Performing Arts BTEC National (Level 3) Extended Certificate

This Performing Arts course gives you an understanding of all aspects of Performing Arts including acting and dance options, and combines it with the opportunity to focus on both performance and production support. This is not a Musical Theatre course. You will work as part of the College’s ClassAction Performance Company and you will be challenged to work to professional standards of creative collaboration. This is a practical vocational course, requiring imagination, sensitivity and the ability to get on well with others. You will learn by completing projects and assignments that are based on realistic workplace situations, activities and demands. There are high expectations of students on this course, but it also offers the opportunity to perform with the best at the very highest level. You will be encouraged to find your own unique artistic voice as a practitioner.

On this course, students study both the theory and practice of a wide range of theatre styles. The course demands practical, creative and communication skills in equal measures. You will enjoy the course if you wish to develop your own skills, with an opportunity to specialise in different performance genres that you want to develop;