA include acting studios, a scenic art workshop with paint frame, costume workrooms and costume store, dance and fight studios, design studios, wood and metal workshops, sound studios, rehearsal studios, and the RADA Foyer Bar, which includes a fully licensed bar, a café and a box office.

Admissions

RADA accepts up to 28 new students each year into its three-year BA (Hons) in Acting course, with a 50–50 split of male and female students. Admission into the three-year BA (Hons) in Acting course is based on suitability and successful audition, via the four-stage audition process, spanning several months. Auditions are held in London as well as in New York, Los Angeles, Dublin, and across the UK – in recent years this has included Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, Chester, Leicester, Sheffield, Manchester, Newcastle and Plymouth. Free auditions are offered to any applicants with a household income of under £25,000. RADA also teaches Technical Theatre & Stage Management (TTSM) – a two-year foundation degree and with a further 'completion' year to BA level which has to be separately applied for and which allows for specialisation in all theatre craft areas. The TTSM course admits up to 30 students a year with a 50–50 gender balance, with the option to interview in Manchester and Plymouth. RADA’s postgraduate training currently comprises a MA Theatre Lab programme and a Postgraduate Diploma in Theatre Costume (both validated by King's College London). RADA also jointly teaches an MA in Text and Performance with Birkbeck, University of London, where students on this course are enrolled at RADA as well as registered at Birkbeck. Both MA courses frequently collaborated according to their specialisms (i.e. directors on the Text & Performance programme using actors from the Theatre Lab course). Rehearsals and performances for the programmes are done mostly in the Chenies Street and Malet Street buildings. In addition, RADA offers a series of short courses, masterclasses and summer courses for a range of standards and ages. Previous attendees have included Allison Janney, Liev Schreiber, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Emma Watson. The Academy’s education, widening participation and outreach work includes two Youth Companies, schools' workshops, Access to Acting workshops for young disabled people, Shakespeare tours to secondary schools and the RADA Shakespeare Awards. Undergraduate students are eligible for government student loans. RADA also has a scholarships and bursaries scheme, which offers financial assistance to students.

Leadership

The Royal Patron of the Academy is King

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, following the death of Queen

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in 2022. The president is David Harewood, who succeeded Sir Kenneth Branagh in February 2024, with

Principals

*Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (founder) *Sir Kenneth Barnes (1909–1955) *John Fernald (1955–1966) * Hugh Cruttwell (1966–1985) *Oliver Neville (1984–1993) *Nicholas Barter (1993–2007) * Edward Kemp (2007–2021) *Niamh Dowling (2022–present)

Presidents

*Sir Squire Bancroft (1906) *Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson (1927–1928) *Sir Gerald du Maurier (1929–1930) *

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(1931–1933) * Lady Tree (1934–1935) * Cyril Maude (1945) *Dame Irene Vanbrugh (1946–1947) *Dame

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(1948–1949) * Athene Seyler (1950–1951) *Sir Felix Aylmer (1954) *Dame Flora Robson (1955–1963) *Dame Edith Evans (1964–1976) *Sir John Gielgud (1977–1989) * Diana, Princess of Wales (1989–1997) * Richard, Lord Attenborough (2002–2014) *Sir Kenneth Branagh (2014–2024) * David Harewood (2024–present)

Honorary fellows

Listed alphabetically by date of appointment *Sir John Gielgud (1989) * Cicely Berry (2018) * Thelma Holt (2018) * Glenda Jackson (2018) *Francine Watson Coleman (2019) * Mona Hammond (2019) *Sir

(2019) *

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(2019) * Kathryn Hunter (2023) * Winsome Pinnock (2023)

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Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' (colloquially referred to as ''Corrie'') is a British television soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres on a cobbled, terraced ...

'' * Dean Norris – ''

Breaking Bad ''Breaking Bad'' is an American crime drama television series created and produced by Vince Gilligan for AMC (TV channel), AMC. Set and filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the series follows Walter White (Breaking Bad), Walter White (Bryan Cran ...

'', '' Under the Dome'' * Rufus Norris – artistic director, National Theatre * Sophie Okonedo – ''

Hotel Rwanda ''Hotel Rwanda'' is a 2004 biographical historical drama film co-written and directed by Terry George. It was adapted from a screenplay by George and Keir Pearson, and stars Don Cheadle and Sophie Okonedo as hotelier Paul Rusesabagina and h ...

'', '' Dirty Pretty Things'', Ratched * Joe Orton – playwright '' Loot'', '' What the Butler Saw'' * Peter O'Toole – '' Lawrence of Arabia'', '' The Lion in Winter'' *

Clive Owen Clive Owen (born 3 October 1964) is an English actor. He first gained recognition in the United Kingdom for playing the lead role in the ITV series '' Chancer'' from 1990 to 1991. He received critical acclaim for his work in the film '' Close ...

– '' Children of Men'', ''

Sin City ''Sin City'' is a series of neo-noir Comic book, comics by American comic book writer-artist Frank Miller. The first story originally appeared in ''Dark Horse Presents Fifth Anniversary Special'' (April 1991), and continued in ''Dark Horse Prese ...

'' * Bruce Payne – '' Passenger 57'', '' Highlander: Endgame'' * Maxine Peake – ''

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'', '' The Village'' *

Jon Pertwee John Devon Roland Pertwee (; 7 July 1919 – 20 May 1996), known professionally as Jon Pertwee, was an English actor. Born into a theatrical family, he became known as a comedy actor, playing Chief Petty Officer Pertwee (and three other roles) in ...

'' Worzel Gummidge'', ''Doctor Who'' (expelled) * Siân Phillips – ''I, Claudius''; '' Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy'' * Jonathan Pryce – ''

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'', '' Pirates of the Caribbean'' * Paul Pyant – lighting designer, '' Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'' *

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– ''Jamaica Inn'', ''Night Train to Munich'' *

Claude Rains William Claude Rains (10 November 188930 May 1967) was a British and American actor whose career spanned almost seven decades. He was the recipient of numerous accolades, including four Academy Award nominations for Academy Award for Best Supp ...

– ''Casablanca'', ''The Invisible Man'', ''Notorious'' * Jessica Raine – ''Call the Midwife'', ''

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'' * Anne Reid – '' Dinnerladies'', '' Last Tango in Halifax'' * Matthew Rhys – '' Brothers & Sisters'', ''

The Americans ''The Americans'' is an American historical drama, period spy fiction, spy drama television series created by Joe Weisberg for FX (TV channel), FX. It aired for six seasons from 2013 to 2018. Weisberg and Joel Fields also served as showrunners ...

'' * Paul Rhys – '' The Assets'', ''

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John Rhys-Davies John Rhys-Davies (born 5 May 1944) is a Welsh actor known for portraying Gimli (Middle-earth), Gimli in The Lord of the Rings (film series), ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy and Sallah in the ''Indiana Jones'' franchise. He has received three ...

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Indiana Jones ''Indiana Jones'' is an American media franchise consisting of five films and a prequel television series, along with games, comics, and tie-in novels, that depicts the adventures of Indiana Jones (character), Dr. Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones, ...

'' * Alan Rickman – '' Harry Potter'', ''

Die Hard ''Die Hard'' is a 1988 American action film directed by John McTiernan and written by Jeb Stuart (writer), Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza, based on the 1979 novel ''Nothing Lasts Forever (Thorp novel), Nothing Lasts Forever'' by Roderick ...

'', '' Sense and Sensibility'' * Diana Rigg – ''

'', '' On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' * Andrea Riseborough – '' Birdman'', '' Oblivion'' * Mark Rylance – ''Wolf Hall'', '' Bridge of Spies'' * Grace Saif – ''

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'' * Peter Sallis – '' Last of the Summer Wine'', '' Wallace and Gromit'' * Fiona Shaw – '' My Left Foot'', ''

'', '' Andor'' * Robert Shaw – '' Jaws'', '' A Man for All Seasons'' * Sebastian Shaw – Return of the Jedi *

Michael Sheen Michael Christopher Sheen (born 5 February 1969) is a Welsh actor. After training at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), he worked mainly in theatre throughout the 1990s with stage roles in ''Romeo and Juliet'' (1992), ''Don't Fool wi ...

– ''Good Omens'', '' Midnight in Paris'' * Kyle Soller – '' Poldark'' * Timothy Spall – ''

'', '' The King's Speech'' * Imelda Staunton – ''

'', '' Vera Drake'', '' Another Year'' * Juliet Stevenson – '' Truly, Madly, Deeply'', '' Bend It Like Beckham'' * Michelle Terry – artistic director, Shakespeare's Globe * John Thaw – '' Inspector Morse'', '' Kavanagh QC'' * Luke Thompson – ''Bridgerton'', '' Transatlantic'', '' A Little Life, Love Labour's Boat'' *

Indira Varma Indira Anne Varma (born 27 September 1973) is a British actress and narrator. Her film debut and first major role was in '' Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love''. She is known for her television roles, such as playing Niobe in the BBC and HBO series ''R ...

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'', '' Mission: Impossible'' * John Vernon – '' The Outlaw Josey Wales'' * Phoebe Waller-Bridge – '' Fleabag'', '' Killing Eve'' * Chris Walley – '' The Young Offenders'', '' The Lieutenant of Inishmore'' * Jason Watkins – '' Being Human'', '' Lark Rise to Candleford'' * David Warner – '' Straw Dogs,

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'', ''Titanic'' * Ben Whishaw – '' Skyfall'', '' Paddington'', '' The Lobster'' * June Whitfield – '' Terry and June'', '' Absolutely Fabulous'' * Tom Wilkinson – '' Michael Clayton'', '' Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'' * Michael Williams – '' Elizabeth R'', '' Educating Rita'' * Richard Wilson – '' One Foot in the Grave'', ''Merlin'' * Susan Wokoma – ''

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'', '' Year of the Rabbit'' * Aimee Lou Wood – ''

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'', '' The White Lotus'' * Edward Woodward – '' The Wicker Man'', '' The Equalizer'' * Owain Yeoman – '' The Mentalist'', ''

Troy Troy (/; ; ) or Ilion (; ) was an ancient city located in present-day Hisarlik, Turkey. It is best known as the setting for the Greek mythology, Greek myth of the Trojan War. The archaeological site is open to the public as a tourist destina ...

'' * Susannah York – '' Tom Jones'', '' They Shoot Horses, Don't They?'', ''

Superman Superman is a superhero created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, which first appeared in the comic book ''Action Comics'' Action Comics 1, #1, published in the United States on April 18, 1938.The copyright date of ''Action Comics ...

'' * Kit Young – '' Shadow and Bone''

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