The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama: Home

Join us for a special celebration for Central's graduates, friends, and current and future students who are living and working in New York.

Join us to find out more about what it's like to train on the Acting Diploma, Online Acting Diploma and Gap Year Acting Diploma.

Join Kate Lane and Effie Makepeace at this Research@Central seminar where they share presentations on their current research projects.

Rhys Anderson, a graduate of Central's BA (Hons) Acting CDT course reflects on his experience playing Hamlet in TNT Theatre's touring production. 

Ryan Denton, current third-year student on Drama, Applied Theatre and Education, BA and the first in his family to attend university, shares his journey to Central, his experience on the course, and advice to other first-generation university students.

Central graduates and students share insights into their contributions to Pegasus Opera Company's double bill. Graduate, Heather Smith, talks to us about her role as Stage Manager on Book

For this special, bonus episode of the Discover Central podcast, we’re joined by Central students and alumni Will Sebag-Montefiore (Just These, Please) and Adwitha Arumugam, Sam Law and Aadar Malik (The Situationalists) to discuss the process of taking their shows to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

For our final episode of Series 3, Central's Access and Participation Manager Victoria Edwards sits down with alumni Tim Chaundy and Maame Atuah to talk all things Central Outreach.

We catch up with Mairi Hayes and Jake Harders, graduates of Central who now work across the School's Diplomas and Short Courses to find out more about their work. We also hear from Diploma graduates Sonny Kong and Luke fox about their experiences studying at Central.